American Condom Sales Skyrocket As Vaccinated Singles Get Ready For A Summer Of Sex: Experts – American condom sales have skyrocketed as a northern hemisphere hot vax summer approaches and more Americans sign up to get their Covid-19 vaccine. [busins]

Melinda Gates Could Become World’s Second-Richest Woman – Lack of prenuptial agreement with Bill Gates could herald $73bn divorce settlement as fears focus on future of couple’s charity. [guardian]

Bill Gates’ Company Transfers $1.8bn Of Equities To Melinda Gates – Bill and Melinda Gates announced on Monday they are divorcing after 27 years of marriage. [alja]

Ethereum’s 27-Year-Old Creator Is Now A Billionaire – Vitalik Buterin, a 27-year-old Russian-Canadian programmer, created ethereum in 2013 when he was 19. [cnn] Couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy. 

The COVID Vaccine Is Set To Make Up More Than Half Of Pfizer’s 2021 Revenue – Pfizer believes its COVID-19 vaccine could surpass that and then some, despite its only being on the scene since late 2020, the company said during its quarterly earnings report on Tuesday. [fortune]

Derek Chauvin Juror Defends Participation On D.C. March After Photo Of Him In BLM Shirt Surfaces Online – The murder trial of ex-Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin is back in the headlines after a photo that recently surfaced on social media showed one of the jurors wearing a Black Lives Matter shirt at a civil rights march last summer, raising questions about the jury’s impartiality. [nydn]

Elizabeth Holmes Trial: What’s Going On With The Theranos Founder’s Criminal Case – As you probably know by now, she was the founder and CEO of Theranos, the blood-testing startup featured in the HBO doc The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley (as well as a book, podcast, and, eventually, a feature film starring Jennifer Lawrence). Also being charged is former Theranos president Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani. [mash]

‘Deep Sh**’: Giuliani Criminal Raid Has Trump Worried – Trump ally Rudy Giuliani went on Fox News to defend himself as the criminal probe against him intensifies. Giuliani shifting from calling the feds who raided his apartment “professional” to claiming the raid was “out of control.” [msnbc]

India Posts Record Daily Rise In Coronavirus Deaths – India’s coronavirus deaths rose by a record 3,780 during the last 24 hours, a day after the country became the world’s second, after the United States, to cross the grim milestone of 20 million infections. [reuters]

Why Gadhafi’s Private Jet Is Gathering Dust On A French Airfield – The images that came out of Tripoli International Airport in August 2011 have become defining symbols of the downfall of the regime of Moammar Gadhafi, the autocrat who ruled Libya with an iron fist for over four decades. [cnn]

New Driver’s Licence To Be Introduced In South Africa In The Next Year: Mbalula – Transport minister Fikile Mbalula says that the Driving Licence Card Account (DLCA) is currently in the final phase of designing a new driver’s licence card. [btech]

Elon Musk Arrives In New York With Partner Grimes And Baby X Æ A-XII – Ahead of his controversial SNL hosting gig. [dm]

World’s Oldest Person Pulls Out Of Torch Relay For Tokyo Olympics – 118-year-old Kane Tanaka cited COVID-19 concerns for cancellation as officials mull further lockdown extension. [alja]

Petrus Wine Aged In Space To Go On Sale At Christie’s For Possible $1Million – A bottle of Petrus 2000 that spent more than a year in space orbiting the earth is set to be offered for sale by Christie’s, the auction house has announced. [decanter]

Zellweger, DiCaprio, Beyonce Among Stars Given VIP Status Under New UK Points-Based Immigration System – Those who meet the criteria will be able to live and work in the UK more easily under reforms being introduced by the Home Office. [sky]

Home Of The Week: Tim Burton’s $27 Million London Home Has A Pool That Pops Up Into Screening Room – You didn’t think any home of his would be boring, did you? [robb]

PHOTO | Mark Wahlberg Gains 9kgs In 3 Weeks For New Role – Mark Wahlberg has taken to Instagram sharing before and after photos of his transformation for his role in the film, Father Stu. [n24]

Red Hot Chili Peppers Sell Catalog To Hipgnosis – The $140 million sale marks the latest sale from a major legacy artist to a music investment fund — and one of the biggest purchases for Merck Mercuriadis to date. [rollsto]

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