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South Africa’s most iconic industry running on luck

Today at 12:07 PM, via Daily Investor

South Africa’s mining output has stagnated over the past 15 years despite soaring commodity prices, limiting the country’s ability to fully benefit from global demand and the current precious metals boom.

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South Africa’s democratic crisis

Today at 11:30 AM, via Newsday

South Africa has experienced a steady and worrying decline in voter turnout since the dawn of democracy in 1994, despite a growing population and rising voter registration figures.

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Shattered dreams: How the battle for Sunderland’s glass centre turned into a political flashpoint

Today at 09:00 AM, via The Guardian

Custodian University of Sunderland says renovation costs of £45m are too high and building must be pulled down. Not without a fight, say locals, who believe they’re being taken for fools

The “little pieces of Sunderland” produced by the city’s glassmaking factory for more than a century can be traced back to an even older story that began in the seventh century, when English glassmaking...

Science/Tech

Apple Patches Decade-Old IOS Zero-Day, Possibly Exploited By Commercial Spyware

Today at 10:34 AM, via Slashdot

This week Apple patched iOS and macOS against what it called “an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals.” Security Week reports that the bugs “could be exploited for information exposure, denial-of-service (DoS), arbitrary file write, privilege escalation, network traffic interception, sandbox escape, and code execution.”Tracked as CVE-2026-20700, the zero-day...

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Additional Benefits For Brain, Heart, and Lungs Found for Drugs Like Viagra and Cialis

Today at 06:34 AM, via Slashdot

“Research published in the World Journal of Men’s Health found evidence that drugs such as Viagra and Cialis may also help with heart disease, stroke risk and diabetes,” reports the Telegraph, “as well as enlarged prostate and urinary problems.”Researchers found evidence that the same mechanism may benefit other organs, including the heart, brain, lungs and urinary system. The paper reviewed a...

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Your Friends Could Be Sharing Your Phone Number with ChatGPT

Today at 04:34 AM, via Slashdot

“ChatGPT is getting more social,” reports PC Magazine, “with a new feature that allows you to sync your contacts to see if any of your friends are using the chatbot or any other OpenAI product…”It’s “completely optional,” [OpenAI] says. However, even if you don’t opt in, anyone with your number who syncs their contacts are giving OpenAI your digits. “OpenAI may process your phone number if...