The Number Of People Using Facebook Daily In North America Dropped For The First Time – The number of people in the U.S. and Canada who check Facebook every day dropped between the third and fourth quarter of 2017, the first such quarterly drop in company history. [cnbc]

Steinhoff Refers Ex-CEO To Police On Suspicion Of Corruption – Steinhoff International Holdings NV reported former Chief Executive Officer Markus Jooste to South Africa’s anti-graft police, pinning the blame for an accounting scandal squarely on the man who built the retailer into a global force. [bloom]

Steinhoff ‘Fraud’ Hard To Detect – Christo Wiese – Detecting fraud within a company was hugely difficult for board members‚ especially if the CEO was allegedly involved‚ Steinhoff shareholder and respected South African businessman Christo Wiese said in Parliament on Wednesday. [tlive]

Samsung’s Now Making Chips Designed For Cryptocurrency Mining – Samsung’s semiconductor business is booming, with the company recently overtaking Intel as the world’s biggest chipmaker. But the South Korean firm is not resting on its laurels, and is currently looking to expand into the buzziest contemporary market for processors: cryptocurrency mining. [verge]

Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway And JPMorgan Team Up To Try To Disrupt Health Care – Three corporate behemoths — Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase — announced on Tuesday that they would form an independent health care company for their employees in the United States. [nyt]

We Have Made Mistakes, Says MultiChoice, But No Corruption – The pay-TV operator has concluded an internal investigation into allegations about state capture. [huff]

South Africa’s Strict Child Entry Rules Are Still Ruining Family Holidays – Families travelling to South Africa are are still being caught out by stringent regulations on visiting with children, nearly two years after the regulations were introduced. [tele]

Who’s Blaming Who For Cape Town’s Water Woes – Finger pointing and blaming over the drought crisis gripping Cape Town has picked up this week, with behind-the-scenes fighting between DA leaders being revealed. [n24]

Capitec Bank: ‘Your Money Is Safe With Us’ – The bank is assuring clients that everything is under control via SMS. [huff]

Facebook Pushes ‘False Flag’ Amtrak Conspiracies In Trending Section – Facebook once again surfaced wild conspiracy theories about ‘commie-lib resisters’ and Hillary Clinton staging terror attacks on Amtrak in a part of its Trending News section. [beast]

San Francisco Will Clear Thousands Of Marijuana Convictions Dating Back To 1975 – San Francisco will clear the convictions of thousands of people who were charged with misdemeanor possession of marijuana dating back to 1975. [time]

France To Ban ‘Buy One, Get One Free’ Offers On Foodstuff – France plans to ban “buy one, get one free” offers on food products in supermarkets to guarantee better income to struggling farmers, in a move that could also test President Emmanuel Macron’s free-market credentials. [reuters]

Michelle Obama Explains Her Painfully Awkward Reaction To Melania Trump’s Gift – Michelle Obama is finally opening up about that time she accepted an inauguration present from Melania Trump and had no idea how the heck to react. [mash]

Tinder Told To Stop Discriminating Against Over 30s – A US court has swiped left at Tinder, rejecting an appeal and ordering the app to stop age discrimination on its Tinder Plus service, in which users aged 30 and over must pay more to use the dating app’s premium service. [tele]

Jozi Pays The Big Bucks – Marketing Manager Ad Offers Close To R1 Million A Year – Not only do they have all the water, but it seems that the folks up in Jozi are also raking in the dough. How about this marketing manager position? [here]

Turns Out There’s A Science To Making The Perfect Cup Of Coffee – There’s more to a good cup coffee than meets the eye, so we loaded up the data behind making a healthy, flavourful cup of your morning rescue remedy. [here]

‘I Got Mushrooms In Dublin And Rolled Into Bono’s House’ – Robbie Williams recalls the embarrassing moment he mistook a window for the ‘world’s most beautiful painting’ at U2 singer’s VIP bash. [dm]

George Clooney Tells David Letterman About Meeting Amal: “We Stayed Up All Night Talking” – The ‘Catch-22’ star and director recalls his first impression of his wife on an upcoming episode of David Letterman’s Netflix talk show. [hollyrep]

Paris Hilton Dressed Up As Kim Kardashian For A Modelling Gig – One minute you’re ordering someone to clean and organise your closet, and the next minute, you’re modelling their husband’s clothing line. [mash]

Georgina Chapman’s Marchesa Is Canceling Its Fashion Week Runway Show – Harvey Weinstein’s estranged wife was slated to show her fashion brand Marchesa at New York Fashion Week on Feb. 14. [nyp]

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