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- X CEO Linda Yaccarino spoke to CNBC about the reason behind Twitter’s name change.
- She revealed that the platform will soon gain features like video calling and peer-to-peer payments.
X, formerly known as Twitter, staged the biggest, boldest brand revamp we’ve seen in recent times. Many have criticized the platform’s rechristening, amongst other questionable changes under Elon Musk’s leadership. Now, Twitter’s newly-appointed CEO Linda Yaccarino has opened up about why the company decided to undo years of legacy branding and call Twitter ‘X.’