An unexpected timing test has found an 11.8-second clock mismatch inside Pakistan’s public digital network, escalating a strike by the technicians who maintain it. Officials say services remain available, but millions of account holders could face failed log-ins or records stamped in the wrong order if the fault spreads.
A software fault sent thousands of German supermarket refrigeration units into defrost mode at almost the same moment, pulling an unprecedented 412 megawatts from the grid. Operators say the surge narrowly avoided automatic limits and have ordered a halt to remote maintenance across the affected network.
A payroll audit has led Brazilian carrier AeroCandeia to set aside R$286 million to compensate 24,600 current and former cabin crew for time omitted from their work records. The company says it is the largest single payroll correction disclosed by a Brazilian airline, covering a discrepancy that accumulated over six years.
A sudden rush for native saltwort seeds has emptied specialist stalls in Alexandria’s covered el-Attarine market, just as a new study warns that seed germination in the Nile Delta may be falling sharply. Researchers, traders and restoration officials are now arguing over whether the alarm reflects a real ecological decline — or a fragile supply chain pushed into panic.
A protest over power cuts has exposed how Sindh’s heat-preparedness plan excluded night-time temperatures when deciding which districts qualified for emergency aid. Scientists say the upper Indus could face as many as 31 days above 45°C (113°F) a year by 2040 under a high-emissions scenario.
A community project cataloguing wedding music says it has traced a hit by Kenyan singer Kiera Mageni to a song recorded at a Kisumu family ceremony years earlier. The revelation has put a KSh38 million (about €260,000) royalty stream and the singer’s signature wedding anthem under scrutiny.
A buyer’s technical review of a Scandinavian software takeover has uncovered a hidden route for linking supposedly anonymous public-service records to individual accounts. The finding affects 1.4 million profiles and has prompted urgent questions from municipal customers about who could have used it.
A Jakarta production company’s surprise takeover of a storied studio has put 164 Indonesian films and several unfinished productions under one owner. The deal has enraged filmmakers already fighting over a project stalled by seasonal haze.
A 39-square-metre cabin near Kiruna stayed at 19°C through six months of Arctic winter, using less than half the heating energy of comparable test homes. A government-commissioned audit has now verified the figures and called them the lowest independently checked for an occupied subarctic research dwelling.
A Friday court ruling has forced the Dutch government to reveal a little-known police protection programme for 28 unelected officials and industry figures. The scheme cost €9.4 million (about $10.9 million) in two years, with some escorts assigned before officials had completed written threat assessments.
A 72-year-old volunteer has been elected president of a small football club in Saint-Flour, winning a close vote that left members astonished. Days later, an old league register showed she had helped found the club 31 years ago, though its anniversary history left her out.
A Dutch audit says museums paid €2.6 million (about $3 million) for audio guides narrated by an unauthorised synthetic copy of actor Tomas Veylan’s voice. Hours after the findings appeared on Monday, the star announced his first screen role in four years.