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Rosenior leading contender for Chelsea job

Today at 19:53 PM, via BBC News

Strasbourg boss Liam Rosenior is the leading contender to be the next Chelsea manager, but others remain under consideration.

Business

Japan is heaven on earth for South Africans

Today at 13:00 PM, via BusinessTech

Japan, and its biggest city, Tokyo, offers South African travellers a relatively affordable holiday with complete safety, great restaurants, honest people, and no tipping.

Education

Hope in a Time of Cynicism

Today at 13:40 PM, via New York Times

At a moment when Americans are distrusting and fearful, we examine the psychology of hope.

Education

Ethiopia: Addis Ababa University Eyes Global Competitiveness

Today at 00:06 AM, via AllAfrica

[ENA] Addis Ababa — Addis Ababa University (AAU) has reaffirmed its commitment to attaining international competitiveness while serving as a central driver of Ethiopia’s national development.

Science/Tech

‘IPv6 Just Turned 30 and Still Hasn’t Taken Over the World, But Don’t Call It a Failure’

Today at 20:40 PM, via Slashdot

Three decades after RFC 1883 promised to future-proof the internet by expanding the available pool of IP addresses from around 4.3 billion to over 340 undecillion, IPv6 has yet to achieve the dominance its creators envisioned. Data from Google, APNIC and Cloudflare analyzed by The Register shows less than half of all internet users rely on IPv6 today. “IPv6 was an extremely conservative...

Science/Tech

DHS Says REAL ID, Which DHS Certifies, Is Too Unreliable To Confirm US Citizenship

Today at 20:11 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader shares a report: Only the government could spend 20 years creating a national ID that no one wanted and that apparently doesn’t even work as a national ID. But that’s what the federal government has accomplished with the REAL ID, which the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) now considers unreliable, even though getting one requires providing proof of citizenship or lawful...

Science/Tech

The Guardian view on mRNA vaccines: they are the future – with or without Donald Trump | Editorial

Today at 19:30 PM, via The Guardian

Over the holiday period, the Guardian leader column is looking ahead at the themes of 2026. Today we examine how the White House’s war on vaccines has left the future of a key technology uncertain and up for grabs

The late scientist and thinker Donald Braben argued that 20th-century breakthroughs arose from scientists being free to pursue bold ideas without pressure for quick results or rigid...

Science/Tech

Public Domain Day 2026 Brings Betty Boop, Nancy Drew and ‘I Got Rhythm’ Into the Commons

Today at 19:12 PM, via Slashdot

As the calendar flips to January 1, 2026, thousands of copyrighted works from 1930 are entering the US public domain alongside sound recordings from 1925, making them free to copy, share, remix and build upon without permission or licensing fees. The literary haul includes William Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying, Dashiell Hammett’s full novel The Maltese Falcon, Agatha Christie’s first Miss Marple...

Motoring

5 most expensive cars in South Africa

Today at 09:11 AM, via TopAuto

The average price of cars in South Africa has seen considerable increases over the last few years, though even the most notable of these is far from the price tag for the country’s most expensive cars.

Health

What is the ultimate hangover cure?

Tuesday at 13:42 PM, via BBC News

The Food Chain’s Ruth Alexander on what helps – and what doesn’t – if you’ve overindulged.