Elon Musk unveils Twitter rebrand with big X logo.
CEO of the company Linda Yacarino Twitter tweeted an image of the new icon, which was sent out from the side of its San Francisco headquarters, California.
“Lights. Camera. X!” she wrote.
musk An image of the new logo was also posted at the company’s headquarters – when asked what the name of the tweet is now, he said: “x”.
Asked about the new name for “retweets,” when someone retweets someone’s tweets onto their timeline, he said: “The whole concept should be rethought.”
it appears after The world’s richest man teased an upcoming rebrand all weekend or social media platforms He bought the company for $44bn (£38bn) last October.
Official Company Name Twitter Inc, Already changed its name to X Corp back in April.
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He had previously compared his plans with WeChat in Chinawhich brings together familiar features like messaging, payments, marketplaces, and public posts into one place.
Ms. Jacarino appeared to confirm Sunday’s tactic.
“X is the future of infinite interaction,” she said, with a focus on “audio, video, messaging, payments/banking” and “powered by artificial intelligence.”
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Twitter’s rebrand marks the biggest change to the platform since Musk began his tumultuous tenure.
The changes include lay off thousands of employees, Lock the verification checkmark behind the paywallto recover a banned account, e.g. andrew tate and donald trumpand Apply reading restrictions.
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Its tough stance on moderation proved attractive, but the app lacked key features such as the ability to search for specific topics, hashtags, and the option to tailor your timeline only to people you follow.
ThreadsThe blatant similarity to Twitter angered Musk, who has since posted multiple derogatory comments aimed at the billionaire owner of Meta mark Zuckerberg and even threatened to sue.