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South Africa

Egypt Expands National AI Council Mandate to Include Quantum Computing, Biotech

Yesterday at 20:27 PM, via iAfrica

Egypt’s Cabinet has approved expanding the mandate of the National Council for Artificial Intelligence to include quantum computing, biotechnology and other emerging technologies, and will rename the body the National Council for Artificial Intelligence, Quantum Computing, and Emerging Technologies. The Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, approved the move in line with...

Sport

Dunlop named as Irish Motorcyclist of the Year

Today at 02:00 AM, via BBC News

Michael Dunlop wins the Irish Motorcyclist of the Year award for the third time after extending his record number of Isle of Man TT wins to 33 in 2025, and picking up a hat-trick at the North West 200.

Science/Tech

Judge Orders Anna’s Archive To Delete Scraped Data

Today at 04:02 AM, via Slashdot

Anna’s Archive has been hit with a U.S. federal court default judgment and permanent injunction over its scraping and distribution of OCLC’s WorldCat data, which occurred more than two years ago. According to the ruling, the shadow library must delete all copies of its WorldCat data and stop scraping, using, storing, or distributing the data. “It is expected that OCLC will use the injunction to...

Science/Tech

Patch Tuesday Update Makes Windows PCs Refuse To Shut Down

Today at 03:25 AM, via Slashdot

A recent Microsoft Patch Tuesday update has introduced a bug in Windows 11 23H2 that causes some PCs to refuse to shut down or hibernate, “no matter how many times you try,” reports The Register. From the report: In a notice on its Windows release health dashboard, Microsoft confirmed that some PCs running Windows 11 23H2 might fail to power down properly after installing the latest security...

Science/Tech

Trump Wants Tech Companies To Foot the Bill For New Power Plants

Today at 02:45 AM, via Slashdot

The Trump administration urged the largest electricity grid in the U.S. to make big tech companies pay for new power plants to support the surging electricity demand from AI and data centers. CNBC reports: Electricity prices have exploded in recent years on PJM Interconnection due in part to the data centers that tech companies are building to train and power artificial intelligence. The PJM...

Health

For Men, How Much Alcohol Is Too Much?

Yesterday at 12:01 PM, via New York Times

Federal officials working on the new dietary guidelines had considered limiting men to one drink daily. The final advice was only that everyone should drink less.