Some towns in southwest Canada have started encouraging residents to show off how dry their lawns are near their homes. This is to encourage people to comply with the ban on watering their lawns. Canadian authorities are offering small prizes for the best photos of yellow-brown spaces in an effort to spread awareness of the recently announced...
The Norwegian regulatory authority has assessed Meta Platforms a million-dollar fine, which it should pay every day, for collecting user data to target advertising. But the mother of Facebook and Instagram understandably doesn't like that, so it has asked the Norwegian court to stop enforcing the fine. The fine was set at NOK 1 million, which...
The American fast food chain Subway is likely to have a new owner. The business is expected to be taken over by investment group Roark Capital, which owns a number of not only fast-food franchises, for $9.6 billion (CZK 211.6 billion). It was reported by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ). According to WSJ sources, the deal to sell Subway is expec...
More than a year after its originally planned launch, Jacobi Asset Management is now officially launching the first spot Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) in Europe. The fund is available on the Euronext exchange in Amsterdam. Bitcoin ETF becomes a European reality It can be found on the Euronext exchange under the listing symbol BCOIN. The...
Ukraine's largest job search website Work.ua has announced that it is no longer working with companies that have not yet left the Russian market. These are major global players and employers such as Nestlé, Unilever, Yves Rocher, Raiffeisen Bank and Pepsico. Work.ua is Ukraine's largest job search portal. It currently offers over 92 thousand jo...
The developers at Larian Studios have been racking up success on several fronts since the release of the full version of Baldur's Gate 3. First and foremost, the game is enjoying strong interest on Steam, where it is regularly played by more than half a million players at any one time. The popularity of this RPG has also been noticed by play...
Apple will replace its own Lightning charging port with a conventional USB-C one. It's practically a done deal, several sources close to the company have confirmed, and it follows an obligation imposed on Apple (and other manufacturers) by the EU directive. Only it wouldn't be Apple that didn't come up with a proper coolness. The entire iPhon...
Britain's Royal Mail has started using drones to deliver mail on the Orkney Islands in northern Scotland. This could pave the way for parcels to be delivered by this method both in the archipelagos around the UK and on the British mainland, particularly during emergencies. The drones, which can carry parcels weighing up to six kilograms, oper...
On Tuesday night, a record Mega Millions jackpot fell in the United States. The jackpot reached 1.58 billion dollars. The winning ticket was sold in Florida. The lucky winner of the record jackpot hit all six winning numbers and also cashed in on the Megaplier feature. The stake in the Mega Millions lottery does not have to be very high. The ...
