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Jul 2023
27m 20s

X marks the spot

Bbc World Service
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Zoe Kleinman and Shiona McCallum talk about X, the new name for Twitter, as Elon Musk continues making changes at the firm. What will the rebrand mean and where does the platform go next? We also try the eye scanning ‘orb’ that's been created to verify crypto payments. And we’re behind the scenes at CERN in Switzerland and talk to the creator of the AI League game that is accompanying the FIFA Women’s World Cup

(Image: A worker begins removing the sign at Twitter HQ (Justin Sullivan / Getty)

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