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South Africa

KZN places rural development at centre of economic renewal drive

Today at 15:25 PM, via SAnews

KZN places rural development at centre of economic renewal drive

Agriculture and rural development took centre stage in KwaZulu-Natal’s economic agenda as Premier Thamsanqa Ntuli outlined wide-ranging interventions aimed at revitalising rural economies, improving food security and expanding employment opportunities.Delivering the State of the Province Address (SOPA) in...

Education

Appeal court rejects latest challenge to adding VAT to UK private school fees

Today at 17:08 PM, via The Guardian

Parents opposing plans told they can home school their children if they object to sending them to state schools

The court of appeal has rejected the latest challenge to the addition of VAT to private school fees, telling parents they have the option to home school their children if they object to sending them to state schools.

The appeal was launched by families and leaders of four independent...

Education

Liberia: U.S.$ 4 Million Dollar Lawsuit, Board Probe Deepen Crisis Over Law School Dux At University of Liberia

Today at 12:20 PM, via AllAfrica

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia — A dispute over academic honors at the University of Liberia has escalated into a legal and institutional standoff, as the announced dux of the Louis Arthur Grimes School of Law has filed a four million United States dollars libel lawsuit against exiled Liberian activist Martin K. N. Kollie, while the University’s Board of Trustees has suspended the official...

Science/Tech

Microsoft: Computer Programming Is Dying, Long Live AI Literacy

Today at 17:21 PM, via Slashdot

theodp writes: On Tuesday, Microsoft GM of Education and Workforce Policy (and former Code.org Chief Academic Officer) Pat Yongpradit posted an obituary of sorts for coders. “Computer programmers and software developers are codified differently in the BLS [Bureau of Labor Statistics] data,” Yongpradit wrote. “The modern AI-infused world needs less computer programmers (coders) and more software...

Science/Tech

Six planets due to parade across night sky in rare celestial spectacle

Today at 16:59 PM, via The Guardian

Jupiter, Saturn, Venus, Mercury, Neptune and Uranus will all be visible at same time in curved line across sky

Six planets are set to parade across the sky this weekend in a rare celestial spectacle, experts have said.

For the next few days, Jupiter, Saturn, Venus, Mercury, Neptune and Uranus will all be visible at the same time in the night sky – although binoculars or a telescope will be...

Science/Tech

Your Smart TV May Be Crawling the Web for AI

Today at 16:40 PM, via Slashdot

Bright Data, a company that operates one of the world’s largest residential proxy networks, has been running an SDK inside smart TV apps that turns those devices into nodes for web crawling — collecting data used by AI companies, among other clients — and most consumers have had no idea it was happening. The company has published more than 200 first-party apps to LG’s app store alone and still...

Science/Tech

OpenAI Raises $110 Billion in the Largest Private Funding Round Ever

Today at 16:00 PM, via Slashdot

OpenAI has closed what is now the largest private financing in history — a $110 billion round at a $730 billion pre-money valuation that more than doubles the $40 billion raise it completed just a year ago, itself a record for a private tech company at the time. Amazon invested $50 billion, SoftBank put in $30 billion, and Nvidia committed $30 billion, and additional investors are expected to...