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South Africa

Egyptian-Born Tactful AI Raises $1 Million to Scale Agentic Customer Experience Platform

Today at 15:18 PM, via iAfrica

UK-registered, Egyptian-founded customer experience platform Tactful AI has raised $1 million in a pre-Series A funding round to expand its end-to-end, AI-driven customer service infrastructure built on agentic AI capabilities. The round was co-led by UAE-based venture capital firm Foras AI and investment firm M Empire. Deep-tech angel investors also participated, including Omar Gabr,...

South Africa

Tunisia Advances Digital Health Reform With AI and National Cloud Strategy

Today at 15:16 PM, via iAfrica

Tunisia’s minister of health, Dr. Mustafa Al-Furjani, met with Assad bin Dyab, president and general manager of Tunisie Telecom, to accelerate the digitalization of healthcare services. The high-level meeting focused on expanding the use of technology to improve quality of care and bring health services closer to citizens. Officials identified several priorities for the next […]

South Africa

Ghana Backs Responsible AI Use in Military at Global REAIM Summit

Today at 15:11 PM, via iAfrica

Ghana has reaffirmed its commitment to the responsible development and use of artificial intelligence, particularly in military and security operations, as global scrutiny intensifies over the impact of emerging technologies on peace and stability. Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs James Gyakye Quayson represented Ghana at the Responsible Artificial Intelligence in the Military Domain (REAIM)...

World

Who will police Gaza, and how?

Today at 12:01 PM, via NPR

Under President Trump’s Gaza ceasefire plan, Arab countries and the European Union are supposed to train a new police force in the Gaza Strip. But U.S. plans have run into serious challenges.

Sport

‘We have a lot of work to do’ – Guardiola on Ratcliffe’s comments

Today at 16:28 PM, via BBC News

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola says we will “have a better society” by embracing other cultures but the world has “a lot of work to do”. His comments come as a response to an interview from Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe where he said the UK had been “colonised by immigrants” – an answer he later apologised for.

Sport

Man City’s Rodri charged over referee comments

Today at 16:12 PM, via BBC News

Manchester City midfielder Rodri is charged with misconduct by the Football Association following comments he made about referees following his side’s 2-2 draw with Tottenham earlier this month.

Education

What is the new gender guidance for schools and colleges in England?

Today at 14:47 PM, via The Guardian

Advice on how to respond to students questioning their birth gender has been updated. Here are the key changes

Ministers have released updated guidance on how schools and colleges in England should respond to students who are questioning their birth gender. How is it different to the previous Department for Education (DfE) guidance, released under the Conservatives in 2023?

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Education

Manhattan Has Its Own Historian

Today at 12:02 PM, via New York Times

Harold Holzer, an expert on Abraham Lincoln, is taking over the role of borough historian. He is looking ahead to some significant milestones this year.

Education

Hundreds of Children Are in ICE Detention

Today at 12:02 PM, via New York Times

The number of children being detained has spiked since last year. Families describe poor conditions and little education.

Entertainment

Mokwena denies Sundowns tactical leak claims

Today at 16:00 PM, via The Citizen

“Let me state this clearly, Mario has not given me any tactical or confidential information about Sundowns,” Mokwena said.

Science/Tech

Bill Introduced To Replace West Virginia’s New CS Course Graduation Requirement With Computer Literacy Proficiency

Today at 16:30 PM, via Slashdot

theodp writes: West Virginia lawmakers on Tuesday introduced House Bill 5387 (PDF), which would repeal the state’s recently enacted mandatory stand-alone computer science graduation requirement and replace it with a new computer literacy proficiency requirement. Not too surprisingly, the Bill is being opposed by tech-backed nonprofit Code.org, which lobbied for the WV CS graduation requirement...

Science/Tech

Meta Plans To Let Smart Glasses Identify People Through AI-Powered Facial Recognition

Today at 15:36 PM, via Slashdot

Meta plans to add facial recognition technology to its Ray-Ban smart glasses as soon as this year, New York Times reported Friday, five years after the social giant shut down facial recognition on Facebook and promised to find “the right balance” for the controversial technology. The feature, internally called “Name Tag,” would let wearers identify people and retrieve information about them...