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OpenAI Partners with Broadcom to Build Custom AI Chips Amid Expanding Hardware Push

Today at 18:33 PM, via iAfrica

OpenAI announced on Monday that it is partnering with Broadcom to design and develop custom artificial intelligence (AI) computer chips, expanding its growing network of hardware alliances to meet surging global demand for AI processing power. The companies did not disclose financial details but said the new AI accelerator racks will begin deployment in late […]

World

Ecuador: The Andean reinvention of cumbia

Today at 21:45 PM, via NPR

Photographers and storytellers Karla Gachet and Ivan Kashinsky document cumbia music in Colombia, Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina and the United States.

World

Ecuador: La reinvención andina de la cumbia

Today at 21:45 PM, via NPR

Uno de los géneros más escuchados en las Américas, los fotógrafos Karla Gachet e Iván Kashinsky documentan la cumbia en Colombia, México, Ecuador, Perú, Argentina y Estados Unidos.

Sport

How Bafana Bafana lost 2-0 to Rwanda in round one

Today at 21:46 PM, via The South African

Bafana Bafana’s FIFA World Cup 2026 dream now hangs on revenge on Rwanda, and of course with a little help from the mighty Nigeria against Benin.

Education

Uganda: Mafabi Promises Equal Pay for Teachers, Free Education for Their Children

Today at 19:45 PM, via AllAfrica

[Nile Post] Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) presidential candidate Nathan Nandala Mafabi has pledged to end the salary gap between science and arts teachers if elected president, promising equal pay for all educators and free education for their children from primary to university level.

Education

Majority of special education staff in US education department laid off – report

Today at 19:38 PM, via The Guardian

Layoffs ‘decimating’ office responsible for protecting rights of infants, children and youth with disabilities, says worker

The majority of staff in the education department handling special education has been laid off, according to multiple reports.

Friday’s total of 466 layoffs across the education department also impacted the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, which...

Education

Eritrea: Encouragement for Outstanding Students in Central Region

Today at 19:19 PM, via AllAfrica

[Shabait] Asmara, 12 October 2025 – Keih-Bahri, Mai-Nefhi, Halay, Warsai, Daero-Paulos, and Hadinet schools in the Central Region have recognized outstanding students who scored high marks in the 2024/2025 national school leaving and eighth-grade examinations.

Science/Tech

Carmakers Chose To Cheat To Sell Cars Rather Than Comply With Emissions Law, ‘Dieselgate’ Trial Told

Today at 21:33 PM, via Slashdot

Car manufacturers decided they would rather cheat to prioritise “customer convenience” and sell cars than comply with the law on deadly pollutants, the first day of the largest group action trial in English legal history has been told. From a report: More than a decade after the original “dieselgate” scandal broke, lawyers representing 1.6 million diesel car owners in the UK argue that...

Science/Tech

TP-Link Makes History With First Successful Wi-Fi 8 Connection

Today at 20:13 PM, via Slashdot

BrianFagioli writes: TP-Link has officially achieved the first successful Wi-Fi 8 connection using a prototype device built through an industry collaboration. The company confirmed that both the beacon and data throughput worked, marking a real-world validation of next-generation wireless tech. It’s an early glimpse of what the next leap in speed and reliability could look like, even as the...

Science/Tech

China Is Shipping More Open AI Models Than US Rivals as Tech Competition Shifts

Today at 19:22 PM, via Slashdot

Chinese companies now produce most of the world’s freely available AI models. DeepSeek leads Hugging Face in popularity. Chinese firms like Alibaba receive higher ratings than OpenAI and Meta on LMArena. The site uses blind tests to measure user preferences. Chinese developers ship open models more frequently than American rivals. Irene Solaiman is chief policy officer at Hugging Face. She said...

Science/Tech

Solana RSI Hits Oversold Zone — Analysts Forecast 80% Upside by End of Year

Today at 18:56 PM, via Tech Financials

Solana’s native token (SOL) experienced a brutal pullback this week, falling to about $168, after reaching a high of around $230 previously. The fall sparked mass liquidations through exchanges as traders exited positions that had been heavily leveraged. Technical indicators now show that Solana’s Relative Strength Index (RSI) has dropped deep into oversold territory, which […]

Health

The Climate Question

Today at 08:00 AM, via BBC News

Most of the world will be living in cities by 2050. How can we improve their design?