Dr. Olaf Meynecke just wanted to see humpback whales migrate. So, he attached small suction-cup cameras to their backs along Australia’s eastern coast to record feeding patterns and social calls on the long journey from Antarctica to Queensland. Instead, the lenses filled with fish. Dozens of remoras – flat-headed hitchhikers also known as sucker fish – clogged each frame. Up to 50of them were attached to the exact spots where the cameras were positioned, turning a study of whales into an unintentional documentary about the creatures that ride them.

In the spirit of the holidays, DStv, Multichoice’s direct broadcast satellite service, is upgrading its South African active decoder subscribers to higher-tier packages at no extra cost. This means that users who are on the Compact Plus, Compact, Family, and Access subscription plans will automatically be upgraded to the next tier.  DStv Compact Plus and Compact customers would be bumped up to the Premium package, while Family and Access customers will have access to channels on the Compact subscription package.

No, says Roth Capital Markets analyst Bill Kirk, who maintained his “Buy” rating and C$8.00 price target In a Nov. 9 report, Roth Capital Markets analyst Bill Kirk maintained his “Buy” rating and C$8.00 price target on Canopy Growth (Canopy Growth Stock Quote, Chart, News, Analysts, Financials TSX:WEED), saying the company’s fiscal second-quarter results highlight improving profitability, tighter cost control, and progress toward sustainable operations.

November 7 - NetEase's mobile game "Justice" (also known as "Nishuihan" in Chinese) has achieved remarkable global success since its international launch on November 7, quickly topping the free download charts on Apple's App Store in multiple countries and regions. Prior to its release, the game had already garnered over 10 million pre-registrations worldwide. The game gained significant international attention earlier at September's Tokyo Game Show, where its traditional Chinese-style booth attracted considerable interest.

This is not the first time Softbank has cashed out Nvidia shares. Japanese investment giant Softbank has sold all of its 32.1m Nvidia shares for around $5.8bn as the company makes an “all in” bet on OpenAI. The company also sold 40.2m of its T-mobile shares for $9.17bn between June and September, in addition to partially selling its shares of T-mobile’s parent company Deutsche Telekom, generating $2.37bn.

Korea is taking a major step to refine how it nurtures early-stage innovation. The government’s flagship startup acceleration initiative, TIPS (Tech Incubator Program for Startups), is set for a structural overhaul that simplifies funding tracks, expands R&D grants, and places stronger focus on deep-tech and global expansion. The reform reflects Korea’s evolving strategy to help startups scale beyond domestic boundaries and build global competitiveness in AI, semiconductors, and other frontier technologies.

Viwoods is making a splash in the crowded world of compact e-readers with the AiPaper Reader – a tiny device that squeezes the standard e-book experience into a phone-sized package while still delivering plenty of power. Measuring 159.4 by 80.3 by 6.7 millimeters and tipping the scales at just 138 grams, this reader slips easily into a jeans pocket alongside your phone.

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Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. A day after telling states that it was complying with a federal court order, the USDA told states on Saturday not to load full SNAP benefits for November onto participants’ EBT cards. The Saturday notice followed the Supreme Court’s temporary freeze of the Rhode Island court’s order that the USDA fully fund November benefits. 

The seed funding will enable the company to grow internationally and launch a range of new features. Dublin-based start-up Glitch has raised €2m in a seed founding round led by Elkstone, with participation from Gaingels, HBAN and several European angel investors backing the company in this next phase.  Established by Aisling Browne and Kingsley Kelly in 2023, Glitch is an AI-powered platform offering businesses a range of ad campaign services.

It's now actually not that unusual to see quadruped robots that have powered wheels for feet, allowing them to either walk or roll as the situation dictates. The modular D1 is different, though, in that it can also operate as either one quadruped or two self-balancing bipeds. "Traditional" quadruped robots excel at traversing uneven terrain, stepping over obstacles and even climbing stairs while maintaining four stable points of contact with the ground while doing so.

Companies are moving beyond AI pilots, but they are stuck at a bottleneck With the hype surrounding AI over the past few years, it has also generated considerable noise, accompanied by lofty promises of breakthroughs. Whether you are pro or anti-AI, it is undeniable that the technology has changed the way we function, and businesses should also acknowledge it. According to a recent report by Bain & Company, CEOs in Southeast Asia have moved beyond the training stages, with billions of dollars being invested in data centers and infrastructure to power through the next wave.

