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X chief Yaccarino claims renamed Twitter 'close' to break-even
X chief Yaccarino claims renamed Twitter 'close' to break-even
by  AFP

Linda Yaccarino, CEO of social media platform X, said Thursday that the company formerly known as Twitter is "close" to breaking even and is hiring to beef up a staff slashed by owner Elon Musk. But Yaccarino said in the interview Thursday that X was "pacing well" and "pretty close to break-even."

Virgin Galactic's first space tourism flight set to take off
Virgin Galactic's first space tourism flight set to take off
by  AFP

The long-awaited, first civilian space tourism flight by Virgin Galactic was set for takeoff Thursday, carrying an 80-year-old ex-Olympian and a mother and daughter who won their tickets in a sweepstakes. Virgin Galactic competes in the "suborbital" space tourism sector with billionaire Jeff Bezos's company Blue Origin, which has already sent 31 people into space using a vertical lift-off rocket.

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