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A brilliant history of psychiatric ideas suggests we are on the cusp of a transformation in our understanding of severe mental illness
In 1973, an American psychologist called David Rosenhan published the results of a bold experiment. He’d arranged for eight “pseudo-patients” to attend appointments at psychiatric institutions, where they complained to doctors about hearing voices that...
The presidency dismisses political outrage over EEIPs policy direction, saying minister Solly Malatsi acted within the confines of the law.
X has sued a start-up seeking to cancel X’s Twitter trademarks so it can “bring Twitter back” as a new social network.
Transnet’s court argument that it shouldn’t be ‘exposed to unbudgeted financial expenditure’ fails.
Airtel Africa will roll out Starlink direct-to-cell satellite connectivity across 14 markets from 2026.
As investors search for the best cryptocurrency to buy right now amid tightening regulations and market uncertainty, global financial regulators are intensifying their focus on stablecoins. These digital assets are becoming increasingly embedded in cross-border payments and global settlement infrastructure. This shift directly benefits Digitap ($TAP), a compliant infrastructure-first...
Launch event of MTN Zambia’s 4G Cloud Smartphone solution in Lusaka MTN Zambia launched the world’s first 4G Cloud Smartphone solution, marking a major step forward in addressing digital inclusion challenges across the country. The new service integrates affordable Alola smartphones (device), high-quality 4G network (network), and the AppJoy cloud ecosystem (cloud), delivering a “low-cost,
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Nepenthes khasiana oozes an enticing liquid on the rim of its pitchers that tempts its prey into a deadly trap
A carnivorous pitcher plant has recently been found to use a chemical nerve agent to drug its prey and lead them to a deadly end, being consumed in digestive juices at the bottom of the pitcher traps.
The pitcher plant Nepenthes khasiana oozes an enticing sweet nectar on the rim of its...
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An Internet-facing system of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) had a security flaw that, if exploited, would give an attacker highly privileged access.
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Wall Street Journal: The alleged perpetrator had improper access to virtually every South Korean adult’s personal information: names, phone numbers and even the keycode to enter residential buildings. It was one of the biggest data breaches of recent years and it has sent the company it targeted — Coupang, South Korea’s equivalent of Amazon —...
The EU is moving to soften its planned 2035 ban on internal combustion cars by allowing a small share of low-emission engines. “The less stringent limit would leave room for automakers to continue selling some plug-in hybrids, which have both electric and internal combustion engines and can use the combustion engine to recharge the battery without the need to find a charging station,” reports...
A Reuters investigation found that Meta knowingly tolerated large volumes of scam and illegal ads from China worth billions in revenue. Reuters reports: Though China’s authoritarian government bans use of Meta social media by its citizens, Beijing lets Chinese companies advertise to foreign consumers on the globe-spanning platforms. As a result, Meta’s advertising business was thriving in...
Quilter says its AI designed a complex Linux single-board computer in just one week, booting Debian on first power-up. “Holy crap, it’s working,” exclaimed one of the engineers. Tom’s Hardware reports: LA-based startup Quilter has outlined Project Speedrun, which marks a milestone in computer design by AI. The headlining claims are that Quilter’s AI facilitated the design of a new Linux SBC,...
We took a hair-raising trip around a track in the final four-door GT version of Jaguar’s polarizing relaunch concept car. Is just might be good enough to end the British brand’s abysmal run of luck.
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Guardian: Mark Carney says that amid a fundamental shift to the nature of globalization, his government will catalyze the growth in both the public and private sector. But Canadian linguists say that’s a problem. Language experts have called out the Canadian prime minister’s growing “utilization” of British spellings in key documents — including the...
Intel has quietly stopped maintaining its open-source user-space driver stack for Gaudi accelerators. Phoronix reports: It turns out earlier this year Intel archived the SynapseAI Core open-source code and is no longer maintained by Intel. The open-source Synapse AI Core GitHub repository was archived in February and README updated with: “This project will no longer be maintained by Intel....
A veteran games journalist claims Half-Life 3 is real and still planned as a Spring 2026 launch title tied to Valve’s next Steam Machine push. Ars Technica reports: On the contrary, veteran journalist Mike Straw insisted on a recent Insider Gaming podcast that “everybody I’ve talked to are still adamant [Half-Life 3] is a game that will be a launch title with the Steam Machine.” Straw — who has...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: The last vehicle will roll off the assembly line at Volkswagen’s plant in Dresden, Germany, on Tuesday, marking the first time in the automaker’s 88-year history that it has closed a plant in its home country. Volkswagen warned of potential production cuts last year, as it faced shaky demand in Europe and China, its biggest market, as...
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox signed two bills this year that ended solar development tax credits and imposed a new tax on solar generation despite solar power accounting for two-thirds of the new projects waiting to connect to the state’s power grid. The legislation passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature has already had an impact. Since May, when the laws took effect, 51 planned solar...