Dubai, UAE – July 9, 2025 – Emirates Airline, the United Arab Emirates’ flagship carrier, has announced a groundbreaking partnership with Crypto.com to enable Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency payments for flight bookings and services, with implementation expected to begin in 2026. The move positions Emirates as a leader in the aviation industry’s adoption of digital […]
San Bruno, CA – July 9, 2025 – YouTube, the world’s largest video-sharing platform, has announced a significant overhaul of its monetization policies under the YouTube Partner Program (YPP), effective July 15, 2025. The updated guidelines prioritize content featuring real human voices, original storytelling, and authentic value, aiming to curb the proliferation of low-effort, mass-produced, […]
Nairobi, Kenya – July 9, 2025 – The Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK) has launched a comprehensive investigation into digital lending platforms following a surge in consumer complaints about exorbitant interest rates and opaque loan terms. The probe, announced this week, targets practices such as charging up to 40% interest on loans and requiring repayments […]
Nairobi, Kenya – July 9, 2025 – The Kenyan government has enacted significant changes to its tax regime, removing long-standing income tax exemptions for certain expatriate workers, a move that could reshape the country’s appeal to foreign talent. The Finance Act 2025, signed into law by President William Ruto on June 26, 2025, grants the […]
AUSTIN, TEXAS – A catastrophic flash flooding event that tore through the Texas Hill Country over the Fourth of July holiday has left a trail of devastation, with the death toll tragically rising to over 50 people. As rescue crews continue to scour the debris-laden Guadalupe River for dozens of missing individuals, a story of […]
REDMOND, USA, July 6, 2025 – Microsoft has officially retired the infamous “Blue Screen of Death” (BSOD), a fixture of Windows operating systems for four decades, as announced on June 27, 2025. The BSOD, known for its abrupt system crash notifications, was last seen en masse during a global outage caused by a CrowdStrike update […]
BEIJING, China, July 6, 2025 – In a landmark achievement for embodied AI, Tsinghua University’s humanoid robots won China’s first fully autonomous 3-on-3 soccer match on June 30, 2025, showcasing advances in robotics and artificial intelligence. The match, held at the university’s Beijing campus, featured robots navigating, strategizing, and scoring without human intervention, marking a […]
SAN FRANCISCO, USA, July 6, 2025 – Google has launched its Veo 3 video generation model globally, a significant upgrade to its AI-driven creative tools, announced on July 3, 2025. The model, designed to compete with OpenAI’s Sora, generates high-quality videos from text prompts, offering improved resolution, motion realism, and creative control for filmmakers, marketers, […]
EUGENE, Oregon, July 6, 2025 – Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon, the three-time Olympic 1500m champion, once again etched her name in the history books by breaking her own world record in the women’s 1500m at the Prefontaine Classic, part of the Diamond League, on Saturday, July 5, 2025. Clocking an astonishing 3:48.68 at Hayward Field, Kipyegon […]
DHARAMSHALA, India, July 6, 2025 – His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, marked his 90th birthday today with celebrations in Dharamshala, India, where he has lived in exile since 1959. The milestone was accompanied by a significant announcement regarding the future of the Dalai Lama institution, addressing long-standing speculation about his successor and […]
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