Jimmy Fallon Struggles to Explain 6-7 to BTS After Audience Interruption: ‘It Doesn’t Have a Definition’ | Video
BTS returned to The Tonight Show to promote their first post‑military album, Arirang, marking a high‑profile reunion after an 18‑month service hiatus. During the interview, the studio audience erupted in cheers for the cryptic “6‑7” meme, leaving host Jimmy Fallon scrambling for an explanation. Fallon admitted the meme has no clear definition, highlighting how viral internet trends can hijack live television. The segment also featured BTS gifting Fallon slippers, a nod to Korean hospitality.
Qair Secures Solar PV PPA at 192MW Brazilian Plant
French independent power producer Qair has secured a power purchase agreement with Brazil’s LPG distributor Ultragaz for its 192 MW Bom Jardim solar PV plant in Ceará. The plant, which entered commercial operation earlier this year, is one of ten projects...
Sources: $37B Allworth Exploring Majority Stake Sale
Allworth Financial, a California‑based registered investment advisor with roughly $36.5 billion in client assets, is exploring a sale of its majority stake held by Lightyear Capital and the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan. The firm has hired William Blair to lead the transaction....
Reimagining America’s R&D Framework: Valuing Our Laboratories and Testing Facilities as National Treasures
The AIAA calls on Congress to treat U.S. aerospace and defense laboratories, wind tunnels, and test ranges as national treasures, urging sustained capital investment and lifecycle stewardship. A GAO report shows the federal real‑property maintenance backlog ballooned from $171 billion in...
Independence Gold Outlines B.C. Project Exploration Plan, Shares Rise
Independence Gold Corp. (TSXV: IGO) has launched a up‑to‑10,000‑metre diamond drill program at its wholly‑owned 3Ts gold‑silver project in central British Columbia, roughly 185 km southwest of Prince George. The program follows a Q4 2025 resource update that added the Tommy...
Report Suggests Alberta Could Sit on $1 Trillion Lithium Goldmine
Alberta sits atop an estimated 82.5 million tonnes of lithium‑carbonate‑equivalent, a resource valued at over US$1 trillion and enough to supply batteries for more than 10 billion electric vehicles. The province is developing direct lithium extraction (DLE) technology that repurposes oil‑and‑gas drilling expertise...
SRC Protests Court of Appeal Judgment Upholding Sh10m Car Grants for Judges
Kenya's Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) protested a Court of Appeal ruling that upholds a Sh10 million (≈ $66,000) car grant for each judge. The court said the benefit is constitutionally protected and cannot be withdrawn, despite SRC's claim it oversteps its...
A Quarter of US Radio Stations Are Religious, and Most Listeners Aren’t Tuning in for Politics, Study Finds
About 25% of U.S. AM/FM stations focus on religious programming, reaching 98% of adults. While these stations blend faith with lifestyle topics, 62% of listeners tune in for spiritually uplifting content rather than news. Only 14% consider politics a major...
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How Necropolitics Deepens the Crime and Inequality Crisis in Cape Town
Cape Town’s housing crisis has intensified as gentrification and soaring property prices force Black and coloured residents from the City Bowl to the Cape Flats, deepening spatial segregation. The article applies Achille Mbembe’s necropolitics framework to argue that state policies and...
Gold Strong, but Juniors Must Deliver, Haywood Says
Gold’s rally to roughly $5,600 per ounce has lifted junior miners, but Haywood Securities warns that the next phase will reward only those with funded drill plans and clear catalysts. The firm’s latest quarterly report adds eight explorers to its...
Judge Dismisses Lawsuit by Musk's X Corp Accusing Advertisers of Illegal Boycott
A U.S. district judge in Dallas dismissed X Corp’s antitrust lawsuit alleging that the World Federation of Advertisers and major brands illegally boycotted Elon Musk’s social media platform. The court found X failed to demonstrate any antitrust injury despite claims...
Stroke Survivors’ Brains Rejuvenate to Compensate for Injury
A global ENIGMA study of over 500 chronic stroke survivors used deep‑learning MRI analysis to estimate regional brain‑predicted age differences (brain‑PAD). The damaged hemisphere showed accelerated aging, while the opposite, undamaged side—especially the frontoparietal network—exhibited a younger structural profile. This...
