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Malema: ‘Zuma is a kind old man’

Today at 21:03 PM, via Mail & Guardian

The EFF leader also questioned why Johannesburg residents would vote for Helen Zille, saying she is ‘old’ and ‘does not have teeth’

Sport

GB’s Kerr wins indoor gold in men’s 3,000m

Today at 21:06 PM, via BBC News

Great Britain’s Josh Kerr wins gold in the men’s 3,000m at the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Poland, with Cole Hocker taking silver for USA and and France’s Yann Schrub earning bronze.

Education

Should the bank of mum and dad pay university debts?

Today at 13:00 PM, via The Guardian

Those planning for uni in England and Wales this autumn can apply for student loans from Monday. Here are the options for families worried about debt

Our child is heading to university soon – should we try to pay their tuition fees upfront so they are not saddled with a debt for decades?

Our child is a recent graduate and their student loan debt is ballooning – should we help pay off some or...

Education

‘Something I’ve never felt since Covid. It was scarier’: the shock and pain of Kent’s meningitis outbreak

Today at 08:00 AM, via The Guardian

How infections linked to a nightclub escalated into a public health incident requiring a national response is a puzzle experts are still grappling with

Tyra Skinner had already been violently sick three times when doctors at Kent’s William Harvey hospital realised something was badly wrong. The 20-year-old was rushed into critical care, racked with a pounding headache, a stiff neck and...

Science/Tech

Can Private Space Companies Replace the ISS Before 2030?

Today at 21:34 PM, via Slashdot

China’s orbital outpost Tiangong was completed in 2022 and is hosting up to three astronauts at a time, reports CNN. But meanwhile U.S. lawmakers are now signaling there’s not time to develop and launch a replacement for the International Space Station — considered the signal most expensive object ever built — before its deorbiting in 2030. A recent Senate bill calls for the U.S. to...

Science/Tech

Intel, NVIDIA, AMD GPU Drivers Finally Play Nice With ReactOS

Today at 20:34 PM, via Slashdot

ReactOS aims to be compatible with programs and drivers developed for Windows Server 2003 and later versions of Microsoft Windows.And Slashdot reader jeditobe reports that the project has now “announced significant progress in achieving compatibility with proprietary graphics drivers.”ReactOS now supports roughly 90% of GPU drivers for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, thanks to a series of...

Science/Tech

50% of Consumers Prefer Brands That Avoid GenAI Content

Today at 19:34 PM, via Slashdot

Slashdot reader BrianFagioli writes: According to the research firm Gartner, 50% of U.S. consumers say they would prefer to do business with brands that avoid using GenAI in consumer facing content such as advertising and promotional messaging.The survey of 1,539 Americans, conducted in October 2025, also found growing skepticism about the reliability of online information, with 61% saying they...

Science/Tech

Firefox Announces Built-In VPN and Other New Features – and Introduces Its New Mascot

Today at 18:34 PM, via Slashdot

A free built-in VPN is coming to Firefox on Tuesday, Mozilla announced this week:Free VPNs can sometimes mean sketchy arrangements that end up compromising your privacy, but ours is built from our data principles and commitment to be the world’s most trusted browser. It routes your browser traffic through a proxy to hide your IP address and location while you browse, giving you stronger privacy...

Health

David Botstein, Gene-Mapping Pioneer, Dies at 83

Yesterday at 23:25 PM, via New York Times

His method of locating genes in human DNA allowed researchers to find disease-causing genes, and later to map the entire, sprawling human genome.