Japan's foreign currency deposits log record growth on diversification push


US Treasury buybacks put market on alert over more yen interventions


Togo charges two French journalists over incorrect documents, rights group says

The two French journalists detained in Togo since last month have been charged with "false declarations" despite having the correct documents to work there, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has said.

Gaël Mocaër and Sebastian Perez Pezzani had been filming a documentary in Kara, northern Togo, for France Télévisions when they were arrested on 27 July, the media rights group said, despite having work visas and authorisation to film there.

France's foreign ministry confirmed the pair's detention


I'm not upgrading my RTX 4090 until Nvidia makes a GPU twice as fast, and that's probably years away

I blame the RTX 50-series for not being tempting enough.

How Generative Recommenders Are Redefining RecSys at Scale

Recommender systems (RecSys) are one of the most ubiquitous machine learning problems in the consumer internet industry yet notoriously difficult to train and...

James Bond Game 007 First Light Hits 4 Million Units Sold in 3 Months, Ranking among 2026’s Fastest-Selling Premium Games

Today, IO Interactive and Amazon MGM Studios proudly announced that 007 First Light has surpassed 4 million units sold in its first three months on the market , which makes the action/adventure game one of 2026's fastest-selling premium titles.

The press release highlights that the milestone proves the global excitement for 007 First Light . The game's remarkable success, both critically and commercially (especially with the upcoming launch on Nintendo Switch 2 still on the way later this year),

The image shows promotional content for 007: First Light Year One, highlighting features such as 'New Gadget: The G2 Glasses,' 'Coming to Nintendo Switch 2,' 'New Update: Path Tracing,' and 'New Mission: Bawma Will Return.'
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Canon Has Increased Its Massive Digital Camera Market Share Lead

A front view of a black Canon EOS R5 Mark II mirrorless camera body against a blurred red bokeh background.

Thanks to the Camera and Imaging Products Association (CIPA), photographers get a lot of interesting data each month about how many cameras and lenses the Japanese manufacturers are shipping globally. However, for those who want to know who is making each of those cameras, the annual Nikkei Industry Map is the best resource. The latest edition has just arrived.

As reported by Digital Camera Life , the new Nikkei Industry Map 2027 details the market shares of each publicly traded Japanese camera manufacturer in the global digital camera market

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FromSoftware Says Nintendo Has Been A Big Help In Making Sure Switch 2 Exclusive The Duskbloods Doesn’t Just Drop Players In And Hope ‘They Figure It Out’

Can Nintendo help polish some of the upcoming action-RPG's new player onboarding?

Intel’s 28-Core bLLC Nova Lake-S Reportedly Draws 296 W PL1, Nearly 2.4X Its Expected 125 W TDP

According to the latest leak, Intel's 28-core Nova Lake CPU could reach a staggering 296W PL1.

Intel's upcoming Nova Lake-S desktop lineup appears to be one of the most aggressive ones, with power limits higher than previously expected. According to the user "Golden Pig Upgrade" (via Weibo), the Nova Lake-S CPU with a configuration of 8+16+4 will reportedly feature a PL1 (Power Limit 1) limit of 29

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Screw the wedding photos, I'm playing Doom on a DSLR camera like the good lord intended

Snap and tear? I got nuthin'.