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TUESDAY, 17 FEBRUARY 2026, 18:42

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Crime is out of control in South Africa

Today at 18:07 PM, via Daily Investor

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s deployment of the South African army to fight organised crime reflects a loss of government control over crime and a dysfunctional police force.

Entertainment

24 hours in pictures, 17 February 2026

Today at 18:30 PM, via The Citizen

Through the lens: The Citizen’s Picture Editors select the best news photographs from South Africa and around the world.

Science/Tech

Algorithmic Liquidity: Calvin Ridgefield Dissects Market Divergence as Dow Breaches 49,500

Today at 18:10 PM, via Tech Financials

New York, USA (PinionNewswire) — The global financial landscape exhibited a stark decoupling this week, as industrial heavyweights surged while technology sectors faced renewed compression. Data from Yahoo Finance and Reuters Markets indicates the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.10% to touch a historic 49,500.93, contrasting sharply with the Nasdaq Composite’s 0.22% decline to...

Science/Tech

China Once Stole Foreign Ideas. Now It Wants To Protect Its Own

Today at 18:05 PM, via Slashdot

China’s courts are now handling more than 550,000 intellectual-property cases a year — making it the world’s most litigious country for IP disputes — as the nation’s own companies, once notorious for copying foreign designs and technology, find themselves on the defensive against a domestic counterfeiting epidemic fueled by excess factory capacity. The problem runs from knockoff “Lafufu” plush...

Science/Tech

Mazda Finally Admits Its Infotainment System Is the Worst

Today at 17:27 PM, via Slashdot

Mazda, the automaker that for years defended its scroll-wheel infotainment system as a safer alternative to touchscreens, is abandoning the approach entirely in the 2026 CX-5 in favor of a 15.6-inch touchscreen and zero physical buttons. The current lineup — the CX-50 Hybrid, CX-70 and CX-90 — still relies on a console-mounted scroll wheel and dedicated action buttons to navigate a tablet-like...

Health

Vaccine Makers Curtail Research and Cut Jobs

Yesterday at 20:00 PM, via New York Times

Federal policies under Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that are hostile to vaccines have “sent a chill through the entire industry,” one scientist said.