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Twitter Relaunched as Twitter.now To Rival X: See Why Musk Wants It Silenced

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Abstract illustration of a bird facing an X mark with scales of justice between them, representing the Twitter.now trademark dispute with X Corp.” twitter.now

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Twitter Relaunched as Twitter.now To Rival X: See Why Musk Wants It Silenced

Three years after Elon Musk retired the Twitter brand, a startup run by two trademark lawyers has relaunched it — bird logo, "tweet" button and all. X Corp. is suing to stop them. A Delaware judge has hinted they might actually win.

September 1, 2026

Nigerian AI startup Xara founder Sulaiman Adewale after attracting interest from xAI

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Nigerian AI Startup Xara Attracts Elon Musk’s xAI Interest After Going Viral

Nigerian AI startup Xara attracted attention from Elon Musk's xAI after its AI banking assistant went viral. The company has grown to 45,000 users while pioneering conversational banking in Africa.

byPhilip Thomas

June 6, 2026