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Twitter is currently undergoing a rebrand to X, after owner Elon Musk grabbed headlines when he announced that the 17 year old social media platform he acquired last year would have a new name, logo, look and feel on July 24. X will serve as the new name of the social media platform and a broader ecosystem platform which Musk intends to develop.

Elon Musk may want to send «tweet» back to the birds, but the ubiquitous term for posting on the site he now calls X is here to stay — at least for now. For one, the word is still plastered all over the site formerly known as Twitter. Write a post, you still need to press a blue button that says «tweet» to publish it.

Gap Inc. has tapped a top Mattel executive who re-energized Barbie and Hot Wheels to be its next president and CEO

Twitter handle defunct. Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, SpaceX and also the owner of Twitter, as part of the rebranding took over the account of one Gene X Hwang, a photographer from San Francisco. What is noteworthy here is, the Twitter handle @X belong to Hwang for the past 16 years, but Twitter sent him a mail saying it was now their property.

Elon Musk has taken over the @x Twitter account as part of the social network’s ongoing rebrand after the after the previous owner of the account moved to a new one. Gene X Hwang, a photographer in San Francisco, was behind the social network’s “@x" handle until Tuesday night when it was changed to the official account for X, Musk’s new name for Twitter. The single-letter username was registered to Gene X.

Ethereum (ETH) infrastructure provider Flashbots has raised $60 million in its Series B funding round, signaling a potential resurgence in the crypto bull market. 

Google snapped out of an unprecedented advertising slump during its latest quarter, signaling a return to growth cycle needed to fuel investments in artificial intelligence technology that expected to reshape the competitive landscape

The Pulitzer Prize-winning Santa Barbara News-Press, one of California’s oldest newspapers, has ceased publishing after its owner declared the 150-year-old publication bankrupt

(Reuters) — ChatGPT is now available for Android users in the United States, India, Bangladesh and Brazil, the viral chatbot's owner OpenAI said on Tuesday, as it looks to take advantage of the popularity of the artificial intelligence tool.

Elon Musk didn't take proper permissions before undertaking the rebranding work which required construction equipment on the street, but the police later clarified that it was a misunderstanding and team of Elon Musk has proper work orders. A report by The San Francisco Standard said that the police stopped the workers and talked with them about the appropriate permissions.

2023 MLB trade deadline approaches, contending teams are making decisions on what additions they need before 6 p.m. ET on August 1. Some key questions include whether Shohei Ohtani could be traded from the Los Angeles Angels, and if players like Marcus Stroman, Cody Bellinger, and Lucas Giolito could be dealt to contenders. Additionally, it is to note that teams like the Los Angeles Dodgers, Atlanta Braves, Texas Rangers, and San Francisco Giants are looking to make moves to boost their chances in the 2023 World Series. As this week unfolds, 29 teams are hoping for the Los Angeles Angels to lose all their games and make Shohei Ohtani available for trade. Meanwhile, around 15 contenders are rooting for the San Diego Padres and New York Mets to continue their downward spirals and give up. Additionally, the Major League Baseball Players Association is watching closely, hoping that big-spending teams like the Mets, Yankees, and Padres, who collectively spent $880 million, can turn their fortunes around and prove that spending leads to success.

Salesforce founder Marc Benioff is among the few tech pioneers who is also still CEO at a groundbreaking company born in the 1990s

Elon Musk has unveiled a new “X” logo to replace Twitter’s famous blue bird as he follows through with a major rebranding of the social media platform he bought for $44 billion last year

A spokesman for Anchor Brewing says the company is open to a purchase offer from its employees but warned that time is running out

Investing.com -- Shares in Twilio Inc (NYSE:TWLO) inched down on Monday after analysts at RBC Capital Markets downgraded their rating of the cloud computing platform operator, citing «too much optimism» around the stock.

The United States Republican Representative, Warren Davidson, has reiterated his stance against a government central bank digital currency (CBDC), claiming that they should be banned and criminalized.

By Supantha Mukherjee and Martin Coulter

Elon Musk has unveiled a new black and white «X» logo to replace Twitter's famous blue bird as he follows through with a major rebranding of the social media platform he bought for $44 billion last year. Musk replaced his own Twitter icon with a white X on a black background and posted a picture on Monday of the design projected on Twitter's San Francisco headquarters.

By Anna Tong

United States Republican Representative Warren Davidson has spoken out against Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), urging Congress to ban them and criminalize its development.

Levi Strauss & Co. has been forced to address water scarcity more aggressively than most, thanks to the great thirst of the jeans-making process. In the journey from cotton field to factory to closet, a single pair of jeans has been known to consume up to 3,800 litres of water.