The letter X is commonly cited in trademarks, meaning it is possible the website formerly known as Twitter could be accused of infringing upon another company's intellectual property, trademark ...

Does X represent a major business experiment? A radical new concept for on-line living? Or is it simply one man's obsession with the 24th letter of the alphabet? Probably it's all of the above.

The letter “x” often symbolizes something unknown, with an air of mystery that can be appealing. Illustration by Meilan Solly Even though “x” is one of the least-used letters in the ...

starting with online banking site X.com in 1999. Musk has been open about his love of the letter X for a long time. Many people are only becoming aware of it now that he’s folded one of the ...

Out of a total of 308,000 entries in the Oxford English Dictionary, just 366 words begin with the letter "x", and very few of those make it into most people's vocabulary. Yet despite this ...

One little letter, so much baggage. By Stella Bugbee The letter has its obvious appeals. X is a versatile shape — one of the few capital letters to remain symmetrical whether bisected vertically ...

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But why is x the letter chosen for this role? When and where did this convention begin? There are a few different explanations that math enthusiasts have put forward – some citing translation ...

For starters, the swastika X—or cross—has come to symbolize the very essence of evil. And the letter, as signified by the skull and crossbones, portrays death by poison. Yet it also represents ...