New evidence suggests that Mars used to have an ocean and sandy beaches

Researchers just discovered evidence to suggest that Mars was once home to oceans and sandy beaches on the red planet, according to data published by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science [...]

Grok gave X users its opinion on ‘white genocide’ in South Africa, whether they liked it or not

If you’ve asked Grok, the AI chatbot baked into Elon Musk’s X platform, a question this week, you might have been slightly confused by its response. In what appears to have been some kind of bug t [...]

CyberGhost VPN review: Despite its flaws, the value is hard to beat

CyberGhost is the middle child of the Kape Technologies VPN portfolio, but in quality, it's much closer to ExpressVPN than Private Internet Access. I mainly put it on my best VPN list because it& [...]

NordVPN Review 2025: Innovative features, a few missteps

When we say that NordVPN is a good VPN that's not quite great, it's important to put that in perspective. Building a good VPN is hard, as evidenced by all the shovelware VPNs flooding the ma [...]

The 10 best beaches in the U.S.

From Pacific Northwest tide pools to Hawaiian surf breaks and mid-Atlantic beaches where wild ponies roam, the best beaches in the US [...]

These are the most beautiful beaches in New Zealand, according to Travel + Leisure

From a beach bought by 40,000 Kiwis to a stretch of volcanic black sand where The Piano was filmed, New Zealand's best beaches [...]

The 10 most beautiful beaches in Greece

From a Crete beach tinted pink by marine organisms to a Zakynthos cove accessible only by boat, ten Greek beaches worth the journey [...]

The 10 most beautiful beaches in Europe

From Arctic Norway's chilly plunge pools to a Sardinian cove where otters share the shore, ten beaches across 38,600 kilometers of European coastline [...]

South Africa wants to ban companies from moving stablecoins abroad. Individuals keep their allowance.

South Africa has proposed banning corporate cross-border stablecoin transactions, in draft rules released jointly by the Reserve Bank and National Treasury. It is one of the most aggressive attempts [...]