The Best Black Friday Mattress and Bedding Deals (2025)
Some of the best sales of the year on mattresses, mattress toppers, and pillows are happening right now.
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Singapore Takes Top Spot in Global Talent Index
Singapore has claimed the top spot in the 2025 Global Talent Competitiveness Index for the first time, displacing Switzerland from a position the European nation had held since the ranking’s inception in 2013. The index, produced by business school INSEAD and the Portulans Institute, measured 135 economies across 77 indicators spanning soft skills, AI talent concentration, and formal education...
7 Best All-Clad Black Friday Deals (2025)
All-Clad is the best, with a price tag to match. These Black Friday deals can help you save some cash.
Europe Fears It Can’t Catch Up in Great Power Competition
European leaders have spent years warning that the continent risked falling behind the U.S., China and Russia in the global contest for economic, technological and military dominance, and officials now believe they have reached that point. The mood darkened over the summer when Europe found itself on the sidelines as Washington and Beijing negotiated a reset of global trade rules, and turned...
Best Vacuum Cleaner Black Friday Deals (2025): Dyson, Bissell, Eufy
From robot vacuums to Dyson stick vacs, don’t miss these Black Friday deals happening on our favorite vacuums in every category.
Someone Is Trying To ‘Hack’ People Through Apple Podcasts
Apple’s Podcasts app on both iOS and Mac has been exhibiting strange behavior for months, spontaneously launching and presenting users with obscure religion, spirituality and education podcasts they never subscribed to — and at least one of these podcasts contains a link attempting a cross-site scripting attack, 404 Media reports. Joseph Cox, a journalist at the outlet, documented the issue...
From Worry to Peace of Mind: Behind a Zoomex User’s Successful $280,000 Withdrawal
In the crypto market, the ability to earn and withdraw should be basic expectations—yet many exchanges fail to deliver. A recent experience by a Zoomex user challenges this norm, and his story deserves to be shared. Through futures trading strategies, the user gradually accumulated $280,000 in profits. When preparing to withdraw, anxiety naturally arose. Past […]
The Best Black Friday Ninja Deals of 2025: Slushi, Crispi, more
Multiple viral devices from Ninja are on record sales for Black Friday, including the Slushi, the soft-serve Swirl, and Ninja’s flagship espresso maker.
Black Friday Protein Powder Deals and Supplement Steals (2025)
From protein supplements and electrolytes to greens powders and energy drinks, these are the discounted picks worth snagging.
Eskom sends warning about electricity prices in South Africa
Eskom awaits a critical High Court ruling and has warned that it may be unable to keep future electricity price hikes in the single digits if the ruling isn’t delivered timeously.
Australia’s Streaming Quotas Become Law
Australia’s streaming quotas have become law. Legislation requiring the likes of Netflix, Disney+ and HBO Max to spend a portion of their local earnings on original Australian content has been passed in parliament, and now comes into effect. From a report: The quotas were announced earlier this month. This will see global streamers with more than one million Australian subscribers made to spend...
The Best Black Friday Pod Coffee Maker Deals, According to a Daily User (2025)
Get good discounts on fast caffeine with markdowns on our favorite pod coffee machines from Bruvi, Ninja, Keurig, and more.
R1-million spent in a single click as Black Friday heats up
Peach Payments tracked a Black Friday-linked transaction worth R1.09-million as consumers opened their wallets and spent big.
Cell C rockets higher on second day of public trading
Cell C’s share price moved sharply higher on its second day of trade on the JSE on Friday, closing 12.7% up at R31.
Eskom’s Profit And Revival Unlock South Africa’s Potential
Eskom has released the group’s unaudited interim financial statements for the six months ended 30 September 2025, which further demonstrate the continued execution of the turnaround plan leading to a recovery in operational and financial performance. “These unaudited interim results demonstrate that our annual results for FY2025 were not a once-off achievement and that our […]
Robots and AI Are Already Remaking the Chinese Economy
China installed 295,000 industrial robots last year — nearly nine times as many as the United States and more than the rest of the world combined — as the country races to automate its manufacturing base amid rising labor costs at home and tariff threats from abroad. The nation’s stock of operational robots surpassed 2 million in 2024, according to the International Federation of Robotics. Of...
10 Best Black Friday Phone Deals (2025)
Now is a great time to upgrade. These Black Friday phone deals range from the Google Pixel 10 to Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold7.
12 Best Black Friday Gaming Deals (2025): PS5 Pro, Viture Glasses, and More
Save on virtual display smart glasses, arcade machines, the PS5 Pro, and more. These Black Friday deals are for gamers.
Best Home Depot Black Friday Deals for 2025
The Home Depot has added even more tools and appliance deals to its monthlong Black Friday sale, in honor of actual Black Friday.
Violent Conflict Over Water Hit a Record Last Year
Researchers at the Pacific Institute documented 420 water-related conflicts globally in 2024, a record that far surpasses the 355 incidents logged in 2023 and continues a trend that has seen such violence more than quadruple over the past five years. The Oakland-based water think tank’s database tracks disputes where water triggered violence, where water systems were targeted, and where...
AI Is Finally In Solar, The Smartest Hybrid Inverter in South Africa – Meet Megatron AI
We South Africans know how unpredictable our power grid can be — dips, surges, outages and rising costs have pushed more homes and businesses toward solar.