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And while geopolitics loom large, especially the war in Iran, the parade of executives signals an interest in promoting business and potentially striking deals despite a festering trade war.

John Rewich, NPR News, Washington.

French authorities began investigating Musk and X last year, focusing on algorithm manipulation and potential interference in French politics.

The probe was expanded earlier this year after a complaint accused X of spreading hateful, racist, and homophobic content.

And now French prosecutors say they've opened a criminal investigation.

The Paris prosecutor's office summoned X and XAI, as well as Musk and former X CEO Linda Iaccarino, threatening to issue warrants equivalent to indictments if they fail to appear for questioning.

In February, Musk called the investigation at that time a political attack.

X did not immediately respond to a request for a comment.

John Ruich, NPR News.

Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google, tweeted about the new feature.

2004 was a good year, but your Gmail address doesn't need to be stuck in it, he wrote.

The company has been planning the new policy since last year, and according to a statement online, it's pretty easy to change your Gmail address.

You can do it right in the personal info section of your account.

Once you change your username, Google says the old one will still be there as what they call an alternate account.

In other words, you'll still get emails sent to your old Gmail address.

This will come as a relief to some.

The inability to change usernames has been a source of frustration for a slice of the 3 billion users Google says rely on Gmail, like people who may have signed up years ago with usernames that are inaccurate now, or inappropriate, or just cringeworthy.

John Ruich, NPR News.

Anthropic says it does not want its AI used for autonomous weapons or mass surveillance of Americans.

The Pentagon says it's up to the military to decide how to use the technology, not the company.