Binance hit by $6.3bn crypto-currency hack
Blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs attributes the $6.3bn Binance hack to North Korean hackers. Hackers have stolen an estimated $6.3 billion in crypto-currency from Binance, the world’s largest crypto-currency exchange, in what blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs describes as the biggest crypto theft on record. According to a statement published by the crypto firm, the…
Haley Stevens and Abdul El-Sayed clash over Israel ad ahead of planned rally together
Days before they are set to headline a rally in Detroit, Abdul El-Sayed and Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., traded critical messages in statements released Friday, escalating tensions between the two in the final stretch of El-Sayed’s campaign for Senate. Stevens said that she expected El-Sayed, the progressive candidate who defeated her in a bitter Democratic…
AI reverse engineering is breaking Big Tech’s business model
One of the earliest uses of generative AI tools like ChatGPT and Claude was producing source code – computer language instructions that make up software such as word processors, your internet browser and everything else. Code is structured, which makes it easier for AI tools to generate. So, could they help to make fancy software…
Spain train disaster clouds Pedro Sánchez chances of re-election
Crucially, at one point a controller instructed a stalled train to restart, clearing it to advance at up to 160km/h (100 mph) even though a second train was stuck on the line up ahead. The impending collision was clear from audio calls and on big screens in the control centre in Madrid. “They worked. We…
Africa: Who Mapped Africa? Debunking the Myth That Europeans Alone Plotted the Continent
After the United Nations adopted a resolution in September 2026 endorsing a map that more fairly represents the size of Earth’s landmasses, author and journalist Moky Makura of Africa No Filter – a main sponsor of the Correct the Map initiative – asked: “What else about Africa is the world underestimating that’s also hidden in…
Dis-Chem invests R240m in replatforming amid interim profit dip
South African pharmacy chain Dis-Chem has deployed R240 million into replatforming its digital infrastructure and operational environment through its innovation division, X, Bigly Labs, established in late 2025. Read: Apple unveils 2026 iMac with M6 and upgraded AI architecture Details disclosed in the group’s interim results for the six months ending August 2026 highlight that…
Africa: Nature Is Making a Comeback – Now Restoration Funding Must Quadruple
From salmon spawning grounds in Canada to coral reefs in Indonesia, ecosystems around the world are being restored at an unprecedented rate. Some 252 million hectares across 149 countries – an area of land and sea roughly the size of Kazakhstan – are currently under restoration, making this the largest documented effort of its kind…
Family of real estate CEO wounded in violent Toronto home invasion, officials say; 3 suspects at large
A search is underway for three armed men who broke into a mansion in Toronto, Canada, belonging to a real estate CEO in the early morning hours Thursday and attacked and injured the family inside, authorities said. The suspects, who were masked, forced their way through a back entrance of the five-bedroom home in the…
Africa: COP17 Celebrates Indigenous Leaders Amid Demand for Greater Inclusion in Biodiversity Decisions
Yerevan, Armenia — At the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) COP17, the presence of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs) is impossible to miss. Indigenous representatives speak at side events, participate in contact groups, advise negotiators and engage across multiple forums shaping the future of global biodiversity policy. Yet amid this growing visibility, one message…
Kodak Alaris appoints Kolok as SA distributor
Kolok takes on Kodak Alaris’s scanner range in new South African distribution deal. Document scanning technology provider Kodak Alaris has appointed IT and office technology distributor Kolok to distribute its full range of document scanner hardware in SA. The companies aim to improve product availability, extend reseller coverage and make the portfolio more accessible to customers across…