Musixmatch Launches ‘Sentinel’ Service to Detect when Copyrighted Music and Lyrics Are Used in AI and User-Generated Content
Musixmatch has introduced Sentinel, a music‑fingerprinting service that can identify copyrighted lyrics used in AI‑generated and user‑generated content within milliseconds. The tool integrates via API, allowing platforms to detect and mitigate infringement risk in real time. Sentinel builds on Musixmatch’s...
Austria Deploys 1.63 GW of Solar in 2025
Austria installed about 1.63 GW of new photovoltaic capacity in 2025, a 22% decline from 2024’s 2.08 GW. The slowdown leaves total solar capacity at roughly 9.9 GW, well short of the 2 GW per year needed to meet the country’s 100% renewable electricity...
NYC Partnership Targets Medicaid Population for HRSN Screenings
A coalition of Yuvo Health, Public Health Solutions and Hyphen aims to complete 40,000 health‑related social‑needs (HRSN) screenings across New York City’s Federally Qualified Health Center network by June 30, 2026. The effort targets Medicaid enrollees under New York State’s 1115 Health Equity Reform...
SEBI Reviews HDFC Bank Disclosures After Chakraborty Exit
India’s securities regulator SEBI has launched a review of HDFC Bank’s compliance with disclosure rules after former chairman Atanu Chakraborty resigned abruptly. The resignation letter, citing ethical concerns, triggered an 8.7% plunge in the bank’s shares, erasing roughly ₹1.35 trillion (about...
Isuzu Launches D-Max EV in Thailand
Japanese automaker Isuzu has introduced its electric D‑Max pickup in Thailand, debuting at the Bangkok International Motor Show on March 23. The fully equipped double‑cab model is priced at about 1.59 million baht (roughly $45,000) and features an AWD dual‑motor system...
Rent Guidelines Board Says Buildings’ Net Income Climbed by 6%
The Rent Guidelines Board released its annual Income and Expense Study showing net operating income for rent‑stabilized buildings rose 6.2% nominally (about 2.2% after inflation) between 2023 and 2024. Gains were uneven: Manhattan’s core districts posted a 10% increase, while...
Leo Express Wins Prague - Munich Operating Contract
Leo Express has secured a five‑year contract to run the Czech portion of the Prague‑Munich Ex36 express service, starting in December 2026. The award was based solely on price, with Leo’s bid of CZK 427 million (≈$20.1 million) undercutting incumbent Czech Railways’ offer...
Cleveland Clinic Expands Hospital at Home in Ohio
Cleveland Clinic is rolling out its Hospital Care at Home program to the west side of Cleveland, extending services to Northeast Ohio. The initiative lets eligible patients within a 25‑mile radius of Fairview or Avon hospitals receive acute care at...
B2Gold’s Goose Area Keeps Laying Bonanza Eggs
B2Gold reported striking drill results at its Llama deposit in Nunavut, including a 13.7‑metre intercept grading 41.95 g/t gold and a 38.2‑metre intercept at 17.95 g/t. The company’s 2025 exploration program, backed by $46 million in 2026 spending, expands the Back River district’s...
Bluefin Launches BluePOS, Aimed at PAX Devices
Bluefin Payment System launched BluePOS, a new payment application built on its PayConex gateway for Android point‑of‑sale devices from PAX Technology. The software handles core transaction functions—authorizations, refunds, voids, tipping, receipts and contactless payments—while allowing Bluefin to develop and update...
Cybersecurity Tops List of Infrastructure Deal Risks
Research by S‑RM shows cybersecurity has become the top reason digital and telecom infrastructure deals collapse, with 76 % of 150 global investors citing cyber concerns as the primary blocker. Over the past three years, 65 % of those investors experienced at...
Fidelity Beats Lawsuit Over Fees in $439 Billion Money Market Fund
A federal judge in Manhattan dismissed a lawsuit accusing Fidelity of keeping retail investors in higher‑cost share classes within its $439.1 billion Government Money Market Fund. Plaintiffs claimed the firm failed to automatically shift balances over $100,000 (or $10,000 in retirement...
