
Former backers of Please Call Me’s Nkosana Makate reveal how much they paid
Nkosana Makate’s former backers, Black Rock Mining, say they’re ironically in a similar situation to the one Makate was in: fighting for someone to keep their word.
MONDAY, 01 DECEMBER 2025, 03:59

Nkosana Makate’s former backers, Black Rock Mining, say they’re ironically in a similar situation to the one Makate was in: fighting for someone to keep their word.

This Black Friday weekend belongs to crypto presales with amazing discounts up for grabs. Digitap ($TAP) is already 90% sold out, and there are just 48 hours left of its mega Black Friday sale. This upstart is looking to rewire global payments. Ripple spent a decade proving there was enormous demand for modernising cross-border flows. […]

Anybody watching the November crypto market can feel that something unusual is happening. While other cryptos scramble for support, one presale is stealing the show, and the clock is ticking. Digitap ($TAP), a fast-rising omni-bank ecosystem, is reshaping how crypto and fiat interact. Digitap is closing its Black Friday Bonanza this Monday, marking the final […]

A new unit in the Presidency coordinated development of a working prototype for a digital driving licence system in three months.
Earlier this month MasterCard noted that even Walmart now allows its customers to make purchases through ChatGPT. And after polling more than 4,000 consumers in the U.S., Canada, U.K., and UAE, they found “more than four in 10 consumers already use AI tools to help them shop, including 61% of Gen Z and 57% of millennials.”Many (50% of Gen Z and 49% of millennials) say they’d even let AI handle...
“By my count, Linux has over 11% of the desktop market,” writes ZDNet’s Steven Vaughan-Nichols:In StatCounter’s latest US numbers, which cover through October, Linux shows up as only 3.49%. But if you look closer, “unknown” accounts for 4.21%. Allow me to make an educated guess here: I suspect those unknown desktops are actually running Linux. What else could it be? FreeBSD? Unix? OS/2?...
Psychology Today reports:In a study conducted in Milan, Italy, and published in November 2025, the sight of a person dressed as Batman led to a nearly doubled rate of people giving up their seat to a pregnant woman. Over the course of 138 subway rides, researchers found that people who saw “Batman” standing near the pregnant woman were far more altruistic than those who did not. Researchers are...
An anonymous reader shared this report from CNBC:Italian defense company Leonardo on Thursday unveiled plans for an AI-powered shield for cities and critical infrastructure, adding to Europe’s push to ramp up sovereign defense capabilities amid rising geopolitical tensions. The system, dubbed the “Michelangelo Dome” in a nod to Israel’s Iron Dome and U.S. President Donald Trump’s plans for a...
In his mid-20s, Lu Heng “got an idea that has made him a lot richer,” writes the Wall Street Journal. He scooped up 10 million unused IP addresses, mostly form Africa, and then leases them to companies, mostly outside Africa, “that need them badly.”[A]round half of internet traffic continues to use IPv4, because changing to IPv6 can be expensive and complex and many older devices still need...

These beautiful and sturdy chef’s knives make great gifts (for yourself or others), and are 20 percent off right now.

Score a great deal on our favorite action cameras, 360 cameras, and more with these Black Friday sales.
The Free Software Foundation describes how “After months of preparation and excitement, we finally came together on November 21 for a global online hackathon to support free software projects and “put a spotlight on the difficult and often thankless work that free software hackers carry out…” Based on how many of you dropped in over the weekend and were incredibly engaged in the important work...

Here are the Hyperice deals worth your money this Black Friday.
Almost two-thirds of registered U.S. voters “say that a four-year college degree isn’t worth the cost,” according to a new NBC News poll:Just 33% agree a four-year college degree is “worth the cost because people have a better chance to get a good job and earn more money over their lifetime,” while 63% agree more with the concept that it’s “not worth the cost because people often graduate...

Some of our favorite carry-on suitcases, packing cubes, and other travel gear have deep discounts for Black Friday this year.
“A year after launching a commercial robotaxi service in Abu Dhabi, Chinese autonomous vehicle technology company WeRide and partner Uber can finally call that service driverless,” reports TechCrunch. A company official hailed it as “a historic transportation milestone, as the first driverless AV deployment outside of the U.S. or China.” But TechCrunch notes that’s just the beginning:Uber has...

Hulu and HBO Max and Disney are all offering terrific Black Friday streaming deals in 2025. Time to make a burner email?

The Balsam Hill Vermont White Spruce is so pretty, but pretty spendy—but you can get a great deal this Black Friday.

Finance bros love efficiency almost as much as they love gains. Yet most of the tools clogging corporate tech stacks cost more than they deliver. Free software alternatives that actually work for finance bros are finally hitting a level where they outperform overpriced subscriptions. Timing trades, tracking work cycles, or stress testing deal models even […]

Gear up for next year with these great deals on tents, packs, sleeping bags, and merino wool.
Digital Trends reports:A wave of shortages now threatens to ripple across RAM, SSDs, and even hard drives, affecting not only performance-hungry rigs but also everyday systems. — CyberPowerPC has publicly confirmed it will raise prices on all systems starting December 7th due to RAM costs spiking by 500% and SSD prices doubling since October. — Memory suppliers warn of a global DRAM and...