“Tech Firms ‘In Denial’ On Terrorism” – US technology companies have become “the command and control networks of choice” for terrorism, the new head of GCHQ has claimed. [bbc]
British Teen Will Cornick Gets Up To Life In Prison For Murder Of Spanish Teacher Ann Maguire – Will Cornick, 16, will spend at least 20 years behind bars. He stabbed 61-year-old Ann Maguire to death inside a Corpus Christi Catholic College classroom in Leeds in April, then sat down as if nothing had happened and said ‘good times’ as his classmates screamed in horror. [nydn]
Police Confident Mbatha Played Part In Killing Senzo Meyiwa – Police on Monday said they were confident the man arrested in connection with the murder of Bafana Bafana captain Senzo Meyiwa played a part in the crime. [tlive]
Eskom ‘Knew About Worsening Vibrations’ At Majuba In January – Trade union Solidarity on Monday released a statement accusing electricity company Eskom of negligence with regard to the collapse of a coal storage silo at the Majuba power station in Mpumalanga on Saturday. [bdl]
Swiss Shootings Leave Five Dead – Three women and two men were killed in separate shootings yesterday in Basel and in a village in the canton of Bern, according to police and media reports. [bloom]
Formula 1 Is Testing A ‘Virtual Safety Car’ – Safety vehicles are sometimes as dangerous to racing drivers as actual competition. They may be less of an unintentional threat if a virtual safety car (VSC) trial at the US Grand Prix pans out. [engad]
Gareth Cliff Responds To Backlash Over Meyiwa Funeral Tweet – Gareth Cliff came under fire for questioning the funeral costs of slain Bafana Bafana captain Senzo Meyiwa. [n24]
SA Rugby Legend Dies – Former Western Province centre Tinus Linee passed away this morning. [ewn]
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New World Trade Centre Opens 13 Years After 9/11 Attacks – More than 13 years after the original towers were destroyed in the 9/11 attacks, New York’s World Trade Centre has re-opened for business. [tele]
Facebook Offers ‘Dark Web’ Tor Link For Users That Prefer To Stay As Anonymous As Possible – Facebook has surprised the internet’s security community by offering a link to its website that works on Tor – an anonymizing program that is often synonymous with the “dark web”. [ind]
Apple-1 Computer Sold By Steve Job From Parents’ Garage Could Fetch $600,000 (R6.6 Million) At Auction – A fully operational Apple computer that company co-founder Steve Jobs sold out of his parents’ garage in 1976 for $600 is expected to fetch more than half a million dollars when it hits the auction block in December. [abc]
Apple Watch Set for Later-Than-Expected Spring Launch, Report Says – CEO Tim Cook previously said it would be “available early next year” The Apple Watch is slated for a spring 2015 launch, according to a leaked video transcript, dampening hopes of an earlier winter date. [time]
Breaking Bad Blamed For Shocking Rise In Crystal Meth Usage – A leading academic claims the critically-acclaimed US show Breaking Bad “instantly makes people curious” about crystal meth. [tele]
Naked Driver Crashes Into Garage – Mechanics at a Pinetown business narrowly escaped injuries on Monday when a naked driver hurtled into their premises and crashed into a high lift jack and another vehicle before coming to rest. [n24]
Taylor Swift Says Goodbye To Spotify – Even as Taylor Swift prepared to officially become the first act to have three albums sell a million copies in one week, the singer broke up with Spotify on Monday, erasing her music from the popular streaming service. [usat]
8-Year-Old Girl Killed By Circus Tiger – An eight-year-old girl was mauled to death by a circus tiger after it pulled her into its enclosure at an amusement park in China. [dm]
Tom Hanks Is Writing A Book Of Short Stories – Tom Hanks, who needs no introduction unless you’ve literally never seen a movie, will add “published author” to his long list of accomplishments sometime in the near future. Just weeks after The New Yorker published his first short story, the actor and filmmaker has inked a deal with publishing house Alfred A. Knopf. [huff]
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