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Business

South Africans are dumping DStv

Today at 13:00 PM, via BusinessTech

South African households are dumping DStv as more affordable and convenient streaming services gain traction.

Sport

Joty run out ‘by millimetres’

Today at 17:24 PM, via BBC News

India’s Radha Yadav brings an end to Bangladesh captain Nigar Sultana Joty’s innings after with a direct hit at the Women’s Cricket World Cup.

Sport

Confirmed Sundowns’ starting 11 vs Remo Stars

Today at 14:50 PM, via The South African

Betway Premiership champions Mamelodi Sundowns already have one foot in the CAF Champions League group stages after smashing Remo Stars in Nigeria.

Education

A Hawaiian princess bequeathed her inheritance to her people. The schools they set up are being sued

Today at 16:00 PM, via The Guardian

Lawsuit against Kamehameha schools by Students for Fair Admissions, a neoconservative non-profit, alleges discrimination against non-Hawaiians

Advocates for a private school system established to educate Native Hawaiians say a new lawsuit targeting the admissions process is an ugly attempt to ignore the wishes of a Hawaiian princess who bequeathed her inheritance to secure a brighter future for...

Science/Tech

Is the Term ‘AI Factories’ Necessary and Illuminating – or Marketing Hogwash?

Today at 17:34 PM, via Slashdot

Data centers were typically “hulking, chilly buildings lined with stacks of computing gear and bundles of wiring,” writes the Washington Post. But “AI experts say that the hubs for computers that power AI are different from the data centers that deliver your Netflix movies and Uber rides. They use a different mix of computer chips, cost a lot more and need a lot more energy. “The question is...

Science/Tech

How America’s Transportation Department Blocked a Self-Driving Truck Company

Today at 16:34 PM, via Slashdot

Reason.com explores the fortunes of Aurora Innovation, the first company to put heavy-duty commercial self-driving trucks on public roads (and hopes to expand routes to El Paso, Texas, and Phoenix by the end of the year):An obscure federal rule is slowing the self-driving revolution. When trucks break down, operators are required to place reflective warning cones and road flares around the...

Science/Tech

Readers reply: Why aren’t more animals hermaphrodites?

Today at 16:00 PM, via The Guardian

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts

Why aren’t more animals hermaphrodites? Snails and worms seem to have been successful using that method for sharing genes between any two individuals, but vertebrates evolved away from it. Why? Janet Lesley, Kent, UK

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Science/Tech

DStv’s new owner is slashing costs

Today at 15:59 PM, via MyBroadband

MultiChoice’s new owner Canal+ has reportedly suspended payments to the broadcaster’s suppliers and demanded 20% discounts on invoices as part of a cost-cutting exercise.