They Seek to Curb Online Hate. The U.S. Accuses Them of Censorship.
The Trump administration said five regulators and researchers who work to tackle disinformation and abuse on the internet had been barred from entering the United States.
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25 Work From Home Gift Ideas
Upgrade your loved one’s home office with these picks that make every day a little easier—and a little more fun.
Apple’s App Course Runs $20,000 a Student. Is It Really Worth It?
Apple, Michigan taxpayers, and one of Detroit’s wealthiest families spent roughly $30 million training hundreds of people to build iPhone apps. Not everyone lands coding jobs right away.
The Best Desk Accessories (2025)
Brighten up your bare desk with these cute, fidgety, functional, and stylish desk accessories.
The gaming PC you can build for the price of a PlayStation 5 Pro in South Africa
Rising computer memory prices make it difficult to build a gaming PC offering performance close to the PlayStation 5 Pro for cheaper than the console in South Africa in late 2025.
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The Age of the All-Access AI Agent Is Here
Big AI companies courted controversy by scraping wide swaths of the public internet. With the rise of AI agents, the next data grab is far more private.
Pinterest Users Are Tired of All the AI Slop
A surge of AI-generated content is frustrating Pinterest users and left some questioning whether the platform still works at all.
Chasing an Economic Boom, White House Dismisses Risks of A.I.
The administration has downplayed concerns — from mass job losses, to a potential financial bubble — as President Trump cheers soaring stock prices and faster growth.
Handy Phone Features Can Save You Holiday Time
Try these useful shortcuts for sharing your Wi-Fi with guests, wrangling your to-do list or deciding what to do with family and friends.
2015 Radio Interview Frames AI As ‘High-Level Algebra’
Longtime Slashdot reader MrFreak shares a public radio interview from 2015 discussing artificial intelligence as inference over abstract inputs, along with scaling limits, automation, and governance models, where for-profit engines are constrained by nonprofit oversight: Recorded months before OpenAI was founded, the conversation treats intelligence as math plus incentives rather than something...
AlphaFold Changed Science. After 5 Years, It’s Still Evolving
WIRED spoke with DeepMind’s Pushmeet Kohli about the recent past—and promising future—of the Nobel Prize-winning research project that changed biology and chemistry forever.
A Father and Son’s $108 Billion Hostile Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery
Larry and David Ellison didn’t always have a close relationship. Now they’re one of the most intriguing partnerships in business.
THE.Hosting Concludes a Successful 2025: New Locations, Innovative Products, and a Stronger Position in the Global VPS Hosting Market
Enschede, NETHERLANDS (PinionNewswire) — THE.Hosting, an international provider of high-performance VPS and dedicated servers, is summarizing the results of a highly successful 2025 and announcing its strategic development plans for 2026. Over the past year, the company has strengthened its position as one of the leading players in the server infrastructure market by significantly expanding […]
Cracker jokes and custard chemistry: ways to smuggle science into Christmas
Researchers share the easy ways to uncover moments of festive discovery, proving you don’t need a lab coat to experiment this Christmas
Christmas may seem like a time for switching off and suspending disbelief but there are plenty of ways to introduce a little science into the celebrations.
We asked experts for their top home experiments to challenge friends and family.
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Warning to people who shop and bank online in South Africa
As online shopping is expected to increase in over the holidays, so is the risk of cybercrime and fraud.
What Might Adding Emojis and Pictures To Text Programming Languages Look Like?
theodp writes: We all mix pictures, emojis, and text freely in our communications. So why not in our code? That’s the premise of “Fun With Python and Emoji: What Might Adding Pictures to Text Programming Languages Look Like?” (two-image Bluesky explainer; full slides), which takes a look at what mixing emoji with Python and SQL might look like. A GitHub repo includes a Google Colab-ready Python...
Paramount Plus Coupon Codes and Deals: 50% Off
Save on streaming with the latest Paramount+ promo codes and deals, including 50% off subscriptions, free trials, and more.
Vumatel taking over another fibre giant in South Africa
South Africa’s biggest fibre network operator has received approval to acquire 100% of the country’s third-largest FNO.
BTCC Exchange Unveils December Updates Featuring New Jaren Jackson Jr. Content and Enhanced User Benefits
December 23, 2025 – BTCC, the world’s longest-serving crypto exchange, has announced a series of updates in December, highlighted by fresh content from its Global Brand Ambassador Jaren Jackson Jr., an all-new flexible savings campaign of up to 18%, and new spot pair offerings aimed to enhance the user experience. New JJJ’s “This or That” […]
Vitamix Promo Codes and Deals: $25 Off + Free Shipping
Score discounts on blenders, food processors, immersion blenders, and more with our selection of Vitamix coupons and deals.
IT gurus join Nedbank board
The big-four bank has appointed Natasha Davydova and Sanat Rao to its board of directors’ Group IT Committee.