nyuuz

  1. Munyaradzi Mafaro

    No confidence vote lands as youth lead the charge, protests simmer

    Assen Vassilev from We Continue the Change dropped a no-confidence motion against the government after it ignored massive street demonstrations and refused to bounce. He said the youngest generation is getting involved in politics for the first time, and if the cabinet stays put, they'll...
  2. Munyaradzi Mafaro

    Fires surge as state plans new helicopters, skies set to battle the blaze

    Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov told parliament that Bulgaria deals with thousands of agricultural blazes and hundreds of forest fires every year, and the Air Force has gear ready to handle them. The government's trying to build up permanent firefighting capacity since recent years have been...
  3. Munyaradzi Mafaro

    APS backs no-confidence push, government faces restless halls

    The Alliance for Rights and Freedoms threw its full weight behind the no-confidence vote against Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov's government, with every single deputy signing on as co-sponsors. Hasan Ademov basically said the government's already cooked regardless of how the vote goes, and he...
  4. Munyaradzi Mafaro

    Varna mayor fights hefty bail, bribery case heats up

    Varna Mayor Blagomir Kotsev got sprung on bail after supporters crowded 200,000 leva, but his lawyer immediately filed an appeal trying to get that amount slashed or tossed entirely. The defense wants either zero bail or just a signed promise to show up for court stuff. An appeals court will...
  5. Munyaradzi Mafaro

    Youth rise up for real change, tired of old tricks

    Former Energy Minister Miroslav Sevlievski told bTV that the protests represent the massive chunk of Bulgarians who skip voting, and he thinks people turned out because politicians have been acting like arrogant jerks. Journalist Konstantin Valkov pointed out that young protesters actually have...
  6. Munyaradzi Mafaro

    Borisov shrugs off protest, blames rivals for budget stall

    GERB leader Boyko Borisov told reporters at parliament that protesters wanted him to quit even though he's just an MP, and he said he'd bounce immediately if that was enough. He mentioned asking Temenuzhka Petkova to drop the stuff business groups and unions wanted, like wage controls, and he's...
  7. Munyaradzi Mafaro

    PM faces resignation drama, tension spills over

    Bulgaria's parliament kicked off with Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov facing questions about the government's direction, and he got grilled by lawmakers pushing for his resignation over economic issues. Deputy PM Elisaveta Belobradova handed him her resignation letter right there in the chamber...
  8. Munyaradzi Mafaro

    MAXSUN MS-iCraft B850 AIGA debuts, ATX board goes all in on features

    MAXSUN opened pre-orders for their MS-iCraft B850 AIGA motherboard at 225 bucks, and the ATX board packs a 16-plus-2-plus-1 phase power system rated for unlocked AMD chips pulling 400 watts. Four DDR5 slots can hit 8400 megatransfers when overclocked, while storage covers two processor-linked...
  9. Munyaradzi Mafaro

    Ryzen AI 400 leaks, Gorgon Point preps more cores and smarter NPUs

    AMD engineering samples for their next mobile chips just leaked showing a 10-core model and a 4-core version aimed at totally different market segments. The Gorgon Point lineup represents the Ryzen AI 400 series coming after Strix Point with better NPU performance for Copilot Plus requirements...
  10. Munyaradzi Mafaro

    ACEMAGIC M1A PRO+ teases, mini-PC packs max power and AI

    ACEMAGIC announced their M1A PRO+ mini desktop, packing an AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 chip with support for 128 GB of LPDDR5X-8000 memory and storage reaching 12 terabytes in the maxed-out config. The Silver Tank chassis supposedly handles four simultaneous display outputs for workstation setups, and...
  11. Munyaradzi Mafaro

    ASRock H610M Combo debuts, DDR4 and DDR5 on one board

    ASRock dropped the H610M Combo motherboard that lets people run either DDR4 or DDR5 memory on the same board, which basically never happens because most companies split their product lines instead of dealing with the engineering headache. The thing works with 12th through 14th gen Intel chips...
  12. Munyaradzi Mafaro

    ASUS TUF BE9400 launches, Wi-Fi 7 router goes full speed

    ASUS unveiled its TUF Gaming BE9400 router for the Japanese market at 34,920 yen, and the thing rocks tri-band Wi-Fi 7 with theoretical speeds hitting 9.4 gigabits across 6 gigahertz, 5 gigahertz, and 2.4 gigahertz bands. The standout feature is Multi-Link Operation, letting devices jump between...
  13. Munyaradzi Mafaro

    MSI B850MPOWER lands, compact board packs big features

    MSI announced their B850MPOWER MicroATX motherboard hits Japan next week for 42,980 yen, which translates to roughly 239 dollars. The board targets compact builds with serious specs like dual DIMM slots supporting 128 gigs of DDR5 RAM, two PCIe 5.0 M.2 slots, and a 64-megabyte BIOS chip designed...
  14. Munyaradzi Mafaro

    Keychron K2 HE goes all wood, magnetic switches meet style

    Keychron dropped a wooden version of their K2 HE keyboard that swaps the usual metal or plastic shell for CNC-machined timber while keeping the compact 75 percent layout and Hall-effect magnetic switches intact. The thing costs 199 bucks and lets users tweak actuation depth plus rapid-trigger...
  15. Munyaradzi Mafaro

    Samsung GDDR7 debuts, faster memory packs more in less space

    Samsung dropped new 3-gig GDDR7 memory chips that hit 40 gigabits per second on each pin, and the company says PAM3 signaling makes them faster while using less power than older standards. The bigger capacity per chip means GPU makers can slap together cards with massive video memory totals...
  16. Munyaradzi Mafaro

    Ryzen 7 9850X3D surfaces, Zen 5 X3D gets power boost

    A shipping manifest just exposed AMD's unannounced Ryzen 7 9850X3D processor with an 8-core setup running at 120 watts, which marks a huge jump from the 65-watt limit on previous X3D chips. The part number matches AMD's standard format for pre-production hardware, and the power bump suggests the...
  17. Munyaradzi Mafaro

    AMD Radeon cards climb, VRAM now comes at a premium

    AMD supposedly tacked on an extra 10 bucks per 8 gigs of video memory across their whole Radeon lineup, which means cards packing 16 gigs just got way pricier than before. The bump hits everything from budget options to high-end models because GDDR6 chips got stupid expensive thanks to AI...
  18. Munyaradzi Mafaro

    AMD Medusa Point leaks, Zen 6 aims for cooler, smarter laptops

    AMD's next mobile chip lineup, called Medusa Point, just leaked with details showing Zen 6 cores and two power configs at 28 watts and 45 watts. The platform aims to replace Strix and Hawk Point with better efficiency across ultraportables and beefier laptops that can handle more heat. The...
  19. Munyaradzi Mafaro

    Econet eyes shakeup, market value lags billion-dollar assets

    Econet Wireless Zimbabwe started looking at ways to fix what the company calls a massively underpriced stock situation on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange after shares hit roughly 21 cents despite assets pushing close to a billion dollars. The telco pointed out that the market cap sits around 628...
  20. Munyaradzi Mafaro

    Attempted murder accused faints in court, drama unfolds

    A guy from Nyamandlovu got dragged into a Bulawayo courtroom on attempted murder charges after allegedly torching his mother-in-law's room, and he passed out right as he walked through the door. Khuzani Ndlovu had to get carried out by guards before the magistrate called a quick break, and after...
Top