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India gets Trump’s invite to join Board of Peace on Gaza, ambassador says

Today at 04:39 AM, via Daily Maverick

NEW DELHI, Jan 18 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump has invited India to join his “Board of Peace” initiative aimed at resolving global conflicts, according to a White House statement on Sunday, shared in a post on X by Washington’s ambassador to New Delhi, Sergio Gor.

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MTN Foundation Donates Digital Devices to Support DBE Back-to-School Campaign

Yesterday at 21:49 PM, via iAfrica

MTN South Africa, through the MTN SA Foundation, has renewed its support for education by donating digital learning devices to selected schools nationwide as part of the Department of Basic Education’s Back-to-School Campaign. The initiative, launched at the start of the 2026 academic year, is aimed at improving access to digital learning tools, particularly for […]

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OpenAI to Test Ads in ChatGPT for Free, Go Users in U.S.

Yesterday at 21:47 PM, via iAfrica

OpenAI will begin testing limited advertising in ChatGPT for users in the United States, expanding its revenue strategy while keeping access free for some customers. In a blog post published Friday, OpenAI said ads will roll out to its free tier and its Go tier. Go accounts, priced at $8 a month, were introduced globally […]

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Porsche Sold More Electrified Cars in Europe Last Year than Pure Gas-Powered Models

Today at 03:04 AM, via Slashdot

Porsche made an announcement Friday. In Europe they sold more electrified Porsches last year than pure combustion-engined models, reports Electrek:in Europe, a majority (57.9%) of Porsche’s deliveries were plug-ins, with 1/3 of its European sales being fully electric. For models that have no fully electric version but do have a PHEV (Cayenne and Panamera), the plug-in hybrid version dominated...

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Young US College Graduates Suddenly Aren’t Finding Jobs Faster Than Non-College Graduates

Today at 02:04 AM, via Slashdot

U.S. college graduates “have historically found jobs more quickly than people with only a high school degree,” writes Bloomberg. “But that advantage is becoming a thing of the past, according to new research from the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.””Recently, the job-finding rate for young college-educated workers has declined to be roughly in line with the rate for young...

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SpaceX Launches New NASA Telescope to Help JWST Study Exoplanets

Today at 00:29 AM, via Slashdot

Last week a University of Arizona astronomy professor “watched anxiously…as an awe-inspiring SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried NASA’s new exoplanet telescope, Pandora, into orbit.” In 2018 NASA had approached Daniel Apai to help build the telescope, which he says will “shatter a barrier — to understand and remove a source of noise in the data — that limits our ability to study small exoplanets...

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Hundreds Answer Europe’s ‘Public Call for Evidence’ on an Open Digital Ecosystem Strategy

Yesterday at 22:57 PM, via Slashdot

The European Commission “has opened a public call for evidence on European open digital ecosystems,” writes Help Net Security, part of preparations for an upcoming Communication “that will examine the role of open source in EU’s digital infrastructure.”The consultation runs from January 6 to February 3, 2026. Submissions will be used to shape a Commission Communication addressed to the European...