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Expose and charge everyone involved in Witness D’s death

Today at 06:00 AM, via SowetanLIVE

The arrest of the alleged gunman in the killing of “Witness D” marks a crucial moment in SA’s battle against corruption, criminal infiltration of the state and the intimidation of whistleblowers.

Sport

Bayern battle Man Utd for Anderson – Tuesday’s gossip

Today at 00:50 AM, via BBC News

Bayern Munich rival Manchester United for Nottingham Forest’s Elliot Anderson, Morgan Rogers could leave Aston Villa if they fail to make Champions League, Arsenal trio face uncertain future at the club, plus more.

Sport

Thiago and Rayan receive first Brazil call-ups

Yesterday at 23:16 PM, via BBC News

Brentford striker Igor Thiago and Bournemouth winger Rayan receive first call-ups to the Brazil squad for their friendlies with France and Croatia later this month.

Education

EU calls for urgent reboot in talks with UK to stop reset deal failing

Yesterday at 21:40 PM, via The Guardian

Time is running out to find agreement on areas such as tuition fees EU citizens would pay in Britain and rules for food safety

The EU is hoping to urgently reboot talks on the “reset” of relations with the UK as negotiations are in danger of foundering before a planned July summit.

At a public meeting of the EU-UK parliamentary partnership assembly in Brussels, the European Commission...

Lifestyle

Why do we celebrate Human Rights Day on 21 March?

Yesterday at 18:44 PM, via The South African

Human Rights Day is a South African public holiday that is commemorated annually on 21 March and is related to the 1960 Sharpeville Massacre.

Science/Tech

ScorePoint Introduces Browser-Based Games Hub with Direct Challenges, ScoreLand Wagers, and Shareable Friend Invites

Today at 06:09 AM, via Tech Financials

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia – ScorePoint (sp.games) today announced the launch of its browser-based Games Hub, bringing together a growing library of instant-play titles alongside a competitive challenge system designed for social play. Built for mobile and desktop, ScorePoint enables players to start a game in seconds without installing an app. At the core of the platform […]

Science/Tech

New ‘Vibe Coded’ AI Translation Tool Splits the Video Game Preservation Community

Today at 05:30 AM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Since Andrej Karpathy coined the term “vibe coding” just over a year ago, we’ve seen a rapid increase in both the capabilities and popularity of using AI models to throw together quick programming projects with less human time and effort than ever before. One such vibe-coded project, Gaming Alexandria Researcher, launched over the weekend...

Science/Tech

‘Pokemon Go’ Players Unknowingly Trained Delivery Robots With 30 Billion Images

Today at 01:00 AM, via Slashdot

More than 30 billion images captured by Pokemon Go players have helped train a visual mapping system developed by Niantic. The technology is now being used to guide delivery robots from Coco Robotics through city streets where GPS often struggles. Popular Science reports: This week, Niantic Spatial, part of the team behind Pokemon Go, announced a partnership with Coco Robotics, a company that...

Motoring

Gauteng still has an e-toll problem

Yesterday at 16:39 PM, via TopAuto

The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse is preparing to settle its case against Sanral’s collection of outstanding e-toll debts.

Health

Judge Strikes Down Kennedy’s Vaccine Policies

Yesterday at 22:21 PM, via New York Times

Ruling on a lawsuit brought by several prominent medical organizations, a district court said the federal government did not base its decisions on science in limiting Covid shots and changing the childhood immunization schedule.