Letters to Editor
The letters to the editor flag four pressing issues for India. A halted Russian oil import and the Hormuz Strait closure have strained the country’s energy supply, prompting calls for domestic gas, electric‑vehicle adoption, solar power and local oil extraction....
Climate-Resilient Push for Ethiopia’s Mills
The International Labour Organization and Japan have launched a one‑year initiative to make Ethiopia’s leather, textile and garment sector more climate‑resilient, productive and socially responsible. The program will target 40 factories in major industrial hubs, delivering enterprise‑level capacity building and...
Petrofac Says UK Tax Authorities Won't Appeal Ruling in Creditor Deal
Petrofac confirmed that HM Revenue & Customs will not appeal a Scottish court decision upholding the company’s voluntary arrangement (CVA) with creditors. The CVA, approved on Jan 30, clears the path for the sale of Petrofac’s Asset Solutions division to CB&I,...
INRIX Launches Compass AI Platform to Help Cities Reduce Systemic Roadway Safety Risk
INRIX has introduced Compass™, an AI-driven safety analytics platform for U.S. transportation agencies. The solution combines large language models with INRIX’s extensive data lake of speed, exposure, hard‑braking and vulnerable‑road‑user metrics, and is built on Amazon Bedrock. Compass enables cities...
FAA Presses California for Records in Airport-Funding Dispute
The Federal Aviation Administration has stepped up its review of California’s management of jet‑fuel tax revenue, ordering the state Department of Finance to supply detailed records of collection, transfer, and expenditure. California currently deposits the tax into its General Fund...
New ClickFix Attack Exploits Windows Run Dialog and macOS Terminal to Deploy Malware
Threat actors are standardizing a ClickFix social‑engineering attack that lures victims into running malicious commands via the Windows Run dialog, PowerShell, or macOS Terminal. Insikt Group identified five active clusters since May 2024, impersonating brands like QuickBooks, Booking.com, and Zillow. The...
Middle Eastern Conflict Compounding Already Volatile Fertilizer Markets
U.S. farmers are confronting a new wave of fertilizer cost pressure as the Middle Eastern conflict has shut the Strait of Hormuz, a key conduit for sulfur imports. The disruption threatens sulfur supplies essential for producing sulfuric acid, a core...
MEPs Approve CMDI Package
On 26 March 2026 the European Parliament approved the crisis management and deposit insurance (CMDI) package, bundling the Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive, the Single Resolution Mechanism Regulation and the Deposit Guarantee Schemes Directive. The reforms broaden the resolution framework...
The Paris-Berlin Night Train Is Back: European Sleeper Launches First Service Following ÖBB Exit
European Sleeper launched a Paris‑Berlin night train on 26 March, stepping into the void left by ÖBB’s December exit. The service departs Paris on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday evenings, returning from Berlin on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, with an early‑morning arrival...
Iranian Smuggling to the Houthis Continues
Iranian dhows continue to transport dual‑use goods and drugs to Yemen’s Houthis despite heightened naval conflict. The Southern Giants Forces, now under IRGC direction, intercepted a dhow from Bandar Abbas carrying medical supplies and drone‑manufacturing components, and also seized 623 kg...
BoE and PRA Streamline Reporting and Disclosure Requirements for Bank Failure Regime
On 26 March 2026 the Bank of England and the Prudential Regulation Authority issued three policy statements that overhaul resolution‑related reporting and Pillar 3 disclosure rules. The MREL reporting templates are streamlined, with the MRL002 forecast template removed and the MRL001...
How $50 Billion in Rural Funding Could Help Kodiak Island Nonprofit
Kodiak KINDNESS, a nonprofit on Alaska’s remote Kodiak Island, provides infant feeding support to nearly all local families, including Coast Guard, Native, Hispanic and Filipino households. The program runs on a modest $150,000 annual budget, relying heavily on volunteers and...
