The X.com name dates back to 1999 when Musk wanted to create a financial superstore to disrupt banking. — Photo by Chris Delmas/AFP
PARIS: Elon Musk is rebranding his Twitter platform as "X" and wants to create a super-app where users will do all their finances as well as their socialising.
His inspiration is China's WeChat, which dominates the Chinese internet with chat, payments, games and a host of other functions in its walled garden.
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