Going After The Kingpins Of South Africa’s Biggest Pyramid Scheme In History – While Mirror Trading International’s liquidators are serving summons on everyone who made money on the scheme, it remains unclear whether the scam’s kingpins will face criminal charges. [mybroadband]
Johnny Cash Scores His First Top 10 Hit On A Billboard Chart–20 Years After His Death – Decades after the man in black’s passing, people are not only still listening to his work, but finding new ways to interact with it…and all that attention has helped him manage a very unlikely feat. [forbes]
OpenAI Strikes Reddit Deal To Train Its AI On Your Posts – Reddit gets access to OpenAI’s tech for building AI features, and OpenAI gets real-time access to Reddit posts that feed into ChatGPT. [verge]
National Assembly Passes New Controversial BELA Bill – In a Department of Education statement, Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga announced the new bill and said it was a watershed moment for the education sector. [capetownetc]
Elon Musk Reportedly Abruptly Fired Entire Tesla Supercharger Team For This Reason – In a brutal year for tech layoffs, Tesla may have set the record for worst reason to lay people off. [mashable]
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2024 Issue Release: See The Stars – The stars were out to launch of the 2024 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue at the Hard Rock Hotel in New York City. The event also celebrated the storied magazine’s 60th anniversary. [pagesix]
‘Give Us More Time’: ANC’s Gwede Mantashe Asks SA To Give Party Another Chance To Govern – ANC national chairperson Gwede Mantashe has reiterated former speaker of Parliament and deputy president’s statement Baleka Mbete that 30 years in power and governance is not enough to deliver adequate services and a “better life” for South Africans, adding that South Africans should give them “time” to fix mistakes. [iol]
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ Alleged Drug Mule Brendan Paul Will Avoid Jail Time As He Accepts Plea Deal – Paul was charged with felony cocaine possession last month. [people]
14-Year-Old Died Of Heart Attack After Participating In A Spicy Tortilla Chip Challenge – The chief medical examiner’s office in Massachusetts has determined that a teenager who ate a tortilla chip containing a high concentration of a chemical compound found in chili peppers, died of a heart attack last September. [cnn]
Naples Pizzeria Whose Founder Cooked For Bill Clinton Seized In Mafia Investigation – Owner of Dal Presidente and his wife among five arrested on suspicion of business being linked to Camorra’s Contini clan. [guardian]
The Olympic Medals South Africans Have Won Over The Years – South Africa has won 89 medals in 11 different sports in the 20 Olympic Games the country has attended since 1904 in St. Louis. [sapeople]
South Africa Calls On ICJ To Order Israel To End Rafah Offensive – Lawyers urge international court of justice to issue urgent measures over assault on Gaza’s southernmost city. [guardian]
Billie Eilish Review, Hit Me Hard And Soft: Pop Star Whispers Her Way To Big Emotional Wallops – Are we finally seeing the artist behind the baggy-goth avatar? Interrogating her public image and fan culture, Eilish delivers a restless album that is equal parts sighing and squalling. [independent]
