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Africa

Mbeumo & Wissa ‘inspiring’ – Ouattara

Yesterday at 00:11 AM, via BBC News

As he competes at Afcon 2025 with Burkina Faso, Dango Ouattara says Bryan Mbeumo and Yoane Wissa inspired him to become the latest African to star for Brentford.

Business

The city ranked as the most attractive in South Africa

Yesterday at 14:00 PM, via BusinessTech

French magazine Jeune Afrique has ranked four South African cities among the top 30 most attractive destinations on the continent for quality of life and investment.

Sport

Impossible to replace Fernandes – Amorim

Yesterday at 18:04 PM, via BBC News

Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim says it is “impossible” to replace captain Bruno Fernandes, who is set for up to a month out with injury, but other players “must step up”.

Sport

Barcelona cool Guehi interest – Thursday’s gossip

Yesterday at 17:35 PM, via BBC News

Barcelona cool their interest in Marc Guehi after meeting his agents, but Marcus Rashford wants to remain at the Spanish club, and Crystal Palace rival West Ham for Wolves’ Jorgen Strand Larsen, plus more.

Education

Mixed Grades for Home-Schooling

Yesterday at 19:39 PM, via New York Times

Readers offer personal stories in response to a guest essay critical of home-schooling.

Science/Tech

Italy Tells Meta To Suspend Its Policy That Bans Rival AI Chatbots From WhatsApp

Yesterday at 23:40 PM, via Slashdot

Italy’s antitrust regulator Italian Competition Authority ordered Meta to suspend a policy that blocks rival AI chatbots from using WhatsApp’s business APIs, citing potential abuse of market dominance. “Meta’s conduct appears to constitute an abuse, since it may limit production, market access, or technical developments in the AI Chatbot services market, to the detriment of consumers,” the...

Science/Tech

Amazon Faces ‘Leader’s Dilemma’ – Fight AI Shopping Bots or Join Them

Yesterday at 23:21 PM, via Slashdot

Amazon finds itself caught between two competing impulses as AI shopping agents from OpenAI, Google, Perplexity and Microsoft mushroom across the e-commerce space — block them to protect its dominant position, or partner with them to avoid being left behind. The company has largely played defense so far. Amazon recently updated its website code to block external AI agents from crawling it, and...

Science/Tech

China Is Worried AI Threatens Party Rule

Yesterday at 22:40 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Wall Street Journal: Concerned that artificial intelligence could threaten Communist Party rule, Beijing is taking extraordinary steps to keep it under control. Although China’s government sees AI as crucial to the country’s economic and military future, regulations and recent purges of online content show it also fears AI could destabilize society....

Science/Tech

Looking for 1000x Cryptos? APEMARS Emerges as 2026’s Top Whitelist Contender Along With 6 Others

Yesterday at 22:15 PM, via Tech Financials

Each week, social platforms like X and Telegram are flooded with bold predictions from self-proclaimed crypto experts claiming to have discovered the “next 1000x coin.” The hype of this next 1000x crypto often follows a familiar pattern: rocket emojis, screenshots of massive gains, and urgent calls to buy before it’s too late. While a few […]

Health

What Is a Grief Attack?

Tuesday at 12:02 PM, via New York Times

Sudden surges of anguish can accompany intense mourning. That’s not unusual, experts say, and sometimes even helpful.