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Sony officially kills the PlayStation disc, ending physical game production in 2028 — shutting down the PlayStation Store on the PlayStation 3 and PS Vita systems This announcement essentially sounds the death knell for physical media in cutting-edge gaming. Well, it's official:

Elon Musk offers Starlink discount to AI data center neighbors following air and noise pollution lawsuits — 50% off plans and free hardware rental Is Elon trying to buy goodwill through discounted internet access? Residents of Memphis and Southaven, Tennessee, are eligible for a

Meta has spent billions of dollars developing AI and building out data centers to support it. But now, the company may be preparing to put those data centers to a more immediately profitable purpose. On Wednesday, Bloomberg reported that Meta is developing plans for a cloud infra

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Veeam has a new marketing head - 4 months after the last one joined Mika Yamamoto is Veeam’s new Chief Marketing Officer, replacing Allison Cerra who quit after just four months in the post. The story started when Rick Jackson retired in November last year as Veeam’s CMO after 3½

Omen AI has raised $31 million to help develop its systems for monitoring servers and other data center equipment. The San Francisco-based firm has closed its Series A round, which was led by Nava Ventures. It brings the amount of money Omen AI has raised since it was founded in

Overall vehicle sales in sub-Saharan Africa are expected to grow at a slower rate than previously forecast, mainly due to rising fuel costs triggered by the Iran war, but EV purchases on the continent should remain robust, according to a new report. In most African markets, Chine

British-Ghanaian writer Krystle Zara Appiah, author of the critically acclaimed debut Rootless, is back with a new novel: Half Lives. Set during the protracted period of economic decline in 1970s Ghana, two sisters, Evelyn and Maggie, make a deal to run away to the US to start a

The British government could intervene in the $111 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery by Paramount Skydance, citing concerns around the need for a plurality of views in news as well as media ownership in the UK. UK culture secretary Lisa Nandy said on Tuesday that she was

The Four Tops: Forrester ranks multi-model database suppliers Research house Forrester has evaluated 14 multi-model database suppliers and announced four leaders: EDB, Oracle, Microsoft, and MongoDB. Its Forrester Wave: Multi-model Data Platforms, Q2 2026 report notes specialized

US President Donald Trump made more than $1.4 billion from cryptocurrencies in 2025, leading to accusations of brazen corruption at the top of American politics. Despite once dismissing them as a “scam,” Trump has loosened regulations on cryptocurrencies, helping turbocharge the

Defense technology company Anduril is partnering with Amazon Web Services (AWS) on an Edge cloud solution for defense and security customers. The two are launching Anduril's Menace-I with AWS Outposts, AWS' on-premises cloud rack offering. The system carries AWS Outpost compute r

The tech sector emerged as a clear winner in the first half of 2026. But while U.S. Big Tech stocks enjoyed strong gains — despite a sharp sell-off at the end of June — they were largely outperformed by their international counterparts. Of MSCI's sector-specific indexes, the inde

Nairobi and Kigali signed three agreements to expand landlocked Rwanda’s access to petroleum imports. They come as African nations attempt to boost energy security and diversify supplies while a fuel crisis bites across the continent. Rwanda imports all its petroleum products ove

America is a nation of builders. For 250 years, America has built railroads that connected a continent, power grids that lit up cities, factories that powered prosperity, semiconductors that made the digital age possible and the internet that opened knowledge to the world. Now, A

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The World Bank approved a $750 million loan to Kenya to support the government’s efforts to bolster the economy by increasing investment. The financing will help Kenya fund a $37 billion budget, a third of which is allocated to servicing the country’s nearly $100 billion debt. Th

Senegalese lawmakers voted to curtail the president’s powers, deepening political turmoil in the nation as it grapples with a debt crisis. The proposed reform — which sparked scuffles in parliament and protests in the streets — seeks a “rebalance of power” by empowering parliamen

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The UN warned that the ongoing Ebola outbreak in Central Africa could cost the continent as much as $3.6 billion and hundreds of thousands of jobs. A worst-case scenario involved the outbreak spreading beyond DR Congo and Uganda to other countries, including Rwanda and Angola, an

Quick commerce platform Instamart has appointed Gautam Swaroop as its Chief Business Officer (CBO), as the company continues to strengthen its leadership team. In his new role, Swaroop will oversee the company's commercial operations, including customer growth, category managemen

Trump Accounts officially launch on July 4. These new tax-advantaged investment accounts for children are geared toward long‑term retirement savings, rather than education or shorter‑term goals. While some details are still forthcoming, this guide explains how these accounts work

The UAE’s oil exports hit a record high in June, as the country took advantage of its exit from OPEC and skirted Iranian threats in the Strait of Hormuz. UAE exports averaged 3.7 million barrels a day during the month, according to industry data cited by Reuters — significantly a

Kuwaiti telecom Zain Group plans to invest more than $1.5 billion over the next decade to upgrade and operate a mobile network in Syria, the latest in a series of Gulf investments since the fall of the Assad regime. The company will acquire a 75% stake in the existing MTN network

Qatar overhauled its labor laws, adding for the first time provisions that allow for part-time and freelance work to be regulated, and others that make it harder to launch strikes. In changes the government said were aimed at “reinforcing the balance between the rights of workers

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Smart speakers have spent the past few years searching for a compelling second act. Beyond music, timers, and controlling your lights, they’ve struggled to justify taking up space on the kitchen counter. AI promised to change that. Google built a great smart speaker, but Gemini i

Google Says AI Growth Is Outrunning Grid Decarbonization Google’s AI infrastructure growth is accelerating faster than power grids can decarbonize, highlighting gaps in clean energy deployment. AI infrastructure growth is outpacing power grids’ ability to decarbonize, widening th

Banking infrastructure startup Spense has raised $2.8 million in a seed funding round led by Arkam Ventures, with participation from Razorpay Ventures, GrowthCap Ventures, and Atrium Ventures. The round also saw participation from angel investors including Kunal Shah, Madhusudhan

The News Consultancy firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) aims to expand its Middle East business by as much as five times over the next few years, betting it can steal market share from rivals even as demand for advisory services shrinks. The firm is on track to double its Gulf revenue t

This is CNBC's Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Wednesday. While consumer sentiment is near record lows, at least one group appears to be feeling better about their jobs: shift workers. Stock futures are mixed this morning

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Anthropic restores Claude Fable 5 as US lifts export controls — single filter now blocks prompt that could identify software vulnerabilities and write code to exploit them Commerce withdrew the controls after testing confirmed weaker models could do the same thing. Anthropic has