NEW YORK (AP) — A Nigerian chess champion and child education advocate played chess nonstop for 60 hours in New York City’s Times Square to break the Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon. Tunde Onakoya, 29, hopes to raise $1 million for children’s education across Africa through the record attempt that began on […]
Onakoya's matches against U.S. chess champion Shawn Martinez drew celebrities Adekunle Gold and Davido, both Nigerian superstar musicians, as well as praise from Nigerian political figures like President Bola Tinubu.
We released a new game, now available on the KnowBe4 Modstore. I played it myself and this is recommended for all Inside Man fans! "Mark Shepherd, The Inside Man himself, is recruiting a crack security team to thwart the sinister ‘Handler’. Your mission is to accumulate points in a series of challenges that apply lessons learnt throughout The Inside Man series, to test your expertise in combating phishing, social engineering, password breaches, ransomware and document security. "This...
Microsoft has announced its third quarter earnings for the period ending March 31, 2024, noting a 62% revenue increase in Xbox content and services.As part of the More Personal Computing sector, Microsoft said the increase was driven by 61 points of net impact from the Activision acquisition. Thanks to the latter, revenue for the sector was up 17% to $15.6 billion year-over-year (yoy). However, taking Activision Blizzard King out of the equation, revenue for Xbox content and services was only...
We spoke with Reiner Knizia about a new Medici game, how game designing has changed over the years, and how creating a board game for an IP is different.Read this article on TechRaptor
Japanese Olympic champion Ryoyu Kobayashi soared to a world record 291m (around 954 ft.) ski jump, shattering the ski flying and ski jump world records.
International Energy Agency says 17m vehicles will be sold this year, up more than 20% compared with 2023Electric and plug-in hybrid car sales will jump to a new global record in 2024 despite slowing growth in some markets, according to forecasts from the influential International Energy Agency (IEA).The Paris-based forecaster said that 17m battery electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles will be sold in 2024, up more than 20% compared with 2023. Continue reading
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