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‘I don’t miss it’ – Livingstone criticises England

Today at 18:02 PM, via BBC News

Liam Livingstone issues strong criticism of the England set-up, saying there “wasn’t any part of me” that wanted to be part of the team that reached the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup.

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Parliament opens case against Paul O’Sullivan

Today at 18:00 PM, via SowetanLIVE

Parliament has initiated a criminal case against forensic investigator Paul O’Sullivan after his abrupt walkout from the ad hoc committee meeting last month.

Lifestyle

BAD public holiday news for South Africans

Today at 16:33 PM, via The South African

South African workers will have been looking forward to the next public holiday break on the calendar, but there’s bad news …

Science/Tech

Court Rules TCL’s ‘QLED’ TVs Aren’t Truly QLED

Today at 18:00 PM, via Slashdot

A German court ruled that TCL misled consumers by marketing certain TVs as “QLED” when they “do not deliver the color reproduction expected from QLED TVs.” It has ordered the company to stop advertising or selling those models in Germany. TechRadar reports: The case was filed by Samsung, which claimed that TCL was running deceptive advertising, and more court cases on the same topic are coming...

Science/Tech

Animated ‘Firefly’ Reboot In Development With Nathan Fillion

Today at 17:00 PM, via Slashdot

An animated reboot of Firefly is in early development at 20th Television Animation with Nathan Fillion involved. The project has Joss Whedon’s blessing and will be run by writers Tara Butters and Marc Guggenheim, with early concept art already underway. According to the Hollywood Reporter, “The series would be set in the timeline between the original, 11-episode TV run in 2002 and the 2005...

Science/Tech

MTN initiates share buyback programme

Today at 16:27 PM, via TechCentral

MTN Group will spend up to R6-billion buying back and cancelling its own shares over the next three years.

Science/Tech

A petri dish of human brain cells is currently playing Doom. Should we be worried?

Today at 15:30 PM, via The Guardian

Scientists in the US have uploaded a fruit fly to a computer simulation, while an Australian lab has taught neurons on a glass chip to play a 90s video game. How long before we are all living in a sci-fi movie?

It sounds like the opening of a sci-fi film, but US scientists recently uploaded a copy of the brain of a living fly into a simulation. In San Francisco, biotechnology company Eon...

Motoring

Gauteng still has an e-toll problem

Today 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.