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Elon Musk Is About To Get A Lot Richer – Musk doesn’t receive any base salary or cash bonus from Tesla. Instead, he receives stock options based on the company hitting certain financial and market value targets. [cnn]

Joe Biden Would Consider Imposing Personal Sanctions On Vladimir Putin If His Troops Invade Neighbour – The US president also said there would be “enormous consequences” for the world if President Putin’s troops go into Ukraine. [sky]

Unvaccinated Man Denied Heart Transplant By Boston Hospital –  “Given the shortage of available organs, we do everything we can to ensure that a patient who receives a transplanted organ has the greatest chance of survival.” [bbc]

After 75 years, Italy’s Former Royals Want Their Crown Jewels Back – ‘Do the right thing’ and return them to the House of Savoy, says grandson of Italy’s last king, Umberto II. [tele]

Michael Avenatti Now Representing Himself In Case Vs. Stormy Daniels – The attorney could directly confront his former client over her claims that he stole some of the money she was owed for her autobiography as early as Wednesday. [huffpost]

Teen Hacker Explains How He Gained Remote Access To Teslas Around The World – A security vulnerability discovered in open-source logging tool TeslaMate let the hacker unlock doors, lower windows, and monitor a vehicle’s location. [gizmodo]

Don’t Forget About That January 31 Tax Deadline – Let me first ease your blood pressure by saying that January 31 is the deadline for provisional taxpayers, including trusts and companies. [here]

How Much Money TikTokers Make, According To Creators – Unlike YouTube or Facebook, which split a percentage of ad revenue with qualifying users, TikTok doesn’t share ad dollars with influencers. [businsider]

Beyond Its Exceptional Beauty, Kruger National Park Is On The Ropes And Hurting – The Kruger National Park has a major rhino-poaching crisis, but that’s just one of many mounting problems — and it’s extremely worrying. [dailymav]

R7.8bn Corruption Exposed In SIU Covid-19 Corruption Report – R7.8-billion of Covid-19 procurement corruption has been flagged by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) in its final consolidated report to President Cyril Ramaphosa. [mg]

Google Pushes New Plan To Overhaul Web-Tracking Cookies – Privacy campaigners have pushed hard against the use of cookies, which transmit users’ information often to dozens of companies each time they visit a website. [fin24]

Crypto In 2022: From Crypto Adoption Outpacing The Internet, To Which Sectors Are Worth Watching Out For And Everything In Between – The markets may be experiencing a volatile start to the year, but 2022 is gearing up to continue the adoption pace of crypto that 2021 set. [here]

Nadal Survives Five-Setter As Shapovalov Claims Officials ‘100%’ Favour Top Players – Shapovalov directed his frustration at the time Nadal took between points. After an argument with the umpire, Carlos Bernardes, he shouted: “You guys are all corrupt.” [guardian]

Experts Are Ringing Alarms About Elon Musk’s Brain Implants – Neuralink took a huge step closer to human trials. Scientists have lots of nervous questions. [dbeast]

Teachers Share The Most Over The Top Things They’ve Seen At Private Schools – “I heard some kid left their 30,000-peso ($586) hoodie [at school]. It was just in the lost and found for a couple of weeks.” [vice]

Alec Baldwin Seeks Dismissal Of Civil Suit Over Fatal ‘Rust’ Shooting – He’s asking a court to dismiss a civil lawsuit filed by a script supervisor who was on the set when the actor fatally shot a cinematographer. [iol]

Neil Young Demands Spotify Remove His Music Over Joe Rogan ‘Disinformation’ – “I am doing this because Spotify is spreading fake information about vaccines — potentially causing death to those who believe the disinformation being spread by them.” [ewn]

EXCLUSIVE: Kim Kardashian Puts On A Sizzling Display – She shows off her taut tummy and famous derriere in silver bikini during SKIMS swimwear commercial with pals. [dmail]

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