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Elon Musk To Buy Twitter In $44 Billion Deal – The deal, which will take the company private, caps off a whirlwind period in which the Tesla and SpaceX CEO became one of Twitter’s largest shareholders, was offered and turned down a seat on its board and bid to buy the company — all in less than a month. [cnn]

Twitter: Why Elon Musk Has Been So Keen On Taking Control – He wants to see Twitter fulfil its “extraordinary potential”, he says – and he’s not even that interested in making money out of it. He has plenty of that already, and multi-billionaires can afford to have different priorities. [bbc]

Tesla Shares Plummet After Elon Musk’s Successful Bid For Twitter – Musk is currently the CEO of both Tesla and SpaceX, and is the owner of the transportation startup the Boring Company, as well as the brain computing startup Neuralink. [fortune]

Flood Costs Revised From R950 Billion To R17 Billion – But KZN Government Says Was ‘Honest Error’ – “We regret the error. There’s nothing untoward. To err is human. Government is always open, transparent and accountable.” [news24]

Pretoria Military Base Defenceless As It Comes Under Siege From Locals – It struggles with no water and electricity after adjacent settlements steal electrical cable and water pipes. [timeslive]

Russian Spies Hilariously Screw Up Putin’s ‘Assassination Plot’ Claim – An alleged Russian hoax gone embarrassingly wrong indicates that Putin’s agents have trouble following even the most basic instructions. [dbeast]

Sweden And Finland Agree To Submit Nato Applications, Say Reports – The Kremlin said it would be forced to “restore military balance” by strengthening its defences in the Baltic, including by deploying nuclear weapons, if the two countries decided to abandon decades of military nonalignment by joining Nato. [guardian]

World War Three Now A ‘Real’ Danger, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Warns – Kremlin’s foreign minister says ‘goodwill has its limits’ after apparent Ukrainian missile strike. [tele]

Nando’s Fired A South African Employee Who Ate Slices Of Carrot – Here’s What Happened – Almost four years after being fired for eating two slices of carrot, the Durban Labour Court has ruled that an employee at Nando’s Scottsville must be reinstated. [bustech]

Kane Tanaka: Japanese Woman Certified World’s Oldest Person Dies – Kane Tanaka was born in 1903, the same year as George Orwell, at a time when Japan was emerging as a global power. [bbc]

Donald Trump Fined $10,000 A Day Over Failure To Supply Documents To Court – The former president’s business practices are being investigated by the New York attorney general, who says she has found “significant evidence” the Trump Organization relied on “misleading valuations” for more than a decade. [sky]

Zuckerberg’s Metaverse Obsession Driving Some Staff Nuts: ‘It’s The Only Thing Mark Wants To Talk About’ – A spokesperson said the company is “going through a defining period for the company and we’re going all in.” [businsider]

The Story Behind How Apple Got Its Name – There’s Microsoft, NVIDIA, IBM, AMD, Atari, and then there’s Apple – a brand name that sticks out from the rest. [here]

Rosberg Questions Wolff’s Defence Of Lewis Hamilton After Russell Finishes 4th – “Toto was playing the mental game, which is very smart on his behalf again, taking the blame themselves and really trying to support Lewis mentally”. [citizen]

Johnny Depp’s Female Fans Are Out Of Control: ‘Whoa, Is All I Can Say’ – A legion of female fans are packing the courtroom in Johnny Depp’s defamation trial — and one even brought him an emotional support alpaca. [newsau]

Trevor Noah Explains The Impact Of Elon Musk’s Twitter Buyout – “Wealthy men know the value in owning publishing platforms.” [mashable]

Lady Gaga Records Song For ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Soundtrack – The 36-year-old pop superstar has written “Hold My Hand” for the eagerly anticipated fighter plane action sequel, which sees Tom Cruise reprise his role as Captain Pete “Maverick” Mitchell from the original 1986 blockbuster. [iol]

The Most Popular Shows On Netflix Besides ‘Selling Sunset’ – The fifth season of the reality show about luxury real estate agents in Beverly Hills premiered on April 22 and quickly zoomed to the top of the list. [huffpost]

At Least One Markle Will Be At The Queen’s Jubilee – Meghan’s father vows to visit UK for Platinum celebrations as he labels Prince Harry an ‘idiot’ and agrees with Trump that the duke is ‘whipped’ by his daughter. [dmail]

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