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Business

Warning about petrol prices in South Africa

Today at 07:00 AM, via BusinessTech

While lower petrol prices in South Africa are great news for motorists, the impact on inflation is limited because half the price goes to tax—and another tax hike may be coming.

Business

Can robots ever be graceful?

Today at 02:05 AM, via BBC News

Firms are working to make the motors that drive robots more efficient and cheaper.

Business

Amazon joins Big Tech AI spending spree

Today at 00:29 AM, via BBC News

Shares in the tech giant fell in after hours trade as investors appeared wary of the sector’s big spending plans.

Sport

Ireland have a lot of work to do – Farrell

Today at 00:38 AM, via BBC News

Ireland head coach Andy Farrell admits his side have a lot of work to do following their 36-14 defeat against France in the opening match of 2026 Six Nations.

Sport

Tonali is top target for Juve – Friday’s gossip

Yesterday at 23:39 PM, via BBC News

Newcastle United midfielder Sandro Tonali is a target for Juventus, Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo has a release clause in his Al-Nassr contract, Napoli are set to hold talks to extend Scott McTominay’s contract, plus more.

Education

Sudan: Countries Need Higher Education to Rebuild After Conflict – Study Finds Foreign Aid Isn’t Going Where It’s Needed

Today at 06:46 AM, via AllAfrica

[The Conversation Africa] Higher education institutions are frequent casualties in violent conflicts. In Palestine, Ukraine and Sudan, to mention only a few recent examples, university campuses have been bombed. Academics, staff and students have been killed, injured or displaced. Teaching, learning and research have been undermined or come to a halt.

Education

Rising Send costs will ‘bankrupt’ eight in 10 English local authorities, leaders say

Yesterday at 20:24 PM, via The Guardian

Councils call on ministers to write off special educational needs and disability deficits that are predicted to reach £14bn in 2028

Eight in 10 English local authorities will be in effect bankrupted by rising special educational needs spending unless the government introduces significant reforms to the system, council leaders have said.

Councils have called on ministers to write off special...

Entertainment

Motus pushes back against retrenchment claims

Today at 06:45 AM, via The Citizen

Labour Court hears dispute as Motus defends SA Retail realignment plan, denying salary cuts, coercion and unilateral action claims made.

Science/Tech

The European Commission Is Testing an Open Source Alternative To Microsoft Teams

Today at 04:00 AM, via Slashdot

The European Commission is preparing to trial a communications platform built on Matrix, the open source messaging protocol already used by the French government, German healthcare providers and European armed forces, as a sovereign backup to Microsoft Teams. Signal currently serves as the backup tool but has proven too inflexible for an organization the Commission’s size, it said. The...

Science/Tech

Court Rules That Ripping YouTube Clips Can Violate the DMCA

Today at 01:30 AM, via Slashdot

A federal court in California has ruled that YouTube creators who use stream-ripping tools to download clips for reaction and commentary videos may face liability under the DMCA’s anti-circumvention provisions — a decision that could reshape how one of the platform’s most popular content genres operates. U.S. Magistrate Judge Virginia K. DeMarchi of the Northern District of California denied a...

Health

TrumpRx Is Set to Go Live on Thursday

Yesterday at 19:33 PM, via New York Times

The government website is meant to connect Americans with drug companies to buy prescriptions directly with their own money. It is not clear how many patients will save money.

Health

What Does It Mean to Be Touch-Starved?

Yesterday at 18:06 PM, via New York Times

Research says that our health can suffer when we don’t experience enough physical contact. Here’s how to get more.