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big announcement today that xAI is acquiring X, and I'm already hearing interesting chatter about it! . while the announcement today may have been a surprise, signs have long been pointing to the companies being intertwined. I first wrote about this last year:.

new, behind-the-scenes details in this story from @WSJ @VranicaWSJ about big advertisers returning to X

breaking news in @WSJ - A consortium of investors led by Elon Musk is offering over $97 billion to buy the nonprofit that controls OpenAI, upping the stakes in Musk's battle with Sam Altman over OpenAI.

Additionally, Apple has had internal discussions about testing out ads on X, according to a person familiar with the situation. Story link here:

News in @WSJ today: Amazon is ramping up ad spending on X, according to people familiar with the situation, a major shift after pulling much of its advertising more than a year ago @DanaMattioli @VranicaWSJ @jtoonkel.

News today: The SEC sued Musk over his Twitter stock purchases. Big question will be how the incoming Trump administration handles the case. w/ @davidamichaels

News from Elon Musk's xAI today which launched a stand-alone app for their Grok chatbot. I spoke with @meghana about what this means for xAI and X

and here's the link

entertaining story from @saraheneedleman.and @beckpeterson in @WSJ about Elon Musk saying he is one of the world’s best players of “Diablo IV”

RT @MeghanBobrowsky: Mark Zuckerberg was personally upset by Meta's content moderation system after he posted a photo of himself post-surge….

Link here:

New: Social-media companies never wanted to aggressively police content. Now, they are deciding they don’t have to anymore. We dig into how Meta’s announcement is part of a bigger trend

I’m taking some vacation over the holidays, but I’m already thinking about what stories I want to write in 2025. If you have a scoop or know of a story that hasn’t yet been told, message me at 202-568-1427 or alexa.corse@wsj.com. I can keep you anonymous. 7/7.

I wrote about other tech-related subjects, including Neuralink’s first patient and Russian trolls’ strategy:. “How Russian Trolls Are Trying to Go Viral on X”. “Patient of Elon Musk’s Neuralink Shows Off New Life With Implant” 6/7.

I tried a different style of writing when I wrote two columns for WSJ’s Work & Life section:.“The New Book Club: Meet Online, but Party in Person”. “The Productivity Boost Missing From Your To-Do List”. 5/7.