X.com now factors to Twitter.com: Elon Musk

Twitter’s iconic hen emblem is about to be retired, marking a change for the social media platform. Elon Musk, who took over Twitter final 12 months, revealed the upcoming emblem change in a tweet. He said that the X.com area now redirects to https://twitter.com/ and introduced that an interim X emblem shall be unveiled later that day.

“X.com now points to https://twitter.com/. Interim X logo goes live later today,” tweeted Musk.

The X.com firm, which Musk based again in 1999, was an early model of what ultimately developed into the favored on-line cost platform PayPal. Now, plainly Musk is drawing upon this legacy to reshape Twitter right into a extra complete and multi-functional platform.

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Since Musk’s takeover, Twitter has skilled a collection of adjustments and updates, a few of which have been met with controversy and debate.

Earlier this month, Musk put new curfews on his digital city sq., a transfer that met with sharp criticism that it may drive away extra advertisers and undermine its cultural affect as a trendsetter.

The increased tweet-viewing threshold is a part of an $8-per-month subscription service that Musk rolled out earlier this 12 months in an try to spice up Twitter income. Revenue has dropped sharply since Musk took over the corporate and laid off roughly three-fourths of the workforce to slash prices and keep away from chapter.

In May, Musk employed longtime NBC Universal govt Linda Yaccarino as Twitter’s CEO.