Elon Musk v Mark Zuckerberg: Tech leaders’ combat to be streamed on X

Elon Musk has mentioned his social media platform will stay stream his combat with rival Mark Zuckerberg.

The 52-year-old, who owns X (previously often known as Twitter), revealed earlier in the year that he and Zuckerberg, 39, who runs the Meta group of platforms together with Facebook, will participate in a cage match for charity.

Posting on Sunday morning, Musk revealed it will be live-streamed on X, with earnings going to a charity for veterans.

He additionally mentioned he’s “lifting weights throughout the day, preparing for the fight”, including: “Don’t have time to work out, so I just bring them to work.”

A video on X confirmed Musk lifting weights whereas in his San Francisco workplace.

Both males have been teasing one another over the combat, which up to now has not been formally introduced.

Musk described the conflict as “a civilized form of war”, earlier than including that “men love war”, when requested what the purpose of the bout was.

They agreed to fight in June, when the billionaire Tesla boss wrote he was “up for a cage fight” with Zuckerberg, who replied: “Send me location.”

“Vegas octagon,” Musk responded.

Musk, who accomplished a $44bn (£35bn) takeover of Twitter final October, joked: “I have this great move that I call ‘The Walrus’, where I just lie on top of my opponent & do nothing.”

He additionally posted: “I almost never work out, except for picking up my kids & throwing them in the air.”

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Zuckerberg however final month gained gold and silver medals in his first jiu-jitsu event.

The pair have been embroiled in a platform battle in current weeks, with Meta releasing a direct rival to X referred to as Threads, which noticed speedy progress on its launch.

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Musk threatened to sue Zuckerberg’s Meta, claiming he copied X.

Also a part of his late evening X-posting flurry, Musk dedicated to paying authorized charges for individuals who had confronted issues of their office attributable to their exercise on his platform.