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South Africa

SA ranks top in equity market assessment by Bank of America

Today at 09:28 AM, via SAnews

SA ranks top in equity market assessment by Bank of America

The Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) has welcomed the recent ranking by Bank of America, placing South Africa at the top of its regional equity market assessment. 

According to government, this recognition represents a strong vote of confidence in South Africa as an attractive and competitive...

World

U.S. and Iran agree to 2-week ceasefire

Today at 09:55 AM, via NPR

As part of the agreement, set to take effect immediately, Trump said the U.S. and Israel would suspend bombing Iran for two weeks, subject to Iran following through on its commitment to reopen the Strait of Hormuz for safe passage during the ceasefire period.

Business

Huge swing for the rand

Today at 08:32 AM, via BusinessTech

The rand has taken a sharp turn as markets celebrated a two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran, averting potential disaster in the Middle East—for now.

Lifestyle

[Watch] Checkers Sixty60 drivers in fist fight

Yesterday at 21:34 PM, via The South African

From speeding to sparring: Watch these Checkers Sixty60 drivers come to blows with each other on the pavement of a busy road…

Science/Tech

Planet Labs Tests AI-Powered Object Detection On Satellite

Today at 09:00 AM, via Slashdot

BrianFagioli writes: Artificial intelligence has now run directly on a satellite in orbit. A spacecraft about 500km above Earth captured an image of an airport and then immediately ran an onboard AI model to detect airplanes in the photo. Instead of acting like a simple camera in space that sends raw data back to Earth for later analysis, the satellite performed the computation itself while...

Health

How Psychedelics Affect the Brain

Yesterday at 22:45 PM, via New York Times

An analysis of hundreds of images from several studies shows how hallucinogenic drugs drive activity in various regions of the brain.