According to a Microsoft Store listing, Android app compatibility for Xbox consoles may be on the way.
You may soon be able to play even more games on your Xbox. We already know that Windows 11 will accept Android apps, but it...
Officials in New Jersey say claims of mass zoo escapes are ‘unequivocally incorrect.’
Despite social media claims, officials in a New Jersey county are assuring citizens that no lions, gorillas, or penguins escaped from a local zoo during...
Sony breaks its commitment to provide a free PS5 upgrade for Horizon Forbidden West.
PSA: If you're thinking about upgrading, get the Digital Deluxe Edition now. As the next-generation console battles began, developers began to do things we...
A US judge has ruled that only humans, not AI, are eligible for patents.
Part of a global effort to commemorate AI-powered technologies that have been struck down in the United States. A US judge ruled this week...
Apple postpones a technology that will check iPhones for child sex abuse content.
Following outrage from privacy groups, tech behemoth and iPhone maker Apple revealed on Friday that it is postponing a controversial technology that will scan users'...
Cardinal McCarrick, an ex-Catholic, has pleaded not guilty to child sex abuse accusations.
Former Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick pleaded not guilty on Friday to a slew of sexual misconduct charges stemming from allegations that he assaulted a teenage...
In Australia, there have been 1533 instances of Covid-19, with 190 cases in Victoria.
People queue for Covid-19 vaccination in Sydney. Photo: AFP On Covid-19, New South Wales had documented 1533 new locally acquired cases and four deaths. The...
Update on Covid-19: 20 additional community cases have been recorded in New Zealand, with one death.
The number of new Covid-19 community cases in New Zealand has dropped to 20 today, but one more death has been reported, according to the...
In Japan, a 13-year-old breaks two indoor skydiving records.
In Japan, a 13-year-old indoor skydiving enthusiast set two Guinness World Records for spinning in a wind tunnel. Fuyuki Kono, whose passion for indoor skydiving...
Review of PlanetScale: Horizontally scalable MySQL in the cloud
PlanetScale powered by Vitess can contain as much data as you need, but it is currently confined to a single cluster. PlanetScale PlanetScale is a...
A Senate committee will investigate the Supreme Court’s “shadow docket” in the Texas abortion case.
Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin stated on Friday that the judiciary committee of the Senate will convene a hearing to evaluate the Supreme Court's decision...
The ‘QAnon shaman’ pleads guilty and faces four years in prison for the January 6 Capitol attack.
The accused "QAnon shaman" U.S. Capitol rioter accepted a plea deal with federal prosecutors on Friday in connection with the deadly Jan. 6 incident. Jacob...
How to Use Spring Security to Secure REST
Setting up authentication and access control with Spring Security is time-consuming, but the benefits are substantial. Here's how you can get started. Securing web applications...
In Argentina, a southern right whale pushes a paddleboarder.
A drone photographer in Argentina got video of a southern right whale swimming up to a paddleboarder and pushing the board. Photographer Maxi Jonas posted...
Anaconda endorses Pyston, the Python alternative.
The provider of a data science platform has hired lead developers to improve Python performance and foster a sustainable Pyston community. Anaconda, a data science...
The Visual Studio Code editor advances in language identification.
TypeScript 4.4 and native bracket pair colorization are also supported by the Microsoft editor. Microsoft is touting capabilities such as automatic language identification, which is...
VMware’s new Tanzu platform seeks to standardise Kubernetes development.
TAP's beta release aims to abstract Kubernetes complexity for enterprise developers at all phases of their cloud-native journey. VMware has announced the beta release of...
The new Israeli coalition is ‘stepping on eggshells.’
The Likud faction convened on Sunday at Ramat Gan's Kfar Maccabiah Hotel, without its leader, Benjamin Netanyahu, who was still on holiday with his family...
A man catches an invasive fanged fish in a lake in Massachusetts.
A guy caught an odd fanged fish in a Massachusetts lake, which scientists recognised as an invasive species not native to North America. Mike Powell...
EFCC: Lekki has become a centre of cybercrime.
According to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the Lagos neighbourhood of Lekki is the "new centre of internet-related fraud." According to the anti-graft...
Shtayyeh asks the United States to reopen the Jerusalem consulate as soon as possible.
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh called on the US administration on Friday to expedite the reopening of the US Consulate General in Jerusalem, which...
Biden authorises declassification studies of 9/11-related documents.
Biden stated that his order directed the Justice Department and other agencies to "oversee a declassification examination of records" pertaining to the FBI investigation....
Google locks down Afghan government accounts as the Taliban searches for emails – source
According to a person familiar with the situation, Google has temporarily blocked an undefined number of Afghan government email accounts as concerns rise over the...
September 11th, 20 years later
Most of the events in my life that occurred 20 years ago have long since gone away, but the morning of September 11, 2001 is...
The DSS has smashed Prof. Mohammed’s car windscreen, and ASUU has been summoned to court.
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has threatened to sue the Department of State Services (DSS) for destroying Prof. Abdulkadir Mohammed's automobile windscreen. The...
Holly Robinson basks in Paralympic triumph
Holly Robinson, a javelin thrower, is overjoyed after adding to New Zealand's gold medal total at the Tokyo Paralympics. Holly Robinson is a fictional character....
According to Taliban reports, the last Afghan holdout territory has fallen.
According to three Taliban sources, the Islamist group conquered the Panjshir valley north of Kabul on Friday, the final province of Afghanistan holding out against...
The world’s reaction to the LynMall terror incident
The news that New Zealand police had killed a terrorist made headlines all over the world. Here's how the international media reacted to the incident....