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Why does Netflix want to buy Warner Bros, asks the chief film critic at the long-running motion-picture magazine Variety. “It is hard, at this moment, to resist the suspicion that the ultimate reason… is to eliminate the competition.”[Warner Bros. is] one of the only companies that’s keeping movies as we’ve known them alive… Some people think movies are going the way of the horse-and-buggy. A...
Tech moguls may foolishly hope to stay forever young, but others could benefit too from evidence of the human body’s dynamic and varied journey through life
Ageing can feel remarkably sudden. One morning you awake to find new aches, or lapses in strength and memory that you could swear were not present just a few days prior. We do not literally age overnight, but as research is increasingly...
FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE arrived this week, notes this report from The Register, which calls it the latest release “of the Unix world’s leading alternative to Linux.” As well as numerous bug fixes and upgrades to many of its components, the major changes in this version are reductions in the number of platforms the OS supports, and in how it’s built and how its component software is packaged....
“Homebrew, the package manager for macOS and Linux, just got a handy new feature in the latest v5.0.4 update,” reports How-To Geek. Brewfile install scripts “are now more like a one-stop shop for installing software, as Flatpaks are now supported alongside Brew packages, Mac App Store Apps, and other packages.”For those times when you need to install many software packages at once, like when...
South African traders use proprietary trading firms to access external trading capital, scale funded accounts up to $1M, and trade global markets without risking personal savings. Prop firms provide the funding, set transparent risk rules, and share profits with traders who demonstrate consistent discipline. South African traders increasingly choose international prop firms because these...
Widely recognised as one of the best scrum halves to ever play rugby, Fourie du Preez joined private equity firm Fledge Capital full-time in 2016.
It’s a boring tool, but you need one. Here are the best home printers we have tested, from ink tank to lasers.
Today America’s college professors “struggle to accommodate the many students with an official disability designation,” reports the Atlantic, “which may entitle them to extra time, a distraction-free environment, or the use of otherwise-prohibited technology.” Their staff writer argues these accommodations “have become another way for the most privileged students to press their advantage.”[Over...
Any one of these gift ideas will make your favorite bookworm very happy, from e-readers and accessories to cozy reading essentials.
This new-ish hybrid between trail runners and road runners is designed for less technical terrain and the occasional road run.
The facility has the second-largest installed capacity and the highest peak power output of any solar power farm in South Africa.
Sometimes it’s easier to talk to strangers, which might explain why the platform has become an increasingly popular resource for wedding planning.
Through layers of intermediaries, stablecoins can be moved, swapped and mixed into pools of other funds in ways that are difficult to trace, experts say.
With “hardware guy” John Ternus as frontrunner for the next CEO, can Apple overtake its ex-employees at OpenAI and Meta?
Wired published an article by California-based writer/programmer Sheon Han arguing that Ruby “is not a serious programming language.” Han believes that the world of programming has “moved on”, and “everything Ruby does, another language now does better, leaving it without a distinct niche.Ruby is easy on the eyes. Its syntax is simple, free of semicolons or brackets. More so even thanPython —...
DStv and its streaming sibling Showmax stand to lose hundreds of movies and series at the end of 2025.
In the last month of 2025, Traders are prioritizing projects with solid fundamentals, clear tokenomics, and proven scarcity mechanics that promise long-term growth potential. This week, several projects have emerged in the spotlight, each offering a unique mix of technological innovation, strong community adoption, and reward mechanisms. Among these rising stars, BullZilla ($BZIL), top crypto […]
In a recent report, Polygon suggested that the crypto industry is in a “super-cycle” and stablecoins are at the center of the structural shift. Company’s Global Head of Payments and RWA, Aishwary Gupta, noted that the market could see more than 100,000 stablecoin issuers emerge over the next five years. Japan’s recent steps show that […]
The growing discussion around Reform UK funding has revived interest in how whales use stablecoins to shape political movements. Former Tether investor and billionaire Christopher Harborne has made a whopping £9M investment in Reform UK, the political group spearheaded by Nigel Farage, causing much controversy. Against this backdrop, Digitap ($TAP) continues to stand out in […]
Jolla is “trying again with a new crowd-funded smartphone,” reports Phoronix:Finnish company Jolla started out 14 years ago where Nokia left off with MeeGo and developed Sailfish OS as a new Linux smartphone platform. Jolla released their first smartphone in 2013 after crowdfunding but ultimately the Sailfish OS focus the past number of years now has been offering their software stack for use...
Road Traffic Infringement Agency spokesperson Monde Mkalipi has warned motorists about a trend of fraudulent traffic fine notifications being sent after working hours.