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Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney anticipated his company’s battle with Apple would create “fireworks,” but he never expected Fortnite to disappear from the iOS App Store for nearly five years. When Epic deliberately violated App Store rules in 2020 by inserting its own payment system into Fortnite, Sweeney thought the resulting legal clash would be brief. “I had actually hoped that we would get an...
Microsoft cut hundreds more jobs just weeks after its largest layoff in years, underscoring the tech industry’s efforts to trim costs even as it plows billions of dollars into artificial intelligence. From a report: More than 300 employees were told their positions had been eliminated on Monday, according to a Washington state notice reviewed by Bloomberg. The cuts impacted a range of...
Stick, Murderbot, and Side Quest are among the best shows on Apple TV+ this month.
The tech executive criticized the president’s legislation in a series of posts on Tuesday, signaling a widening rift with Republicans.
T-Mobile announced Tuesday it will expand its fiber internet service to more than 500,000 households nationwide, offering three symmetrical speed tiers with five-year price locks starting June 5th. The plans range from 500 Mbps at $80 monthly to 2 Gbps at $110 monthly, with $5 autopay discounts for debit card payments. The expansion follows T-Mobile’s joint venture with fiber provider Lumos and...
Meta has struck a 20-year deal with energy company Constellation to keep the Clinton Clean Energy Center nuclear plant in Illinois operational, the social media giant’s first nuclear power purchase agreement as it seeks clean energy sources for AI data centers. The aging facility, which was slated to close in 2017 after years of financial losses and currently operates under a state tax credit...
Ireland’s sporting calendar is never short of events, but June 2025 is shaping up to be the most action-packed in recent memory. With major events both at home and abroad, sports fans are in for a real treat. Two of the biggest highlights include the Irish Derby and a historic showdown between the British and […]
Physicist and US government adviser who designed the first working hydrogen bomb
The Nobel laureate Enrico Fermi called his student Richard Garwin “the only true genius I’ve ever met”. Garwin, who has died aged 97, is perhaps the most influential 20th-century scientist that you have never heard of, because he produced much of his work under the constraints of national or commercial...
Animal cloning has evolved from experimental science into a thriving commercial industry producing thousands of genetic copies across nearly 60 species, despite sustained public opposition to the technology. ViaGen Pets & Equine, the world’s leading producer of cloned cats, dogs and horses, charges $50,000 to clone a pet and $85,000 for a horse, with customers joining waiting lists for the...
It’s the latest setback for the world’s most popular porn site, which is also under investigation by the EU.
For years, a powerful farm industry group served up information on activists to the FBI. Records reveal a decade-long effort to see the animal rights movement labeled a legitimate terrorism threat.
More office space in the U.S. is being removed than added for the first time in at least 25 years. New data from CBRE Group shows that across the 58 largest US markets, 23.3 million square feet of office space is slated for demolition or conversion by year-end, while developers will complete just 12.7 million square feet of new construction.
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Some Internet users in South Africa are reporting slow speeds after repairs to the West Africa Cable System started on Sunday.
An anonymous reader shares a report: Open source software used by hobbyist drones powered an attack that wiped out a third of Russia’s strategic long range bombers on Sunday afternoon, in one of the most daring and technically coordinated attacks in the war. In broad daylight on Sunday, explosions rocked air bases in Belaya, Olenya, and Ivanovo in Russia, which are hundreds of miles from...
As the 45th Southern Africa Telecommunications Association (SATA) Conference wrapped up at the Sandton Convention Centre in April, the spotlight turned to one of the region’s most pressing challenges: the digital divide. Despite significant growth in mobile internet coverage, with 65% of the population of sub-Saharan Africa having access to 4G connectivity in 2022 compared to just […]
Amazon has expanded its product offering in South Africa in hopes of winning over more customers.
South Africa cannot achieve its climate goals without tackling the carbon footprint of its existing base – an obstacle that LookSee and SANEDI solve with their new certification for existing homes.
The Ninth Circuit has ruled that the 1967 Ford Mustang fastback nicknamed “Eleanor” in Gone in 60 Seconds is a film prop rather than a protectable character. The panel said the car fails all three Towle test prongs, so it cannot receive standalone copyright protection. sinij writes: The ruling states that the Mustang doesn’t pass tests that would qualify it as a character. In the past, studio...
The Western Cape High Court has dismissed the EFF’s legal challenge to halt the general fuel levy hike on 4 June 2025.
By 2050, the global market for non-military drones is expected to grow significantly, transforming how goods and people move across cities and rural landscapes. In South Africa, where road access remains limited in many regions and urban congestion chokes daily logistics, drones present an opportunity to leapfrog legacy infrastructure and reimagine mobility from the sky […]
Live-animal markets across Southeast Asia continue operating as natural laboratories for deadly pathogens despite warnings from public health experts about their role in disease transmission, according to new research published in Nature. Scientists studying markets like Jakarta’s Jatinegara found that coronavirus detection rates in trafficked animals increase dramatically along supply chains,...