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Welcome to Tech News Briefing.

It's Monday, July 24.

I'm Zoe Thomas for the Wall Street Journal.

Google co-founders Sergey Bryn and Larry Page stepped down from active management of the Internet giant in 2019.

But lately, Sergey Bryn has been back, working alongside researchers as they push to develop the company's next artificial intelligence system.

Our reporter, Miles Cruba, will join us later to discuss what impact Bryn could have on Google's AI efforts.

But first, the Federal Trade Commission said it's pausing its in-house trial against Microsoft's bid to buy Activision Blizzard.

The company's plan to close the $75 billion deal by mid-October.

The stake gives the FTC time to evaluate its next move, like entertaining a settlement or dropping the case altogether.

The agency failed to stop the deal earlier this month in federal court.

Microsoft and Activision declined to comment.

Twitter's famous Bluebird is set to fly the coop and be replaced with an X.

Owner Elon Musk signaled the change was coming in a series of tweets on Sunday.

The company officially renamed itself X earlier this year according to a legal filing.

At the time, though, the app kept the Twitter Bluebird logo.

In the past, Musk has spoken about his ambition to create a quote,

everything app called x.com that would use Twitter as its foundation.

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