STATESIDE STORIES: ELON MUSK X-ES TWITTER; SOLAR PANELS ON CALIFORNIA CANALS »

The rebranding from "Twitter" to "X" could erase billions of dollars in company value, but Elon Musk is defiant about the change. “X will become the most valuable brand on Earth” he said. On an entirely different plane, California’s Department of Water Resources has invested $20 million dollars in a project called “Project Nexus” which involves the installation of solar panels in canopies on top of 4,000 miles of irrigation canals in Turlock, central California, to produce some 13 gigawatts of energy capacity, thereby helping achieve Governor Gavin Newsome’s goal of 60 percent renewable energy by 2030.