CHANGE MAKER: For the grater good: Cheese farm and Eskom collaboration restores Overstrand power
‘South Africans are very good at rolling up their sleeves and helping. You just have to reach out and ask.’
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‘South Africans are very good at rolling up their sleeves and helping. You just have to reach out and ask.’
“Hackers used Meta’s AI support chatbot to change email addresses associated with high-profile Instagram accounts, such as Barack Obama’s White House account, allowing them to change the passwords and gain control over the accounts,” writes Slashdot reader fropenn. Other accounts affected include the Chief Master Sergeant of Space Force and Sephora’s. 404 Media reports: In March, Meta announced...

The two patients had recently returned from the DR Congo and Uganda respectively.

The justice department says it “disagrees strongly” with a court decision to halt the establishment of the fund.

Trumps says Israel and Hezbollah will stop fighting after Iran stops talks with U.S. over Israeli operations in southern Lebanon, Gaza

World number one Aryna Sabalenka advances to her fourth consecutive French Open quarter-final with a hard-fought night session win over Naomi Osaka.

BBC Scotland News has collated all of the goods bought by ex-SNP chief executive Peter Murrell in his £400,000 embezzlement.

Mystery remains around the meaning behind the art more than 17,000 years later.
Florida’s attorney general has sued (PDF) OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, alleging the company prioritized growth and market value over user safety and failed to adequately warn about risks tied to ChatGPT. The lawsuit, the first by a U.S. state over OpenAI safety concerns, is separate from a criminal investigation the state opened into OpenAI in April. Variety reports: In the 83-page complaint...

Ireland followed up Sunday’s win over Pakistan in the T20I Tri-Nations Series by beating West Indies for the first time in that format in a dramatic finish at Clontarf.
The US faces a pivotal moment in its 250-year journey toward a fairer political order, grappling with how to celebrate or deny its complex history.

A beaming Matteo Berrettini says tennis is the “love of my life” after reaching a Grand Slam quarter-final for the first time in almost four years.

Chelsea’s Marc Cucurella linked with a return to Spain, Liverpool keen on teenage RB Leipzig forward Yan Diomande, and Newcastle face competition for Atalanta right-back Marco Palestra, plus more.
Rise Mzansi MP Makashule Gana will chair the impeachment committee that will decide President Cyril Ramaphosa’s future.
The ANC Women’s League has placed its president, Sisisi Tolashe, on a leave of absence while disciplinary proceedings against her proceed, but there’s been no word about the fate of Maropene Ramokgopa.

Company asks US government to release army of sterile male mosquitoes to lower number of illness-spreading bugs
Google wants to “stop bad bugs with good bugs”, and it’s not talking about coding. The tech company has asked the US government for permission to release up to 32 million sterilized mosquitoes in California and Florida.
As part of its successful “Debug” program, Google is tapping...
With the death of restaurateur Emiliano Sandri at 91, Cape Town bids farewell to one of the pioneers who helped transform its staid dining culture into a cosmopolitan culinary scene. Through La Perla and a lifetime devoted to hospitality, Sandri introduced generations of South Africans to Mediterranean food, style and conviviality, leaving an imprint on the city that endures to this day.
Anthropic says it has confidentially filed an IPO prospectus with the SEC, “setting up a potentially historic share sale for investors ready to jump into artificial intelligence,” reports CNBC. The move puts Anthropic ahead of OpenAI’s expected filing and follows explosive reported growth, a massive new valuation, major infrastructure deals, and ongoing tensions with the Pentagon over its...

Iran says it is suspending all talks with the U.S. due to Israel’s expanding occupations in Lebanon and Gaza.

Chelsea reject multiple approaches for promising young defender Josh Acheampong who the club consider one of their ‘untouchables’.
The man believed to have arranged the murder of Gqeberha prosecutor Tracy Brown has joined his co-accused in the dock.