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May 2022
5m 45s

Twitter Thread Out Of Hand

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Twitter is still not out of troubled waters and it is taking longer than anticipated. With Jack Dorsey stepping down as CEO, privacy concerns and Elon Musk’s dealings, we await to see what’s ahead for Twitter. In other news, Swiggy, the food delivery gian 
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