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New York, United States – Uphold, the modern infrastructure provider for on-chain finance, has introduced access to a premium Visa Signature credit card(1) that lets customers spend against their crypto holdings without having to sell. Accepted at 150 million merchants worldwide Flexible, fixed-rate repayment terms No annual fees, no credit checks Benefits include airport lounge access, […]
The BNB coin price recently showed a strong bullish surge, with February returns hitting 372.6%, keeping many traders interested. At the same time, the latest Zcash news highlights a 15% price jump following a $25 million investment round. While these coins show steady growth, they are being overshadowed by a much bigger move. BlockDAG (BDAG) […]
For oncologists like me, it would be a different world if we could accurately detect cancer before it metastasised and reassure patients that early intervention saved lives
At an academic function, a guest asks what I do and I say, “public hospital doctor”, which seems more benign than “oncologist”. When he asks me to elaborate, his eyes widen as he exclaims, predictably, “Wow,...
The Post Office cannot be saved without R3.8-billion in funding that government has confirmed is not coming.
Liberty warned in a statement on Tuesday that it had detected unauthorised third-party access to some of its systems.
Optasia sees formal banking as a massive growth opportunity as microfinancing overtakes its airtime advance business.
BrianFagioli writes: Canonical has joined the Rust Foundation as a Gold Member, signaling a deeper investment in the Rust programming language and its role in modern infrastructure. The company already maintains an up-to-date Rust toolchain for Ubuntu and has begun integrating Rust into parts of its stack, citing memory safety and reliability as key drivers. By joining at a higher tier,...
Researchers detail ‘surprisingly large’ cardiovascular health benefits of modest shifts in behaviour
Sleeping for 11 minutes more each night, doing 4.5 additional minutes of brisk walking and eating an extra 50g or so of vegetables each day can significantly reduce a person’s risk of heart attack, a new study has found.
Academics found these small changes could help people avoid major...
Sanlam has created a dedicated chief AI officer role on its exco as it moves from experimentation to execution.
Digital fraud is costing South Africa billions, and fixing it will require far more than just tougher SIM registration.
Oracle is overhauling its cloud business software to let AI agents handle data entry, invoicing and other grunt work.
Amazon says its AWS cloud region in Bahrain has again been hit by drone-related disruption amid the Iran war.
When James Prescott Joule lent his name to a unit of energy, he could not have foreseen today’s alarming calculations
The primary unit of climate collapse is the zettajoule. If you have never heard of this term, you are not alone. Even scientists who work on a planetary scale struggle to relate the immensity of the change measured by this titanic unit of energy.
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Elon Musk’s Starlink has been denied a licence and spectrum access by Namibia’s telecommunications regulator.
Why is it like something to be ourselves and how do physical processes create our subjective experience? These questions get to the heart of the knotty problem of consciousness, and they provided the spark for the latest book from award-winning author and journalist Michael Pollan. In A World Appears, Pollan goes in search of answers about what we do and don’t know about consciousness, and...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from NPR: The Trump administration will pay $1 billion to a French company to walk away from two U.S. offshore wind leases as the administration ramps up its campaign against offshore wind and other renewable energy. TotalEnergies has agreed to what’s essentially a refund of its leases for projects off the coasts of North Carolina and New York, and will...
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says he understands the concerns about “AI slop” with DLSS 5 but insists the feature preserves a game’s underlying geometry and artistic intent. “I think their perspective makes sense, ” said Huang during a recent appearance on the Lex Fridman podcast. “And I could see where they’re coming from because I don’t love AI slop myself. You know, all of the AI-generated...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Senators Adam Schiff (D-CA) and John Curtis (R-UT) introduced (PDF) a bill on Monday that could prevent prediction market platforms Kalshi and Polymarket from allowing users to wager money on sports events or play casino-style games. This bipartisan bill would not apply to FanDuel and DraftKings, which are subject to state-by-state gambling...
Wing is expanding its drone delivery service to the San Francisco Bay Area. “The drone delivery startup has been rapidly expanding to metro areas across the US, but is now targeting the tech-friendly Silicon Valley region,” reports Engadget. From the report: Going back to its inaugural deliveries, Wing ferried office supplies across Google’s Mountain View campus in the Bay Area with its...
Apple is reportedly preparing to add search ads to Apple Maps, “and it could start to roll out to users by the summer,” reports AppleInsider, citing sources from Bloomberg (paywalled). From the report: Apple will make an announcement as soon as March. This will bring ads to search queries within the navigation app, which will operate similar to Google’s advertising system. Retailers and brands...
Handheld sniffer devices that detect trace amounts of explosives are growing in popularity in South Africa as the country grapples with a vulnerable commercial explosives supply chain. “Explosives detection at access points such as mine entrances, transport depots and border crossings is becoming a critical layer of defence against the fallout from illegal mining,” says […]