Elon Musk and company took over the @X handle as part of the Twitter rebrand. The user who registered it more than 16 years ago received nothing for it. Credit: Omar Marques/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Elon Musk took his next big step in fully turning Twitter into X on Tuesday night: The @Twitter handle officially changed to @X. But, what about its original owner? Mashable interviewed
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