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‘GTA 6’ release date, gameplay rumors: Upgrading ‘GTA V’ could mean the next game is still a few years away

Jun 30, 2020 07:57 am UTC| Technology

It was almost like a very mean prank when Rockstar Games logo was the first thing fans saw at the PlayStation 5 earlier this month. After a few seconds of immense excitement, fans realized they were actually seeing a...

‘PUBG Mobile’ map update: Tencent finally confirms release date window for Erangel 2.0; It’s not happening in patch 0.19.0

Jun 30, 2020 07:53 am UTC| Technology

After many months of relative silence about the progress in developing Erangel 2.0 for PUBG Mobile, Tencent Games developers finally provided an update recently. While the map is confirmed to be close to completion, it...

Pixel 4a release date, leaks, specs: FCC filing suggests smartphone isn’t canceled but launch schedule remains uncertain

Jun 29, 2020 11:43 am UTC| Technology

Fans of Googles smartphone series are now grappling with the apparent delay of Pixel 4as launch. However, a recent clue in the form documents filed to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) suggests that the...

‘World of Warcraft: Classic’ update: Blizzard explains why banning resource-hogging and cheating bots take time after removing 74,000 accounts

Jun 29, 2020 11:34 am UTC| Technology

Any online multiplayer game that is designed with painstaking and time-consuming gameplay like World of Warcraft: Classic is always prone to having massive problems from bot accounts. To some fans, Blizzards response could...

Tesla Cybertruck release date, features, price: When should EV fans expect deliveries of the all-electric, futuristic pickup truck

Jun 29, 2020 07:13 am UTC| Technology

It has been a few months since Tesla unveiled the Cybertruck, but electric vehicle fans should not expect its delivery anytime soon. Meanwhile, CEO Elon Musk has since several details about the electric pickups size,...

iPhone 12 release date, specs: Why Apple is reportedly removing free power adapter and Earpods from the box contents

Jun 29, 2020 06:22 am UTC| Technology

A recent report suggests that the supposed appearance and specs of the iPhone 12 are not the only ones changing this year. Apple is purportedly planning to change the contents of new iPhones boxes, aka the freebies, once...

iPhone SE (2020) vs. Galaxy S10e specs, price comparison: Battle of 2 ‘above mid-range’ devices from Apple and Samsung

Jun 29, 2020 06:12 am UTC| Technology

Over the last couple of years, leading smartphone makers have started a new trend of introducing new smartphones that are below the level of their flagship devices. However, it also does not feel right calling them...

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Economy

Interest rates: the ugly dilemma facing Europe’s central banks – and why it’s a mistake to cut too soon

Central banks in Europe are discovering an old dilemma: when they lower interest rates because inflation is slowing down, its likely to weaken their currencies. This in turn may delay the fall in inflation towards their...

What should you do if you can’t pay your rent or mortgage?

The cost of living crisis is making it difficult for many people to pay their bills, including housing costs. Private sector rents have increased by an average 9% over the year to February 2024, and rising interest rates...

Reducing energy demand and improving efficiency will help prevent the next gas crisis

Gas prices have relaxed, Europe has come out of the winter with record gas storage levels and a surfeit of liquefied natural gas is set to reach the shores of Europe over the coming years. Many commentators are hopeful...

Minimum wage for South African farm workers: study shows 2013 hike helped reduce poverty even though compliance was poor

Minimum wage policies are typically aimed at reducing poverty. Yet there is little direct evidence of this effect, especially in developing countries. And none for South Africa. In a recent paper, we consider the...

Gas is good until 2050 and beyond, under Albanese gas strategy

The Albanese government is talking up the crucial role of gas as a transition fuel through to 2050 and beyond. In a gas strategy to be released on Thursday, the government envisages the fuels uses would change over...

Politics

Gabon: post-coup dialogue has mapped out path to democracy – now military leaders must act

At the end of April 2024, a long and peaceful process of national dialogue in Gabon between the military junta, presided over by coup leader General Brice Oligui Nguema, and civil society, represented by 580 civilians,...

