South Africa deploys soldiers to the streets to tackle organized and violent crime

Troops have been deployed on the streets of South Africa’s biggest city after the president announced plans last month to use ...

Soldiers on the streets. What's behind South Africa's plan to deploy the army in high-crime areas

It's an unusual move for the African continent's leading democracy: South Africa's president announced that he will deploy ...
THE WEEK

South Africans are angry as Johannesburg faces a growing water crisis

Though Johannesburg is often called the City of Gold, the residents of South Africa’s largest city aren’t feeling very fortunate amid a significant water shortage. The dearth has left many residents ...
Reuters

Starboard presses Riot Platforms to speed up AI data center push

Feb 18 (Reuters) - Activist investor Starboard Value on Wednesday pressed Riot Platforms (RIOT.O), opens new tab to speed up AI data center deals, saying the bitcoin miner is well-positioned to ...
CoinDesk

Bitcoin miner Riot stock jumps nearly 9% as activist Starboard urges AI data center expansion

Shares of Riot Platforms (RIOT) rose nearly 9% Wednesday after activist investor Starboard Value LP released a letter pressing the company to accelerate its transition from bitcoin mining to AI ...
New York Post

Another week, another riot at the police commission

In George Orwell’s dystopian novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four, public employees must participate in a daily ritual called the Two Minutes Hate. Participants gather in a room and scream at images of their ...
Polygon

Riot Games' 2XKO layoffs confirm its struggle to move into new genres

Riot Games has cut the development team of its free-to-play fighting game 2XKO by half, laying off around 80 staff, according to a report by Game Developer. In an official statement, executive ...
IGN

Riot Games Lays Off Dozens From 2XKO's Development Team Less Than a Month After Launch

Less than a month after the launch of its free-to-play 2v2 tag-team fighting game, 2XKO, Riot Games is scaling back its development team. Admitting the news was "difficult to share," producer Tom ...
The Escapist

Riot layoffs come with a tough lesson: 2XKO is a fighting game, and won’t grow beyond that

Riot Games has just announced it’s laying off 80 employees, all from the 2XKO team. It’s never good to hear about layoffs in the gaming industry, but it’s also very, very unsurprising. And this round ...
Engadget

Riot Games is laying off half of the 2XKO development team

Another day, another wave of gaming layoffs. Today it's Riot Games with the announcement that it's cutting jobs on its pair-based fighting game 2XKO. For context, a representative from Riot confirmed ...