Nigeria's state oil company is basically having a garage sale. NNPC Limited just opened bidding for partial ownership in a bunch of its oil and gas fields, partnerships it holds with giants like Shell, Chevron, Eni, and TotalEnergies, setting a registration deadline for interested buyers. This move follows their earlier strategy to offload at least a quarter of their stake in select assets, though they have not said how much cash they want or the exact share size up for grabs. The whole thing is facing major heat from oil worker unions, who say it will wreck government income and job security.
The company is pushing this as a portfolio optimization play, wanting to ditch assets they cannot maximize for better profit margins after...
Nigeria's ginger farmers just got absolutely nuked by a fungus. The country, a top global producer growing over 700,000 tons a year mostly in Kaduna, Plateau, and Nasarawa states, saw its industry collapse when a blight wiped out nearly every farm last year, causing exports to plummet by almost three-quarters. A massive international market worth billions is waiting, but Nigerian growers first have to dig out from this disaster.
The comeback plan hinges on a couple of big programs throwing money and know-how at the problem. There is a partnership with the Netherlands called the Nigeria Ginger Sustainability Programme, which is coaching a bunch of local businesses on how to get their spice up to EU standards and farm sustainably. Even...
Simu Liu is finally making the Sleeping Dogs movie happen by locking in a director. The actor, set to star as undercover cop Wei Shen and produce the adaptation, announced on social media that Timo Tjahjanto will helm the project. Tjahjanto confirmed his involvement, citing the game as a direct inspiration for his previous films The Night Comes for Us and The Shadow Strays, and vowed to deliver a faithful version.
The project revives a long-dormant film based on the United Front Games title, with Liu persistently campaigning for its revival. While a scriptwriter is not yet named, this director attachment marks significant forward momentum. Liu's stated endgame remains a new sequel game, viewing a successful movie as the necessary first...
The console market is stuck at about 250 million users per generation and needs a universal format. Former Sony executive Shawn Layden recently argued that the gaming industry must break this ceiling by forming a consortium, similar to those behind VHS or Blu-ray, to create a single licensed hardware standard. He noted that past format wars were won by widespread licensing, not proprietary control, suggesting a unified platform could let various manufacturers compete on device features rather than walled gardens.
Layden's idea aligns with Microsoft's push for ubiquitous access beyond dedicated consoles and mirrors a growing trend of platform convergence, exemplified by Sony releasing games like Helldivers 2 on PC and Xbox. He...
Samsung is cooking up a new sideways chip packaging tech to fight heat. The company is developing a side-by-side structure for future Exynos processors where the main chip die and the DRAM sit horizontally next to each other, topped with a Heat Pass Block. This layout supposedly allows both components to dissipate heat faster, improving thermals, while also reducing the overall thickness of the chip package.
This SbS packaging could enable thinner phone designs, potentially benefiting a future slim flagship like a revived Galaxy S Edge model or other OEMs using Samsung's 2nm manufacturing. It is unlikely to debut in the rumored Exynos 2600 for the Galaxy Z Flip 8, as that chip probably uses existing packaging. The technology is more...
Samsung's S26 Ultra dummy units show a return to rounded edges and a dedicated camera island. Leaked images reveal an all-black color option, a USB-C port, the signature S Pen slot, and a SIM tray. The phone is expected to be thinner than its predecessor and feature a larger front camera hole for a wider field of view. Charging sees a notable upgrade with twenty-five-watt wireless and sixty-watt wired speeds, though the brick remains separate.
The device will run exclusively on Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 processor globally, while the smaller S26 and S26 Plus models will use the Exynos 2600 in some markets. Its five-thousand milliamp-hour battery appears confirmed, a slight downgrade from earlier rumors. The camera array is...
Samsung's chip division employees are getting massive bonuses thanks to the memory crisis. Workers in the Device Solutions semiconductor unit will reportedly receive a performance bonus worth forty-three to forty-eight percent of their annual salary early next year, a huge jump from last year's fourteen percent payout. This windfall is directly tied to soaring prices for general-purpose DRAM and the full-scale supply of Samsung's fifth-generation High-Bandwidth Memory, including its HBM3E and HBM4 products for clients like NVIDIA.
The company's strategic focus on profitable HBM and DDR5 production, coupled with a major deal to supply LPDDR5X RAM to Apple for its iPhone 17 and iPhone 18 lines, is fueling a revenue surge. This positions...
The AI boom is forcing a weird DDR4 comeback for budget gaming builds. ASUS is reportedly ramping up production of older DDR4 motherboards starting early 2026, focusing on AMD’s AM4 platform with chipsets like the B550 and A520, and Intel’s LGA 1700 platform with DDR4 versions of the B760 and H610. This strategic pivot aims to address the severe shortage and high prices of DDR5 memory, offering a viable, if less performant, path for users to assemble cheaper gaming PCs.
This move acknowledges a market regression, where gamers will experience a performance dip compared to newer DDR5 systems, especially with popular AM4 CPUs like the Ryzen 5000X3D series becoming scarce. The plan prioritizes supplying these DDR4 boards through both...
The Switch 2 launch had way more third-party games than the first one. Big titles like Street Fighter 6, Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition, Hogwarts Legacy, and Fortnite were available right away, a huge contrast to the original Switch's meager three-game lineup in 2017. This strong support stemmed from the original Switch's massive success, making the upgraded hybrid console a safe bet for publishers. Demand for developer kits was so high that it created a bottleneck, with major studios getting priority and many smaller teams, like War Thunder's Gaijin Entertainment, facing long delays.
According to insider Nate the Hate, that developer kit shortage has now mostly been resolved. This fix is timely, as it aligns with rumors of...
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