Elon Musk buys $2.9 billion chunk of Twitter

Elon Musk has bought a stake in Twitter worth $2.9 billion. The Tesla boss now has a 9.2% stake in the social media platform. He’s well known for his tweets, and has more than 80million followers.Plus - a pair of composers who created ‘the unofficial Bridgerton musical’ album using TikTok, have won a Grammy for it. Emily Bear and Abigail Barlow won the Grammy for best musical theatre album.Also in this episode:Oxitec’s genetically modified Fall Armyworms designed to save crops (1.10)Russia to suspend ISS cooperation until sanctions are lifted (2.38)The official list of Covid-19 symptoms has been expanded (3.15)IPCC to release new report on action to tackle climate crisis (3.55)Gemini research finds 1 in 5 Brits own cryptocurrency (4.44)Test could predict effective cancer drug combinations in less than two days (5.23)Samsung announces new TVs will include support for NFTs (6.08)Follow us on Twitter for more news @EveningStandard Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.