Internet History X(.com)

Buckle up, buttercups, we’ve got a long one this week!  After last week’s summer-break-headlines-only-episode, both cj & Jeff were just overflowing with words and insisted on sharing them with all of their listeners.

This week we’ve got a double-header segment covering the history of Elon Musk’s X.com, including its improbable (but necessary) merger with Confinity (the creators of PayPal) and the successful coups of not one, but TWO CEOs before ultimately being sold to eBay.  The guys both thought they knew most of the story, but as it turns out, there is way more crazy in this saga than your favorite classic episode of Jerry Springer.

But before X.com, we’ve got AIs performing sports broadcasting, Android phones detecting AirTags, Cacti in Phoenix dying from the heat (!!!), and British Airways serving KFC in a pinch.

21 Reasons Mutts Are Better Than Purebreds

That sports broadcaster you hear could be AI

Android phones can now tell you if there’s an AirTag following you

Phoenix’s record heat is killing off cactuses

British Airways Just Served KFC on a Flight From the Caribbean to London

Beyond Chicken Tenders

Do Peanuts Go Bad?

Why is Twitter called X now? Elon Musk's rebrand explained and where it's going next

Sandy Weill and the Story Behind Citigroup

A brief biography of 'X,' the letter that Elon Musk has plastered everywhere

Single-letter second-level domain

Elon Musk's 25-year obsession with 'X' explains what he did to Twitter

Twitter's Future Is a Return to Elon Musk's Past - Every

Zip2 - Wikiwand