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Nigeria’s Defence Ministry Deploys AI-Powered Command System to Modernise Border Security

Today at 14:06 PM, via iAfrica

The Nigerian Ministry of Defence is restructuring its technology infrastructure to integrate artificial intelligence into national security operations and modernize the country’s border defences. Minister of Defence General Christopher Gwabin Musa led a high-level delegation of senior ministry officials to Monaco in May to evaluate the practical applications of the Multi-Domain Hybrid...

World

TUT Alumnus Banele Mgwevu Builds AI Platform ITSAGO to Help South African Graduates Tackle Interview Anxiety

Today at 13:57 PM, via iAfrica

A Tshwane University of Technology alumnus is using artificial intelligence to help young South Africans prepare for one of the most challenging aspects of entering the workplace — the interview process. Banele Mgwevu, a software developer from Etwatwa on the East Rand, studied Information and Communication Technology at TUT’s Faculty of Information and Communication Technology, […]

World

WHO, UNDP and Japan Launch AI Health Programme in Ghana to Tackle Climate-Sensitive Diseases and Strengthen Service Delivery

Today at 13:55 PM, via iAfrica

Ghana has launched a joint programme with the World Health Organization and the United Nations Development Programme — funded by the Government of Japan through the United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security — to harness artificial intelligence in improving health outcomes, strengthening system resilience and protecting vulnerable populations. The programme is implemented in collaboration […]

Politics

Mchunu challenges committee report, alleging prejudicial findings

Yesterday at 13:25 PM, via Mail & Guardian

Parliament’s ad hoc committee defended the evidence leaders’ draft report after suspended Police Minister Senzo Mchunu objected to the findings that he dismantled the PKTT without consultation and for nefarious reasons

Sport

South Africa’s history at FIFA World Cups

Today at 14:23 PM, via The South African

Since the end of apartheid, the South Africa’s national football team – known as Bafana Bafana – have featured at three FIFA World Cups.

Education

Who Should Get an A at Harvard?

Today at 13:00 PM, via New York Times

Readers respond to a guest essay about the university’s new 20 percent cap on A grades.

Science/Tech

2027’s ‘Tomb Raider’ Remake: Unreal Engine 5 and AI-Assisted Assets ‘Refined’ By Humans

Today at 16:34 PM, via Slashdot

An official trailer dropped this week for Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis. It’s “a full-blown remake of the original 1996 Tomb Raider game,” reports Kotaku, “rebuilt from the ground up using Unreal Engine 5.” Developed by Flying Wild Hog (with assistance/guidance from longtime Tomb Raider studio Crystal Dynamics), “it will also make some changes to puzzles, combat, platforming…” The game’s...

Science/Tech

Utah Residents Sue Officials Over Kevin O’Leary Data Center Plan

Today at 15:00 PM, via Slashdot

Utah residents and a progressive nonprofit are suing officials over Kevin O’Leary’s planned Stratos Project AI data center, arguing that the special authority overseeing it gives unelected officials too much control over land use, taxation, public health, and local governance. The lawsuit comes as O’Leary has agreed to shrink the proposed 40,000-acre project by 75% amid mounting political and...

Science/Tech

New study casts doubt on reliability of mental health diagnosis interviews

Today at 14:00 PM, via The Guardian

Diagnostic interviews seen as ‘gold standard’ vary in reliability from condition to condition, study says

Diagnostic interviews – the most common way to diagnose substance use and mental disorders including depression, anxiety, bipolar and personality disorders – vary in reliability from condition to condition, according to a new study in Jama Network Open.

Laura Duncan, a psychiatry professor...

Science/Tech

Scientists Find Wind Blowing From Our Milky Way’s Black Hole

Today at 13:00 PM, via Slashdot

After 50 years of searching, astronomers say they have finally found evidence of a long-sought “wind” blowing from Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. “Unless a black hole exists in a perfect vacuum, it must blow a wind somehow. And there is no perfect vacuum in the universe,” team co-leader and Northwestern University researcher Mark Gorski said in a...

Health

Are you feeling overwhelmed?

Yesterday at 19:57 PM, via BBC News

Kimberley Wilson gives some tips on how to deal with feeling overwhelmed.