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Salah shines as Liverpool comfortably beat Brighton

Today at 01:54 AM, via BBC News

Goals from Curtis Jones, Dominik Szoboszlai and Mohamed Salah give Liverpool a comfortable 3-0 win over Brighton in the fourth round of the FA Cup at Anfield.

South Africa

UNDP, GSMA Launch AI Governance Training for Policymakers in Egypt

Yesterday at 21:31 PM, via iAfrica

The United Nations Development Programme in Egypt, in partnership with GSMA, has launched a high-level artificial intelligence capacity-building programme for policymakers in Cairo. The two-day training, held at UNDP Egypt’s headquarters, brings together senior government officials, regulators and representatives from key national institutions. Policymakers from Libya, Sudan, Tanzania and...

South Africa

Rwanda Partners With Oracle to Expand Nationwide Digital Skills Training

Yesterday at 21:28 PM, via iAfrica

Rwanda has signed a strategic agreement with Oracle to launch a nationwide digital skills development programme aimed at strengthening the country’s workforce in cloud computing, artificial intelligence and database technologies. The partnership, formalized through a memorandum of understanding between Rwanda’s Ministry of Information, Communication, Technology and Innovation and Oracle,...

South Africa

Ghana Deploys AI and Drones to Strengthen Mining Oversight

Yesterday at 21:25 PM, via iAfrica

Ghana is using artificial intelligence and drone technology to shift mining regulation from a reactive model to a proactive and preventive system, a senior official said. Emmanuel Kwamena Ayeme, deputy chief executive officer of the Minerals Commission, said traditional inspection methods are increasingly inadequate in tackling illegal mining, environmental degradation and the challenges of...

Sport

Liverpool favourites for Gordon – Sunday’s gossip

Yesterday at 23:40 PM, via BBC News

Anthony Gordon could be heading back to Merseyside as Mohamed Salah looks set to leave Liverpool, Arsenal target Castello Lukeba, while Manchester United watch Serie A duo.

Science/Tech

Small Crowd Pays to Watch a Boxing Match Between 80-Pound Chinese Robots

Today at 01:52 AM, via Slashdot

Recently a small crowd paid to watch robots boxing, reports Rest of World. (Almost 3,000 people have now watched the match’s 83-minute webcast.)The match was organized by Rek, a San Francisco-based company, and drew hundreds of spectators who had paid about $60-$80 for a ticket to watch modified G1 robots go at each other. Made by Unitree, the dominant Chinese robot maker, they weighed in at...

Science/Tech

US Government Will Stop Pollution-Reduction Credits for Cars With ‘Start-Stop’ Systems

Today at 00:52 AM, via Slashdot

Starting in 2009, the U.S. government have given car manufacturers towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions if they included “start-stop” systems in cars with internal combustion engines. (These systems automatically shut off idling engines to reduce pollution and fuel consumption.)But this week the new head of America’s Environmental Protection Agency eliminated the credits, reports Car and...

Science/Tech

Dates with AI Companions Plagued by Lag, Miscommunications – and General Creepiness

Yesterday at 23:52 PM, via Slashdot

To celebrate Valentine’s Day, EVA AI created a temporary “pop-up” restaurant at a wine bar in Manhattan’s “Hell’s Kitchen” district where patrons can date AI personas. The Verge notes that looking around the restaurant, “Of the 30-some-odd people in attendance, only two or three are organic users. The rest are EVA AI reps, influencers, and reporters hoping to make some capital-C Content…” But...

Motoring

Why insurers write off cars

Yesterday at 09:18 AM, via TopAuto

Following a major accident, the last thing people want to hear is the words “write off”.