Two fresh C-suite gigs just dropped at AXS after the ticketing outfit bumped up a pair of its senior VPs in Los Angeles.
AXS taps a new Chief Talent Officer
Julie Lamb stepped up from her SVP role.
Her focus covers worldwide workforce strategy.
Bryan Perez praised her culture-shaping contributions.
Lamb keeps reporting to Perez as CEO.
AXS hands out a CFO title
Jason Boxer climbed from SVP to CFO.
His plate spans budgeting, treasury, and growth plays.
Perez credited Boxer with building financial rigor.
Boxer assembled a global finance operation.
Recent AXS leadership moves keep rolling
Nikhil Bobde grabbed the CTO position last October.
Alex Hazboun snagged the Chief Innovation Officer position simultaneously.
Peter Quinlan and...
Two Windhoek properties tied to the SME Bank scandal are heading to auction for the third time after previous winning bidders ghosted on payment.
The debt behind the auctions
Enock Kamushinda owes N$140 million to SME Bank liquidators under a 2021 High Court settlement.
Interest stacks at 20% per annum on top of that figure.
Kamushinda coughed up only N$3 million before refusing further payments.
SME Bank collapsed into insolvency back in 2017 after N$247 million allegedly vanished.
Properties on the block
Monsoon Investments CC owns an 11-bedroom Kleine Kuppe residence with a pool and covered braai area.
Harrogate Investments holds a 1,498-square-metre property in Windhoek's Eros area.
Both entities are linked to Kamushinda's...
Drought slashed Meatco's cattle throughput well below target, but per-carcass value extraction actually improved during the 2024/25 financial year.
Slaughter numbers versus the plan
Meatco processed 75,268 cattle against a budgeted goal of 105,000.
Average carcass weight landed at 246 kg per animal.
Dressing percentage came in at 55.16, reflecting solid efficiency gains.
Better payment discipline pulled more producers toward Meatco despite the dry spell.
Namibia's drought backdrop
Namibia's government declared a state of emergency back in May 2024.
Environment and tourism minister Indileni Daniel called it one of the century's worst droughts.
Persistent dry conditions hammered livestock availability across the board...
Unskippable boot-up ads are now gating live TV access on Hisense smart TVs, and the backlash is spreading fast.
What users are reporting
A mandatory ad plays right after powering on, before any channel loads.
Viewers can't dismiss or skip it, effectively pausing the startup flow.
Toshiba and JVC sets running VIDAA show the same behavior.
VIDAA, as the shared platform layer, points to a software-level decision.
VIDAA's ad infrastructure goes deeper
Nexxen operates as a programmatic ad partner for VIDAA-native inventory.
Automated ad delivery scales without leaning on individual apps for monetization.
Once the OS supports a startup ad slot, it gets filled consistently.
Privacy concerns piling up
Some users say boot ads appeared even...
Ubiquiti's new U7 Mesh crams Wi-Fi 7 into a compact, weather-resistant access point built for awkward spots that ceiling APs can't reach.
Hardware and radio configuration
U7 Mesh runs dual-band on 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz as a BE5000-class device.
A single 2.5 GbE RJ45 port handles the wired uplink without bottlenecking.
IPX6 weather resistance makes outdoor-adjacent placement viable.
Integrated long-range antennas prioritize stable mesh backhaul links.
Deployment flexibility
Wall mounting, pole mounting, and a tabletop stand are all supported.
Coverage area gets rated at 140 square meters, or roughly 1,500 square feet.
Ubiquiti claims 200-plus simultaneous client capacity.
Mesh backhaul quality is the real performance decider when...
A World of Warcraft-themed RTX 5070 from MSI just surfaced on Chinese retail platforms at a hefty $767 collector-tier price tag.
Card specs and factory overclock
MSI's GeForce RTX 5070 World of Warcraft Midnight Void Edition OC packs 12 GB of VRAM.
Extreme mode pushes the GPU core clock to 2,625 MHz, a 113 MHz bump over baseline.
Real-world sustained boost depends on thermals, fan curves, and power limits.
Cooling and build quality
Three Storm 7 fans sit atop a nickel-plated copper base with square-core heatpipes.
Wave Curved Fin 4.0 and Airflow Control 2.0 shape the fin array for better efficiency.
A metal backplate adds structural rigidity to the whole assembly.
MSI bundles a themed GPU support bracket for sag management.
Size...
A claimed 100x data-density jump from Starlink's V2 satellites could transform satellite-to-phone service from emergency fallback into everyday connectivity.
What V2 satellites bring to the table
Starlink says V2 hardware delivers around 20x more throughput per satellite.
Data density at the constellation level allegedly jumps 100x over V1 gear.
That metric reflects how many users get served in a given area under load.
SpaceX is branding the upgrade direction as 5G from space.
How Starlink Mobile works today
Previously called Direct to Cell, the service targets standard phones with no tower access.
Messaging, voice, and light data are the realistic V1 expectations.
Existing LTE phones already work with the current satellite setup...
ASUS just slapped a Lava Red colorway on the ROG Harpe II Ace, and it's already live in European markets.
ROG Harpe II Ace Lava Red specs
ROG AimPoint Pro sensor pushes 42,000 DPI with track-on-glass tech.
Polling rate maxes out at 8,000 Hz across both wired and wireless modes.
Weight comes in at roughly 48 grams without cable or dongle.
Competitive-focused features
eSports pros helped shape the symmetrical, right-handed design.
Zone Mode kills distracting lighting and optimizes performance via a quick combo key.
ROG 100M optical micro switches handle the left and right clicks.
Bluetooth 5.1, RF 2.4 GHz, and USB Type-C cover all connectivity bases.
Pricing and availability
Germany, Austria, and Switzerland can grab it right now...
NAND flash prices surging close to 500% in six months are forcing Phison to demand prepayments or faster settlements from its customers.
Why Phison is changing payment terms
Phison Electronics sent customers a letter requesting prepayment or shortened payment windows.
AI-driven infrastructure demand is blamed for the massive NAND cost spike.
Securing memory supply upfront shifts financing risk away from the supplier.
Standard settlement cycles leave vendors exposed when input costs swing wildly.
Phison's role in the SSD food chain
Phison primarily makes SSD controllers, not NAND flash itself.
Its latest E28 controller rolls off TSMC's 6 nm process node.
Controller fab capacity probably isn't the bottleneck here.
Bundled services...
