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Twitter to be renamed X, get new logo
Twitter's owner Elon Musk and its new CEO said Sunday that the social media network would ditch its bird logo, be rebranded with the name X and move quickly into payments, banking and commerce. Yaccarino, an advertising sales executive at NBCUniversal who Musk poached last month to become Twitter's CEO, said the social media platform was on the cusp of broadening its scope.
Asian markets mostly gain ahead of key rate decisions
Equities mostly rose Monday in Asia with investors gearing up for policy decisions at major central banks this week, while concern over the Chinese economy continued to dampen sentiment. Investors continue to fret over the outlook for China's economy after last week's data showing slower-than-expected growth in the second quarter.
ECB set to hike again with inflation stubbornly high
Another interest rate hike appears a near certainty when ECB policymakers meet Thursday as inflation remains high, but the central bank faces increasing discontent among countries scared high interest rates will hurt growth. The sequence of rate hikes does not look like it will stop this week, despite moves by other central banks to slow the tempo of increases.
In age of AI, women battle rise of deepfake porn
Photo apps digitally undressing women, sexualized text-to-image prompts creating "AI girls" and manipulated images fueling "sextortion" rackets -- a boom in deepfake porn is outpacing US and European efforts to regulate the technology.
SA is convinced Mome Mahlangu has reacted to the uproar after estranged husband Tol Azz Mo announced their divorce
Mome Mahlangu posted cryptic Instagram posts after news of her divorce from Tol Azz Mo. SA said they felt sorry for her for the things he said in the interview.
'Barbie' trounces 'Oppenheimer' at N.American box offices in 'historic' weekend
With legions of pink-clad moviegoers swarming theaters, Warner Bros.' The coincidental same-day release of the two starkly different but highly anticipated films -- one following an iconic doll ready to paint the world pink and the other about the scientist who helped invent the atomic bomb -- created a pop-culture phenomenon that transcended the individual marketing for either film.
Cape Town artist opens up about dad inspiring her, taking part in around 20 exhibitions and Comic Con
A young, multitalented artist in Cape Town has opened up about her dad inspiring her, taking part in Comic Con, and a few other commendable career highlights.
Musk hints Twitter's bird branding could be replaced
Twitter owner Elon Musk hinted late Saturday night that he may ditch the social media network's blue cartoon bird branding -- and soon -- for an edgier logo based on an "everything app" he has long alluded to called only X. "Soon we shall bid adieu to the twitter brand and, gradually, all the birds," he tweeted around midnight, implying an end to the imagery from where the very word "tweet" stems.
Dineo Ranaka's Kaya 959 dismissal bags Azania Mosaka new gig, SA radio station welcomes new voice
Azania Mosaka will takes over a Kaya 959 slot after Dineo Ranaka's exit. The media personality stepped up following the radio station's fall out with Dineo.
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