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A hotel room that can drive 1 000km

Today at 00:00 AM, via Mail & Guardian

The Leapmotor C10 REEV has some frustrations, but it has great practicality and some cool features that outweigh those frustrations

Business

Blows keep coming for the rand

Yesterday at 15:07 PM, via BusinessTech

The rand suffered another blow on Friday, weakening to R17.20 to the dollar during mid-afternoon trade.

Sport

Wharton eyes Crystal Palace exit – Saturday’s gossip

Today at 00:56 AM, via BBC News

Adam Wharton wants Crystal Palace exit, Brighton ready to sell Carlos Baleba for the right price, Arsenal explore Elliot Anderson move and Premier League duo battle for Aurelien Tchouameni.

Sport

Wakefield go third with victory at York

Today at 00:16 AM, via BBC News

Wakefield Trinity move into the top three in the Super League table with a third win on the bounce against York Knights.

Education

Schools in England must be compelled to offer pupils healthy food, not junk

Yesterday at 20:48 PM, via The Guardian

School food has suffered at the hands of politics and economics for almost 50 years

Almost a generation has passed since Jamie Oliver’s four-part Channel 4 documentary series Jamie’s School Dinners exposed the unhealthy reality of the food served to pupils at lunchtime, including – notoriously – fat-heavy, meat-light Turkey Twizzlers. It proved a shaming and effective intervention. His...

Education

School dinners in England dominated by grab-and-go foods such as pizza and sausage rolls

Yesterday at 20:03 PM, via The Guardian

Study backed by Jamie Oliver finds pupils are foregoing sit-down meals for often less healthy, convenient options

Pupils in England are routinely eating pizza slices, sausage rolls and paninis for lunch as school canteens become dominated by a “grab-and-go” culture of unhealthy food.

Convenience foods eaten on the move are ousting sit-down meals as the main way secondary pupils in England...

Education

The BTS Connection With Howard University

Yesterday at 18:01 PM, via New York Times

In promoting its new album, the K-pop superstars looked back to a late-19th-century moment featuring the unofficial anthem Arirang for inspiration.

Lifestyle

‘MasterChef SA’: Two contestants leave

Yesterday at 17:20 PM, via The South African

Two homecooks, Bandziva and Myles exited the kitchen on the latest episode of ‘Masterchef South Africa’. Take a look…

Science/Tech

Google Moves Post-Quantum Encryption Timeline Up To 2029

Today at 01:00 AM, via Slashdot

Google has moved up its post-quantum encryption migration target to 2029. “This new timeline reflects migration needs for the PQC era in light of progress on quantum computing hardware development, quantum error correction, and quantum factoring resource estimates,” said vice president of security engineering Heather Adkins and senior staff cryptology engineer Sophie Schmieg in a blog post....

Science/Tech

European Commission Investigating Breach After Amazon Cloud Account Hack

Today at 00:00 AM, via Slashdot

The European Commission is investigating a breach after a threat actor allegedly accessed at least one of its AWS cloud accounts and claimed to have stolen more than 350 GB of data, including databases and employee-related information. AWS says its own services were not breached. BleepingComputer reports: Sources familiar with the incident have told BleepingComputer that the attack was quickly...

Science/Tech

Windows PCs Crash Three Times As Often As Macs, Report Says

Yesterday at 23:00 PM, via Slashdot

A workplace-device study says Windows PCs crash significantly more often than Macs, lag further behind on patching and encryption in some sectors, and are typically replaced sooner. TechSpot reports: Omnissa’s 2026 State of Digital Workspace report outlines the IT challenges that various organizations face from the growing use of AI and the heterogeneous deployment of enterprise devices. The...

Health

As Kennedy Takes on Food Policy, Companies Push Back

Yesterday at 11:02 AM, via New York Times

Though the health secretary falsely claimed a victory in a recent podcast, a federal proposal to review all new food ingredients is still in the early stages and drawing fierce opposition.