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A baby seal walks into a bar…

Today at 17:32 PM, via BBC News

A bar in Richmond, New Zealand had a surprise visitor when the marine mammal popped in.

South Africa

Discovery Bank Unveils Crypto Trading, AI Security and New Integrated Services in Major Platform Upgrade

Today at 15:38 PM, via iAfrica

Discovery Bank, South Africa’s fastest-growing bank, announced a wide range of new digital features, product updates and partner offers as part of a major platform enhancement that expands its financial services ecosystem. The updates follow earlier improvements introduced this year in financial planning tools, digital security and personalised banking experiences. Among the newest additions...

South Africa

AU Conference Highlights Digital Tools as Key to Transforming Africa’s Agriculture

Today at 15:33 PM, via iAfrica

The African Union has wrapped up its first Conference on Digital Agriculture in Addis Ababa, placing a strong focus on how technology can modernize farming and strengthen food systems across the continent. Speaking at the event, AU Commissioner for Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy and Sustainable Environment Moses Vilakati emphasized the potential of digital transformation […]

Education

Regulators open inquiry into University of Greater Manchester amid fraud claims

Today at 17:41 PM, via The Guardian

University is already being investigated by police over ‘allegations of financial irregularities’ and has suspended three of its senior staff

The University of Greater Manchester is being investigated by England’s higher education regulator amid mounting allegations of financial misconduct, bribery and bullying.

The Office for Students will examine whether the former University of Bolton had...

Education

Outcry in Italy over sex education bill to crack down on ‘gender ideology’

Today at 17:18 PM, via The Guardian

Legislation is needed to stop leftwing politicians ‘bringing drag queens and porn actors into schools’, minister says

A restrictive sex education bill backed by Georgia Meloni’s far-right government and intended to crack down on “gender ideology and the woke bubble” has provoked fury in Italy.

Italy is one of the few EU countries not to have compulsory sex education in schools despite evidence...

Education

South Africa: Emfuleni Learners Stuck in Broken Schools While Officials Look Away

Today at 15:35 PM, via AllAfrica

[Scrolla] Maxeke Secondary School has no security, no water, no electricity and no toilets for more than one thousand six hundred learners, and is short of desks. Motsewapele Primary School has had no electricity for three years and owes more than sixty thousand rand in water bills despite being a no-fee school.

Science/Tech

Meta Poaches Apple Design Exec Alan Dye

Today at 17:15 PM, via Slashdot

Apple’s longtime human-interface chief Alan Dye is leaving to lead a new creative studio at Meta’s Reality Labs, where he’ll shape AI-driven design for devices like smart glasses and VR headsets. Dye will be replaced by Steve Lemay, who has had “a key role in the design of every major Apple interface since 1999,” according to a statement Apple CEO Tim Cook gave Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman....

Science/Tech

Preventing infections in older people is hit and miss, says England’s chief medic

Today at 17:12 PM, via The Guardian

Chris Whitty contrasts systematic approach in children and calls for more research into managing infections in elderly

The medical profession must do more to prevent and manage infections in elderly people as the current methods are “hit and miss”, the chief medical officer for England has said.

Writing in his annual report for 2025, Prof Chris Whitty said preventing and treating infections had...

Motoring

Car subscriptions taking off in South Africa

Today at 13:17 PM, via TopAuto

Vehicle subscriptions are gaining popularity in South Africa as motorists struggle to keep pace with escalating car prices and ownership costs.