Elon Musk, The World’s Richest Man, Wants To Be Paid In Bitcoin – Elon Musk, the billionaire founder of Tesla TSLA +7.8% and SpaceX and who has just become the world’s richest man, has said he would never turn down being paid in the soaring cryptocurrency bitcoin. [forbes]

16 Reasons Telegram Is So Much Better Than WhatsApp, + 3 Huge Myths Debunked – I know a lot of people are / are considering moving to Telegram because of the the upcoming changes to their Terms & Conditions, but the vibe in general was busy moving across anyway.[2ov]

Elon Musk’s Starlink Broadband Terminals Get Approval In U.K. – Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite broadband system has received licensing approval for its user terminals from the U.K.’s communications regulator, paving the way for the billionaire’s venture to enter another major market. [bloom]

Capitol Breach: Second Republican Senator Calls For Trump To Quit – A second Republican senator called for Donald Trump’s resignation on Sunday, accusing the president of descending into “madness” over his incitement of a mob of supporters that ransacked the US Capitol in Wednesday’s deadly riots. [guardian]

Trump Would Be Only The 4th President To Boycott His Successor’s Inauguration – President Donald Trump announced Friday that he won’t attend President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration on January 20. [cnn]

Pence To Attend Biden Inauguration; Trump Never Called Him In The Capitol Bunker, Sources Say – Vice President Mike Pence will attend the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, according to a person familiar with his decision. [nbc]

President Trump Permanently Banned From Twitter Over Risk He Could Incite Violence – Twitter has permanently banned President Trump, citing the risk that he would incite further violence. [usat]

Trump Banned From Facebook Indefinitely, CEO Mark Zuckerberg Says – The move follows temporary bans of Trump’s accounts by both Twitter and Facebook. [washpo]

Apple, Hyundai Set To Agree Electric Car Tie-Up, Says Korea IT News – Hyundai Motor and Apple Inc plan to sign a partnership deal on autonomous electric cars by March and start production around 2024 in the United States, local newspaper Korea IT News reported on Sunday. [reuters]

Covid-19: Queen And Prince Philip Receive Vaccinations – The Queen, 94, and Prince Philip, 99, are among around 1.5 million people in the UK to have had at least one dose of a Covid vaccine so far. [bbc]

Ramaphosa Non-Committal About Harsher Lockdown, But Admits New Covid-19 Variant Is Worrying – Government structures are in meetings to consider whether to implement a harsher Covid-19 lockdown, but President Cyril Ramaphosa is non-committal for now on whether more restrictions are imminent. [n24]

The Horror! The Horror! Inside South Africa’s Battle Against Covid-19 – After weeks of mudslinging, the Department of Health announced this week that it was expecting its first million Covid-19 vaccines to be delivered in January. But questions remain. [dmav]

Amazon, Apple And Google Cut Off Parler, An App That Drew Trump Supporters – The companies pulled support for the “free speech” social network, all but killing the service just as many conservatives are seeking alternatives to Facebook and Twitter. [nyt]

Kim Jong-Un Calls US ‘Biggest Enemy’ And Says Nuclear Submarine Plans ‘Complete’ – North Korea should ‘further advance nuclear technology’ and develop more flexible attack capability, leader tells party congress. [guardian]

Mayor Caught In His Underwear During Live Video Interview After His Reflection Was Spotted In A Mirror By The Host – The mayor of Antwerp, Belgium, Bart De Wever, was caught wearing his underwear during a live video interview at a local radio station this weekend after his reflection was seen in the mirror behind him. [busins]

WATCH | Joburg Man Horrified To Find Fire Station Closed As His Porsche, Land Rover Burn – A Johannesburg man has called for an audit of the city’s firefighting capacity after waiting in vain for the fire brigade, which he eventually had to fetch, as his Porsche and Land Rover went up in flames in his garage in the early hours of Friday morning. [n24]

Land Expropriation Set To Be Approved In South Africa In 2021: ANC – South Africa’s ruling party expects parliament to approve an amendment to the constitution this year outlining the circumstances in which land may be expropriated without compensation, president Cyril Ramaphosa said. [btech]

New Capitol Riot Footage Reveals An Even Darker Side Of The MAGA Mob – “There was something way, way darker, more violent, more sinister, and more organized happening in that Capitol on Wednesday, and it’s time we see it clearly,” MSNBC’s Chris Hayes said. [rollsto]

Here’s What Burger King’s New Logo Looks Like – Burger King’s identity is getting a whopper of a refresh, with its first new logo in more than 20 years. [cnn]

Justin Thomas Apologises After Using Homophobic Slur At Sentry Tournament Of Champions – The defending champion at the $6.7m event missed five-foot putt on fourth hole after which he uttered the slur which was picked up by a television microphone; world number three later said, “There’s just no excuse…I need to do better. I deeply apologise” [sky]

Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Powerful Childhood Tale Ties Trump Fervor To Nazism – It feels like we’ve all aged many years since Wednesday’s failed coup on the U.S. Capitol by Donald Trump supporters. But actor and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has some perspective to buoy us along. [mash]

‘LaConco’ Rebrands: From Mrs Zuma To Reality TV Star – The ‘Real Housewives of Durban’ will give a glimpse into her post-marriage life as a motivational speaker and the owner of a beauty brand. [cit]

New Trailers: Locked Down, Supernova, Losing Alice And More – Plus a farewell to Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek. [verge]

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