Ryzen 5000 CPUs sell out in minutes, appear on eBay with inflated prices
A depressingly familiar scenario In a nutshell: The Ryzen 5000 series launched yesterday, and, in what is a surprise to nobody, getting hold of one right...
Police launch homicide inquiry after death of man in Taranaki
Police in Taranaki have launched a homicide investigation after the death of a man in Opunake. Police were called to a house on Wednesday morning...
Tesla is selling $250 bottles of tequila
Preparation for self-driving cars? WTF?! What started as an April Fool’s joke two years ago by Elon Musk has turned into a reality: Tesla has just...
Late spring snow predicted for South Island mountain ranges
It may be November, but snow is expected to fall on the South Island's main mountain passes tonight. Snow is expected on Crown Range Rd...
British TV and film actor Geoffrey Palmer dies at 93
Actor Geoffrey Palmer, known for his roles in such sitcoms as Butterflies, As Time Goes By and The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, has...
Burning landfill owner given deadline for action
The owner of a Waikato rubbish dump that has been on fire for months has been ordered to put a dirt cap on it. The...
Wall Street ends little changed, posts big weekly gain on Washington gridlock hopes
U.S. stocks held near the unchanged mark on Friday to close out a strong week as Democratic challenger Joe Biden edged closer to victory in...
Netflix is trialing linear programming in France
A return to appointment TV Recap: Netflix was able to disrupt an entire industry by, well, being disruptive and going against the grain. At a time...
Apple will implement privacy ‘nutrition labels’ three weeks earlier than expected
Starting December 8, developers are required to provide tracking information to users In context: When advertisers in the Apple ecosystem learned they would have to provide...
PlayStation 5 review roundup: Big and bold next-gen gaming
The next-gen console war is officially under way The big picture: Microsoft’s next-gen game console saw its review embargo lift yesterday. Today, it is Sony’s turn...
Ghost of Tsushima art prints would make a great gift for the holidays
Stunning artwork Editor's take: Aside from the sheer convenience of having a dedicated space to work in, one of the things I love most about my...
Central America reels from tropical storm Eta, as death toll surpasses 100
The death toll from the calamitous storm Eta in Central America soared on Friday after the Guatemalan military reached a remote mountainous village where torrential...
Austria admits ‘intolerable mistakes’ in checks on Vienna attacker
Austria on Friday admitted “intolerable mistakes” in the handling of intelligence on the jihadist who killed four people in Vienna on Monday, saying it could...
U.S. imposes sanctions on Lebanese president’s son-in-law
The United States imposed sanctions on Friday on Gebran Bassil, the leader of Lebanon’s biggest Christian political bloc and son-in-law of President Michel Aoun, accusing...
UK’s Johnson says he is confident in U.S. election checks and balances
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he had confidence in the U.S. election process, after U.S. President Donald Trump made unsubstantiated claims of fraud following...
Tunisia will accept deportees from France if judicial rights are guaranteed
Tunisia will accept all Tunisian migrants deported from France following the fatal stabbings at a church in Nice as long as all judicial appeals have...
Fortnite will reportedly return to iPhones via Nvidia’s GeForce Now web client
Don't get your hopes up Rumor mill: Fortnite may come back to the iPhone, and Epic will not have to pay the Apple Tax. According to...
Time is running out to enact any trade deal with UK – EU lawmakers
European lawmakers said on Friday time was running out to put in place any new trade agreement between London and the European Union before the...
France posts record 60,486 new coronavirus cases
France registered a record 60,486 new confirmed coronavirus cases on Friday, after posting a record 58,046 on Thursday, health ministry data showed. The new cases...
Iraqi forces kill protester, wound 40 in southern Basra – security, rights sources
Iraqi security forces killed at least one anti-government protester using live gunfire and wounded at least 40 others in the southern city of Basra on...
In Evo’s shadow, Bolivia’s new president Luis Arce promises moderate socialism
Luis Arce, a quiet economist who will be sworn in as Bolivia’s president on Sunday after a landslide election win, knew where he stood in...
US election 2020 results: Zimbabwe mocks America as Russia issues warning over delays
As the world reacts to the delay in declaring the winner of the presidential election in the United States, Zimbabwe has declared that it has...
How Ladoja could have avoided impeachment -Obasanjo
Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday said Rashidi Ladoja, former governor of Oyo, was impeached for being ungrateful to Lamidi Adedibu and Yekinni Adeojo. Adedibu, now...
Strike: ASUU leaders contradict themselves
Leaders of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) are beginning to contradict themselves over the reasons they embarked on their on-going strike which had...
Fight election battle to death, Donald Trump’s son charges father
Donald Trump, junior, son of the US president, has asked his father to “fight to death” and “go to total war” to expose alleged election...
Lagos confirms COVID-19 positive cases in boarding school
The Lagos State Government has confirmed positive COVID-19 cases in a secondary boarding school on the mainland. Akin Abayomi, Commissioner for Health, made the announcement...
CBN gets court order to freeze accounts of #EndSARS promoters
The Central Bank of Nigeria has obtained a court order freezing the accounts of 20 #EndSARS promoters till January 2021. The order was pursuant to...
US election 2020 results: Trump’s team reveals next actions
The President Donald Trump campaign has declared that it will continue to press legal challenges over the results of the Tuesday’s presidential election. The campaign...