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2026 Predictions: Evolving Data Centres For An AI-Driven Future

Today at 22:12 PM, via iAfrica

The AI disruptions of the past few years have only been the prologue to what’s coming in 2026: AI’s full integration into data centre processes and builds. It’s a moment we’ve been building up to ever since OpenAI’s ChatGPT brought Artificial Intelligence into the mainstream in late 2022, sending shockwaves through everything from academia and […]

Education

Namibia: Budget Friendly School Lunch Ideas

Today at 01:29 AM, via AllAfrica

[Namibian] The children are back at school, and between stationery shopping and replacing school shoes they somehow outgrew over the holidays, most of us are checking our bank balances with one eye closed, fully aware that payday is still a long way off.

Education

Gambia: Le Jumbo Graduates 175 in Mentorship Cohort 0.4 Programme

Today at 01:15 AM, via AllAfrica

[The Point] Le Jumbo, a mentorship programme designed to arm youth with the requisite skills and knowledge before they start seeking for formal jobs at institutions, recently graduated over 175 mentees from its mentorship program cohort 0.4.

Science/Tech

AI Luminaries Clash At Davos Over How Close Human-Level Intelligence Really Is

Today at 21:34 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader shared this report from FortuneThe large language models (LLMs) that have captivated the world are not a path to human-level intelligence, two AI experts asserted in separate remarks at Davos. Demis Hassabis, the Nobel Prize-winning CEO of Google DeepMind, and the executive who leads the development of Google’s Gemini models, said today’s AI systems, as impressive as they...

Science/Tech

NASA Confident, But Some Critics Wonder if Its Orion Spacecraft is Safe to Fly

Today at 20:34 PM, via Slashdot

“NASA remains confident it has a handle on the problem and the vehicle can bring the crew home safely,” reports CNN. But “When four astronauts begin a historic trip around the moon as soon as February 6, they’ll climb aboard NASA’s 16.5-foot-wide Orion spacecraft with the understanding that it has a known flaw — one that has some experts urging the space agency not to fly the mission with...

Science/Tech

US Insurer ‘Lemonade’ Cuts Rates 50% for Drivers Using Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving’ Software

Today at 19:34 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader shared this report from Reuters:U.S. insurer Lemonade said on Wednesday it would offer a 50% rate cut for drivers of Tesla electric vehicles when the automaker’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) driver assistance software is steering because it had data showing it reduced accidents. Lemonade’s move is an endorsement of Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s claims that the company’s vehicle...

Science/Tech

A Game Studio’s Fired Co-Founder Hijacked Its Domain Name, a New Lawsuit Alleges

Today at 18:34 PM, via Slashdot

Three co-founders of the game studio That’s No Moon “are suing another co-founder for allegedly hijacking the company’s website domain name,” reports the gaming news site Aftermath, “taking the website offline and disabling employee access to email accounts, according to a new lawsuit.”Tina Kowalewski, Taylor Kurosaki, and Nick Kononelos filed a complaint against co-founder and former CEO...