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Maziv Pledges R9 Billion And 10,000 Employment Opportunities At 2026 South Africa Investment Conference

Yesterday at 20:01 PM, via Tech Financials

Maziv, South Africa’s leading open-access fibre infrastructure provider, has announced a landmark R9 billion investment pledge at the sixth South Africa Investment Conference. This significant capital commitment, spanning the next five years, is set to accelerate the country’s high-speed digital rollout and includes a dedicated pledge to create 10,000 direct and indirect job opportunities over […]

Australia Readies Social Media Court Action Citing Teen Ban Breaches

Yesterday at 20:00 PM, via Slashdot

Australia is preparing possible court action against major social media platforms that are failing to enforce the country’s social media ban on under-16s. “Three months after the ban came into effect, the eSafety Commissioner said it was probing Meta’s Instagram and Facebook, Google’s YouTube, Snapchat and TikTok for possible breaches of the law,” reports Reuters. From the report:...

How to Change Your Gmail Address

Yesterday at 19:51 PM, via Wired

You’ve probably had the same Gmail address for years. Now, it’s easy to make a name change without worrying about the transition.

The US Military’s GPS Software Is an $8 Billion Mess

Yesterday at 19:34 PM, via Wired

The GPS Next-Generation Operational Control System was due for completion in 2016. Ten years later, the software for controlling the military’s GPS satellites still doesn’t work.

Claude Code’s Source Code Leaks Via npm Source Maps

Yesterday at 19:05 PM, via Slashdot

Grady Martin writes: A security researcher has leaked a complete repository of source code for Anthropic’s flagship command-line tool. The file listing was exposed via a Node Package Manager (npm) mapping, with every target publicly accessible on a Cloudflare R2 storage bucket. $ du -hs .35M .$ find -type f | sed ‘s/^.*.//’ | sort | uniq -c | sort -bVr 1332 ts 552 tsx 18 js There’s been a...

Dame Carole Jordan obituary

Yesterday at 18:28 PM, via The Guardian

Astrophysicist who studied the outer atmospheres of cool stars including the corona of the sun, visible during eclipses

Dame Carole Jordan, who has died aged 84, was internationally renowned for her studies of the outer atmosphere of the sun and other cool stars. In 1994 she was appointed the first female president of the Royal Astronomical Society and she was a formidable advocate for women in...

We need a credible plan for science funding in the UK | Letters

Yesterday at 18:02 PM, via The Guardian

Prof Ruben Saakyan and Prof Sheila Rowan respond to Prof Charlotte Deane of UK Research and Innovation

If the UK’s position in quantum computing is indeed a success story of long-term investment in fundamental science, as Prof Charlotte Deane argues (Letters, 25 March), it makes the current UK Research and Innovation approach, particularly to Science and Technology Facilities Council...

Euro-Office Wants To Replace Google Docs and Microsoft Office

Yesterday at 18:00 PM, via Slashdot

Euro-Office is a new open-source project supported by several European companies that aims to offer a “truly open, transparent and sovereign solution for collaborate document editing,” using OnlyOffice as a starting point. The project is positioned around European digital independence and familiar Office-style editing, though it has already drawn pushback from OnlyOffice over alleged licensing...

US Paves Way For Private Assets To Be Included In 401(k) Retirement Plans

Yesterday at 17:00 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: The Trump administration on Monday issued a long-awaited proposed rule to open up retirement plans to alternative assets, paving the way for private equity and cryptocurrencies to be added to 401(k) accounts. The measure, announced by the U.S. Department of Labor, is intended to ease longstanding barriers to incorporating these less liquid and...

AI Has Flooded All the Weather Apps

Yesterday at 15:00 PM, via Wired

Weather forecasting has gotten a big boost from machine learning. How that translates into what users see can vary.

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