Elon Musk, the CEO of X (previously Twitter), has announced that Xmail will launch soon, igniting rumors that it could compete with Google’s Gmail service. Musk made his announcement very quickly after online reports about Gmail’s upcoming closure caught on like wildfire.
The news came to light after senior member of X’s Security Engineering team Nathan McGrady tweeted about when Xmail would launch. Musk answered right away, stating that the service is planned, paving the way for what may turn out to be a big change in the email service industry.
Concerns about what would happen to Gmail grew, and the IT world was excited as a post on X went popular claiming that Google was shutting down its email service. The message, which included a screenshot of an allegedly authentic email from Google with the subject line “Google is sunsetting Gmail,” caused a great deal of anxiety and conjecture on Gmail’s future.
The alleged email stated that Gmail would stop supporting sending, receiving, and storing emails on August 1, 2024, and would cease all operations altogether. Even though the message received a lot of attention, many people began to doubt its veracity and its ability to be a genuine announcement from Google.
Google quickly dispelled the rumors, telling users that Gmail is “here to stay” and that it is not going away on the X platform. The company explained that in January 2024, Gmail’s default appearance will change from “basic HTML” to a more colorful design.
Even when Google clarified the situation, the speculations about Gmail’s demise sparked conversations about other email providers, and some people expressed interest in giving Xmail a try. In light of the rumors, another social media user shared his mistrust of Gmail and his willingness to look into other options.
In other relevant news, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has called on mankind to reach beyond than Earth, highlighting the necessity of a moon base and cities on Mars. Musk lamented that it had been fifty years since the previous landing on the Moon, highlighting the historical significance of the Apollo 11 mission in 1969 as the first time that humans had stepped foot on the lunar surface.
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Musk remarked on the quick development from the first flight to the Moon landing in under 66 years when reflecting on the success of the Apollo 11 mission. He did, however, draw attention to the fact that there have been no more attempts to reach the moon in the last fifty years and expressed his opinion that this should not be considered the apex of human achievement.
This appears to be a step closer to Musk’s ambitious goal of turning X into a “everything app.” Additionally, it’s probable that xAI, the business the Tesla CEO formed in 2023, will create the new version of Xmail. Grok, a chatbot that has been integrated into the X platform, was introduced by the same business.
What is the net worth of Elon Musk?
that seems that Mr. Musk’s attractiveness stems from all those paradoxes, and that hasn’t stopped him from accumulating wealth.
According to Bloomberg, he is the richest person in the world, with a net worth estimated at $215 billion (£170 billion) as of March 1, 2024.
That is mostly determined by the value of his Tesla stock, of which he owns over 13%. As the company’s output expanded and it began to generate consistent profits in 2020, the value of its stock shot up—some would say unfairly.
