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Australia see off England for Ashes whitewash

Today at 18:33 PM, via BBC News

England fall to another rugby league Ashes defeat as Australia add to their misery at Headingley to complete a 3-0 series clean sweep.

South Africa

AI Becomes Core Strategy For South African Firms, But Skills And Security Gaps Slow Adoption – Dell Technologies

Today at 19:11 PM, via iAfrica

Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a core business priority for South African companies, according to new research by Dell Technologies, but the country’s organisations are struggling to translate ambition into full-scale implementation due to persistent challenges in skills, infrastructure, and security. The findings, released at the Dell Technologies Forum South Africa held on 6...

South Africa

South Africa’s Business AI launches marketplace for vetted enterprise AI solutions

Today at 19:09 PM, via iAfrica

Business AI, a South African start-up backed by Mustek, has launched an AI marketplace designed to connect local enterprises with vetted, enterprise-ready artificial intelligence solutions and accredited service providers. The platform aims to simplify how African companies discover, evaluate, and deploy AI technologies while maintaining control over costs, data privacy, and AI sovereignty....

South Africa

AI-Ready Data Centres Push Africa’s Infrastructure To Its Limits — Turner & Townsend

Today at 19:07 PM, via iAfrica

The race to build next-generation AI-capable data centres is straining global and African supply chains, with power availability emerging as the single greatest obstacle to timely delivery, according to Turner & Townsend’s 2025–2026 Data Centre Construction Cost Index. The professional services firm says 2025 marks an inflection point for the global data centre industry, as […]

South Africa

African CEOs Bet Big On AI, Skills, And Sustainability As Optimism Rebounds — KPMG 2025 Africa CEO Outlook

Today at 19:06 PM, via iAfrica

African CEOs are showing renewed confidence and resilience amid global uncertainty, with generative AI, talent, ESG, and cybersecurity emerging as the top strategic priorities shaping business growth across the continent. According to the KPMG 2025 Africa CEO Outlook Survey, which gathered insights from 130 CEOs across Southern, East, and West Africa, 78% expressed strong confidence […]

Business

The end of paid parental leave in South Africa

Today at 17:00 PM, via BusinessTech

Employers in South Africa may be left with no option but to remove paid maternal leave policies due to new changes mandated by the Constitutional Court.

Business

Say goodbye to these 8 cars in South Africa

Today at 15:00 PM, via BusinessTech

There are eight cars from several brands that have reached the end of their production, as the brands have announced that they will be discontinued in 2025.

Education

Students and faculty at over 100 US universities protest against Trump’s attacks

Yesterday at 22:05 PM, via The Guardian

Student, national and local groups across US organized day of action to condemn Trump’s assault on academic freedom

Students, faculty and staff at more than 100 campuses across the US rallied against the Trump administration’s assault on higher education on Friday – the first in a planned series of nationwide, coordinated protests that organizers hope will culminate in large-scale students...

Lifestyle

Why are Springboks NOT wearing green and gold?

Yesterday at 20:47 PM, via The South African

Why are the Springboks ditching green and gold to wear white against France – and on the 100th test cap milestone for captain Siya Kolisi?

Science/Tech

Japanese Volunteer Translators Quit After Mozilla Begins Using Translation Bot

Today at 19:34 PM, via Slashdot

Long-time Slashdot reader AmiMoJo shared this report from Linuxiac:The Japanese branch of Mozilla’s Support Mozilla (SUMO) community — responsible for localizing and maintaining Japanese-language support documentation for Firefox and other Mozilla products (consisting of Japanese native speakers) — has officially disbanded after more than two decades of voluntary work… SUMO, short for...

Science/Tech

UPS (and FedEx) Ground Dozens of MD-11 Aircraft After Tuesday’s Crash in Kentucky

Today at 18:34 PM, via Slashdot

American multinational freight company UPS “has grounded its fleet of MD-11 aircraft,” reports the Guardian, “days after a cargo plane crash that killed at least 13 people in Kentucky. The grounded MD-11s are the same type of plane involved in Tuesday’s crash in Louisville. They were originally built by McDonnell Douglas until it was taken over by Boeing.” More details from NBC News:UPS said...

Science/Tech

‘Stratospheric’ AI Spending By Four Wealthy Companies Reaches $360B Just For Data Centers

Today at 17:34 PM, via Slashdot

“Maybe you’ve heard that artificial intelligence is a bubble poised to burst,” writes a Washington Post technology columnist. “Maybe you have heard that it isn’t. (No one really knows either way, but that won’t stop the bros from jabbering about it constantly.)” “But I can confidently tell you that the money being thrown around for AI is so huge that numbers have lost all meaning.”The companies...