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Shanghai Covid: China Announces Largest City-Wide Lockdown – China has announced its biggest city-wide lockdown since the Covid outbreak began more than two years ago. [bbc]

Oscars 2022: The Full List Of Winners – All the winners and nominees from the 94th Academy Awards. [guardian]

Taylor Hawkins: Ten Substances, Including Opioids, Found In Foo Fighters Drummer’s System – Preliminary results of the urine toxicology test found he had ingested THX (Marijuana), tricyclic antidepressants, benzodiazepines, and opioids, the Attorney General’s Office said. [sky]

Prince William ‘Holds Emergency Crisis Talks With Senior Aides’ – After being rocked by the backlash against the royal tour of the Caribbean for being ‘tone deaf’ to Britain’s colonial past. [dm]

The Ukrainians Are Killing A Lot Of Russian Generals. It Won’t Help End The War. – The Russian force in Ukraine probably includes two dozen generals who act as commanders and deputy commanders for the dozen or so combined-arms and tank armies the Kremlin has committed to the war. [forbes]

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NFT Of Mandela’s Arrest Warrant Auctioned For R1.9m – An NFT version of an arrest warrant for anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela has raised $130 550 at auction, with proceeds going towards a museum preserving the history of South Africa’s anti-apartheid struggle. [iol]

Cape Epic Decided By Dramatic Final Stage Win – True to its billing as the world’s untamed mountain bike stage race, the 2022 Cape Epic was decided in the last half of its final stage. [n24] Terribly exciting. 

Russia Was Losing The Information War. Then Fox News Stepped In. – A conspiracy theory about U.S.-supported biolabs in Ukraine originated here, but it’s helping Russia turn the tide. [vice]

Leclerc Says ‘Every Race Should Be Like This’ Despite Losing Stunning Saudi Arabian GP To Verstappen – Charles Leclerc missed out on victory in the 2022 Saudi Arabian GP by just 0.549s in an exhilarating late-race duel with Max Verstappen – and though he was disappointed, the Ferrari driver clearly relished his wheel-to-wheel bout with the reigning champion. [f1]

Elon Musk Giving ‘Serious Thought’ To Build A New Social Media Platform – Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk is giving “serious thought” to building a new social media platform, the billionaire said in a tweet on Saturday. [reuters]

Zaha Hadid Architects Is Building A Virtual City For The Metaverse – AD has an exclusive talk with ZHA’s principal architect Patrik Schumacher about designing a futuristic cyber-city. [ad]

DeFi – The Crypto Innovation Changing The Way We Bank – DeFi (Decentralised Finance) is the rapidly growing sector of personal finance products built on blockchains using cryptocurrencies. [here]

Superyachts Are Showcasing More Digital Art Than Ever. Here’s Why – Often dubbed as digital wallpaper, works created by Zaniz Jakubowski, Ideaworks and more are turning the novelty into common practice. [rr]

Love It Or Hate It, Apple’s Camera Bump Is Reportedly Getting Bigger On The iPhone 14 Pro – iPhone camera bump haters, we have some bad news: It sounds like the upcoming (but unannounced) iPhone 14 Pro might be getting an even thicker camera bump on its backside. [mash]

This Pokémon Card Just Sold For $420,000 At Auction – In a bid to catch all the Pokémon, someone just paid $420,000 at auction for a Charizard card. [cnn]

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