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South Africa

NWU PhD Study Extends AI Misinformation Detection Into isiZulu and Sepedi, Backed by Google PhD Fellowship

Today at 18:13 PM, via iAfrica

A North-West University PhD study by Dr Seani Rananga has developed a multilingual AI framework capable of detecting misinformation across English, isiZulu and Sepedi — extending a capability that has largely worked only in English into two of South Africa’s most widely spoken indigenous languages, and setting a template that can be adapted for elections, […]

Africa

Seven stars to watch at Wafcon 2026 and why

Friday at 20:18 PM, via BBC News

As the biggest ever Women’s Africa Cup of Nations gets ready for kick-off, BBC Sport Africa picks seven players to keep an eye on in Morocco.

Education

Is Burnham’s Oxbridge-heavy cabinet a sign of social mobility or lack of progress on class?

Today at 13:00 PM, via The Guardian

PM’s team can be seen as backward step even though in some ways it is more diverse. Yet its makeup points to wider access to power

Race, school, gender: the makeup of Andy Burnham’s cabinet – in charts

Like 20 British prime ministers before him, Andy Burnham’s new cabinet minister for AI, Kanishka Narayan, went to Eton. After graduating from the country’s most elite private school, Narayan...

Science/Tech

Google’s Anti-search-scraping Lawsuit Dismissed

Today at 21:41 PM, via Slashdot

A U.S. district court “has dismissed Google’s case against SerpApi over that company’s scraping of search results to train AI models,” reports Computerworld. Google had claimed that it was protecting copyright holders — and that SerpApi’s actions breached America’s Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA):[Google] made two claims: first, that no person shall circumvent a technological measure...

Science/Tech

Wildfires, Evacuations, and Smoke Hit Europe and North America

Today at 20:39 PM, via Slashdot

270,000 people have been displaced by wildfires in France and Spain, reports the Guardian. A wildfire even forced evacuations in Scotland. And wildfires “have now scorched four million acres of land in the U.S.,” reports NPR, as tens of millions of people in North America “are continuing to endure hazardous smoke from out of control wildfires burning across Canada and the Western U.S.” At...

Science/Tech

Advocate Adrea Johnson Quits As IDAC Head After Torrid Time At Madlanga Commission

Today at 20:31 PM, via Tech Financials

After enduring a torrid time in the hot seat at the Madlanga Commission, Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (IDAC) head Andre Johnson, who was forced to concede shortcomings in her decisions to probe top cops, has decided to quit. From admitting a misunderstanding of basic principles of law to accepting that she unfairly probed senior police […]

Science/Tech

AI-Equipped Garbage Trucks Could Soon Start Spying On People in the US

Today at 19:39 PM, via Slashdot

America’s garbage trucks can do more than just collect trash, reports Newsweek. They may also help identify code violations using AI.Officials in Cape Coral, Florida, recently considered equipping sanitation trucks with AI-powered cameras that would photograph properties as crews complete their normal collection routes. The system would have been designed to identify potential issues such as...