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WEDNESDAY, 11 MARCH 2026, 05:26

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Wildlife to replace humans on next series of UK banknotes

Today at 04:39 AM, via Daily Maverick

LONDON, March 11 (Reuters) – Images of animals will feature on the next series of banknotes from the Bank of England, as the central bank shifts away from historical figures such as William Shakespeare, Winston Churchill and Jane Austen over the coming years.

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‘KPop Demon Hunters’ is headed to the Oscars—live on stage

Today at 04:35 AM, via Daily Maverick

LOS ANGELES, March 10 (Reuters) – The lead vocalists behind “KPop Demon Hunters” — Netflix’s most‑watched animated film of all time — are headed to the Oscars stage for the first time. EJAE, Rei Ami and Audrey Nuna will perform “Golden” during Sunday’s ceremony, executive producer and showrunner Raj Kapoor and executive producer Katy Mullan announced Tuesday.

South Africa

No immediate risk of fuel shortages, says dept

Yesterday at 19:59 PM, via SAnews

No immediate risk of fuel shortages, says dept

The Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources has reassured South Africans that the country currently faces no immediate risk of fuel shortages, despite rising global oil prices and ongoing geopolitical tensions affecting international markets.

In a media statement issued on Tuesday, the department said it remains in constant...

South Africa

Koeberg’s Unit 2 reaches 365 consecutive days of operations

Yesterday at 19:39 PM, via SAnews

Koeberg’s Unit 2 reaches 365 consecutive days of operations

Unit 2 at the Koeberg Nuclear Power Station has successfully operated for 365 consecutive days – at an average of 99.4% Energy Availability Factor (EAF) – since major upgrades were completed.

This is according to Eskom, who said in a statement on Tuesday that the unit delivers about 946MW of reliable electricity to the...

Business

Calls for mercy in South Africa

Yesterday at 17:00 PM, via BusinessTech

Civil rights organisation AfriForum has urged the government to provide relief to motorists and the broader economy as South Africa braces for a sharp increase in fuel prices next month.

Education

Uganda: Ugandan Students Excel in French, Unlock Global Opportunities

Yesterday at 20:39 PM, via AllAfrica

[Nile Post] Uganda’s top young French learners were celebrated at the fourth edition of the Njogera Français 2026 competitions, as educators and diplomats highlighted the growing importance of French for career readiness, regional engagement, and global opportunities.

Science/Tech

Tony Hoare, Turing Award-Winning Computer Scientist Behind QuickSort, Dies At 92

Today at 03:00 AM, via Slashdot

Tony Hoare, the Turing Award-winning pioneer who created the Quicksort algorithm, developed Hoare logic, and advanced theories of concurrency and structured programming, has died at age 92. News of his passing was shared today in a blog post. The site I Programmer also commemorated Hoare in a post highlighting his contributions to computer science and the lasting impact of his work. Personal...

Science/Tech

Intel Demos Chip To Compute With Encrypted Data

Today at 01:00 AM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from IEEE Spectrum: Worried that your latest ask to a cloud-based AI reveals a bit too much about you? Want to know your genetic risk of disease without revealing it to the services that compute the answer? There is a way to do computing on encrypted data without ever having it decrypted. It’s called fully homomorphic encryption, or FHE. But there’s a rather...

Science/Tech

Amazon Wins Court Order To Block Perplexity’s AI Shopping Bots

Today at 00:00 AM, via Slashdot

Last November, Amazon sued Perplexity demanding that the AI search startup stop allowing its AI browser agent, Comet, to make purchases for users online. Today, a judge ruled in favor of the tech giant, granting it a temporary court injunction blocking the scraping of Amazon’s website. According to court filings, the judge found strong evidence the tool accessed the retailer’s systems “without...

Health

Cancer Haunts Neighbors of Canada’s Oil Sands Wastelands

Yesterday at 09:00 AM, via New York Times

Though high rates of the disease persist among the nearby Indigenous communities, the Canadian government is weighing rules that may allow energy giants to release treated mining waste into the river system.