🐥 Twitter's Bold Rebranding: From Tweets to X - Exploring Elon Musk's Cultural Vandalism
PLUS: Tech Titans' Earnings Bonanza: A.I. Fervor Tests Investor Sentiment, Data-Driven Franchise Future: Unleashing AI's Power for Franchise Success and more...
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Twitter becomes X On Monday afternoon, a crane rolled up to Twitter's headquarters on Market Street. The plan was to remove the sign from the historic building's facade, putting a symbolic end to the company that owner Elon Musk had over the weekend re-branded to X. (Casey Newton / Platformer)
Musk’s project...is best understood not as a money-making endeavor, but as an extended act of cultural vandalism. - Joshua Benton (@jbenton)
Big Tech Earnings Will Test Investors' Fervor for A.I. Nasdaq futures are up on Tuesday morning, ahead of a Big Tech earnings bonanza that kicks off when Microsoft and Alphabet report second-quarter results after the closing bell.(Andrew Ross Sorkin / The New York Times)
Big Tech Earnings Will Test Investors’ Fervor for A.I. - Milan Paurich (@milanpaurich)
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When's the Best Time to Use AI in Your Franchise? The maxim 'data is king' is certainly not new to the franchise world, but how these businesses utilize data faces a new frontier, in which sliced and diced information gathered from entire systems can better serve both franchisees and their… (Mark Siebert / Entrepreneur)
When's the Best Time to Use AI in Your Franchise? The Choice Is Clear - Donna Dean Payne (@thewebcoach)
The IBM mainframe: How it runs and why it survives Mainframe computers are often seen as ancient machines—practically dinosaurs. But mainframes, which are purpose-built to process enormous amounts of data, are still extremely relevant today. (Andrew Hudson / ars Technica)
They are still used. I know a guy who programs one for a bank. Great career. - Robert Scoble (@Scobleizer)
JPMorgan stays bearish amid brewing AI bubble. JPMorgan's Marko Kolanovic is staying bearish on the stock market despite its strong rally. He warned the hype around artificial intelligence is creating a new bubble. (Matthew Fox / Insider)
JPMorgan stays bearish on the stock market and warns that an AI bubble is brewing amid record concentration in mega-cap stocks - Markets Insider (@MktsInsider)
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