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WEDNESDAY, 18 MARCH 2026, 18:44

South Africa

Visual AI Software Aims to Solve Field Quality Challenges as Africa’s Fiber Rollout Accelerates

Today at 15:46 PM, via iAfrica

As telecom operators race to expand fiber broadband networks across Africa, U.K.-based IQGeo is deploying visual artificial intelligence software into field operations to help operators scale their rollouts without sacrificing build quality or data accuracy. Africa’s fiber expansion is accelerating rapidly as operators work to meet broadband demand and national connectivity targets. But the...

Education

Say gay: feminist magazine reclaims Charlie Kirk-style campus tours after Florida DEI cuts

Today at 14:00 PM, via The Guardian

Florida restricted teaching around sex, gender and race. Lux is now giving students a forum for these issues

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On a Tuesday night, at Florida’s only public liberal arts college, a small group of students gathered in a classroom to discuss issues deemed “controversial” on state campuses: transgender rights, feminism,...

Education

Florida professors quietly defy restrictions on race and gender: ‘This is how authoritarianism works’

Today at 13:00 PM, via The Guardian

Sociology faculty are refusing to alter syllabi, even as state targets how race, gender and inequality are taught

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Across Florida universities, some sociology professors are quietly choosing not to alter their courses in response to new state guidelines restricting how topics like race, gender and sexuality can be...

Entertainment

24 hours in pictures, 18 March 2026

Today at 18:30 PM, via The Citizen

Through the lens: The Citizen’s Picture Editors select the best news photographs from South Africa and around the world.

Entertainment

Recipe of the day: Turkish chicken kebab

Today at 18:06 PM, via The Citizen

Enjoy the recipe of the day featuring Turkish chicken kebab. A delightful and easy dish that enhances any outdoor occasion.

Science/Tech

Aleen Inc. Insights: Exploring LOINC Standard to Enhance Wellness Data Consistency

Today at 18:14 PM, via Tech Financials

Toronto, ON — Aleen Inc. (CSE: ALEN-U), a digital wellness company, is currently exploring data standardization approaches that may support the continued development of its Personal Wellness Account. As part of its regular internal research initiatives aimed at refining and differentiating its digital products, Aleen Inc. is currently exploring the potential relevance of the LOINC […]

Science/Tech

Federal Cyber Experts Called Microsoft’s Cloud ‘a Pile of Shit’, Yet Approved It Anyway

Today at 18:00 PM, via Slashdot

ProPublica reports that federal cybersecurity reviewers had serious, yearslong concerns about Microsoft’s GCC High cloud offering, yet they approved it anyway because the product was already deeply embedded across government. As one member of the team put it: “The package is a pile of shit.” From the report: In late 2024, the federal government’s cybersecurity evaluators rendered a troubling...

Health

When Teens Are Pressured to Send Sexual Images

Yesterday at 18:35 PM, via New York Times

Adolescents said they were more likely to share photos with a dating partner, or when they had been worn down with repeated requests.