Elon Musk met Iran's ambassador to the UN a day before he was made joint head of Donald Trump's new cost cutting department, the BBC's US partner CBS has confirmed.

Contact was reportedly at Trump-allied billionaire’s request and could be significant for dismal US-Iranian relations

The tech billionaire, a top adviser to the president-elect, was reported to have discussed ways to defuse tensions between Iran and the United States.

Many high-profile X users are leaving after Elon Musk's efforts to elect Donald Trump, adding to a new era of fragmented social media.

Bluesky has added 1.5 million users over the past week as former President Donald Trump’s election victory prompted users to flee X, the platform owned by Trump ally Elon Musk.

Bluesky is having a very good week as some users abandon Elon Musk's X after the U.S. presidential election. Elon Musk has certainly emerged victorious this past week, post-election. However, Musk and his social media platform X are not exactly winning on the mobile app charts.