The third edition of the Digital Assets Forum (DAF), organized by the European Blockchain Convention (EBC), will take place at Convene, 133 Houndsditch, in the heart of London’s financial district. After two sold-out, one-day editions, the forum now expands to two full days, reflecting accelerating institutional adoption and London’s strategic position as Europe’s capital markets […]
As crypto markets continue to plummet under the weight of speculation, opaque liquidity practices, and projects lacking real-world value, MatchAwards.com (MA) announces MAPU, a “Proof-of-Productivity” utility token designed to shift blockchain from hype cycles to verifiable economic activity and on-chain accountability. The downturn is driven not only by price declines but by market...
Of the 182.92 million shares Cell C hoped to sell, including an overallotment option, investors only bought 102 million at a much lower price than the company had expected.
Apple’s next major iPhone software update will prioritize stability and performance over flashy new features, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, who reports that iOS 27 is being developed as a “Snow Leopard-style” release [non-paywalled source] focused on fixing bugs, removing bloat and improving underlying code after this year’s sweeping Liquid Glass design overhaul in iOS 26. Engineering...
While South Africa’s most affordable electric vehicle (EV) is around double the price of the country’s cheapest petrol car, it boasts far more features, performance, and better safety.
Ubisoft has revealed Teammates, a first-person shooter built around AI-powered squadmates that the company is calling its “first playable generative AI research project” — not long after the publisher went all-in on NFTs and the metaverse only to largely move on from both. Built in the Snowdrop Engine that powers The Division 2 and Star Wars Outlaws, the game features an AI assistant named...
An anonymous reader shares a report: With the release of its third version last week, Google’s Gemini large language model surged past ChatGPT and other competitors to become the most capable AI chatbot, as determined by consensus industry-benchmark tests. […] Aaron Levie, chief executive of the cloud content management company Box, got early access to Gemini 3 several days ahead of the launch....
When Cloudflare suffered a major system failure, the shockwaves hit the crypto world immediately. Wallet dashboards froze, exchanges stalled, price feeds collapsed and entire communities temporarily lost access to the very tools they rely on to navigate the market. Blockchains themselves kept running smoothly, but the services built around them buckled fast, revealing a weakness […]
In 2018 researchers claimed evidence of a lake beneath the surface of Mars, detected by the Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding instrument (or Marsis for short). But new Mars observations “are not consistent with the presence of liquid water in this location and an alternative explanation, such as very smooth basal materials, is needed.” Phys.org explainsAboard the Mars...
2026 could mark a turning point for the best altcoins as the broader crypto ecosystem pivots from speculative frenzy into infrastructure play. The altcoin market enters the year under pressure: liquidity is thinning, venture capital has cooled, and the altcoin season fans many expected might still be on pause. Data show the altcoin-season index dropped […]
Ethereum (ETH) is entering a pivotal phase as new technical data points to a stronger foundation for long-term growth. Record throughput is hitting more than 24,000 TPS when combining mainnet and Layer 2 activity, and the upcoming Fusaka upgrade aims to push scalability even further with Peer Data Availability Sampling and Verkle Trees. In turn, […]
Bitcoin price prediction chatter is heating up again as the world’s biggest cryptocurrency slides back into high-volatility territory. Sharp intraday swings are shaking confidence at a moment when many expected calmer post-halving consolidation. Instead, BTC slipped below the $90,000 region, leaving traders wondering whether the current cycle still has room to run, or if a […]
The SABC says broad assumptions that its reduction in Afrikaans content and changes to remaining Afrikaans programming are inaccurate, but won’t provide data proving the contrary.