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Interest rate hikes on the cards for South Africa

Today at 19:41 PM, via Daily Investor

Interest-rate traders moved to price in a chance of a South African interest-rate hike later this month as the Iran conflict pushed oil prices higher, reviving concerns about inflation.

Education

Liberia: UL 105th Graduate Class Praises Boakai’s $50k Lab Pledge, Hails Investment in Research and Innovation

Today at 18:25 PM, via AllAfrica

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia, Liberia — The leadership of the University of Liberia’s 105th Graduate Class has applauded President Joseph Nyuma Boakai for honoring their appeal to support the establishment of a modern research laboratory at the state-run university, describing the pledge as a transformative investment in research, innovation and academic excellence.

Entertainment

24 hours in pictures, 3 March 2026

Today at 18:30 PM, via The Citizen

Through the lens: The Citizen’s Picture Editors select the best news photographs from South Africa and around the world.

Science/Tech

Claude Riveloux Maps the Hidden Pivot: Why Smart Money is Quietly Accumulating Forgotten Mid-Caps Amid Tech Carnage

Today at 19:44 PM, via Tech Financials

New York, USA While the mainstream financial narrative remains fixated on the violent unwinding of the “Magnificent Seven” and the broader Nasdaq capitulation, a more nuanced and potentially lucrative structural rotation is occurring beneath the surface. Driven by the realization that elevated interest rates are not a temporary phase but a structural reality, deep-pocketed institutional […]

Science/Tech

Apple Launches New M5 Chips, MacBook Pro, and First New Monitors In Years

Today at 19:00 PM, via Slashdot

Today, