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TUESDAY, 17 FEBRUARY 2026, 14:59

Business

Silver lining for braai lovers in South Africa

Today at 14:00 PM, via BusinessTech

South Africa’s poultry industry has seen a massive rise in production, while diseases are making a massive mark on the beef and pork industries.

Sport

JUST IN | Australia crash out of T20 World Cup

Today at 14:43 PM, via The South African

Australia have been eliminated from the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 after the Group B match between Zimbabwe and Ireland was abandoned on Tuesday.

Sport

Republic of Ireland trio return for qualifiers

Today at 14:30 PM, via BBC News

Courtney Brosnan, Megan Connolly and Leanne Kiernan return to the Republic of Ireland squad for next month’s 2027 Women’s World Cup qualifiers against France and the Netherlands.

Education

Nigeria: Leo Stan Ekeh @70, Offers University Tech Scholarship to 1000 Indigent Nigerian Wiz-Kids

Today at 12:51 PM, via AllAfrica

[This Day] Africa’s foremost tech icon and Chairman of Zinox Group, Leo Stan Ekeh, who turns 70 on February 22, this year, has explained why he is not celebrating his 70th birthday with a mega party, preferring to offer University scholarships to additional 1000 Nigerian indigent wiz-kids to study Computer Science in Federal Universities so that the country’s private and public sectors could...

Science/Tech

Sony Tech Can Identify Original Music in AI-Generated Songs

Today at 14:30 PM, via Slashdot

Sony Group has developed a technology that can identify the underlying music used in tunes generated by AI, making it possible for songwriters to seek compensation from AI developers if their music was used. From a report: Sony Group’s technology analyzes which musicians’ songs were used in learning and generating music. It can quantify the contribution of each original work, such as “30% of...

Science/Tech

LLMs mark the real AI tipping point

Today at 13:39 PM, via ITWeb

Language-driven systems represent a structural, irreversible change in how organisations access and apply intelligence, says STM Healthcare’s Vukosi Sambo.

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.