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

Yesterday 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

Yesterday 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 […]

Education

Who Should Get an A at Harvard?

Yesterday 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

EU’s Tech Sovereignty Package Includes 29 Pages on Open Source, Says Open Source Initiative

Today at 00:40 AM, via Slashdot

Friday the Open Source Initiative welcomed the EU’s new tech sovereignty package, noting that “over a third of the 29-page document is devoted to Open Source.” The nonprofit OSI — maintainers of the Open Source definition — submitted their official feedback in February, and notes that “many” of their key requests were addressed, “as well as some exciting new announcements!”One of the...

Science/Tech

Hospital Ordered to Pay $13M Over 2022 Death of Star Trek’s Nichelle Nichols

Yesterday at 23:40 PM, via Slashdot

The Root reports:A New Mexico jury has found the Gila Regional Medical Center negligent in the death of Nichelle Nichols, who famously played Lieutenant Nyota Uhura on the hit television series “Star Trek.” According to KRQE News 13, Nichols’ family filed a lawsuit against the hospital last year following her 2022 admission for shortness of breath. Nichols’ family claimed that she should have...

Science/Tech

Ladybird Browser Stops Accepting Public Pull Requests

Yesterday at 22:34 PM, via Slashdot

The Ladybird browser isn’t opposed to AI coding tools, but it’s just brought a new change to their code-contributing policies. February 23: “Ladybird adopts Rust, with help from AI.”I used Claude Code and Codex for the translation. This was human-directed, not autonomous code generation. I decided what to port, in what order, and what the Rust code should look like. It was hundreds of small...

Health

Are you feeling overwhelmed?

Friday at 19:57 PM, via BBC News

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