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South African property set to soar

Today at 09:30 AM, via Daily Investor

South Africa’s listed property sector is entering a more predictable phase, with clearer macro conditions, improved energy and operational resilience, and disciplined balance-sheet management.

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Alleged ‘police informant’ found dead in Ekurhuleni

Today at 08:28 AM, via SowetanLIVE

Wiandre Pretorius, an alleged Ekurhuleni police informant, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at a Brakpan filling station days after surviving an attempted assassination.

South Africa

Du Toitkloof Pass fires contained

Today at 09:14 AM, via SABC News

The fire was reported on Friday on the Worcester side and later spread to the Paarl side.

South Africa

Du Toitskloof Pass fires contained

Today at 09:14 AM, via SABC News

The fire was reported on Friday on the Worcester side and later spread to the Paarl side.

Education

Lessons for America From Asia

Yesterday at 14:00 PM, via New York Times

What if the valedictorians in our schools were the cool kids?

Science/Tech

The Rise of Virtual Items: How Digital Assets Became Valuable

Today at 07:44 AM, via Tech Financials

Virtual items existed as temporary extra features which developers created to provide visual effects for characters and to deliver short-term entertainment. Presently these items serve as the main component of a digital economy that keeps expanding. Players from different genres and platforms devote their resources and emotions to digital items which only exist in virtual […]

Science/Tech

Are Big Tech’s Nuclear Construction Deals a Tipping Point for Small Modular Reactors?

Today at 06:35 AM, via Slashdot

Fortune reports on “a watershed moment” in American’s nuclear power industry:In January, Meta partnered with Gates’ TerraPower and Sam Altman-backed Oklo to develop about 4 gigawatts of combined SMR projects — enough to power almost 3 million homes — for “clean, reliable energy” both for Meta’s planned Prometheus AI mega campus in Ohio and beyond. Analysts see Meta as the start of more Big...

Science/Tech

A New Era for Security? Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.6 Found 500 High-Severity Vulnerabilities

Today at 04:34 AM, via Slashdot

Axios reports:Anthropic’s latest AI model has found more than 500 previously unknown high-severity security flaws in open-source libraries with little to no prompting, the company shared first with Axios. Why it matters: The advancement signals an inflection point for how AI tools can help cyber defenders, even as AI is also making attacks more dangerous… Anthropic debuted Claude Opus 4.6, the...