Author: Max Smith

It's every parent's nightmare: opening your bank statement and realizing your child has secretly spent hundreds of dollars on their favorite video game.Thousands of Chinese parents experience that anxiety every year. Requesting a refund is often easier said than done, as users are often required to go through complex application procedures and prove that their children made purchases without parental consent.Public anger over the issue has been growing in recent months, with several stories of distraught parents circulating on Chinese social media, and it appears the video game industry is finally starting to take action.The Internet Association of China, a…

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Yahoo Sports AM Our daily newsletter brings you the latest on everything sport. Register here You can pick it up on weekday mornings.🚨 Headlines🏀 1 vs 2: No. 1 pick Caitlin Clark (career-high 30 points) outscored No. 2 pick Cameron Brink (three points, two blocks), but Brink's Sparks got the win and the Fever fell to 1-7.⚾️ Dodgers fight back: The Mets lent a helping hand to the struggling Dodgers, who won a doubleheader against New York to end their longest losing streak in five years.⛳️ Retired at age 29: Lexi Thompson will retire at the end of this season.…

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Tencent Holdings As the domestic market matures, the company aims to focus on “evergreen” video games that generate stable profits, rather than rushing to release new titles.”We are more focused now and tend to cancel many products with mid-level positioning,” said the Tencent senior vice president. Steven Ma Xiaoyi “For projects that will never have a chance to challenge for first or second place in their genre, it's better not to do them,” he said in an article published Tuesday by Chinese digital news outlet Youxiputao.Ma said the strategy takes into account the broader transformation of mainland China. video game…

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[–>Rashika Ramlal, Public Sector Country Leader, Amazon Web Services (AWS) South Africa; South African businesses have paid an average of R18 million to ransomware attackers, and following their actions, it can take one to six months for businesses to fully recover from the attack. Furthermore, South Africa ranks fifth in the world when it comes to cybercrime density. “This means that South Africa is the fifth worst country in the world from a cybersecurity perspective,” Rasika Ramlall, AWS South Africa public sector country lead, said while speaking at the IT Web Security Summit in Cape Town.Given this environment, cybersecurity can…

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Golconda Gold Co., Ltd.TORONTO, May 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Golconda Gold Ltd. (“Golconda Money” or “company) (TSX-V: GG; OTCQB: GGGOF) is pleased to announce its financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2024.A copy of the unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements for the three months ended March 31, 2024, prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards, and corresponding management's discussion and analysis (“business administration( ) is available on our profile at www.sedarplus.ca All “$”s in this press release are in United States dollars.Highlights for the first quarter of 2024 (“Q1 2024”):The Galaxy and Princeton ore…

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Basketball on the stadium court. We're already impressed with their physical prowess, but our favorite athletes are also demonstrating financial prowess, and Forbes has taken notice. The publication released a list of the world's 50 highest-paid athletes, with the top 50% being black athletes. According to the list, the athletes made an estimated $3.88 billion in earnings before taxes and agent fees in the past 12 months. That's up 13% from last year's record $3.44 billion.. Each athlete on the list must have earned at least $45.2 million, the highest amount ever, in 2022. The NBA has the most players…

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Vaillance's people risk vulnerability assessment and program development, combined with the Living Security Unify Human Risk Management (HRM) platform, gives organizations the resources to protect their assets, people and sensitive data.AUSTIN, TX / ACCESSWIRE / May 29, 2024 / Living Security and Vaillance Group, global leaders in people risk management assessment, analysis, training and solutions, have expanded their partnership to programmatically identify cybersecurity risks and protect enterprise assets, people and sensitive data. This expansion addresses the intersection and growth of cyberattacks and insider security risks. “Phishing” is responsible for more than two-thirds of accidental insider threats, and 94% of computer…

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Revenues: $8.4 million, Adjusted EBITDA1 $1.9 million.With an adult program expected to launch in Ohio in the near future, Vext will benefit from its vertically integrated position in the state. Announced a $2 million standby credit facility to provide additional liquidity to fund operations.Vancouver, British Columbia–(Newsfile Corp. – May 29, 2024) – Vext Science, Inc. (CSE: VEXT) (OTCQX: VEXTF) (“VEXT” or the “Company”), a United States-based cannabis operator with vertical operations in Arizona and Ohio, today announced its financial results for the period ended March 31, 2024. All currency references used in this news release are in United States dollars…

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