U.S. To Ban Laptops In All Cabins Of Flights From Europe, Officials Say – Acting on fears that terrorists can build bombs into laptops, Homeland Security has decided to expand the ban it imposed on Middle Eastern flights. Computers will now be checked as baggage. [beast]

Apple Becomes First U.S. Company To Top $800 Billion Value – Apple Inc. became the first U.S. company with a market value of more $800 billion as investors bet the next iPhone will spur a resurgence in sales. [bloom]

Zuma’s Legal Team Wants DA To Produce ‘Intelligence Report’ Behind Cabinet Reshuffle – President Jacob Zuma’s lawyers have asked the Democratic Alliance to produce the very intelligence report that the DA wants Zuma to supply, in a bizarre twist to the sacking of Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan. [mg]

City Of Cape Town Defends Gugulethu Rezoning – The City of Cape Town defended its decision to rezone a portion of land for housing upgrades in Gugulethu, as angry residents cordoned off a section of the suburb with burning barricades on Wednesday. [n24]

The Strange Oval Office Meeting Between Trump, Lavrov And Kislyak – It was all smiles Wednesday when President Trump welcomed Russia’s foreign minister and U.S. ambassador to the White House. Of course, we only know that thanks to photos from Russia’s state news agency. Their photographer was the only one allowed in the meeting, while U.S. journalists were kept out. [washpo]

Pret A Manger Considers Putting New York IPO On The Menu – Owner of sandwich chain reportedly exploring listing on NY stock exchange as part of US expansion plans. [guardian]

Snap Shares Dive, But CEO Evan Spiegel Isn’t Worrying About Slowing User Growth – Ahead of its first-ever earnings report, Snap Inc. cautioned investors to expect uneven user growth and a big loss, largely due to stock grants issued to employees after its initial public offering. [lat]

HIV Life Expectancy ‘Near Normal’ Thanks To New Drugs – Young people on the latest HIV drugs now have near-normal life expectancy because of improvements in treatments, a study in The Lancet suggests. [bbc]

Dwayne Johnson President – Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson told GQ that the idea of putting his acting career on hold to run for president is a “real possibility,” although he’s cagey on where he stands on many issues or even if he’d associate with a political party. [var]

Private Education Is Growing Faster Than Public Education In Africa – With the expectation that one in four young African students—or 66 million—will be enrolled in a private school by 2021, the potential for investment and impact in the sector has “rarely been greater,” a new report declares. [qz]

Damien Hirst Accused Of Copying African Art At Venice Biennale – English artist Damien Hirst has been accused of cultural appropriation after his exhibition, “Treasures from the Wreck of the Unbelievable,” featured a “golden head” that appears to mirror sculpted heads created by African artists from Ile-Ife Nigeria. [cnn]

An “Alternative Business Model” Helped This Craft Brewery Grow To The Value Of R17 Billion In 10 Years – Craft brewery’ success stories are few and far between, but then one comes crawling through the cracks and gives the rest of the world a run for their money. [here]

Netflix Is Clashing With The Cannes Film Festival Over The Future Of Cinema – The Cannes Film Festival announced today that it will allow two Netflix films, Bong Joon-ho’s Okja and Noah Baumbach’s The Meyerowitz Stories, to enter competition for the first time ever despite protests from film purists. But the festival also declared that, starting in 2018, all competition films must receive a theatrical release in France, essentially banning future titles from the streaming service unless it changes its online-only distribution model. [qz]

Carly Simon Shames Adulterer By Singing Lost You’re So Vain Verse For The First Time – After more than 50 years, Carly Simon has still barely breathed a word about who her famous hit You’re So Vain is about. But the first performance of a never-previously heard “lost” verse could stir up speculation all over again. [tele]

Bikers In Jozi Are Gearing Up For A Big Weekend – Now that the weather has begun to turn a little frostier, bikers are joining forces to do their bit for the local community. [here]

Let’s Talk About Whether Or Not Pizza Is Actually Healthy – You’re probably used to writing pizza off as an unhealthy, hungover treat. Truth be told, it doesn’t have to be that way. [here]

Now Brattish Conrad Hilton Refuses To Leave Jail Cell – Conrad Hilton hasn’t given up looking for special treatment, even in jail. Surprised? Don’t you know who he is? [db]

New Social Network Lets You Gift Your Mom (Or Anyone) R2 000 – So you have your eyes on a gift for that someone special, but you don’t have the cash to make it happen? No worries, just win the gift with a few simple clicks. [here]

The Most Stylish Royals In The World; Past, Present And Future – There’s more to royal style than Diana, Kate, Grace and Charlene. [tele]

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If You’re Sending Money Overseas, Make Sure You’re Using The Best – Currencies Direct have been in the game since 1996 so if it’s travel money, emigration, selling overseas property or moving cash around you’re after they’re the one-stop shop. [ka-ching]

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Everyone’s Talking About Gather Online, The South African Start-Up That’s Taking On Facebook – Years from now you might well remember where you were when you signed up for Gather Online, and we’re proud to have been paired up with them from the start. [get talking]

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