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SATURDAY, 27 DECEMBER 2025, 22:37

Africa

The best players who never won Afcon?

Today at 11:04 AM, via BBC News

As two-time runner-up Mohamed Salah begins another tilt at the Africa Cup of Nations, BBC Sport Africa profiles top stars who never lifted the trophy.

Business

Big turn for domestic workers in South Africa

Today at 16:00 PM, via BusinessTech

While domestic workers remain one of the most vulnerable consumer classes in South Africa, the segment has seen a remarkable turnaround over the past five years when it comes to loan defaults.

Business

Major South African bank buys a slice of Dubai

Today at 10:00 AM, via BusinessTech

FirstRand, the owner of FNB and RMB, is offering good value to investors, with the company set to grow in the digital banking space after buying a slice of Dubai-based Optasia.

Sport

Watch Sportscene highlights

Today at 22:30 PM, via BBC News

Highlights from a full festive fixture list in the Scottish Premiership.

Sport

Burnley hold Everton to goalless draw

Today at 22:07 PM, via BBC News

Burnley keep a clean sheet but still remain four points from safety in the Premier League table after a 0-0 draw with Everton.

Science/Tech

Waymo Updates Vehicles to Better Handle Power Outages – But Still Faces Criticism

Today at 21:34 PM, via Slashdot

Waymo explained this week that its self-driving car technology is already “designed to handle dark traffic signals,” and successfully handled over 7,000 last Saturday during San Francisco’s long power outage, properly treating those intersections as four-way stops. But while during the long outage their cars sometimes experienced a “backlog” when waiting for confirmation checks (leading them to...

Science/Tech

Open Source Initiative Estimates the ‘Top Open Source Licenses in 2025’

Today at 20:34 PM, via Slashdot

The nonprofit Open Source Initiative offers “enriched” license pages with “relevant metadata to provide deeper insights and better support”. So which pages got the most pageviews in 2025? The MIT license, Apache 2.0 license, BSD licenses (3-clause and 2-clause), and GNU General Public license: mit (1.5M) apache-2-0 (344k) bsd-3-clause (214k) bsd-2-clause (128k) gpl-2-0 (76k) gpl-3-0 (55k) ...

Science/Tech

Japan Votes to Restart Fukushima Nuclear Plant 15 Years After Its Meltdown

Today at 19:34 PM, via Slashdot

The 2011 meltdown at Fukushima’s nuclear plant “was the world’s worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl in 1986,” CNN remembers. But this week Japanese authorities “have approved a decision to restart the world’s biggest nuclear power plant,” reports CNN, “which has sat dormant for more than a decade following the Fukushima nuclear disaster.” Despite nerves from many local residents, the Niigata...

Science/Tech

Japan Votes to Restart World’s Biggest Nuclear Plant 15 Years After Fukushima Meltdown

Today at 19:34 PM, via Slashdot

The 2011 meltdown at Fukushima’s nuclear plant “was the world’s worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl in 1986,” CNN remembers. But this week Japanese authorities “have approved a decision to restart the world’s biggest nuclear power plant,” reports CNN, “which has sat dormant for more than a decade following the Fukushima nuclear disaster.” Despite nerves from many local residents, the Niigata...

Motoring

4 tips to protect your car

Today at 09:00 AM, via TopAuto

You don’t need to be a technical expert or mechanic – simple preparation gets you a long way.

Health

How One Father Created an Organ Empire

Today at 12:00 PM, via New York Times

The National Kidney Registry has matched thousands of kidney donors with recipients. It has also paid millions of dollars to a company owned by its founder.