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Astronaut Katherine Bennell-Pegg named Australian of the Year for 2026

Today at 13:21 PM, via The Guardian

Bennell-Pegg tells ceremony in Canberra she hopes to use award to inspire young people to chase their dreams

Cathy Freeman leads Australia Day 2026 honours list

As a girl, Katherine Bennell-Pegg would lie on the dry grass in her backyard, gazing up at the stars and dreaming about reaching them one day.

While she’s yet to enter space, the now-41-year-old is closer than most could ever hope for.

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Top lawyers have a warning for banks in South Africa

Today at 11:39 AM, via MyBroadband

Werksmans Attorneys has warned financial institutions to expect enforcement action and significant fines in 2026 if they fail to meet new cybersecurity requirements in South Africa.

Former Canonical Developer Advocate Warns Snap Store Isn’t Safe After Slow Responses to Malware Reports

Today at 10:44 AM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader shared this article from the blog LinuxiacIn a blog post, Alan Pope, a longtime Ubuntu community figure and former Canonical employee who remains an active Snap publisher… [warns of] a persistent campaign of malicious snaps impersonating cryptocurrency wallet applications. These fake apps typically mimic well-known projects such as Exodus, Ledger Live, or Trust Wallet,...

WhatsApp can read your messages, alleges lawsuit

Today at 08:48 AM, via MyBroadband

An international group of plaintiffs sued Meta Platforms, alleging the WhatsApp owner can store, analyse, and access virtually all of users’ private communications.

DIVAS INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL: ‘Voices That Heal’ — A Celebration of Women, Music & Empowerment

Today at 08:45 AM, via Tech Financials

Taking place on Saturday, March 21, 2026 (Human Rights Day), at Coronation Park in Krugersdorp, the DIVAS INTERNATIONAL Music Festival presents an unforgettable celebration of music, unity, and empowerment under the theme “Voices That Heal”. Timed to resonate with South Africa’s Human Rights Month, the festival is an international celebration of women’s rights, dignity, and […]

Google’s ‘AI Overviews’ Cite YouTube For Health Queries More Than Any Medical Sites, Study Suggests

Today at 07:34 AM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader shared this report from the Guardian:Google’s search feature AI Overviews cites YouTube more than any medical website when answering queries about health conditions, according to research that raises fresh questions about a tool seen by 2 billion people each month. The company has said its AI summaries, which appear at the top of search results and use generative AI to...

Infotainment, EV Charger Exploits Earn $1M at Pwn2Own Automotive 2026

Today at 04:34 AM, via Slashdot

Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative sponsored its third annual Pwn2Own Automotive competition in Tokyo this week, receiving 73 entries, the most ever for a Pwn2Own event. “Under Pwn2Own rules, all disclosed vulnerabilities are reported to affected vendors through ZDI,” reports Help Net Security, “with public disclosure delayed to allow time for patches.”Infotainment platforms from Tesla, Sony,...

Work-From-Office Mandate? Expect Top Talent Turnover, Culture Rot

Today at 01:34 AM, via Slashdot

CIO magazine reports that “the push toward in-person work environments will make it more difficult for IT leaders to retain and recruit staff, some experts say.””In addition to resistance, there would also be the risk of talent turnover,” [says Lawrence Wolfe, CTO at marketing firm Converge]… “The truth is, both physical and virtual collaboration provide tremendous value….” IT workers facing...

Airlines Cancel Over 10,000 US Flights Due To Massive Winter Storm

Today at 00:34 AM, via Slashdot

“Airlines canceled more than 10,000 U.S. flights scheduled for this weekend,” reports CNBC, “as a massive winter storm sweeps across the country, with heavy snow and sleet forecast, followed by bitter cold… set to snarl travel for hundreds of thousands of people for days.”More than 3,500 flights on Saturday were canceled, according to flight tracker FlightAware. Many of Saturday’s cancellations...

Cheap Green Tech Allows Faster Path To Electrification For the Developing World

Yesterday at 23:34 PM, via Slashdot

Slashdot reader Mr. Dollar Ton summarizes this article from Bloomberg:According to a new report from think tank “Ember”, the availability of cheap green tech can have developing countries profit from earlier investment and skip steps in the transition from fossil to alternatives. India is put forward as an example. While China’s rapid electrification has been hailed as a miracle, by some...

Microsoft 365 Endured 9+ Hours of Outages Thursday

Yesterday at 22:34 PM, via Slashdot

Early Friday “there were nearly 113 incidents of people reporting issues with Microsoft 365 as of 1:05 a.m. ET,” reports Reuters. But that’s down “from over 15,890 reports at its peak a day earlier, according to Downdetector.” Reuters points out the outage affected antivirus software Microsoft Defender and data governance software Microsoft Purview, while CRN notes it also impacted “a number of...

AI Luminaries Clash At Davos Over How Close Human-Level Intelligence Really Is

Yesterday at 21:34 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader shared this report from FortuneThe large language models (LLMs) that have captivated the world are not a path to human-level intelligence, two AI experts asserted in separate remarks at Davos. Demis Hassabis, the Nobel Prize-winning CEO of Google DeepMind, and the executive who leads the development of Google’s Gemini models, said today’s AI systems, as impressive as they...

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