A Father and Son’s $108 Billion Hostile Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery
Larry and David Ellison didn’t always have a close relationship. Now they’re one of the most intriguing partnerships in business.
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Larry and David Ellison didn’t always have a close relationship. Now they’re one of the most intriguing partnerships in business.

Enschede, NETHERLANDS (PinionNewswire) — THE.Hosting, an international provider of high-performance VPS and dedicated servers, is summarizing the results of a highly successful 2025 and announcing its strategic development plans for 2026. Over the past year, the company has strengthened its position as one of the leading players in the server infrastructure market by significantly expanding […]

Researchers share the easy ways to uncover moments of festive discovery, proving you don’t need a lab coat to experiment this Christmas
Christmas may seem like a time for switching off and suspending disbelief but there are plenty of ways to introduce a little science into the celebrations.
We asked experts for their top home experiments to challenge friends and family.
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As online shopping is expected to increase in over the holidays, so is the risk of cybercrime and fraud.
theodp writes: We all mix pictures, emojis, and text freely in our communications. So why not in our code? That’s the premise of “Fun With Python and Emoji: What Might Adding Pictures to Text Programming Languages Look Like?” (two-image Bluesky explainer; full slides), which takes a look at what mixing emoji with Python and SQL might look like. A GitHub repo includes a Google Colab-ready Python...

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South Africa’s biggest fibre network operator has received approval to acquire 100% of the country’s third-largest FNO.

December 23, 2025 – BTCC, the world’s longest-serving crypto exchange, has announced a series of updates in December, highlighted by fresh content from its Global Brand Ambassador Jaren Jackson Jr., an all-new flexible savings campaign of up to 18%, and new spot pair offerings aimed to enhance the user experience. New JJJ’s “This or That” […]

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The big-four bank has appointed Natasha Davydova and Sanat Rao to its board of directors’ Group IT Committee.

Richard Fishacre used his knowledge of light and colour to argue against ‘fifth element’ theories of the day
About 800 years ago, Richard Fishacre, a Dominican friar at the University of Oxford, challenged the scientific thinking of the day, using his understanding of the behaviour of light to show that stars and planets are made of the same elements as found on Earth. Though he faced heavy...

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The Chinese smartphone maker sells over one million smartphones in South Africa, while advancing AI-driven and accessible technology.

The M-Net founder owns luxury venues, including the Newt in Somerset in the UK and Babylonstoren in the Western Cape, and has been selling equities to help expand the business.

Power demand from data centres in South Africa is expected to increase significantly, making stable a stable power system critical.

Uniswap’s UNI token is stuck at $5.94 and is trading near its 52-week low. The largest decentralized exchange protocol by volume has seen its token plummet more than 50% this year. On-chain activity shows trading volume is fading, all but erasing any hope for a rebound before the end of the year. In contrast, Digitap […]

Fidelity’s director of macro has recently made a bold prediction that Bitcoin could reach a bottom in 2026 at around $65,000. Fidelity’s Jurrien Timmer attributed the bearish view to Bitcoin’s historical four-year cycle, which signals an incoming year of downside. While the short- to mid-term prediction remains bearish, many are now looking to diversify their […]

Stablecoins now account for a growing share of transaction volume across the crypto ecosystem, yet converting those balances into everyday spending remains fragmented and inefficient for most users. As investors search for what crypto to buy now that bridges utility and adoption, several approaches are beginning to gain traction as solutions to this gap. One […]

Scientists working for government breed biological control agents in lab to take on species choking native wildlife
Crayfish, weevils and fungi are being released into the environment in order to tackle invasive species across Britain.
Scientists working for the government have been breeding species in labs to set them loose into the wild to take on Japanese knotweed, signal crayfish and...

Sylvester Tafirenyika is using research-driven, privacy-first systems to help clinicians reduce avoidable hospital readmissions and improve patient care.

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