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Players likely to influence final

Today at 05:55 AM, via SowetanLIVE

As Durban City and TS Galaxy prepare to appear in a second Nedbank Cup final at Peter Mokaba Stadium on Saturday, with both looking to win the piece of silverware, we look at the key players likely to influence the match.

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Initial Australian inquiry into Bondi Beach shooting calls for counter-terrorism reforms

Today at 04:49 AM, via Daily Maverick

SYDNEY, April 30 (Reuters) – An interim report into last year’s Bondi Beach mass shooting on Thursday advised increased security around Jewish public events and further gun reforms among 14 initial recommendations, but found Australia’s legal and regulatory frameworks did not hinder security agencies in preventing or responding to the attack.

Sport

Arsenal hit seven to seal Leicester play-off fate

Today at 02:03 AM, via BBC News

Arsenal close the gap on leaders Manchester City to eight points with two games in hand, after a 7-0 win over Leicester City – who will finish bottom of the Women’s Super League.

Sport

Robertson sinks shot of the tournament contender

Today at 01:40 AM, via BBC News

Neil Robertson plays a red off the cushion and into the yellow to divert the ball into the middle pocket, in his quarter-final match up with John Higgins at the World Snooker Championships.

Sport

Arteta ‘fuming’ at overturned Eze penalty

Today at 01:15 AM, via BBC News

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta believes that the penalty awarded against Atletico Madrid for a foul on Eberechi Eze was not a “clear and obvious error”, meaning VAR did not need to intervene and the original on-field decision to give the penalty should have stood.

Education

Office for Students’ University of Sussex humiliation is a symptom of deeper failings

Yesterday at 20:01 PM, via The Guardian

England’s higher education regulator must rebuild trust with troubled sector after series of blunders under previous leadership

In its brief and unhappy life, England’s Office for Students has been offered a series of challenges it has largely failed to meet. This week the latest and most embarrassing of those was unveiled, when the high court decisively rejected the higher education...

Education

Oxford’s new £185m humanities hub is polished, refined … and funded by a Trump ally

Yesterday at 17:46 PM, via The Guardian

Billionaire Stephen Schwarzman’s portrait hangs discretely in a building that promises cultural clout and architectural poise – yet can seem rather bland and bloodless

When the wealthy Paduan banker Enrico Scrovegni commissioned the building of his eponymous chapel in the 14th century, he made sure that he was immortalised in the lavish frescoes adorning its interior. Florentine artist Giotto...

Entertainment

Do March and March, Operation Dudula have a point?

Today at 05:00 AM, via The Citizen

Why are South Africans expected to accept a reality where the very laws that govern them by birth appear to be bent to accommodate illegal migrants?

Science/Tech

Elon Musk Says OpenAI Betrayed Him, Clashes With Company’s Attorney

Today at 05:30 AM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from the San Francisco Chronicle: Elon Musk returned to the witness stand Wednesday in Oakland federal court for a second day of testimony in his case against OpenAI, detailing his shift from being an enthusiastic supporter of the nonprofit to feeling betrayed. He also clashed repeatedly with OpenAI’s attorney over questions that Musk believed were unfair. He...

Science/Tech

New Sam Bankman-Fried Trial Would Be Huge Waste of Court’s Time, Judge Says

Today at 01:00 AM, via Slashdot

A federal judge denied Sam Bankman-Fried’s request for a new trial, calling his claims of DOJ witness intimidation “wildly conspiratorial” and unsupported by the record. Judge Lewis Kaplan said (PDF) the FTX founder’s motion appeared tied to a pre-indictment plan to recast himself as a Republican victim of Biden’s DOJ in hopes of gaining sympathy, leniency, or even a Trump pardon. Ars Technica...

Science/Tech

Ubuntu’s AI Plans Have Linux Users Looking For a ‘Kill Switch’

Today at 00:00 AM, via Slashdot

Canonical’s plan to add AI features to Ubuntu has sparked pushback from users who are concerned it could follow Windows 11’s AI-heavy direction. “After Canonical’s announcement earlier this week that it’s bringing AI features to Ubuntu, replies included requests for an AI ‘kill switch’ or a way to disable the upcoming features,” reports The Verge. Canonical says it has no plans for a “global AI...

Motoring

New driving laws coming to South Africa

Yesterday at 14:53 PM, via TopAuto

The Road Traffic Infringement Agency has outlined its plans for the year, including the first phase of the AARTO rollout.