Congratulations, Mr. President: Zuckerberg Secretly Called Trump After The Election – Internal documents show Facebook’s own marketing strategy was influenced by what it learned from its valued customer, the Trump campaign. [buzzfeed]

Donald Trump Invites Vladimir Putin To Washington, White House Says – US President Donald Trump has asked his national security adviser, John Bolton, to invite Russian President Vladimir Putin to Washington later in the year, the White House says. [abc]

Russia’s Foreign Affairs Ministry Tweets ‘#FreeMariaButina’ – The official Twitter account of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs now has a profile picture featuring alleged Russian spy Maria Butina. The picture, which shows Butina smiling in the sun, also has the hashtag. [beast]

Trump Hits Out At The EU Over $5 Billion Google Antitrust Fine – “I told you so!” is the president’s take, as he uses the fine as proof of his assertion that the EU is taking advantage of the US. [cnet]

Microsoft Tops Estimates In Quarterly Results As Cloud Revenue Surges – Microsoft’s push into cloud services has continued to pay off, as it crushed Wall Street estimates for its fourth quarter, citing strong take-up of its Azure platform. [tele]

Massmart Shares Surge On Surprise Results – Retailer Massmart’s share price jumped almost 9% on Thursday, after the group reported a better than expected performance for the half-year to end-June. [bl]

Steinhoff Wins Creditor Support For Debt Restructuring Plan – Steinhoff International Holdings [JSE:SNH] won support from a majority of creditors to restructure its $11bn (about R149bn) of debt, seen by the embattled retailer as a vital step toward its recovery from an accounting scandal. [f24]

Micro Office Pod Trend Exploding In Cape Town – Chances are you’ve come across the idea of micro pods before, but now the idea looks set to take off in the Mother City. [here]

Government Could Face Class Action Lawsuit Over Inadequate Schools – Lawyers for education advocacy group Equal Education say that if government does not comply with its legal requirement to provide safe and dignified schools for South African learners, the next step could be a class action lawsuit. [dm]

Rolls-Royce Demonstrates Robotic Bugs As The Future Of Engine Maintenance – Rolls-Royce showed off its new vision for the future of engine maintenance this week at the Farnborough Airshow, and it might make your skin crawl. [tc]

Massive Sales At Both Spree And Superbalist Ahead Of Their Integration – South Africa’s two largest clothing online retailers are offering massive sales ahead of their integration in coming months. [busins]

Massive Diamond Cache Detected Beneath Earth’s Surface – More than a quadrillion tons of diamonds to be exact – or one thousand times more than one trillion – US researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) reported this week. [f24]

India Issues Fresh Warning To WhatsApp Over Lynching Deaths – WhatsApp could face legal action in India if it does not take further steps to tackle the spread of false rumours, the government said on Thursday (July 19), in fresh criticism of the platform over a spate of lynchings. [a1]

How To Stop Those Little Brown Patches On Your Face From Getting Worse – Just mentioning hormonal pigmentation, or ‘melasma’, is enough to give women nightmares. Thankfully, there are six ways to patch this problem up. [here]

Massive Sales At Both Spree And Superbalist Ahead Of Their Integration – South Africa’s two largest clothing online retailers are offering massive sales ahead of their integration in coming months. [busins]

Larry Page Is Quietly Amassing A ‘Flying Car’ Empire – Google co-founder revealed to be owner of Opener, a Canadian startup that just came out of stealth. [verge]

Harvey Weinstein’s Ludicrous Claims About Ashley Judd – Director Peter Jackson has apologized for not casting the actress based on false information he was fed by Miramax. Weinstein says he’s blameless. A gripping showdown could result. [beast]

Definitely, Maybe: Liam Gallagher Urges Noel To Consider Oasis Reunion – Liam Gallagher tells older brother Noel: ‘I forgive you now let’s get the BIG O back together’ [guardian]

How Phish Became The Unlikely Heroes Of Digital Music Streaming – As Phish recently prepared to hit the road for their annual summer tour, I found myself digging in the dark reaches of a closet to locate a binder I’d filled with dozens of CD recordings of the jam band’s live shows. [mash]

Margot Robbie PICTURE EXCLUSIVE – Star models swimsuit during romantic vacation in Costa Rica with husband Tom Ackerley. [dm]

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