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Plus: iOS 26.3 makes it easy to switch to Android, Google cancels the Android 17 beta, and YouTube debuts on the Apple Vision Pro.
He speaks English. She speaks Mandarin. The secret to their happy marriage: Microsoft Translator.

New York, USA (PinionNewswire) — In an era defined by geopolitical fragmentation and the rapid re-pricing of risk assets, the traditional boundaries of emerging market investing are being dismantled. Roland Fairmont, Chairman of Ofek Kesef Asset Management and a veteran strategist in global capital markets, argues that the financial world is witnessing a profound paradigm […]

New York, USA – As the architecture of global finance enters a period of profound recalibration, few observers have articulated the scale of the shift as precisely as Vianne Mercer, a cross-border investment specialist and CFA charterholder at Ofek Kesef Asset Management. In a landscape increasingly defined by monetary policy divergence, geopolitical fragmentation, and accelerating […]

New York, USA – Private capital has quietly crossed a threshold. Over the past eighteen months, global allocations to private equity, private credit, and real assets have surged past record levels, even as public market volatility and monetary tightening have forced a wholesale reassessment of risk across every traditional asset class. Thessaly Wright contends that […]

Participants in the NHS ‘Triceps’ trial wear a device in their ear which emits electrical pulses while they do rehab.

Alasdair Keane climbs aboard an electric boat in Norway.
The department has sent Google, Meta and other companies hundreds of subpoenas for information on accounts that track or comment on Immigration and Customs Enforcement, officials and tech workers said.
Andrew Ferguson of the F.T.C. said in a letter to Apple that it might be violating consumer protection law by stifling conservative speech in its news aggregation service.

Remember when dropping a proxy into your torrent client felt like a secret handshake? In 2026 streaming giants block whole IP ranges, ISPs throttle P2P, and privacy rules keep shifting. That climate turns a VPN-plus-SOCKS5 bundle from nicety to necessity. The proxy speeds one app—qBittorrent or your scraper—while the VPN tunnel shields everything else. Only […]

Hong Kong, SAR Central District — BDIC, Blockchain Deposit Insurance Corporation, a crypto insurance provider, today announced the commercial launch of AgentCover Pro, a first-of-its-kind crypto insurance product specifically engineered to protect payments executed by agentic AI systems. Comments from the company detailed how AgentCover Pro delivers modular coverage across agent failures,...

By 2030, more than 40% of SA’s energy supply will come from cheap, clean, renewable energy sources, says the president.

It’s not the first time the iconic hitman has appeared in games, but Saber’s will be the first voiced by Reeves.

The local video-on-demand platform reached 2.2 million registered users in the third quarter of 2025.
“I do think we are reaching an inflection point in people’s feelings and senses about A.I. and where it’s going.”

Sasol’s Sivuyise Ndzendze advocates for modernising data platforms to enable real-time, governed AI in industrial sectors.

SA’s “two-speed” payments system sees digital transactions expand in the formal sector, as cash continues to dominate informal commerce.

The 2026 State of the Nation Address highlighted intentions to use AI to fight illicit trade, among other tech plans, but commentators urge measurable implementation.

Cell C’s improving performance is supported by balance sheet strength and a capital-light model.

Data illiteracy, not AI, is emerging as the biggest risk to organisations, according to Wits University’s Zethu Lubisi.

The mobile operator’s maiden results show solid execution, with data-driven growth and prepaid subscriber gains.