{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/039b783b-a527-4fdf-b3ce-b3c255ad3034/624adaf9191314001229c05d?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Elon Musk buys $2.9 billion chunk of Twitter","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61ba036a1a8cbef5973cf0c0/611d8477-603a-4e9d-91a2-bd3721f17d0e.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>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.</p><p><br></p><p>Plus - a pair of composers who created <a href=\"https://www.barlowandbear.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">‘the unofficial Bridgerton musical’ album</a> using TikTok, have won a Grammy for it. Emily Bear and Abigail Barlow won the Grammy for best musical theatre album.</p><p><br></p><p>Also in this episode:</p><p><br></p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.oxitec.com/en/news/oxitec-completes-first-farm-scale-deployments-of-friendly-fall-armyworm-on-commercial-bt-corn-in-brazil\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Oxitec’s</a> genetically modified Fall Armyworms designed to save crops (1.10)</li><li>Russia to suspend ISS cooperation until sanctions are lifted (2.38)</li><li>The <a href=\"https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/what-are-covid-symptoms-new-list-expanded-fatigue-headache-sore-throat-b992270.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">official list of Covid-19 symptoms</a> has been expanded&nbsp;(3.15)</li><li>IPCC to release <a href=\"https://twitter.com/IPCC_CH/status/1510754077977763841\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">new report</a> on action to tackle climate crisis (3.55)</li><li>Gemini research finds <a href=\"https://www.standard.co.uk/business/gemini-uk-cryptocurrency-ownership-blair-halliday-fca-b992272.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">1 in 5 Brits own cryptocurrency</a> (4.44)</li><li>Test could predict effective cancer drug combinations in less than two days (5.23)</li><li>Samsung announces new TVs will include support for NFTs (6.08)</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Follow us on <a href=\"https://twitter.com/EveningStandard\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter</a> for more news @EveningStandard </p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"The Evening Standard"}