How German media attention idealises female Ukrainian refugees

According to the latest available data, around 3.7 million Ukrainians are internally displaced, while nearly 6.5 million have registered as refugees globally. With 1.13 million, Germany has taken in the largest...

Over 26 million South Africans get a social grant. Fear of losing the payment used to be a reason to vote for the ANC, but no longer – study

Social grants to reduce poverty feature prominently in the campaign promises of political parties in South Africas 2024 national and provincial general elections, set for 29 May. The countrys social grants system is one...

Donald Trump Allegedly Offers Oil Execs a Deal to Scrap EV Incentives for $1B Donation

Former President Donald Trump reportedly proposed a $1 billion deal to oil executives, offering to end electric vehicle (EV) subsidies in return for campaign funding, according to The Washington Post. This move underscores...

US Supreme Court upended decades of precedent in 2022 by allowing voters to vote with gerrymandered maps instead of fixing the congressional districts first

For the 2022 midterm elections, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed Alabama to use congressional districts that violated the law and diluted the voting power of Black citizens. A 5-4 vote by the Supreme Court in February...

Science

Is dark matter’s main rival theory dead? There’s bad news from the Cassini spacecraft and other recent tests

One of the biggest mysteries in astrophysics today is that the forces in galaxies do not seem to add up. Galaxies rotate much faster than predicted by applying Newtons law of gravity to their visible matter, despite those...

Why are algorithms called algorithms? A brief history of the Persian polymath you’ve likely never heard of

Algorithms have become integral to our lives. From social media apps to Netflix, algorithms learn your preferences and prioritise the content you are shown. Google Maps and artificial intelligence are nothing without...

IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects

About a trillion tiny particles called neutrinos pass through you every second. Created during the Big Bang, these relic neutrinos exist throughout the entire universe, but they cant harm you. In fact, only one of them is...

The Mars Sample Return mission has a shaky future, and NASA is calling on private companies for backup

A critical NASA mission in the search for life beyond Earth, Mars Sample Return, is in trouble. Its budget has ballooned from US$5 billion to over $11 billion, and the sample return date may slip from the end of this...

Dark matter: our new experiment aims to turn the ghostly substance into actual light

A ghost is haunting our universe. This has been known in astronomy and cosmology for decades. Observations suggest that about 85% of all the matter in the universe is mysterious and invisible. These two qualities are...

Technology

Tesla Scrambles to Soothe European Backlash Over Fleet Price Cuts, Maintenance Costs

Tesla is scrambling to address the European backlash from fleet managers over frequent price cuts and high maintenance costs, leading to corporate dissatisfaction. Teslas Efforts to Rectify Complaints With its fleets...

Venture Capital Crypto Funding Hits $2.4 Billion in Q1 2024 Amid Bitcoin ETF Debut

Venture capital funding for cryptocurrency startups surged to $2.4 billion in Q1 2024, reflecting a 40.3% increase from the previous quarter. This increase was driven by the debut of the first U.S. Bitcoin spot...

Shiba Inu Burn Rate Skyrockets 579%, 9.83 Million Tokens Burned in One Day

Shiba Inus burn rate surged by 579% in the past 24 hours, destroying 9.83 million tokens, according to Shibburn. The significant increase in token burns has caught the markets attention, with substantial transactions from...

Tesla Cybertruck Trails Ford F-150 Lightning in Sales as Q1 Figures Disappoint Wall Street

New registration data reveals that the Tesla Cybertruck ranked second to the Ford F-150 Lightning in March. Meanwhile, Teslas Q1 sales missed Wall Street expectations, marking the first year-over-year quarterly decline...

Bitcoin Developers Tease Major Trigger for Next Bull Run: Programmability Upgrade

Bitcoin developers suggest enabling programmability on the blockchain could be the key trigger for the next bull run, following the SECs approval of spot Bitcoin ETF trading and the BTC halving. Developers Eye...