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News24 | Minneapolis shooting: what the videos show

Today at 14:58 PM, via News24

Video footage of the moment immigration agents shot dead a 37-year-old nurse in Minneapolis on Saturday appears to contradict Trump administration claims the man was a violent aggressor who sought to “massacre” federal law enforcement officials.

Entertainment

48 hours in pictures, 25 January 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.

Science/Tech

US Congress Fails to Repeal ‘Kill Switch’ for Cars Mandate

Today at 19:34 PM, via Slashdot

Newsweek reports on how the U.S. Congress is debating “kill switch” technology for vehicles, “which would be able to monitor diver behavior, detect impairment such as intoxication and intervene…” “While the technology is not yet a legal requirement in cars, Congress passed a law with the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act in 2021 that requires the Department of Transportation to create the...

Science/Tech

The Android ‘NexPhone’: Linux on Demand, Dual-Boots Into Windows 11 – and Transforms Into a Workstation

Today at 18:34 PM, via Slashdot

The “NexDock” (from Nex Computer) already turns your phone into a laptop workstation. Purism chose it as the docking station for their Librem 5 phones. But now Nex is offering its own smartphone “that runs Android 16, launches Debian, and dual-boots into Windows 11,” according to the blog It’s FOSS:Fourteen years after the first concept video was teased, the NexPhone is here, powered by a...

Science/Tech

The Case Against Small Modular Nuclear Reactors

Today at 17:34 PM, via Slashdot

Small modular nuclear reactors (or SMRs) are touted as “cheaper, safer, faster to build and easier to finance” than conventional nuclear reactors, reports CNN. Amazon has invested in X-Energy, and earlier this month, Meta announced a deal with Oklo, and in Michigan last month, Holtec began the long formal licensing process for two SMRs with America’s Nuclear Regulatory Commission next to a...

Motoring

Big changes for Afrikaans Uber in South Africa

Today at 10:00 AM, via TopAuto

Wanatu has made significant changes to its operating model, reducing the basic salary for drivers while introducing a new incentive programme.