PayPal No Longer Available for Steam Purchases Outside Major Currency Zones Summary Valve confirmed that PayPal payment processing has been unavailable for Steam purchases in most countries since early July…
Ex-PlayStation Boss Says Game Subscription Turns Developers Into ‘Wage Slaves’ Summary Former Sony Worldwide Studios chairman Shawn Layden has criticised subscription gaming services such as Xbox Game Pass, arguing they…
Impoverished Streaming Services Are Driving Viewers Back to Piracy Summary The Guardian reports that piracy is resurging as streaming services fragment, raise prices and add ads. MUSO data shows illicit…
Trump Administration Considers Stake In Intel Summary Intel’s stock jumped about 7% after reports that the Trump administration is considering taking a stake in the chipmaker to support US-based manufacturing.…
Bending the curve of land degradation to achieve global environmental goals Summary This Nature paper synthesises current evidence on the extent, drivers and impacts of land degradation and sets out…
Spatial correlation in economic analysis of climate change Summary This Matters Arising (Christof Schötz) responds to Kotz, Levermann and Wenz (KLW, 2024), arguing that their high-profile analysis of climate-driven economic…
Accuracy of rubber-related deforestation maps Summary This is a comment by Hoang et al. challenging the accuracy of the 10-metre-resolution rubber plantation maps produced by Wang et al. (2023). The…
US weather agency dangles $396M to run ops for its next space-watching fleet Summary The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has issued a request for proposals to develop a…
What is governance, risk and compliance (GRC)? Summary This TechTarget primer defines governance, risk and compliance (GRC) as an integrated discipline that aligns corporate governance policies, enterprise risk management and…
Why the UK public sector still creaks along on COBOL Summary The UK government is publicly embracing AI, but much of Whitehall still runs on ageing, fragile systems — including…
