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South African Minister Urges BRICS Youth to Shape AI Governance and Challenge Digital Inequality

Today at 19:56 PM, via iAfrica

South Africa’s Minister of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities Sindisiwe Chikunga has challenged young people across BRICS nations to take the lead in setting global standards for artificial intelligence governance, warning that the technology risks deepening inequality rather than advancing equity if left ungoverned by diverse voices. Delivering the keynote address at the fourth […]

South Africa

African Media Embraces AI Tools but Lacks Strategies, Expertise and Regulation to Support Them, Survey Finds

Today at 19:52 PM, via iAfrica

A new survey of African media organizations reveals a striking paradox: while generative AI has been adopted universally among respondents, the formal strategies, in-house expertise and regulatory frameworks needed to govern its use are largely absent. The AI and Transformation of Media — Africa Readiness Survey 2026, released by Broadcast Media Africa, captured perspectives from […]

Education

The Truth About Mary Todd Lincoln

Today at 13:00 PM, via New York Times

Retelling the story of a woman today requires a motivation to correct the historical record.

Education

Student loan interest could rise despite cap on rates

Today at 10:03 AM, via The Guardian

Temporary limit in England and Wales won’t stop many facing higher charges from autumn due to jump in inflation from Iran war

Government caps some student loan interest at 6%

Some students and graduates are likely to pay slightly less interest on their student loans than expected as a result of action taken by the government this week.

But while many higher earners will benefit from the news...

Science/Tech

Amazon Luna Ends Its Support for Purchased Games and Third-Party Subscriptions

Today at 23:34 PM, via Slashdot

Amazon’s Luna cloud gaming service is making some changes, reports Engadget:It’s no longer possible to buy Ubisoft+ and Jackbox Games subscriptions or standalone games through Luna. Amazon will automatically cancel any active subscriptions bought through Luna at the end of customers’ next billing cycle. If you have a Ubisoft+ subscription that you bought directly from Ubisoft instead, you’ll...

Science/Tech

Researchers Build a Talking Robot Guide Dog to Help Visually Impaired People Navigate

Today at 22:34 PM, via Slashdot

“Only about 2% of visually impaired people in the United States use guide dogs,” notes StudyFinds.com, “partly because breeding and training takes years and fewer than half the dogs in training actually graduate.” But someday there could be another option:What if you could ask your guide dog where the nearest water fountain is and hear it answer back, complete with directions and an estimated...

Science/Tech

Brian Cox: ‘We don’t know how powerful AI is going to become – it’s both exciting and potentially a problem’

Today at 22:00 PM, via The Guardian

The physicist, BBC presenter and author on snowflakes, art v science and the time Paul McCartney quizzed him about one of Saturn’s moons

What is the inspiration behind your latest live show, Emergence?

It came from a book that I’ve loved for years: The Six-Cornered Snowflake by Johannes Kepler. Kepler is most famous for his laws of planetary motion in and around 1610, but he wrote this little...

Science/Tech

Omissions, Deceptions, Lying. The New Yorker Asks: Can Sam Altman Be Trusted?

Today at 21:34 PM, via Slashdot

A 17,000-word expose in the New Yorker reveals “several executives connected to OpenAI have expressed ongoing reservations about Altman’s leadership.” Reporters Ronan Farrow and Andrew Marantz spoke to “a hundred people with firsthand knowledge of how Altman conducts business,” including current and former OpenAI employees and board members. Among other revelations, internal messages from a few...