Samsung/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. If you've been considering upgrading your internet service, now is the perfect time because Verizon is offering a major holiday deal. When you sign up for the company's 5G Home Ultimate plan at $60 a month, you'll receive a free 43-inch Samsung Class Q7F QLED 4K TV, a bonus valued at $400.

Moni, a Y Combinator-backed Nigerian fintech offering community banking services, has rebranded as Rank and acquired AjoMoney, a group savings platform, and Zazzau Microfinance Bank (MFB), part of its effort to offer a range of regulated financial services beyond savings, including payments and investment products. As part of the deal, Zazzau MFB will now operate as Rank Microfinance Bank, giving the startup a regulatory base to scale its financial services.

Here’s how to start a business in California including permits, licenses, business structure, steps – and all the basics What we’ll cover Before you start: is your idea viable? Step 1 — Choose a business structure Step 2 — Pick & check a business name Step 3 — Register in California Step 4 — Get EIN & open a bank account…

How do you build a single speech recognition system that can understand 1,000’s of languages including many that never had working ASR (automatic speech recognition) models before? Meta AI has released Omnilingual ASR, an open source speech recognition suite that scales to more than 1,600 languages and can be extended to unseen languages with only a few speech text examples, without retraining the model.

A corridor at Insilico Medicine’s Robotics Lab in Suzhou, China. Insilico will partner with Eli Lilly on an artificial intelligence (AI) based drug development collaboration that they said could generate “over $100 million” for the AI drug discovery company. Eli Lilly has been doing business with Insilico Medicine for two years before they announced plans this week to partner in artificial intelligence (AI)-based drug development, through a collaboration they said could generate “over $100 million” for the AI drug discovery company.

Small community houses in riverside location near Belem. As nations gather in Brazil for the international climate change conference, COP30, new analysis of countries’ plans has seemingly identified a clear focus by climate vulnerable countries to upskill the public for climate adaptation and resilience, while developed countries focus on how to maximise economic growth.  The report Climate Skills to Survive or Thrive…

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Photo credit: Carnegie Mellon UniversityYou find yourself in a garden at the perfect time, when the golden hour paints everything in a warm gentle light. A bee hovers annoyingly close to your lens, a tiny speck of pollen clinging to its leg. In the background, a rose blooms in the distance – and then beyond that, a stunning mountain range stretches out to meet the horizon.

₹1 trillion Innovation Fund Announced by GoI will Boost Private-Sector R&DBengaluru, November 11, 2025: “India is entering a decisive phase in its science and technology journey. Our goal is not just to expand research output, but to build an innovation ecosystem that is globally competitive, economically impactful, and aligned to national priorities. The new initiatives from the National Research Foundation to the Quantum and Cyber-Physical Systems Missions and now the ₹1 trillion R&D and Innovation Fund are designed to deepen capabilities, accelerate commercialization and ensure that India leads in shaping the technologies of the future.

On Monday, November 10, Nigeria’s National Assembly held a public hearing on the National Digital Economy and E-Governance Bill, 2024, a landmark legislation designed to create a unified legal and institutional framework for the country’s digital economy and e-government transformation. Now in its final stage of consideration, the bill is expected to be transmitted to the President for assent before the end of the week, according to the Minister of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani.

Pivotal discussions on the transformative power of artificial intelligence took center stage, as Moro Hub, a subsidiary of Digital DEWA, the digital arm of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (PJSC), successfully concluded its 4th Annual Digital Transformation Summit under the theme ‘AI-Driven Sustainable Innovation’ at the Mandarin Oriental Jumeira.   Organized in collaboration with the International Data Corporation (IDC), the summit brought together over 300 senior executives, CIOs, and government decision-makers from across the UAE and the wider Middle East.

After receiving permission in late summer, Telus has now actively begun laying fibre optic cable across an extremely wide section of the St.Lawrence River near where it meets the Atlantic Ocean. The cable is set to go between Sept-Îles on the south side to Sainte-Anne-des-Monts across the river. This is a massive infrastructure project that is projected to cost around $20 million.

A day after reporting its Q2 FY26 results, Ather Energy attributed the 54% growth in operational revenue to its expanding distribution network and growing demand in central Indian states. In a post-earnings call, co-founder and CEO Tarun Mehta said the company, which has established a strong foothold in southern states, turned its attention to states including Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, and Odisha, among others, over the past few quarters, and its bet seems to be paying off.