Amazon is ramping up ad spending on Elon Musk’s X, according to people familiar with the situation, a major shift after pulling much of its advertising more than a year ago, when many brands had concerns about hate speech on the platform.

A quick blurb in a larger story about increased advertising spend from Amazon suggests Apple may have considered resuming ads on X, but recent controversial acts by Elon Musk may affect its decision.

Amazon.com is increasing its advertising on billionaire Elon Musk's social media platform X, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter.

NEW YORK -- X is teaming up with Visa to soon offer a system for real-time payments on the social media platform — signaling some progress in a yearslong vision from billionaire owner Elon Musk to create an “everything app.”

Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but SpaceX CEO Elon Musk seemingly confirmed the partnership on X, writing: "Medium-resolution images, music, and audio podcasts should work with the current generation Starlink direct-to-phone constellation. The next-generation constellation will support medium-resolution video."

Bloomberg News first reported on Tuesday that Apple, SpaceX and T-Mobile had been secretively working to add support for the network.

Ian Hislop has been praised for his takedown of Elon Musk after the controversial figure’s explosive row with Sir Keir Starmer. Starmer has been embroiled in a war of words with the tech billionaire Elon Musk, which broke out after the Tesla tycoon criticised the Labour government for rejecting a national inquiry into the grooming gangs scandal.

Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing ... U.S. regulators have alleged that Apple, for example, has been illegally using its market power to stifle ...

More than a year has passed since Apple paused advertising on X over brand safety concerns. Soon, however, Apple

Bill Gates criticized fellow tech billionaire Elon Musk for promoting far-right politics not just in the United States but around the world ― and urged other nations to take action to limit the influence of outsiders such as Musk.

Apple's iPhone devices are now eligible to test SpaceX-owned Starlink's direct-to-cell capability that provides coverage from space, according to T-Mobile, a partner in the program.