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Hello, and welcome to TechScape. I’m your host, Blake Montgomery, currently enjoying Shirley Jackson’s eerie final novel We Have Always Lived in the Castle.An age of enterprise surveillanceSurveillance is industrializing and privatizing. In the United States, it’s big business, and it’s growing.My colleagues Johana Bhuiyan and Jose Olivares report on the companies aiding Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, which are running a victory lap after their latest quarterly financial reports:Palantir, the tech firm, and Geo Group and CoreCivic, the private prison and surveillance companies, said this week that they brought in more money than Wall Street expected them to, thanks to…

new video loaded: Gazans Optimistic After Hamas Accepts New Cease-Fire DealBy Meg Felling•August 19, 2025Palestinians in Khan Younis, Gaza, expressed hope that Israel would accept a cease-fire deal put forward by Egypt and Qatar, which would include the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners.Recent episodes in Gaza ConflictShow more videos from Gaza Conflict

A 30% tariff imposed by the United States (US) on goods imported from South Africa (SA) has sparked concern across southern Africa. Namibia is expected to feel the economic ripple effects due to its close trade and financial ties with its southern neighbour. The new tariff, recently announced by US president Donald Trump, came into effect on 7 August. It applies specifically to SA exports. The SA tariff marks the highest rate in sub-Saharan Africa under Trump’s trade war, which also sees Nigeria, Ghana, Lesotho and Zimbabwe facing 15% duties. This move by the Trump administration is seen as a…

NewsBlaze is now an American company, and of course we are still news for Americans. At NewsBlaze we strive to provide useful news and information, and the editors work hard to maintain high editorial standards. We proofread and edit every story for spelling, grammar, format and meaning. If you see a problem, we’d love to hear about it, so we can make corrections. Send us an email or call us on the phone. If you phone, please check the difference between our timezones, because we might be sleeping when you’re awake. You can also connect with us on Facebook, Twitter,…

Digital learning is transforming how students in Africa access knowledge, offering a new way to overcome long-standing barriers in education. From city classrooms equipped with smart boards to remote schools making use of mobile learning apps, technology is helping teachers reach more learners. At the heart of this transformation is video. A tool that combines visual, audio, and interactive elements to create a more dynamic learning experience. For this transformation to work across diverse regions, however, it is not enough to simply stream videos online. The real opportunity lies in using video technology that is interactive, secure, and designed for varying…

A book-loving American woman in her 20s decides to spend time in Europe before she settles into the safety of a finance job in New York City, but she ends up falling for a man who is harbouring a tragic secret about his future. She’s played by an in-house Netflix star, he’s played by a non-American actor known for his role in a hit TV show. The film is based on a novel and is premiering on a streaming platform this month. While this might not be dramatically similar enough to become a Dante’s Peak/Volcano situation, it’s hard not to…

There is a high probability that former teacher Patrick Geingob suffered from an episode of non-pathological incapacity during the attack. He is accused of murdering his wife Merentha Geingos on 14 April 2019 by stabbing her at least 12 times with a kitchen knife at their house in Okuryangava in front of their children. This was testified to this week by Dr Reinhardt Sieberhagen, who has been treating Geingob for a major depressive disorder since 2019. Sieberhagen told Windhoek High Court Acting Judge Herman January that Geingob complained that he was subjected to emotional and verbal abuse by his wife…

Field YatesAug 19, 2025, 07:06 AM ETCloseField Yates is a fantasy football expert and NFL draft analyst for ESPN. You can find him on Fantasy Football Now on Sunday mornings and regularly on NFL Live throughout the week, as well as the Fantasy Focus and First Draft podcasts. A graduate of Wesleyan University (CT) and native of Weston, Mass., Yates has previous experience interning with the New England Patriots on both their coaching and scouting staffs.Playing in a lot of fantasy football leagues, one of the rules I live by is to cast as wide of a net as possible…

As legal cannabis has expanded around the United States for both recreational and medical use, companies have amassed troves of data about customers and their transactions. People who have applied for medical marijuana cards have had to share particularly personal health data to qualify. For some patients in Ohio who use medical weed, a recent data exposure could impact their sensitive information.Security researcher Jeremiah Fowler found a publicly accessible database in mid-July that appeared to contain medical records, mental health evaluations, physician reports, and images of IDs like driver’s licenses for people seeking medical cannabis cards. The 323-GB trove stored…

Diphtheria cases are rapidly increasing across Somalia, officials and humanitarians warn, with children accounting for more than 97% of the cases.Diphtheria, a highly contagious and deadly bacterial disease that mainly affects children, is preventable by a vaccine. While Somalia has improved vaccination rates in recent years, the medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) blames the uptick in cases on persisting immunisation gaps.Abdulrazaq Yusuf Ahmed, the director of Demartino public hospital in the capital, Mogadishu, said: “The number of recorded cases of children sick with diphtheria has increased across the regions in the whole country. We have received about 49 patients…