Elon Musk affords Mark Zuckerberg $1 billion if he alters Fb identify to…

The billionaire was responding to a put up by parody information web site BabylonBee, which quoted Musk as providing Zuckerberg $1 billion to vary Fb’s identify.

Whereas primarily confirming the provide, Musk famous, “It will be a a lot better identify!”

Notably, this isn’t the primary time hostilities between the 2 tech giants have flared, with information of an impending Zuckerberg vs. Musk cage match taking the web by storm earlier this yr. Nonetheless, as issues stand at present, the much-hyped bout is but to happen, with Zuckerberg accusing the X proprietor of not being severe in regards to the battle in a Threads put up.

Musk responded to Zuckerberg’s allegations in a dialog with Joe Rogan, he mentioned (as quoted by TMZ), “[Zuckerberg] accused me of not being severe, and I mentioned, ‘Pay attention, on the finish of the day, I’ll battle you anyplace, anyplace, below any guidelines,’”

The billionaire additionally revealed that Italy was keen to let the 2 tech leaders battle it out on the Coliseum. He mentioned, “Italy truly was keen to allow us to use the Coliseum,”

“I used to be like, nicely, can’t flip that down. Then I used to be like, nicely, if it’s going to be within the Coliseum, I like UFC and all the pieces, however we don’t have tons of adverts in UFC branding on the Coliseum ‘trigger it’s a spot of nice historical past. You don’t need to have or not it’s all like NASCAR. After which Zuck pulled out.”

Musk’s enchantment to Wikipedia: 

In what he termed “within the pursuits of accuracy” earlier this month, Musk expressed his willingness to donate $1 billion to the net encyclopedia Wikipedia if it consented to rename itself ‘Dickipedia’. The billionaire’s stipulation got here with an extra situation that the identify change should stay in impact for no less than a yr.

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Up to date: 02 Nov 2023, 10:11 AM IST