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Chiefs, Galaxy end year with goalless draw

Today at 18:01 PM, via SowetanLIVE

Unlucky Kaizer Chiefs capped off the year on a sour note, playing a dramatic goalless draw against TS Galaxy at Mbombela Stadium on Sunday, where they registered numerous shots at goal without converting any of them.

Africa

Who has been called up for Afcon 2025?

Friday at 20:38 PM, via BBC News

Find out who has been called up for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco from 21 December to 18 January.

Sport

CHAMPIONS: Blitzboks go back-to-back in Cape Town

Today at 17:57 PM, via The South African

The Blitzboks overcame multiple injury setbacks before the final to beat Argentina 21-19 en route to successfully defend their Cape Town Sevens crown.

Education

Young unemployed to be offered work in construction and hospitality in UK

Today at 14:34 PM, via The Guardian

About 350,000 new places to be offered to ‘neets’ with ‘sanctions’ levied for those who do not engage, says DWP

Young unemployed people will be offered training or job opportunities in construction, care and hospitality as part of a UK government scheme, but could have their benefits cut if they do not take up offers.

Pat McFadden, the work and pensions secretary, announced on Sunday that...

Education

Nigel Farage should apologise after racism allegations, says former watchdog head

Today at 13:52 PM, via The Guardian

Kishwer Falkner says Reform leader should apologise to people who say he targeted them at school, even if he rejects being deliberately racist

Nigel Farage should offer an unreserved apology to people who allege he targeted them with racist or antisemitic behaviour while at school, the outgoing head of the government’s equalities watchdog has said.

Kishwer Falkner, a crossbench peer who has...

Education

Artificial intelligence research has a slop problem, academics say: ‘It’s a mess’

Yesterday at 17:00 PM, via The Guardian

AI research in question as author claims to have written over 100 papers on AI that one expert calls a ‘disaster’

A single person claims to have authored 113 academic papers on artificial intelligence this year, 89 of which will be presented this week at one of the world’s leading conference on AI and machine learning, which has raised questions among computer scientists about the state of AI...

Education

‘My legacy is not Charlie Kirk’: the university president building a culture of peace after violence

Yesterday at 14:00 PM, via The Guardian

Astrid Tuminez, Utah Valley University’s first female leader, had to pivot from personal tragedy to address ‘a wounding that happened to all of us’

Astrid Tuminez was on her way to Rome, the trip a kind of pilgrimage after months of grief. Her husband, Jeffrey Tolk, had died suddenly earlier in the year, and the loss had left her carrying a weight she couldn’t set down. “I felt darkness and...

Science/Tech

New FreeBSD 15 Retires 32-Bit Ports and Modernizes Builds

Today at 18:34 PM, via Slashdot

FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE arrived this week, notes this report from The Register, which calls it the latest release “of the Unix world’s leading alternative to Linux.” As well as numerous bug fixes and upgrades to many of its components, the major changes in this version are reductions in the number of platforms the OS supports, and in how it’s built and how its component software is packaged....

Science/Tech

Homebrew Can Now Help You Install Flatpaks Too

Today at 17:34 PM, via Slashdot

“Homebrew, the package manager for macOS and Linux, just got a handy new feature in the latest v5.0.4 update,” reports How-To Geek. Brewfile install scripts “are now more like a one-stop shop for installing software, as Flatpaks are now supported alongside Brew packages, Mac App Store Apps, and other packages.”For those times when you need to install many software packages at once, like when...

Science/Tech

Best Prop Trading Firms in South Africa (2026 Guide)

Today at 17:14 PM, via Tech Financials

South African traders use proprietary trading firms to access external trading capital, scale funded accounts up to $1M, and trade global markets without risking personal savings. Prop firms provide the funding, set transparent risk rules, and share profits with traders who demonstrate consistent discipline. South African traders increasingly choose international prop firms because these...

Motoring

Problems for Afrikaans Uber in South Africa

Today at 10:23 AM, via TopAuto

While it recently celebrated its 1st birthday, Afrikaans e-hailing service Wanatu is being criticised for not fixing its buggy app and charging users exorbitant fees.

Health

The Married Scientists Torn Apart by a Covid Bioweapon Theory

Today at 12:00 PM, via New York Times

In 2020, a Chinese virologist fled to the United States, aided by allies of President Trump who sought to promote her unproven theories about the origins of Covid-19. Her husband still can’t find her.

Health

Chuck Kesey, Probiotic Yogurt Pioneer, Dies at 87

Yesterday at 00:40 AM, via New York Times

The younger brother of Ken Kesey, the novelist and counterculture luminary, he turned a defunct creamery into what is now Nancy’s Probiotic Foods.