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Bill Gates Questions Elon Musk's Intentions, Says Tesla Chief Could Make Twitter "Worse"

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Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates on Wednesday warned that Tesla's chief executive officer (CEO) Elon Musk could potentially make Twitter a "worse" platform.  Speaking at  The Wall Street Journal 's CEO Council Summit, Mr Gates was asked about Elon Musk's potential impact on Twitter following his $44 billion acquisition of the social media platform last month. To this, the philanthropist replied saying that while Mr Musk has a good track record, he could make misinformation on the platform worse.  “He actually could make it worse,” Mr Gates said. But he also added, “It's not totally clear what he is going to do”.  Also Read | Bill Gates Says He Would Choose To Marry Ex-Wife Melinda "All Over Again" Further, Mr Gates admitted that Mr Musk's track record at other companies is impressive, hailing his time at the helm of Tesla and SpaceX as “mind-blowing”. He said that he believed Mr Musk had done a good job of putting together a gre...

Putin's "Fly Can't Pass Through" Steel Plant Order Still Stands: Russia

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The Kremlin denied that Russian troops were storming the Azovstal steel plant in Ukraine's southern port city of Mariupol, where Ukrainian fighters and civilians are trapped, and said humanitarian corridors were operating there on Thursday. Asked if a claim by a senior Ukrainian official that Russian troops had broken into the plant's territory was true, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov referred reporters to President Vladimir Putin's previous order not to storm it. Putin was shown on television on April 21 telling his defence minister instead to seal off the vast complex so "a fly can't pass through". "You were witnesses, the president gave the order to refrain from an assault. No other orders were announced and the (humanitarian) corridors are working today", Peskov said. On Thursday Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called for a prolonged ceasefire to evacuate civilians including women and children from bunkers under the Azovstal steel plant....