Open finance startup Ayoconnect’s APIs enable financial inclusion in Southeast Asia

Focused on Southeast Asia, Ayoconnect’s APIs make it faster for businesses to launch new financial services, instead of needing to build their own tech infrastructure. It is also licensed by Indonesia’s central bank, enabling it to offer more services. The open finance startup announced today it has closed a $13 million Series B extension round…

A Trump aide was caught on security camera moving boxes from a Mar-a-Lago storage room before and after the DOJ subpoenaed Trump for top-secret documents: NYT

Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago. NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images Walt Nauta, a longtime Trump aide, was seen moving boxes out from a storage room the FBI searched. The incidents were caught on security footage, The New York Times reported. Nauta was seen moving boxes before and after the DOJ demanded top-secret files be returned in…

An Oath Keeper admitted the group stockpiled a stash of guns in a Virginia hotel room before the Capitol riot

An Oath Keeper from Idaho in Bozeman, Montana. William Campbell/Corbis via Getty Images Oath Keeper Terry Cummings took the stand to testify in the trial of Stewart Rhodes and four militia members. Cummings said he brought an AR-15 and a box of ammunition and kept it in a Virginia hotel room. Cummings told the jury…

An ‘ambitious’ new D&D game is on the way from Invoke Studios, formerly Tuque Games

There’s a new D&D video game on the way from the Montreal studio formerly known as Tuque Games. Wizards of the Coast, which publishes Dungeons & Dragons, has relaunched the Canadian game developer as Invoke Studios — a revamped company with a focus on crafting big games out of the considerable source material that comes…

Fujifilm X-T5 set to launch soon – and it could be the year’s most exciting camera

Fujifilm has had a big year, but it’s apparently not done yet. According to some strong rumors, it’s planning to launch the Fujifilm X-T5 next month – and the mid-range all-rounder has the potential to be the most exciting camera of the year. The source of this speculation is, as always, the reliable Fuji Rumors, with…

Putin offered to redirect natural-gas supplies to Europe via Turkey and make the country a gas hub. Turkey said this is the first time it’s heard of the plan.

Russian President Vladimir Putin surprised Turkey with his new proposal to redirect natural-gas supplies via Turkey. Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images Putin said Russia could send natural gas to Europe via Turkey, making it a “gas hub,” per Reuters.  That’s because the key Nord Stream natural-gas pipelines linking Russia to Europe are damaged. Turkey’s energy minister said…