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Science/Tech

New York Sues Valve For Enabling ‘Illegal Gambling’ With Loot Boxes

Yesterday at 18:40 PM, via Slashdot

New York state has filed a lawsuit against Valve alleging that randomized loot boxes in games like Counter-Strike 2, Team Fortress 2, and Dota 2 amount to a form of unregulated gambling, letting users “pay for the chance to win a rare virtual item of significant monetary value.” From a report: While many randomized video game loot boxes have drawn attention and regulation from various...

Changee.com Enables Private XMR to BTC Swaps Delivering Enhanced Privacy and Seamless Cross-Chain Exchanges

Yesterday at 18:40 PM, via Tech Financials

San Jose, Costa Rica – Changee.com, a leading non-custodial cryptocurrency exchange service, today announced the full enablement of private swaps between Monero (XMR) and Bitcoin (BTC). This addition allows users to convert between these prominent cryptocurrencies quickly and efficiently, with a strong focus on privacy and without any registration requirements. Changee.com has built its...

Burger King Will Use AI To Check If Employees Say ‘Please’ and ‘Thank You’

Yesterday at 18:03 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader shares a report: Burger King is launching an AI chatbot that will live in the headsets used by employees. The voice-enabled chatbot, called “Patty,” is part of an overarching BK Assistant platform that will not only assist employees with meal preparation but also evaluate their interactions with customers for “friendliness.” Thibault Roux, Burger King’s chief digital...

OpenAI Announces Major Expansion of London Office

Yesterday at 17:56 PM, via Wired

The San Francisco-based AI lab is growing its research team in London. The move puts it in direct competition with Google DeepMind for top research talent in the UK.

Measuring Trust Where It Matters Most Alpha Market Flow’s PR Intelligence Framework for FinTechs

Yesterday at 17:52 PM, via Tech Financials

Dover, Delaware – Over the past few years, crypto and fintech have moved from the fringe into the financial mainstream. Along the way, the rules changed. Growth alone stopped being impressive. Attention stopped being enough. Today, survival and scale depend on something far harder to manufacture: credibility. Founders feel this shift before the metrics reflect […]

Cape Town International Airport Resumes Full Operations, Says ACSA

Yesterday at 17:39 PM, via Tech Financials

Cape Town International Airport (CTIA) has successfully restored core operations following a fire in the Northern Service Yard on Tuesday, said the Airports Company of South Africa (ACSA). “Thanks to a swift response from emergency teams, the fire was contained without injuries or fatalities,” said ACSA. Operational Status: Check-in & Customs: All domestic and international […]

HBO Max’s Password-Sharing Crackdown Will Expand Globally in 2026

Yesterday at 17:00 PM, via Slashdot

HBO Max will be cracking down on password sharing around the world. From a report: The streamer first started cracking down on password sharing in the United States late last August. Subscribers are now able to add an additional out-of-household account for $7.99 a month. Before that August change, Warner Bros. Discovery had been testing for months to determine who may or may not be a...

EBay Is Laying Off About 800 Workers, 6% of Global Workforce

Yesterday at 16:00 PM, via Slashdot

EBay is cutting about 800 jobs, or 6% of its full-time employees, saying the layoffs are needed to align its workforce with strategic priorities. From a report: “We are taking steps to reinvest across our business and align our structure with our strategic priorities, which will affect certain roles across our workforce,” the San Jose, California-based company said early Thursday in a...

‘A gift that falls from the sky’: why farmers are using Etna’s ash as fertiliser

Yesterday at 16:00 PM, via The Guardian

Falling volcanic ash has for years been viewed as a nuisance. But a Sicilian project has discovered its agricultural potential and wants to spread the word

In the Sicilian town of Giarre overlooking Mount Etna, Andrea Passanisi, a tropical and citrus fruits producer, uses an unusual fertiliser on his 100-hectare (247-acre) stretch of land: volcano ash.

Like hundreds of farmers and citizens of...

Olympus Sandton Sells 85% In Months, Exceeding R1.4 Billion

Yesterday at 15:37 PM, via Tech Financials

Growthpoint Properties and Tricolt officially marked the groundbreaking of Olympus Sandton on Thursday, 26 February 2026, as the development prepares to redefine the skyline at the highest point of the Sandton Summit precinct. The ceremony confirms that momentum behind the project has not slowed since its explosive sales launch. Having released apartments in February 2025, […]

Waitrose suspends sale of mackerel because of overfishing

Yesterday at 15:06 PM, via The Guardian

Supermarket chain says it will point customers to herring and other species to protect threatened Atlantic stocks

Waitrose has become the first UK supermarket to suspend the sale of mackerel because of overfishing and will start pointing customers toward herring and other species.

The Marine Conservation Society warned last year that stocks were at breaking point owing to overfishing, and it...

How LG OLED Screens Are Becoming Interactive Cultural Technology Platforms

Yesterday at 14:46 PM, via Tech Financials

The intersection of ancestral tradition, community and technology took centre stage at the recent Investec Cape Town Art Fair, where LG Electronics South Africa partnered with multidisciplinary artist Chidiri Nwaubani to present the immersive installation, Mbari Memorial: What Cannot Be Returned Must Be Reconceived. Held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC), the fair […]

Americans Are Leaving the US in Record Numbers

Yesterday at 14:07 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader shares a report: In its 250th year, is America, land of immigration, becoming a country of emigration? Last year the U.S. experienced something that hasn’t definitively occurred since the Great Depression: More people moved out than moved in. The Trump administration has hailed the exodus — negative net migration — as the fulfillment of its promise to ramp up deportations...

Who’s Your Daddy? A Chatbot

Yesterday at 14:00 PM, via Wired

More people are turning to AI to explore their BDSM fantasies, but some in the community feel it’s a cop-out.

New GLP1 pill helps patients lose up to 8% of body weight, trial shows

Yesterday at 13:39 PM, via The Guardian

Daily orforglipron tablets led to greater weight loss than semaglutide tablets, offering potential oral alternative to Wegovy and Mounjaro

A new daily pill could be a more effective GLP-1 tablet for weight loss, according to a clinical trial that may pave the way for a non-injection alternative to Wegovy and Mounjaro.

The drug, called orforglipron and manufactured by Eli Lilly, is prescribed...

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