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We will not : X CEO Musk refuses incentives to move HQ from San Francisco

Taking to his official handle on X, formerly known as Twitter, Musk said he was being offered some rich incentives to move its headquarters out of San Francisco

Monthly users of X hits new high after organisational changes, claims Musk

Musk asserted the same by posting a graph of user statistics that indicated the most recent count to be above 540 million

X logo on Twitter building spurs officials to investigate permit violation

The city of San Francisco has opened a complaint and launched an investigation into a giant X sign that was installed Friday on top of the downtown building formerly known as Twitter headquarters as owner Elon Musk continues his rebrand of the social media platform. City officials say replacing letters or symbols on buildings, or erecting a sign on top of one, requires a permit for design and safety reasons. The X appeared after San Francisco police stopped workers on Monday from removing the brand's iconic bird and logo from the side of the building, saying they hadn't taped off the sidewalk to keep pedestrians safe if anything fell. Any replacement letters or symbols would require a permit to ensure consistency with the historic nature of the building and to make sure additions are safely attached to the sign, Patrick Hannan, spokesperson for the Department of Building Inspection said earlier this week. Erecting a sign on top of a building also requires a permit, Hannan said ...

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Tesla executives hold market entry talks with India investment agency

Many Indian states are keen to woo Tesla to set up its plant in their region, but the carmaker is currently focussed on discussing its proposal with the federal government in New Delhi

The X-factor in X

As Elon Musk rebrands Twitter and replaces its iconic bird logo with an X, here's unravelling the enigma of the 24th letter of the English alphabet

Twitter Blue subscribers can now download videos posted by others on X

However, X users will not be able to download any videos posted before 25 July

Meta has rare opportunity to seize momentum with Twitter rival 'Threads'

Threads could help bring the center of internet culture back to Meta, once again making it a place where things happen first

Why must Mark and Musk be so macho?

Haven't they heard 'A Tale of Two Brothers' from India?

Musk wants to turn tweets into 'X's', changing language isn't quite simple

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. To repost it, you still tap retweet. But it's more than that. With tweets, Twitter accomplished in just a few years something few companies have done in a lifetime: It became a verb and implanted itself into the lexicon of America and the world. Upending that takes more than a top-down declaration, even if it is from the owner of Twitter-turned-X, who also happens to be one of the world's richest men. Language has always come from the people that use it on a day-to-day basis. And it can't be controlled, it can't created, it can't be morphed. You don't get to decide it, said Nick Bilton, the author of Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal

Twitter starts cutting its ad prices after rebranding as 'X': Report

X is also warning brands that they will lose their verified status unless they reach certain spending thresholds

World's largest private satellite Jupiter-3 to be launched by Falcon Heavy

The Maxar Technologies-owned communication satellite, named JUPITER-3, is the largest commercial communications satellite ever built and will provide internet to North and South America

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Elon Musk pursues financial services in wake of rivals' failed attempts

US tech companies have struggled in their attempts to take on banking behemoths, often scaling back their ambitions in the face of competition and protracted approval processes

Elon Musk's decision to rebrand Twitter as X could be complicated legally

X is so widely used and cited in trademarks that it is a candidate for legal challenges - and the company formerly known as Twitter could face its own issues defending its X brand in the future

Elon Musk turning Twitter into 'X' is set to kill billions in brand value

Musk's move wiped out anywhere between $4 billion and $20 billion in value, according to analysts and brand agencies

'X' replaces tweet in Musk's radical move, but will the rebranding click?

Companies that have changed even their logos in the past have had to deal with consumer criticism and confusion

Elon Musk's SpaceX rocket Falcon 9 punches a hole in earth's Ionosphere

Elon Musk's SpaceX rocket, called Falcon 9, reportedly created a hole in the Ionosphere, which is a part of earth's atmosphere. SpaceX launched the rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base on July 19

Elon Musk explains why he is dumping Twitter's name and iconic bird logo

The billionaire owner's envisioned X app - which will connect Twitter's underlying infrastructure with x.com, a web address that now functions as a routing service to Twitter

Tesla to discuss factory plan for new $24,000 car with Goyal: Report

The $24,000 EV Tesla representatives were said to have described in discussions about a potential Indian plant would be 25% cheaper than its current lowest priced offering