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The CEO of Epic Games, Tim Sweeney, has argued that platforms like Steam should not label games that are made using AI. From a report: Responding to a post on Twitter from a user who suggested that storefronts drop this tag, the industry exec said that it “makes no sense” to flag such content. Sweeney added that soon AI will be a part of the way all games are made. “The AI tag is relevant to...
Platforms including Meta and TikTok will be held liable for financial fraud for the first time under new rules agreed by EU lawmakers in the early hours of Thursday. From a report: The Parliament and Council agreed on the package of rules after eight hours of negotiations to strengthen safeguards against payment fraud. The deal adds another layer of EU regulatory risk for U.S. tech giants,...
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quonset writes: Australia last updated their weather site a decade ago. In October, during one of the hottest days of the year, the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) revealed its new web site and was immediately castigated for doing so. Complaints ranged from a confusing layout to not being able to find information. Farmers were particularly incensed when they found out they could no longer input GPS...
Materialists, Eddington, and Elf are just a few of the movies you should be watching on HBO Max this month.
Prologue: The True Meaning of Long-Termism is Being Redefined In an era of constant global capital fluctuations and technology-driven financial structural reshaping, the asset management institutions that can truly endure cycles are not those betting on short-term noise, but those building interpretable, sustainable, and verifiable long-term growth frameworks. The birth of OneAssets Capital...
The UK government will levy a pay-per-mile tax on electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles starting April 2028, UK’s finance minister Rachel Reeves announced, a measure designed to offset some of the fuel duty revenue that will disappear as drivers shift away from petrol and diesel cars. Electric vehicles will be charged 3 pence per mile and plug-in hybrids 1.5 pence per mile, payable annually...
The Rand Mutual Assurance (RMA), South Africa’s pioneering social insurer, has participated in the three-day South African Local Government Association (SALGA) National Members Assembly. The SALGA conference, which took place in Durban from 25 to 27 November 2025, is a cornerstone event in the local government calendar that brought together leaders, policymakers, and partners to […]
Google is testing a new Wi-Fi hotspot configuration in the latest Android Canary build that pairs the 6 GHz band’s superior throughput with the 2.4 GHz band’s broad device compatibility, eliminating the trade-off users previously faced when choosing between speed and legacy support. Android’s default hotspot setting uses 2.4 and 5 GHz frequencies, omitting 6 GHz because most devices lack...
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A bipartisan right-to-repair provision that would let the U.S. military fix its own equipment faces a serious threat from defense industry lobbyists who want to replace it with a pay-per-use model for accessing repair information. A source familiar with negotiations told The Verge that there are significant concerns that the language in the National Defense Authorization Act will be swapped out...
Panama City, Republic of Panama (PinionNewswire) — VaultCoin Ecosystem today announced the presale of VLTC, the native utility token that powers its Hybrid Custody Ecosystem – a decentralized crypto custody architecture designed to make Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies Unstealable, Unlosable, and Unconfiscatable. The VLTC presale marks the first major step in launching on-chain staking and […]
Texas just rewired the crypto narrative with a single decision: the state officially bought Bitcoin (BTC), dropping $10 million into a dedicated Bitcoin reserve. This wasn’t a symbolic resolution or a feel-good policy gesture, it was a real purchase, executed under a newly created “Strategic Bitcoin Reserve” designed to secure long-term exposure to digital assets. […]
Altcoins are reshaping the market narrative once again. XRP and Solana are seeing strong institutional attention through accelerating ETF inflows, giving traders a rare mix of caution and opportunity as the broader market cools. With volatility dropping across major assets, investors are scanning for early stage plays that could outperform once momentum returns. This environment […]
Over the last month, Bitcoin has fallen from roughly $126,000 in late October to around $86,000 at the end of November. This 30% drawdown dragged most altcoins down even further, and the Fear and Greed Index hit 10 (Extreme Fear). Almost everyone took a serious haircut, and investors are starting to wonder if it is […]
An anonymous reader shares a report: NASA has slashed the number of astronaut missions on Boeing’s Starliner contract and said the spacecraft’s next mission to the International Space Station will fly without a crew, reducing the scope of a program hobbled by engineering woes and outpaced by SpaceX. The most recent mishap occurred during Starliner’s first crewed test flight in 2024, carrying...
MyBroadband tested the response times of public email addresses for all government departments, with disappointing results.
SwiftVEE, the largest online livestock trading platform in Africa, featured in Bloomberg’s inaugural 25 African Startups to Watch 2025, has completed its Series A funding round. The transaction brings some of the continent’s most accomplished investors onto swiftVEE’s Cap Table, including HAVAÍC, Old Mutual’s former CEO Iain Williamson and private equity firm EXEO Capital. They […]
MultiChoice South Africa’s BBBEE share scheme, Phuthuma Nathi, is calling on shareholders and families of deceased shareholders to claim dividends owed to them.
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Research team uses range of novel methods and equipment to analyse ‘extraordinary’ Durrington pit circle
The presence of an extraordinary circle of yawning pits created by Neolithic people near Stonehenge has been proved thanks to a novel combination of scientific techniques, a team of archaeologists is claiming.
The architects of Stonehenge may have had the heavens in mind when they built the...