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Business

End of the road for TV Licences in South Africa

Yesterday at 16:57 PM, via BusinessTech

Minister of Communication and Digital Technologies Solly Malatsi says that South Africa’s TV Licence regime has all but collapsed, and details on a new scheme will be presented to the department next month.

Sport

World title challenger Smith inspired by Hatton

Today at 00:24 AM, via BBC News

Dalton Smith – who challenges for a world-title in New York on Saturday – hopes to emulate “legend” Ricky Hatton by making a name for himself in America.

Sport

Arsenal join race to sign Guehi – Friday’s gossip

Yesterday at 23:16 PM, via BBC News

Arsenal ready to join race for Marc Guehi but Manchester City confident they will sign Crystal Palace centre-back, Tottenham agree personal terms with Souza, plus more.

Sport

Olympic champion Kim dislocates shoulder

Yesterday at 22:36 PM, via BBC News

Olympic champion snowboarder Chloe Kim dislocates her shoulder just a month before the start of the Winter Games in Milan.

Education

Nigeria: Rector Warns Against Extortion of Students

Today at 00:49 AM, via AllAfrica

[Leadership] Rector of Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH), Engr. Ibraheem Abdul, has warned its newly recruited teaching and non-teaching staff against extorting students.

Education

Rwanda: 65 Years of CRS in Building Resilient and Thriving Communities in Rwanda

Today at 00:47 AM, via AllAfrica

[New Times] For 65 years, Catholic Relief Services (CRS) has been working alongside local partners and the government, without interruption in Rwanda, from providing large scale school feeding support in the 1960s to accompanying multi-sectoral programmes that advance nutrition, agriculture, livelihoods, youth employment, market systems and community health.

Science/Tech

Microsoft Turns Copilot Chats Into a Checkout Lane

Today at 00:50 AM, via Slashdot

Microsoft is embedding full e-commerce checkout directly into Copilot chats, letting users buy products without ever visiting a retailer’s website. “If checkout happens inside AI conversations, retailers risk losing direct customer relationships — while platforms like Microsoft gain leverage,” reports Axios. From the report: Microsoft unveiled new agentic AI tools for retailers at the NRF 2026...

Science/Tech

Nasa postpones spacewalk due to medical issue with astronaut

Today at 00:44 AM, via The Guardian

Space agency says US-Japanese-Russian crew of four will return to Earth in the coming days, earlier than planned

Nasa is cutting short a mission aboard the International Space Station after an astronaut had a medical issue.

The space agency said Thursday the US-Japanese-Russian crew of four will return to Earth in the coming days, earlier than planned.

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Science/Tech

Wi-Fi Advocates Get Win From FCC With Vote To Allow Higher-Power Devices

Today at 00:10 AM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The Federal Communications Commission plans to authorize a new category of wireless devices in the 6 GHz Wi-Fi band that will be permitted to operate at higher power levels than currently allowed. The FCC will also consider authorizing higher power levels for certain wireless devices that are only allowed to operate indoors. The FCC said it...

Science/Tech

The Gap Between Premium and Budget TV Brands is Quickly Closing

Yesterday at 23:30 PM, via Slashdot

The long-standing hierarchy in the TV market — Sony, Samsung and LG at the top, TCL and Hisense fighting it out in the midrange — is eroding as the budget brands close the performance gap and increasingly lead on technology innovation, The Verge writes. Hisense debuted the first RGB LED TV last year, and TCL’s X11L announced at CES 2026 is the first TV to use reformulated quantum dots and a new...