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Workers are getting worse health care, parental leave, and retirement benefits, showing once and for all that your job doesn’t love you back.
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Electrek: Honda is waving the white flag. The Japanese automaker previewed two new hybrids set to launch by 2028 after taking an over $9 billion hit over its failed EV bet, leading to its biggest loss in company history. Honda admitted it was “unable to deliver products that offer value for money better than that of new EV manufacturers, resulting in a...
An Ethiopian self-taught software developer has won a major international Amazon technology competition with an artificial intelligence platform designed to operate entirely offline — addressing one of Africa’s most persistent infrastructure challenges. Natnael Getenew Zeleke, 24, emerged as the global winner of the AWS AIdeas competition after competing against more than 10,000...
The family of sixth-form pupil Lewis Waters post a tribute following his death.
Riyadh- and Cairo-based speech intelligence company Intella has launched Swahili language capabilities for its AI voice platform, expanding the reach of its Ziila assistant into East Africa as the company targets the Middle East and Africa’s two billion-person AI voice market. The announcement was made at the Africa Forward Summit in Nairobi, where Intella CEO […]
Andy Burnham says he will look to stand in the constituency, after Labour MP Josh Simons announces his resignation.
Algeria has signalled its willingness to develop cooperation with Russia in artificial intelligence, with proposals on the table that would include joint funding for startups, university research partnerships and the development of AI companies positioned to serve both African and European markets. Algeria’s Minister of the Knowledge Economy, Startups and Micro-Enterprises Noureddine Ouadah...
The Trump administration has authorized a test program to see if the cannabis compound can ease some symptoms and reduce health care costs among older patients.
Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Information, Communications and the Digital Economy William Kabogo Gitau has held bilateral talks with Rwanda’s Minister of ICT and Innovation Paula Ingabire on strengthening cooperation between the two countries on the digital economy, with artificial intelligence, data centres and innovation ecosystems featured prominently in the discussions. The talks...
It’s the jury’s turn to deliberate in the showdown over OpenAI that has pitted two of the biggest names in tech against each other.
Leeds head coach Daniel Farke says he is “not the right choice” to remain in charge of the club if they fail to match his ambition in the summer.
Floods washed away a low-lying bridge, cutting off the farming community.
A landmark report on Africa-Europe cooperation in AI governance has warned that Africa’s regulatory capacity has grown significantly but has not translated into meaningful influence over global AI rules — and that the political window to change that is narrowing. The report, produced by Nairobi-based digital law and policy organization The Lawyers Hub in partnership […]
Middlesbrough issue a statement demanding Southampton’s expulsion from the Championship play-offs over spying allegations.
Middlesbrough issue a statement demanding Southampton’s expulsion from the Championship play-offs over spying allegations.
Health officials have raised the alarm over an outbreak of the Ebola virus in a remote region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
South Africans are buying homes worth up to R15 million in a small West Coast town in the Western Cape.
The 66-year-old handed himself in after an influencer used AI to pose as a 14-year-old girl and broadcast their conversation online.