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ANALYSIS: Julius Malema’s new mountain to climb

Today at 22:56 PM, via Daily Maverick

As corruption claims intensify, in the run-up to the November polls the EFF leader will grapple with public scepticism while trying to reclaim his political momentum.

Africa

Ethiopia’s Tsegay handed four-month doping ban

Friday at 15:46 PM, via BBC News

Former two-time world champion Gudaf Tsegay is banned for four months after admitting the presence of a prohibited substance in an out-of-competition test.

Sport

England-Croatia referee was called Grade E by Tuchel

Today at 22:45 PM, via BBC News

Clement Turpin is appointed referee for England’s opening World Cup game against Croatia on Wednesday – and was once labelled a “Grade E” official by head coach Thomas Tuchel.

Education

UK government announces £132.5m after-school clubs package

Yesterday at 23:30 PM, via The Guardian

Funding for extracurricular activities comes as ministers prepare to introduce social media restrictions for under-16s

The government has announced a £132.5m funding package for after-school clubs as ministers prepare to introduce expected restrictions on social media use for under-16s.

The programme is designed to expand access to enrichment activities in schools, with funding for clubs...

Education

Pioneering UK Nerve Lab harnesses AI to map effect of children’s screen time

Yesterday at 13:00 PM, via The Guardian

Other projects include developing tools to help visually impaired people navigate video games

Parents are constantly being told to limit their children’s screen time. But when it comes to deciphering which films or TV shows are best suited to developing minds, the guidance remains largely one-size-fits-all. A relatively slow-paced programme such as Bluey offers a very different viewing...

Lifestyle

Came to slay! Bafana anthem jacket turns heads

Today at 22:56 PM, via The South African

Drip is forever? Bafana Bafana have been praised for their fashion statement in their ‘anthem’ jacket at the FIFA World Cup opening match.

Science/Tech

As ‘Disclosure Day’ Premieres, Steven Spielberg Says He Believes Aliens Really Have Visited Earth

Today at 22:11 PM, via Slashdot

Steven Spielberg grants that his 1977 UFO film Close Encounters was “speculative,” writes the Associated Press, but “Disclosure Day, he insists, is the real deal.””It’s my first film that will be considered science fiction that I do not consider to be science fiction,” Spielberg said in a recent interview. “It’s much more reflective of the world as it is evolving and discoveries that are being...

Science/Tech

Will Meta’s $14 Billion Bet on AI Ever Pay Off?

Today at 20:43 PM, via Slashdot

“A year after spending over $14 billion to bring in Alexandr Wang and a group of his top Scale AI engineers to revamp its artificial intelligence efforts, Meta is at least back on the map in AI,” reports CNBC, “though it’s still far behind OpenAI, Anthropic and Google in the market.”Wang’s big accomplishment was the delivery of the Muse Spark AI model in April, marking Meta’s first jump into...

Science/Tech

Vintage AMD R600 Graphics Driver Sees Code Cleanups Thanks To GitHub Copilot

Today at 18:34 PM, via Slashdot

Phoronix reports:The AMD R600 Gallium3D driver saw 59 commits [last] Sunday to Mesa 26.2. Making this code restructuring and code cleaning all the more notable is that the improvements to this old AMD Radeon graphics driver was done in part by GitHub Copilot. Gert Wollny has been among the few open-source developers left working on the AMD R600g driver that covers from the Radeon HD 2000 series...