Louisiana Hands Meta a Tax Break and Power for Its Biggest Data Center Summary Louisiana regulators fast-tracked approval for three natural-gas turbines and a $550m transmission line to feed Meta’s planned 4-million-square-foot data centre in Richland Parish — a facility expected to need more than 2GW of power. Entergy Louisiana will operate the plants; Meta […]
Borderlands 4 review: Chaos, consequence, and a franchise reborn Summary Borderlands 4 arrives as a reinvention of the looter‑shooter formula — bigger, darker and more frenetic. The game moves the series to an interconnected open world called Kairos with four distinct regions full of secrets, varied biomes and fresh traversal tools like a grappling hook […]
Safaricom just completed M-PESA’s biggest upgrade in a decade, but will partners plug in? Summary Safaricom has completed its largest M-PESA core migration since localising the platform a decade ago, finishing a three-hour cutover and restoring services early on Monday. The upgrade — dubbed Fintech 2.0 — moves M-PESA to a cloud-native, microservices architecture hosted […]
Nada Shaheen on why large African companies will die if they ignore startups Summary GB Ventures is the corporate venture arm of Egypt’s GB Corp, led by Nada Shaheen. The group — with nearly a century in car manufacturing, financing and related services across multiple African and Middle Eastern markets — has begun using CVC […]
This missing tech is why Nigeria’s grid keeps collapsing Summary Nigeria’s national grid collapsed again on 10 September 2025 — the third full-system failure this year. Experts point to an ageing, radial transmission network, chronic underinvestment, and a continuing absence of key stabilising technology as the root causes. Chief among the missing pieces is SCADA […]
Australian broadcaster SBS makes gambling ad opt-out permanent Summary Australia’s public broadcaster SBS will permanently let viewers of its digital streaming service opt out of certain ad categories, including gambling. Following a 2024 trial that cut advertising-related complaints by 45%, the opt-out will be rolled out across SBS On Demand from 2026 as part of […]
I Thought I Knew Silicon Valley. I Was Wrong Summary Wired examines a startling political realignment in Silicon Valley during 2024–2025: a once countercultural, left-leaning tech ecosystem has largely acquiesced to — or actively courted — the Trump administration to protect business interests. The piece follows Mark Lemley’s decision to fire Meta as a client […]
Chinese Built Ships Calling on US Ports: Uncertainty is Still Prevalent as Deadline Nears Summary The US Office of the Trade Representative (USTR) published an action plan in April targeting alleged Chinese maritime dominance; the measures are due to take effect on 14 October after a 180-day phase‑in. Fees will be imposed on port calls […]
Monarch Battles for Another Record-Breaking Poker Hand Worth $12,700,000 Summary At the Triton Poker Super High Roller Series in Jeju, Ossi “Monarch” Ketola and Bjorn Li played a heads-up session that produced a $12,700,000 pot — one of the largest ever livestreamed. The defining hand saw Monarch hold 9♥ 9♣ and Li 8♦ 8♥. Monarch […]
Meta and Samsung Surge as Apple Searches for Its AI Moment Summary Apple’s latest iPhone Air launch felt underwhelming — a sleeker handset but no breakthrough. The piece argues that hardware has largely plateaued and the next battleground is AI: natural language agents, context-aware features and deep OS-level intelligence. Competitors such as Meta and Samsung […]
