The deal announced this week will see Bayern Munich become the owners of the Sportpark Unterhaching stadium on January 1, 2026, through a subsidiary that operates the men’s home ground, the Allianz Arena. It is reported to be worth an initial €7.5 million ($8.8 million) plus costs associated with renovations to the facility, to be … Read more
A record number of Japanese nationals are working for United Nations agencies around the world. This growth is the outcome of a five-year plan to install experts in key positions in the sprawling international organization and to counter what Tokyo perceives as China using the UN to exert greater influence over other nations. While the experts, … Read more
Barbed wire still surrounds the place where the former refugee camp of Moria once stood. At what used to be the entrance to the camp, excavators have started clearing the area. Although the site is no longer is use, evidence of what used to be the largest refugee camp in Europe is everywhere. Faded graffiti … Read more
A small group of soldiers appeared on Benin’s state television station on a Sunday morning in early December and announced that President Patrice Talon had been “removed from office as president of the republic.” The mutineers cited the poor handling of the deteriorating security situation in northern Benin “coupled with the disregard and neglect of … Read more
Abang Sharon arrived in Lebanon on April 24 last year, having travelled there from Cameroon. The 21-year-old had a goal in Lebanon — to work and earn money so she could support her family back home. An agency organized everything for her to get to Lebanon but later on, in a video published by a … Read more
Adobe Photoshop, Spotify, Canva, Zillow and other well-known digital tools are now apps within ChatGPT. OpenAI has launched an app platform two months after announcing the beta feature and rolling out a development kit. Don’t miss any of our unbiased tech content and lab-based reviews. Add CNET as a preferred Google source. On Dec. 17, … Read more
If you’re like me, it’s probably been a hot minute since you’ve used or even thought of Meetup. Predating both Facebook and Twitter, the website, which was designed to help people organize in-person events, has changed hands a handful of times in recent years. In 2017, founder Scott Heiferman sold it to WeWork, which offloaded … Read more
Sometimes it takes a single moment to change your life. It’s easy to fall into the routine of going to work, procrastinating the things you really want to do and waiting for a day that will never come … until something happens to wake you up and make you start living. That’s the plot behind … Read more
Amazon just introduced a . This lets Alexa+ answer the doorbell and converse with visitors, which certainly sounds futuristic in a “gated community as dystopia” kind of way. There are several caveats here. First of all, it only works with certain newer Ring video doorbell models. Customers also have to pony up for a Ring … Read more
Deal alert: We’re nearing the end of the year, which means you might be thinking of some upgrades you want to make for the new year. If you’re considering a desktop computer, the M4 Mac Mini is a great choice. The Mac Mini is a powerful (and portable) desktop model built for a variety of … Read more