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[Opinion] Retail Powerhouse Action Continues to Surge Forward at an Unprecedented Pace
Action, the Dutch non‑food discounter, posted €16 billion in revenue for 2025—about $17.6 billion—representing 16.1% growth and a footprint of 3,302 stores in 14 countries. The company’s rapid expansion underscores its unique blend of scale and operational speed, positioning it as Europe’s...
Data Centers Shattered Records in 2025. So Why Is Construction Slowing Down?
Data centers in the United States set new electricity consumption records in 2025, driven by exponential growth in cloud services and AI workloads. Despite this surge, new construction projects are slowing, as utilities grapple with supply‑chain bottlenecks, labor shortages, and...
Jesper Kyd Shares First ‘90s-Inspired Trip-Hop Song From ‘Samson: A Tyndalston Story’ Soundtrack
Jesper Kyd has released the first track, "Samson's City," from the upcoming game Samson: A Tyndalston Story. The song channels 1990s trip‑hop influences, drawing on Massive Attack and Tricky while staying modern. The open‑world action title, developed by Liquid Swords...
Fexco and Visa Partner to Enhance Global Access to Dynamic Currency Conversion
Fexco announced its Dynamic Currency Conversion (DCC) service is now available globally through Visa’s Acceptance Platform. The integration links Fexco’s DCC technology with Visa’s cross‑border solutions and CyberSource gateway, enabling more than 200 acquirers to offer DCC with minimal effort....
Behind the Idea: Lorum
Lorum, founded by fintech veteran George Davis, is a specialist correspondent institution that offers a single‑API gateway to global payment rails, settlement and treasury services while keeping client funds on a 100% reserved basis. The firm deliberately avoids lending or...
Epic Games Store Giving Away Two Very Positive-Rated PC Games Right Now
Epic Games Store is giving away two Very Positive‑rated PC titles—cozy ocean‑colony sim Havendock and retro space shooter Hyper Echelon—free through Thursday, April 2. The promotion runs for one week, requiring users to claim the games via the Epic client. Both...
Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War Has Retro Looks and Modern Edge
Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War, developed by Auroch Digital and Dotemu, launches as a retro‑styled first‑person shooter that satirically mirrors the 1997 film’s anti‑war themes. Drawing design inspiration from a 1999 Halo demo, the game blends classic 2000s shooter mechanics...
Zuidberg Develops Electrically Driven Power Take-Off
Zuidberg has unveiled an electrically driven power take‑off (PTO) designed for compact electric tractors, capable of connecting directly to a tractor’s battery or to a generator. The unit employs a double‑gear stage to drop the motor’s 6,000 rpm to a usable...
Content Creator Alanah Pearce Launches Charred Pictures in Partnership With Game Devs; ‘Faith: The Unholy Trinity’ Film Adaptation, Two More...
Content creator Alanah Pearce has founded Charred Pictures, an indie production company that partners directly with game developers on film and TV adaptations. The debut slate includes three projects: a pre‑production adaptation of the survival‑horror game Faith: The Unholy Trinity,...
GE Aerospace Commits $1 Billion to U.S. Manufacturing Growth for Second Consecutive Year
GE Aerospace announced a second consecutive $1 billion investment in U.S. manufacturing for 2026, targeting both commercial and defense engine production. The plan includes hiring 5,000 additional workers, bringing total new hires to 10,000 since 2025. Over $275 million will upgrade defense...
Ooni Selects Croud As Global Media AOR
Pizza oven maker Ooni has selected Croud as its global media agency of record, moving media functions from in‑house to an external partner covering strategy, planning, activation, measurement and analytics across North America, the U.K., France, Germany and broader Europe....
Supervising Producer, Jalen Rose Podcast
Rain Delay Media announced a hiring for a Supervising Producer to lead the Jalen Rose podcast, a twice‑weekly, multi‑format show produced from a downtown Detroit studio. The role covers the full production pipeline—from concept development and guest booking to multi‑camera...
Cardoso Says the CBN Will Stay the Course as Reforms Yield Dividends
Central Bank of Nigeria Governor Olayemi Cardoso reaffirmed the regulator’s commitment to ongoing reforms, highlighting eleven straight months of disinflation and a newly liberalised foreign‑exchange market that no longer requires intermediaries. He noted that 32 banks have satisfied the latest...