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Elizabeth Holmes, the former multi-billion dollar healthcare start-up owner, has appeared at a California court for a hearing ahead of her upcoming fraud trial. It is the 35-year-old's first court appearance since last month's release of HBO's The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley about...

Tesla held its 'Autonomy Day' on Monday, where it detailed its plans for a robo-taxi network to compete with the ride-hailing giants Lyft and Uber. The company provided details on its hardware, software, and data capabilities, as well as prediction that the roll-out of the service may...

The brother of Sri Lanka’s former strongman leader Mahinda Rajapaksa slammed the government for neglecting national security issues ahead of Easter Sunday’s suicide bombings, and said it would lead to a power shift at the next election..... Read more via Yahoo News – Latest News & Headlines –...

Supporters of President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi have claimed victory after almost 90% of Egyptian voters backed sweeping constitutional changes that could result in him ruling until 2030. Election officials claimed 88.8% of voters … Read more via The Guardian – http://bit.ly/2IBtcMt Get more...

In the past 10 years, “sponcon,” the business of getting paid to promote a company via your social media, has spread pandemic-like. Sponsored content may be obnoxious (and even morally questionable at times), but it’s plenty legal—as long as influencers cop to the fact that they’re being paid...

An 18-year-old from New York has filed a $1 billion lawsuit against Apple over a false arrest he says happened because of what he believes to be Apple’s face recognition system. NYPD officers arrested Ousmane Bah on November 29th after he was falsely linked to a series of Apple … Read more...

Apple CEO Tim Cook suggested today that for the average person to have their data privacy protected, technology needs to be regulated by the government. “We all have to be intellectually honest, and we have to admit that what we’re doing isn’t working,” Cook said at the Time … Read more via...

On Easter Sunday, in the wake of devastating attacks that killed over 300 people, Sri Lanka shut down a large portion of its internet. President’s secretary Udaya Seneviratne said officials had decided to “temporarily block” sites and apps like Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, YouTube, and Viber...

Dr. Richard Valery Mouzoko Kiboung of Cameroon, who was killed on Friday in the attack on an Ebola response command center in Democratic Republic of the Congo. DRC Ministry of Health & WHO hide caption toggle caption DRC Ministry of Health & WHO Dr. Richard Valery Mouzoko Kiboung arrived …...

At least 17 people – mostly children – have died after heavy rains in eastern Uganda caused flooding. The rains hit the districts of Kamuli and Buyende during the night, with some people drowning in the flood waters and others hit by collapsing walls, the … Read more via Welcome To Ladun...

A woman from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) who was seriously injured in a traffic accident in 1991 has made a seemingly miraculous recovery after emerging from a 27-year-long … Read more via BBC News – https://bbc.in/2DtjdVA Get more World News

3 of the 4 children of Danish billionaire, Anders Holch Povlsen, died in the Sri Lanka bombing attacks. The family were visiting the country over the Easter holiday.... Read more via Instablog9ja – http://bit.ly/2VZha2w Get more World News

A woman born with no arms, knees and just seven toes who was told she wouldn’t make her 18th birthday has revealed her joy at planning her wedding. Jlissa Austin, 30, from Houston, Texas, stands at just three feet four inches tall and says she thought she was destined … Read more via...