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Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa plans to recall Victor Matemadanda from his diplomatic role in Mozambique and reinstall him as ZANU-PF national political commissar. The decision follows a broader reorganization that includes demoting Obert Mpofu and Patrick Chinamasa, moves that analysts...

Chosen World Ministries removed Baba Harare from the Hallowed 2025 gospel conference lineup after the Zimbabwean artist announced his return to performing Jiti music. The event is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025, at the ministry's Johannesburg location. Organizers said his shift back to...

Researchers at the Institute of Science, Tokyo, developed LatentCSI, a system that converts Wi-Fi signal reflections into photorealistic images of indoor spaces. The technology maps Channel State Information into latent space and uses a modified version of Stable Diffusion 3 to generate detailed...

Aqua Computer will begin shipping Ampinel in mid-November at $93.58 before taxes and shipping costs. The German cooling equipment manufacturer designed the device to prevent 12VHPWR connector failures on graphics cards by actively balancing the current across six 12-volt lines, each rated at 7.5...

Intel confirmed on Friday that its 2026 processor lineup will feature redesigned cores for desktop, mobile, and server markets. The Nova Lake family will use Coyote Cove performance cores with Arctic Wolf efficiency cores, while Diamond Rapids server chips will deploy Panther Cove cores without...

A YouTube channel compared a modified Nintendo Switch OLED with overclocked components against the Switch 2 to assess performance differences between the consoles. The modded system featured a 1707 megahertz CPU, a 1724 megahertz GPU, 8 gigabytes of RAM, an 8600 milliampere-hour battery, and...

The Steam Hardware Survey for September showed the GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU remained the platform's most popular graphics card with 4.84 percent market share. Desktop RTX 50-series cards gained traction, and the RTX 5070 led adoption at 1.69 percent, while the RTX 5060 reached 1.13 percent...

Square Enix will release Final Fantasy VII Remake for Xbox Series S, Xbox Series X, and Nintendo Switch 2 on Jan. 22, 2026. The ports will feature Streamlined Progression at launch, and the developer will add the system to existing PC and PlayStation 5 versions through an update. Game Director...

Swedish authorities raided Northern Data offices in Frankfurt and Boden after the European AI cloud firm received a tax break worth approximately 100 million euros on Nvidia H100 chips, which were valued at 400 million euros. Investigators allege the company used artificial intelligence...

Halo Studios is reportedly developing a Halo Combat Evolved remake with Abstraction, a Virtuos subsidiary, according to sources from Rebs Gaming and XboxEra on Friday. The project will combine Unreal Engine 5 for graphics with a modified Halo Reach Blam engine for gameplay mechanics. Halo...

Gearbox Software released a Borderlands 4 patch on Friday that automatically clears outdated shaders after version updates to address performance issues on PC. The update primarily focuses on balance adjustments that strengthen several Vault Hunters, and developers noted Amon received multiple...

LG Display will report its highest operating profit in nearly four years during the third quarter of 2025, driven by stronger iPhone 17 sales. UBI Research data shows LG will supply 45.6 million OLED panels for the device, while Samsung provides 78 million units. Daishin Securities projects LG...

Morgan Stanley analysts reported on Friday that Apple's iPhone 17 series has outperformed initial sales forecasts in major markets. The investment firm noted that demand for the iPhone 17 and iPhone 17 Pro models exceeded expectations, but the iPhone Air has not yet launched in China. Analysts...

Starbreeze Entertainment canceled Project Baxter and laid off 44 developers on Friday to refocus resources on its Payday franchise. The studio simultaneously announced that Payday 3 will not receive its promised offline mode. General manager Jonas Skantz explained the decision stems from limited...

Multiple Wall Street analysts issued reports on Friday examining Apple's competitive positioning in wearables and iPhone 17 demand trends. Oppenheimer analyst Martin Yang tested Meta's Ray-Ban Display glasses in New York City and concluded the device poses no immediate threat to Apple's hardware...

Developers at ZA/UM's United Kingdom branch formed the Workers Alliance union with representation from the Independent Workers Union of Great Britain. The group represents the first recognized video game industry union in Britain. The studio faced controversy after Disco Elysium launched in...

Apple plans to release iOS 26.1 in late October based on the company's historical release patterns. The update follows previous X.1 releases that arrived on October 28, October 25, and October 24 in recent years. Industry observers expect the software to launch on October 27, unless there are...

Chip architect Jim Keller discussed Intel's manufacturing capabilities in a recent interview with Nikkei Asia. The Tenstorrent chief executive expressed interest in utilizing Intel's advanced processes but stated the his firm must refine its technology roadmap before committing to production...

Razer expanded its 4000 Hz HyperPolling wireless technology to three additional BlackWidow keyboards after initially launching the feature on the BlackWidow V4 Pro 75 percent model. The company announced on Wednesday that the BlackWidow V4 Tenkeyless HyperSpeed, BlackWidow V4 Low-Profile...

Sean Combs submitted a letter to Judge Arun Subramanian on Wednesday, October 2, apologizing for his actions and requesting leniency ahead of sentencing. The music executive acknowledged assaulting his former partner, Cassie Ventura, and expressed remorse for hurting others through his conduct...