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Ugandan politician and opposition leader Bobi Wine is encouraging his constituents to download Jack Dorsey’s decentralized peer-to-peer messaging service, Bitchat, in the lead-up to the country’s election, alleging the ruling party will try to cut off communication services.  During the 2016 election, long-time Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni blocked internet and social media access for the entire population, citing security and safety concerns, and again in 2021, according to a report from the Pan-African Human Rights Defenders Network.Wine alleged in a X post on Tuesday that a similar action is on the agenda in the lead-up to the Uganda 2026 presidential election,…

Once you start extracting, leveling up, and finding new items from scavenging and looting, you’ll be able to start upgrading the potential of Scrappy the Rooster back at the main menu. Eventually, you’ll need to find some mushrooms to keep the upgrading going, and this Arc Raiders guide will show you two spots where you’re bound to find some. This guide for Mushroom locations in Arc Raiders will focus on the first map everyone has access to—the Dam Batlegrounds. Related Arc Raiders: Buried City Interactive Map Our interactive map for Buried City in Arc Raiders. All the important locations, weapon…

The aggressiveness of Federal Reserve rate cuts in 2026 will determine whether retail investors return to the crypto market next year, according to a crypto analyst.But there are doubts about how likely the Fed is to continue cutting, after already making three reductions in 2025.Clear Street managing director Owen Lau told CNBC on Tuesday that Fed rate decisions are “one of the key catalysts for the crypto space in 2026.”“Retail will be more excited to get into crypto, institutions will be more excited to get into crypto,” Lau said.Interest rate cuts are typically bullish for crypto assets, as traditional investments…

Lujiazui Business Districk in Pudong, Shanghai, China.Liqun Liu | Construction Photography | Hulton Archive | Getty ImagesAsia-Pacific markets fell on the holiday-shortened and final trading day of the year.Markets in Hong Kong and Australia will close early for the holidays, while Japan and South Korea are shut for the day.Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.17%.Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index futures were at 25,880, slightly higher than the HSI’s last close of 25,854.6.The MSCI All Country World Index, which measures the performance of over 2,500 large and mid-cap equities from developed and emerging markets, has climbed over 21% since the start of the…

An undercover NYPD cop monitoring Instagram snared a would-be ISIS sympathizer in Texas, chatting him up online and steering him to two more undercovers who the suspect provided bomb-making materials to, according to the feds. The suspect, 21-year-old John Michael Garza, was arrested by the feds on Dec. 22 and charged with attempting to provide material support or resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization. The undercover first came across Garza in October, after noticing his Instagram account followed pro-ISIS accounts and published a comment under a pro-ISIS post, according to federal prosecutors in Texas. The undercover reached out and…

Tatiana Schlossberg, the granddaughter of John F. Kennedy, died Tuesday, just over a month after revealing her terminal cancer diagnosis. She was 35. Schlossberg announced in a Nov. 22 essay that she had been diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia and given a year to live, at most. She was first diagnosed in May 2024. “Our beautiful Tatiana passed away this morning. She will always be in our hearts,” several Kennedy family members wrote Tuesday in social media posts shared by the JFK Library Foundation. Tatiana Schlossberg, granddaughter of former President John F. Kennedy, speaks during a memorial service in Runnymede,…

Red Dead Redemption 2 rumors are nothing new. They’re practically a byproduct of the game’s strange afterlife. Every year or so, the same hopes resurface: a 60FPS patch, a next-gen upgrade, some sign that Rockstar hasn’t quietly sealed Arthur Morgan’s story in amber. Most of the time, those whispers fade as quickly as they appear. But this latest wave of speculation feels different: not louder, just more aligned. Multiple outlets have reported that Rockstar may be planning to bring Red Dead Redemption 2 to next-gen consoles, which include the Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S. On their…

New England Patriots star Stefon Diggs has been accused of assault and strangulation in Massachusetts, according to a report. The charges stem from an incident that occurred on Dec. 2, the day after the Patriots bested the New York Giants, CBS Boston reported. They were filed on Monday in Dedham District County Court, and Diggs’ arraignment has been scheduled for January 23, which falls two days before the AFC Championship game. Few other details on the matter have been provided, and Diggs’ lawyers are working to keep the police report sealed. NFL Player Stefon Diggs and rapper Cardi B sits…

The digital asset sector is closing out a turbulent quarter marked by losses, strained market infrastructure and investor disappointment. Yet one corner of the market stood out: privacy-focused cryptocurrencies.According to Grayscale’s latest quarterly market summary, privacy emerged as an unexpected investment theme in the fourth quarter, with assets such as Zcash (ZEC) significantly outperforming the broader crypto market. Zcash’s price surged in the fourth quarter, rising from about $50 in mid-September to a peak near $700 by mid-November, CoinMarketCap data shows.The performance coincided with a sharp increase in Zcash’s use of shielded addresses, which conceal transaction details such as the sender,…

The mother of an autistic 11-year-old boy missing for months no longer has to show up in Brooklyn Family Court to answer questions about his whereabouts, a judge ruled Tuesday — despite cops fearing the child is a victim of foul play. The ruling means that Jacqueline Pritchett, described by police sources as mentally ill, is free for now of any legal obligations regarding the investigation into the mysterious disappearance of her son Jacob Pritchett. Pritchett has denied to authorities she ever had a child, even after being confronted with proof otherwise. After being held in contempt of court at…