Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg Finally Addresses Cambridge Analytica Scandal – Following days of silence, CEO announces Facebook will change how it shares data with third-party apps and admits ‘we made mistakes’ [guardian]
Christopher Wylie: The Whistleblower In The Cambridge Analytica Scandal – Born to parents who are physicians, 28-year-old Canadian Christopher Wylie was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and dyslexia as a child. [straits]
Austin Bomber Mark Conditt Confessed Hours Before Blowing Himself Up, Police Say – Neighbors said he was a nice kid from a good family. Police say they ID’d him after he sent two parcel bombs via FedEx. No one can say why he did it. [db]
Yes, This Is Going To Be Worse Than Watergate – In 1973, there were still some independent-minded lawmakers in the Grand Old Party. Today, not so much. [beast]
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Reportedly Bragged About Having Jared Kushner ‘In His Pocket’ – Kushner has built a personal relationship with the crown prince, and is said to be playing an important role in the royal’s visit to the US this week. [busins]
Stormy Daniels Took A Lie Detector Test About Her Alleged Affair With Donald Trump. She Passed – Stormy Daniels passed a lie detector test that focused on her alleged sexual encounter with President Donald Trump in July 2006. [time]
Sarkozy Charged With Using Gaddafi’s Money For Election Campaign – Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was hit with charges on Tuesday in connection with the allegations that he illegally funded his 2007 presidential campaign with money from deceased Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi. [nyp]
Julius Malema Shares His Views On The 2019 Elections, Ramaphosa And The ANC – EFF leader Julius Malema speaks to the M&G about the 2019 elections, President Ramaphosa’s new dawn and whether he’ll go back to the ANC. [mg]
Why Waste Money Paying Lawyers By The Hour? – The new Timon app let’s you engage in 1-on-1 Whatsapp-style chats with top SA lawyers. On Demand. Get to the point and pay for the answers you want. [timon]
Cape Town And Jozi – Win Tickets To Exclusive Preview Screening Of Epic South African Western – Peeps are going wild for Wakanda and ‘Black Panther’, so let’s show some love for a proudly South African production that has earned rave reviews thus far. [here]
World Mourns Death Of Last Male Northern White Rhino – Sudan, the last male northern white rhino has died in Kenya at the age of 45, after suffering with age-related infections for a number of months. [t24]
De Lille’s Disciplinary Hearing Set To Start – After a false start earlier this week, Cape Town executive mayor Patricia de Lille’s disciplinary hearing is due to start on Thursday. [n24]
France Proposes On-the-Spot Fines of Up To $920 For Public Sexual Harassment – France is proposing a bill that would charge immediate fines of up to $920 for public sexual harassment. [time]
Elon Musk Wins Approval For ‘Staggering’ Pay Deal With Potential $55bn Bonus – Elon Musk, the billionaire founder of the electric car company Tesla, has won approval for a new pay deal that could land him a $55.8bn (£40bn) bonus, smashing all compensation records. [guardian]
Ringo Starr Receives Knighthood: ‘I’ll Wear It At Breakfast’ – The Duke of Cambridge bestowed the honour on the Liverpool-born star at a ceremony at Buckingham Palace. [bbc]
A Quick Look At Five Of The Most Expensive Wines In South Africa – As a proud South African wine consumer, it’s important to know what’s out there, especially if you’re looking to invest in something local. [here]
Reality Star Lala Kent Isn’t Holding Back In Jennifer Lawrence Feud – “Her face is a little too pudgy, like she needs to stop the drinking, you know?” [huff]
Apple’s New iPhone X Ad Is A Wild Ride – Apple have a pretty sizeable advertising budget, so we have come to expect big things from them. Their latest iPhone X ad doesn’t disappoint. [here]
Genius On A Budget: How Wes Anderson Designed The Royal Tenenbaums – There’s hardly a still you could pluck from The Royal Tenenbaums that doesn’t have “Wes Anderson was here” written all over it – in Futura Bold font and a very specific shade of warm pink. Looking back on it in the run-up to his latest, Isle of Dogs (released on March 30), the director’s third film still stands as his archetypal achievement. [tele]
The 8 Most Luxurious Private Jets In The World – When it comes to private jets, there are some that are a cut above the rest. [busins]
What Marriage Experts Think About Couples Who Fart In Front Of Each Other – Rodney Lacroix and his wife, Kerri, who’ve been married four years, have a policy of at least trying not pass gas in front of each other ― most of the time, anyway. [huff]
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