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Marlon Ettinger writes about politics, crime, and culture.

Marlon Ettinger

Tesla steering wheel and screen(l), Angela Chao(r) billionaire before she drown in her tesla

‘Just a total cult’: Despite billionaire wife drowning in Tesla, husband still considers Musk a ‘friend’

Mikael Thalen is a tech and security reporter covering social media, data breaches, hackers, and more.

Mikael Thalen

‘Is he actually crazy?’: The right-wing is on a mission to rehabilitate the QAnon Shaman’s reputation

Eilish O’Sullivan was the Daily Dot&#8217;s associate managing editor. Her work has appeared in Mashed, the Austin Chronicle, and the Daily Texan.

Eilish O’Sullivan

Elon Musk, Person wearing black gloves cutting sandwich. Blue alien with black eyes holding up hands

‘This was like a giant meme to him’: Elon Musk had sandwich made for him, talked about aliens during all-hands right before laying off workers

Ramon Ramirez was the managing editor and, formerly, the Dot&#8217;s news director, entertainment editor, and evening editor. His work has appeared in the Washington Post, Grantland, Washington City Paper, Austin American-Statesman, and Austin Monitor.

Ramon Ramirez

Expert shares the top 10 technologies set to change America in 2024

‘It’s really goofy-looking’: Expert shares the top 10 technologies set to change America in 2024

Cybertruck owner deletes post about 'catastrophic failure' that could have killed family

Cybertruck owner deletes post praising Tesla after vehicle’s ‘catastrophic failure’ while driving with his family

‘We’re sad that it’s come to this’: OpenAI publishes Elon Musk’s old emails after he sues

Posters freakout after X voice calls reveal your IP address

‘dox by default’: Musk’s new calling feature for X automatically reveals personal info

Tricia Crimmins is a former Senior Reporter on the politics and tech team covering discrimination, identity, and the 2024 election.

Tricia Crimmins

Musk says X misgendering policy does not apply outside Brazil

Elon Musk blames Brazil for misgendering policy change that outraged far-right

Tesla Bro Praises Musk After Cyber Truck Nearly Kills Him, His Family

‘Literal cult’: Tesla driver says he still ‘loves’ his Cybertruck after steering wheel, brakes fail with wife, child in the car

Elon Musk mad after Google's AI chooses nuclear apocalypse over misgendering

Elon Musk freaks over Google AI’s ‘woke’ refusal to misgender Caitlyn Jenner to avert nuclear war—doesn’t realize his own bot Grok does the same

Elon musk with Liam Nissan avatar in circle

Account that outed Musk’s alleged alt says he left site over suspicious threats

Katherine Huggins is a New York-based journalist and freelance contributor to the Daily Dot&#8217;s tech and politics section.

Katherine Huggins

Breakdancing dad hits back after TikTok influencer daughter says he 'abandoned' her family

Breakdancing Bitcoin dad speaks out after TikTok comedian blew up for saying he ‘abandoned’ her family for career

X users accuse Elon of running burner account to praise himself from

‘You’re an amazing father, Elon’: Musk accused of running burner on X again—and nuking account who outed him

Computer eating a burger surrounded by burgers

‘Juicy burger’ is a ‘perfect meal’—but who is advertising that on X… and why?

Account suspended(l), Phone with x app(r)

Elon Musk