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Iraola bowing out in style – where will he go next?

Today at 20:00 PM, via BBC News

Any suggestion of distraction following Andoni Iraola’s decision to leave Bournemouth was firmly dismissed by his players in their statement victory against Newcastle.

South Africa

University of Pretoria AI Professor Brings African Perspective to UN’s First Global Scientific Panel on Artificial Intelligence

Today at 19:14 PM, via iAfrica

For nearly a decade, Prof. Vukosi Marivate has been working to ensure that Africa shapes artificial intelligence rather than being shaped by it. His appointment to the United Nations Independent International Scientific Panel on Artificial Intelligence — the first global scientific body of its kind — has given that mission an international platform. Selected from […]

Africa

Six African athletes blocked from transfers to Turkey

Thursday at 16:58 PM, via BBC News

World Athletics rejects the applications of 11 elite athletes to switch their nationality to Turkey as the requests were “part of a coordinated recruitment strategy” by the country’s government “to attract overseas athletes through lucrative contracts”.

Business

South Africa’s best-kept secret is out

Today at 13:00 PM, via BusinessTech

Eva August, the CEO of Century 21 South Africa, says buyers and investors are starting to flock to KwaZulu-Natal’s North Coast.

Sport

We need to find a solution to win games – De Zerbi

Today at 21:38 PM, via BBC News

Tottenham manager Roberto De Zerbi believes his side deserved to win, as Spurs were denied their first win in the league since December after conceding a late equaliser to draw 2-2 with Brighton at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Education

Nigeria: No Ban On Hijab During Utme, JAMB Insists

Yesterday at 13:40 PM, via AllAfrica

[Leadership] The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has reiterated that no candidate is prohibited from wearing the hijab during the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

Science/Tech

US Congress Fails to Pass Long-Term FISA Extension, Authorizes It Through April 30

Today at 21:34 PM, via Slashdot

Yesterday the U.S. Congress approved “a short-term extension” of a FISA law that allows wiretaps without a warrant for surveilling foreign targets, reports CNN — but only until April 30. Republican congressional leaders had sought an 18-month extension, but “failed to secure” the votes after “clamoring from some of their members for reforms to protect Americans’ privacy.”The warrantless...

Science/Tech

30 WordPress Plugins Turned Into Malware After Ownership Change

Today at 20:34 PM, via Slashdot

Wednesday BleepingComputer reported that more than 30 WordPress plugins “have been compromised with malicious code that allows unauthorized access to websites running them.”A malicious actor planted the backdoor code last year but only recently started pushing it to users via updates, generating spam pages and causing redirects, as per the instructions received from the command-and-control (C2)...

Science/Tech

Fructose Isn’t Just Sugar. It Acts More Like a Hormone

Today at 19:34 PM, via Slashdot

Slashdot reader smazsyr writes: A new review says we’ve had fructose wrong for decades. The nine authors, led by Richard Johnson at the University of Colorado Anschutz, argue that fructose “is not just another calorie.” It is a signal. It tells the liver to make fat and brace for a famine that never comes. That made sense for a bear fattening up on autumn berries. It makes less sense for a...

Science/Tech

20-Year-Old Enters Prison for Historic Breach, Ransoming of Massive Student Database

Today at 18:34 PM, via Slashdot

20-year-old Matthew Lane sent a text message to ABC News as his parents drove him to federal prison in Connecticut. “I’m just scared,” he said, calling the whole situation “extremely sad.”Barely a year earlier, while still a teenager, he helped launch what’s been described as the biggest cyberattack in U.S. education history — a data breach that concerned authorities so much, it prompted...

Health

The Help That Many Older Americans Need Most

Today at 11:02 AM, via New York Times

With shortages of medical professionals and an aging population, thousands of community health care workers prevent older adults from falling through the cracks.