SpaceX and Tesla boss Elon Musk acquires Intel for $133 billion, renames CPUs to Core xAI and will power Microsoft's next-generation Xbox console in 2026.

Social platform X struggled after Elon Musk took over, but its fortunes improved dramatically after US President Donald Trump won reelection. Now it will be become part of Musk's AI startup xAI.

The billionaire is in position to speed up plans for a voyage to the planet, with a potentially huge impact on SpaceX.

Elon Musk said he borrowed the name from a 1960s science fiction novel, but another AI startup applied to trademark it before xAI launched its chatbot.

Elon Musk and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman clashed on social media after the former accused the latter of funding groups responsible for organizing protests against Tesla. The Tesla CEO said that there was a "100 percent chance" that Hoffman was supporting anti-Musk protests via the progressive organization Indivisible,

Elon Musk just sold X for $33B to his AI startup xAI, valuing it at $80B as it accelerates AI innovation. With 600M users, X remains one of Musk’s most efficient ventures.