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South Africa

Knot Launches AI-Powered Ticketing Platform to Tackle Fraud and Resale Losses

Today at 19:59 PM, via iAfrica

Knot Technologie has developed an online ticketing platform that uses artificial intelligence to modernize traditional ticketing systems, which organizers often view as inefficient, vulnerable to fraud and lacking transparency. Based in the United Kingdom and Egypt, the startup was founded in 2025 by Ahmed Abdalla and Hussein ElBendak. The company focuses on digital infrastructure for […]

South Africa

Microsoft South Africa, SABC Partner to Deliver AI and Digital Skills Training via SABC Plus

Today at 19:57 PM, via iAfrica

Microsoft South Africa and the South African Broadcasting Corporation announced plans to expand access to artificial intelligence fluency and digital skills training through the broadcaster’s digital platform. The initiative was announced at the 2026 Microsoft AI Tour in Johannesburg. It is driven by Microsoft Elevate, the company’s skills development programme focused on preparing...

World

Watch: Frozen river hosts dance party in Kyiv

Today at 16:45 PM, via BBC News

Residents in the Ukrainian capital are finding joy in unusual places, despite power cuts caused by Russian attacks and freezing winter temperatures.

Business

Pretoria hit by massive power outage

Today at 19:31 PM, via BusinessTech

Large parts of Pretoria have been hit by a massive power outage, with city officials unable to provide an estimated time of restoration.

Sport

Valieva back on the ice after four-year doping ban

Today at 20:48 PM, via BBC News

Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva is greeted by cheering fans as she returns to the ice in her home country after serving a four-year doping ban and being stripped of an Olympic gold medal.

Sport

Pirates outclass Magesi to match Sundowns points

Today at 20:25 PM, via The South African

Orlando Pirates’ Yanela Mbuthuma and Relebohile Mofokeng scored to seal a 2-0 win over Magesi FC in the Betway Premiership at the Orlando Amstel Arena.

Education

When the Doctor Needs a Checkup

Today at 17:25 PM, via New York Times

The physician work force is aging fast, and some hospitals now require that older clinicians undergo testing for cognitive decline. Many have resisted.

Education

Eton head apologises after former teacher jailed for sexual assault

Today at 14:09 PM, via The Guardian

Jacob Leland, who taught Russian, jailed for three years for sexually assaulting student on school trip

The headteacher of Eton College has apologised and said he was “appalled” after a former teacher was jailed for sexually assaulting a pupil.

Jacob Leland, who taught Russian, was jailed on Friday for three years and three months for sexually assaulting one of his students during a school...

Science/Tech

Blue Origin Announces Two-Year Pause in Space Tourism – to Focus on the Moon

Today at 21:34 PM, via Slashdot

TechCrunch reports:Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin is pausing its space tourism flights for “no less than two years” in order to focus all of its resources on upcoming missions to the moon, the company announced Friday. The decision puts a temporary halt on a program that Blue Origin has been using to fly humans past the Kármán line, the recognized boundary of space, for the last five...

Science/Tech

Can We Slow Global Warming By Phasing Out Super-Pollutant HFCs?

Today at 20:34 PM, via Slashdot

“There’s one big bright spot in the fight against climate change that most people never think about,” reports the Washington Post.”It could prevent nearly half a degree of global warming this century, a huge margin for a planet that has warmed almost 1.5 degrees Celsius and is struggling to keep that number below 2 degrees…”[M]ore than 170 countries — including the U.S. — have agreed to act...

Science/Tech

Scientists Found a Way To Cool Quantum Computers Using Noise

Today at 19:34 PM, via Slashdot

Slashdot reader alternative_right writes: Quantum computers need extreme cold to work, but the very systems that keep them cold also create noise that can destroy fragile quantum information. Scientists in Sweden have now flipped that problem on its head by building a tiny quantum refrigerator that actually uses noise to drive cooling instead of fighting it. By carefully steering heat at...

Health

A Predictor of a Good Social Life? Your Parents.

Today at 12:02 PM, via New York Times

A decades-long study suggested that close relationships with family members during teenage years could lead to a rich network of friendships in adulthood.