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South Africa

UNDP, GSMA Launch AI Governance Training for Policymakers in Egypt

Today at 21:31 PM, via iAfrica

The United Nations Development Programme in Egypt, in partnership with GSMA, has launched a high-level artificial intelligence capacity-building programme for policymakers in Cairo. The two-day training, held at UNDP Egypt’s headquarters, brings together senior government officials, regulators and representatives from key national institutions. Policymakers from Libya, Sudan, Tanzania and...

South Africa

Rwanda Partners With Oracle to Expand Nationwide Digital Skills Training

Today at 21:28 PM, via iAfrica

Rwanda has signed a strategic agreement with Oracle to launch a nationwide digital skills development programme aimed at strengthening the country’s workforce in cloud computing, artificial intelligence and database technologies. The partnership, formalized through a memorandum of understanding between Rwanda’s Ministry of Information, Communication, Technology and Innovation and Oracle,...

South Africa

Ghana Deploys AI and Drones to Strengthen Mining Oversight

Today at 21:25 PM, via iAfrica

Ghana is using artificial intelligence and drone technology to shift mining regulation from a reactive model to a proactive and preventive system, a senior official said. Emmanuel Kwamena Ayeme, deputy chief executive officer of the Minerals Commission, said traditional inspection methods are increasingly inadequate in tackling illegal mining, environmental degradation and the challenges of...

Sport

Kane becomes first Englishman to 500 career goals

Today at 22:46 PM, via BBC News

Bayern Munich striker Harry Kane strikes from distance against Werder Bremen to become the first Englishman in history to score 500 professional goals in official matches.

Sport

Error-strewn England flunk oldest Test at Murrayfield

Today at 22:42 PM, via BBC News

Captain Maro Itoje says England must “learn our lesson and move forward” after their attempt to salvage something from a slow start against Scotland is fatally undermined by a string of errors.

Science/Tech

What is dart frog toxin, which is said to have been used to kill Alexei Navalny?

Today at 23:12 PM, via The Guardian

Epibatidine is about a hundred times more potent than morphine, and derived from frogs native to South America

• Russia killed Alexei Navalny with frog toxin, UK and four European allies say

Epibatidine, the dart frog toxin Britain says was used to kill Alexei Navalny, is about a hundred times more potent than morphine.

The extremely toxic nicotine-like substance was first derived from the...

Science/Tech

Social Networks Agree to Be Rated On Their Teen Safety Efforts

Today at 22:52 PM, via Slashdot

Meta, TikTok, Snap and other social neteworks agreed this week to be rated on their teen safety efforts, reports the Los Angeles Times, “amid rising concern about whether the world’s largest social media platforms are doing enough to protect the mental health of young people.”The Mental Health Coalition, a collective of organizations focused on destigmatizing mental health issues, said Tuesday...

Science/Tech

Four new astronauts arrive via SpaceX rocket at International Space Station

Today at 22:43 PM, via The Guardian

ISS now fully crewed after a medical issue forced the evacuation of four astronauts in January

The International Space Station (ISS) returned to full strength with Saturday’s arrival of four new astronauts to replace colleagues who bailed early because of health concerns.

SpaceX delivered the US, French and Russian astronauts a day after launching them from Cape Canaveral.

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Science/Tech

ByteDance’s Seedance 2 Criticized Over AI-Generated Video of Tom Cruise Fighting Brad Pitt

Today at 21:34 PM, via Slashdot

1.5 million people have now viewed a slick 15-second video imagining Tom Cruise fighting Brad Pitt that was generated by ByteDance’s new AI video generation tool Seedance 2.0. But while ByteDance gushes their tool “delivers cinematic output aligned with industry standards,” the cinema industry isn’t happy, reports the Los Angeles Times reports:Charles Rivkin, chief executive of the Motion...

Motoring

Why insurers write off cars

Today at 09:18 AM, via TopAuto

Following a major accident, the last thing people want to hear is the words “write off”.