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Africa

Malawi’s new cabinet stokes fears of a return to impunity

Yesterday at 00:23 AM, via Mail & Guardian

The controversial hirings have unsettled Malawi’s international partners, with funds critical for health, agriculture and infrastructure now at risk of suspension if donors conclude that accountability has been abandoned

Politics

Trump U-turn on G20 as US asks to join summit

Yesterday at 00:05 AM, via Mail & Guardian

‘There should be no bullying of one nation by another. We are all equal’ the president said after Washington warned Pretoria against pursuing a joint G20 leaders’ statement this weekend

Sport

Littler wins as Van Veen comeback stuns Humphries

Today at 00:44 AM, via BBC News

Luke Littler wins his first match as world number one to progress at the Players Championship Finals, while Gian van Veen produces a stunning comeback to knock out Luke Humphries.

Education

Universities blame ‘societal shift’ for axing foreign language degrees

Yesterday at 19:00 PM, via The Guardian

Numbers taking languages at A-level and beyond has been falling for decades, although Duolingo says its app is most popular with young people

Universities are blaming a “societal shift” for the axing of dozens of foreign language degrees and even entire departments, citing a lack of demand among students – but can years of study be easily replaced by AI or online translation tools?

Not so,...

Science/Tech

Google Must Double AI Serving Capacity Every 6 Months To Meet Demand

Today at 00:40 AM, via Slashdot

Google’s AI infrastructure chief told employees the company must double its AI serving capacity every six months in order to meet demand. In a presentation earlier this month, Amin Vahdat, a vice president at Google Cloud, gave a presentation titled “AI Infrastructure.” It included a slide on “AI compute demand” that said: “Now we must double every 6 months…. the next 1000x in 4-5 years.” CNBC...

Science/Tech

Tech Company CTO and Others Indicted For Exporting Nvidia Chips To China

Today at 00:02 AM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The US crackdown on chip exports to China has continued with the arrests of four people accused of a conspiracy to illegally export Nvidia chips. Two US citizens and two nationals of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), all of whom live in the US, were charged in an indictment (PDF) unsealed on Wednesday in US District Court for the Middle...