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Visual AI Software Aims to Solve Field Quality Challenges as Africa’s Fiber Rollout Accelerates

Today at 15:46 PM, via iAfrica

As telecom operators race to expand fiber broadband networks across Africa, U.K.-based IQGeo is deploying visual artificial intelligence software into field operations to help operators scale their rollouts without sacrificing build quality or data accuracy. Africa’s fiber expansion is accelerating rapidly as operators work to meet broadband demand and national connectivity targets. But the...

South Africa

Cassava Technologies Deploys AI Factory in South Africa, Plans Expansion Across the Continent

Today at 15:44 PM, via iAfrica

Cassava Technologies has deployed its AI Factory, powered by the NVIDIA AI platform, in South Africa, with plans to expand to Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt and Morocco as the company moves to build what it describes as a sovereign AI ecosystem for the continent. The company, which holds the distinction of being Africa’s first NVIDIA Cloud […]

South Africa

Constitution brought “profound transformation” to South Africa

Today at 15:41 PM, via SAnews

Constitution brought “profound transformation” to South Africa

The Deputy Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Andries Nel, has described the Constitution as a path altering legal document that has “profoundly transformed” South Africa.The Deputy Minister addressed the National Council of Province’s debate on Human Rights Day on Wednesday afternoon.This year,...

South Africa

Former OpenAI & Google AI Experts launches HyperDev

Today at 15:40 PM, via iAfrica

HyperDev today announced the launch of its Version 1 generative AI coding platform, marking a significant milestone in how aspiring developers, tech-adjacent individuals, and entrepreneurs prototype and launch software.  Developed for a global market, HyperDev is positioned as a major entry into the AI-native coding space, signaling a shift for founders from technology consumption to […]

Education

Say gay: feminist magazine reclaims Charlie Kirk-style campus tours after Florida DEI cuts

Today at 14:00 PM, via The Guardian

Florida restricted teaching around sex, gender and race. Lux is now giving students a forum for these issues

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On a Tuesday night, at Florida’s only public liberal arts college, a small group of students gathered in a classroom to discuss issues deemed “controversial” on state campuses: transgender rights, feminism,...

Education

Florida professors quietly defy restrictions on race and gender: ‘This is how authoritarianism works’

Today at 13:00 PM, via The Guardian

Sociology faculty are refusing to alter syllabi, even as state targets how race, gender and inequality are taught

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Across Florida universities, some sociology professors are quietly choosing not to alter their courses in response to new state guidelines restricting how topics like race, gender and sexuality can be...

Education

From the archive: ‘Parents are frightened for themselves and for their children’: an inspirational school in impossible times – podcast

Today at 07:00 AM, via The Guardian

We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors.

This week, from 2022: Austerity, the pandemic and now the cost of living crisis have left many schools in a parlous state. How hard do staff have to work to give kids the chances they deserve?

By Aida Edemariam. Read by Lucy Scott

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Science/Tech

Inclusion In Action: How The GBA Plus Course Is Shaping South Africa’s Next Generation of Inclusive Leaders

Today at 15:10 PM, via Tech Financials

South Africa is taking a decisive step toward strengthening inclusive decision making through the introduction of the GBA Plus Course, developed by the Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities (DWYPD) and hosted by the Empire Partner Foundation (EPF) and supported by Orcaa AI. The initiative brings together government leadership and institutional expertise to […]

Health

When Teens Are Pressured to Send Sexual Images

Yesterday at 18:35 PM, via New York Times

Adolescents said they were more likely to share photos with a dating partner, or when they had been worn down with repeated requests.