The Linux 6.19 kernel development cycle has hit a speed bump. Linus Torvalds confirmed that release candidate 6 arrived larger than usual, making an eighth RC increasingly likely, adding an extra testing week. Holiday…
Today’s Connections: Sports Edition will be easier if you remember your childhood games.
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Insurance chiefs are upbeat about growth prospects for 2026 even as they confront a squeeze from claims inflation, cyber threats and an accelerating regulatory burden, according to KPMG’s 2025 Insurance CEO Outlook. The report, based on a focused slice of KPMG’s broader CEO survey of 1,350 executives, presents views from 110 insurance CEOs across life, non‑life, reinsurance and broking groups.
China’s birth rates sunk to a record low in 2025, despite the government rolling out a spate of incentives to boost it, as the country’s population fell for the fourth straight year.
Government data on Monday showed that the country’s birth rate…
Agni Flare Inc. (Head Office: Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan; CEO: Takeshi Inaba) is pleased to announce that the Steam Playtest period for SHIKA-Q, an ultra-high-speed competitive puzzle game developed by a small independent team, has been…
LONDON, Jan. 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — A major international research project is underway to test whether a finger prick-style blood test could be used to help diagnose Alzheimer’s…
Tom Stoltman was a skinny kid: 90kg, 6ft 8in, with glasses and sticking‑out teeth. Diagnosed with autism as a young child, he felt he didn’t fit in. “I was really shy,” he says. “I got bullied in school for being different.” Back…