Facebook Faces $1.6bn Fine And Formal Investigation Over Massive Data Breach – Irish data regulator could penalize the social network after hack of nearly 50m accounts. [guardian]

North Korean Hackers Tried To Steal Over $1 Billion – The North Korean government uses a shadowy network of cyberactors to conduct financial crimes on behalf of Kim Jong Un’s regime that have attempted to steal over $1.1 billion in “particularly aggressive” attacks on global banks, according to a new report from a cybersecurity watchdog. [cnn] Classic

Prince Harry Tells Schoolchildren: Stay Away From Fortnite – He has a famous affinity with children, offering high fives wherever he goes and taking any opportunity to play games with his nephews, nieces and godchildren. [tele]

Here’s Why The Petrol Price Has Just Rocketed – By now you’ll know that petrol and diesel prices have hit astronomical levels, with the AA calling the hike “catastrophic”. How has it come to this? [here]

Sarah Silverman Scorches Trump For ‘Laughing’ At Christine Blasey Ford: ‘Ha, Ha, Ha, Fuck You’ – The comedian said that confirming Brett Kavanaugh would be ‘telling every woman, every girl, every boy, every person, that what happens to women’s bodies does not matter.’ [beast]

Kardashian Sues Bodyguard – The bodyguard who bailed on Kim Kardashian West just before she was robbed at gunpoint in Paris is being sued. [tmz]

Advertising Standards Authority Of SA Ordered To Stop Trading – The Advertising Standards Authority of South Africa has been put into liquidation and ordered to stop trading with immediate effect. [tmo]

Family ‘Shook’ After Florida Man Tried To Buy 8-Year-Old Girl For $200K – Tracy Nigh recounted to The Daily Beast how she was sitting on a Walmart bench when a 81-year-old man sat down and started bidding on her 8-year-old daughter. [beast]

This Is How Far R100 In Petrol Will Get You In Some Of SA’s Most Popular Cars – The Winner Surprised Us – Business Insider South Africa compared the distances some of the most popular vehicles in South Africa can travel on a R100 worth of petrol from Wednesday. [busins]

New Zealand: Hand Over Phone Password At Border Or Face $3,200 Fine – Rights groups have denounced a new law in New Zealand under which travelers can be fined thousands of dollars if they refuse to allow border officials access to their phone. [cnn]

A Power-Drunk Zuma And Those Gupta Meetings: Nene Lets Rip – Until now, South Africa never knew how Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene braved former president Jacob Zuma and his cabinet colleagues, protecting the country from certain financial ruin. [tlive]

 

French Bank Robber Who Escaped Jail In Helicopter Recaptured – Prosecutors suspect Rédoine Faïd, who was in jail for murdering a police officer, used a burqa as disguise during his time on the run. [guardian]

Pret A Manger To Label Food After Schoolgirl’s Death – Pret a Manger will list all its ingredients, including allergens, on freshly made products following the death of a 15-year-old girl who had an allergic reaction to a sandwich containing sesame seeds, to which she was allergic. [cnn]

‘Holy Grail Of Whisky’: Bottle Of 1926 Macallan Valerio Adami Sold For World Record £848,750 – The rare bottle of 1926 Macallan Valerio Adami was bought for £848,750 and is part of a very limited edition. [sky]

William Nicol Drive Could Be Renamed After Winnie Madikizela-Mandela – A recommendation has been made by the City of Johannesburg to rename William Nicol Drive after struggle stalwart Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. [bustech]

The Karoo Will Soon Become A Key Site In The Hunt For Aliens – The 64-dish MeerKAT telescope will add its gaze to those of other telescopes as they search the skies for traces of alien life, Breakthrough Listen announced on Tuesday at the International Astronautical Congress in Germany. [busins]

Kanye West Gave Kim Kardashian $1m For Mother’s Day – Here’s Why – Kanye West is known for giving Kim Kardashian the most OTT and extravagant gifts ever – and he has done it again. [ch24]

That Sex Robot Brothel Isn’t Opening In Houston After All – The Houston City Council amended an ordinance to prevent a company called KinkySdollS from opening a showroom where people could have, um, intimate relations with realistic sex dolls. [mash]

Slowing Population Growth Is Key To Saving The Planet, Says David Attenborough – Slowing population growth is key to protecting the planet, Sir David Attenborough has said. [tele] Wear a condom, kids!

Let’s Give Jane Hawking Her Due, Shall We? – Jane Hawking—the author, teacher and first wife of late physicist Stephen Hawking, to whom she was partnered for 30 years—told a crowd at the Henley literary festival this week that the 2014 film The Theory of Everything erroneously portrayed her marriage. [jez]

Farewell, Mr Testicle: Turkey Helps Citizens Ditch Embarrassing Names – More than 105,000 people apply to change misspelled and humorous names [guardian]

Uber Eats’ Most Popular Order Might Surprise You – Uber Eats brings the food you want to your door, and for that, we will always be thankful. What people want, though, is pretty surprising. [here]

Robin Williams’ Eclectic Watch Collection To Be Sold By Sotheby’s – Robin Williams’ preferences in watches ran from the most classic and distinguished timepieces to the wildly avant-garde. [forbes]

Princess Eugenie And Jack Brooksbank’s Combined Net Worth May Surprise You – So when she marries Jack Brooksbank on Oct. 12, 2018, she and her hubby will have an estimated combined net worth of $4.7 million U.S. dollars. And that’s just a beginning estimate, since there is no real way to know the extent of Brooksbank’s wealth, since he is after all a commoner just like the rest of us. [eol]

Steady On, Enrique! – Iglesias passionately kisses a FAN during concert in Ukraine before she wraps her legs around him in delight… just months after his partner Anna Kournikova had twins. [dm]

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