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Judge Rejects Amber Heard’s Motion For Mistrial In Johnny Depp Case – A judge on Wednesday rejected Amber Heard’s request for the high-profile defamation case involving her and her ex-husband, Johnny Depp, to be declared a mistrial. [washpost]

Former CIA Employee Convicted For Carrying Out Largest Data Leak In Agency’s History – He had worked as a computer engineer within the CIA’s Center for Cyber Intelligence, and created cyber tools that could grab data undetected from computers. [cnn]

Uvalde Shooting: Families Express Anger At Leaked Video Of School Attack – The 82 minutes of CCTV footage from Uvalde, published by a local newspaper, shows the gunman’s arrival and police waiting 77 minutes to confront him. [bbc]

Bill Gates Adds Another $20bn To His Charitable Foundation – The foundation’s new goal of distributing $9bn annually, which it aims to accomplish by 2026, is a 50% increase from its current rate. [busday]

Can iPhones Face ID Distinguish Identical Twins? – Face ID has been created to also automatically adapt to changes in your facial appearance such as eyewear, makeup, as well as growing a mustache or beard. [citizen]

Abe’s Assassin Once Tried To Kill The Leader Of The ‘Moonies’ Church – Japanese media has reported Tetsuya Yamagami wanted to kill the head of the Unification Church, where the 41-year-old suspect’s mother is a member. [vice]

How Two Former Student Waiters Launched One Of SA’s Thriving Pre-Owned Luxury Goods Resellers – The entrepreneurial duo stared the business after a friend of theirs got scammed while trying to resell her luxury handbags online. [businsider]

The Powerful Webb Telescope Found Water In This Alien Planet’s Clouds – The Webb telescope is spending considerable time — a whopping 25 percent of its first year — peering into the skies of exoplanets. [mashable]

Virgin Atlantic Just Unveiled Its Most Spacious Business Class Suites Yet – Meet the “Retreat Suites,” which are equipped with a guest chair and an extra-large screen. [robbreport]

DStv Could Soon Change Its Password Sharing Rules – In February MultiChoice announced it would limit the number of concurrent streams on its DStv app to crack down on rampant password sharing. [timeslive]

World’s Greatest Places List Includes Cape’s Favourite Wine Region – TIME’s list of the World’s Greatest Places for 2022 includes everything from the wild west to icy education, with “a wine lover’s dream” somewhere in between. [here]

Disgraced President Flees To Maldives And Gets Worst Welcome Ever – After escaping mass protests, ex-Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was in for another rude awakening when he took refuge in the Maldives. [dbeast]

Uber Sued By 550 Women Over Alleged Sexual Assaults – In addition to the 550 women currently involved in the civil suit, another 150 cases are being looked into by the law firm. [cnet]

Wayde Van Niekerk’s Hopes Of Success In The 400m Boosted As Steven Gardiner Ruled Out Of World Champs – The South African world record-holder, who will celebrate his 30th birthday tomorrow, has been out of action for most of the last few years. [iol]

No Suspension For Premier League Footballer Arrested On Suspicion Of Rape, Club Confirms – While in custody, the 29-year-old was arrested on suspicion of raping a different woman in April and June last year. [sky]

Load Shedding 101: Looking For Affordable UPS Power Backup Systems – You’ve probably heard of UPS systems – they are among the more accessible solutions. But with so many options and so much jargon, how should you go about choosing the right UPS? [dailymav]

Grimes And Chelsea Manning Break Up –  The duo were an item in March. The pair linked up after Grimes, 34, had split from the father of her two children, Elon Musk, for the second time. [pagesix]

The Dark Heart Of Deliverance: Drunken Fist Fights On Set, Stars Who Nearly Died In The Wilderness – And how the actor in one of cinema’s most savage scenes intimidated his victim off screen too. [dmail]

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