Epstein was adviser to Starlink rival
The disgraced financier acted as a confidante for OneWeb’s founder Greg Wyler as the entrepreneur raced to secure funds after launching the company in 2012.
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Nasa sending iPhones on Moon mission
The iPhone is going further than any smartphone has travelled before.
Saying goodbye to SABC TV licences
The new SABC funding model is expected to mark the end of the TV licence scheme.
Waymo is Having a Hard Time Stopping For School Buses
Waymo’s robotaxis have racked up at least 24 safety violations involving school buses in Austin since the start of the 2025 school year, and a voluntary software recall the company issued in December after a federal investigation has not fixed the problem. Austin Independent School District initially reported at least 19 incidents of Waymo vehicles failing to stop for buses during loading and...
Football Fans Can Share Their ‘Super Bowl Spread’ With The Chance To Win an NFL Jersey
It’s official: the New England Patriots will face the Seattle Seahawks at Santa Clara’s Levi’s Stadium in this year’s Super Bowl. Usually home to the San Francisco 49ers, this year’s game will mark 10 years since Levi’s Stadium first hosted in 2016, where the Denver Broncos defeated the Carolina Panthers 24-10. Such a big event […]
Why Traditional Banks Need Mobile Money Solutions to Survive the Next 5 Years
Traditional banking no longer sets the standard for digital payment experiences. Especially in 2026, traditional banks are almost extinct. Even if traditional banks exist, they are just there for physical presence, for name’s sake. On the other side, digital-first platforms now shape how customers judge speed, cost, and convenience. In 2025, more than 75% of […]
Spotify Brings Audiobooks to South Africa
Audiobooks are now available to listen to on Spotify in South Africa, giving users more ways to get lost in great stories. With an extensive catalogue of audiobooks, Spotify’s selection spans bestsellers, new releases and genre favourites, including Shining Girls by South African author Lauren Beukes, as well as Heated Rivalry, Fourth Wing and You […]
Anjouan Corporate Services Reshapes Cross-Border Brokerage Licensing Strategy for UAE-Focused Firms
As regulatory expectations rise across global financial centres, firms targeting the UAE and wider Middle East are increasingly reassessing how and where they establish licensed brokerage operations. What was once a straightforward choice between onshore prestige and offshore flexibility has evolved into a more nuanced strategy — one that balances speed, cost efficiency, and regulatory […]
Aleen Inc. Announces Analytics and System Enhancements to Improve Interpretation of Wellness Data
Toronto, Canada Aleen Inc. (CSE: ALEN-U), a digital wellness company, today announced the rollout of new analytics and system-level enhancements designed to help users better interpret personal wellness data and identify meaningful patterns over time. The update introduces expanded Metrics Analysis and Statistics Dynamics tools that track changes in wellness indicators and daily activity trends...
Hollywood’s AI Bet Isn’t Paying Off
Hollywood’s recent attempts to build entertainment around AI have consistently underperformed or outright flopped, whether the AI in question is a plot device or a production tool. The horror sequel M3GAN 2.0, Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning, and Disney’s Tron: Ares all disappointed at the box office in 2025 despite centering their narratives on AI. The latest casualty is Mercy, a...
Amazon’s Tax Bill Plunges 87% After Tax Cuts
An anonymous reader shares a report: Republicans’ tax cuts shaved billions off Amazon’s tax bill, new government filings show. The company says it ran a $1.2 billion tax bill last year, down from $9 billion the previous year, and even as its profits jumped by 45% to nearly $90 billion. That’s largely because of the generous new depreciation breaks GOP lawmakers included in their One Big...
ICE Agent’s ‘Dragging’ Case May Help Expose Evidence in Renee Good Shooting
The government has withheld details of the investigation of Renee Good’s killing—but an unrelated case involving the ICE agent who shot her could force new revelations.
Memory Prices Have Nearly Doubled Since Last Quarter
Memory prices across DRAM, NAND and HBM have surged 80 to 90% quarter-over-quarter in Q1 2026, according to Counterpoint Research’s latest Memory Price Tracker. The price of a 64GB RDIMM has jumped from a Q4 2025 contract price of $450 to over $900, and Counterpoint expects it to cross $1,000 in Q2. NAND, relatively stable last quarter, is tracking a parallel increase. Device makers are cutting...
RFK Jr. Has Packed an Autism Panel With Cranks and Conspiracy Theorists
Among those Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently named to a federal autism committee are people who tout dangerous treatments and say vaccine manufacturers are “poisoning children.”
Salesforce Shelves Heroku
Salesforce is essentially shutting down Heroku as an evolving product, moving the cloud platform that helped define modern app deployment to a “sustaining engineering model” focused entirely on stability, security and support. Existing customers on credit card billing see no changes to pricing or service, but enterprise contracts are no longer available to new buyers. Salesforce said it is...
My Favorite TV to Watch the Winter Olympics Is on Sale
Forget the Super Bowl, Samsung’s Fantastic S90F QD-OLED TV is on a sweet sale just in time for the Winter Olympics.
Hidden Cameras in Chinese Hotels Are Livestreaming Guests To Thousands of Telegram Subscribers
An investigation has uncovered a sprawling network of hidden cameras in Chinese hotel rooms that livestream guests — including couples having sex — to paying subscribers on Telegram. Over 18 months, the BBC identified six websites and apps on the messaging platform that claimed to operate more than 180 spy cams across Chinese hotels, not just recording but broadcasting live. One site, monitored...
I Tried What US Athletes Will Be Sleeping on at Milano Cortina
Saatva is providing a bedding bundle to Team USA hockey and figure skating at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games—here are my thoughts on it as a sleep coach.
New York Is the Latest State to Consider a Data Center Pause
Red and blue states alike have introduced legislation in recent weeks that would halt data center development, citing concerns from climate to high energy prices.
AI.com Sells for $70 Million, the Highest Price Ever Disclosed for a Domain Name
Kris Marszalek, the co-founder and CEO of cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com, has paid $70 million for the domain AI.com — the highest price ever publicly disclosed for a website name, according to the deal’s broker Larry Fischer of GetYourDomain.com. The entire sum was paid in cryptocurrency to an undisclosed seller. Marszalek plans to debut the site during a Super Bowl ad this weekend,...
Big Tech’s $1.1 Trillion Cloud Computing Backlog
An anonymous reader shares a report: Amazon, Google, and Microsoft each reported hundreds of billions in RPO (remaining performance obligations) — signed contracts for cloud computing services that can’t yet be filled and haven’t yet hit the books. Collectively, the big three cloud providers reported a $1.1 trillion backlog of revenue.
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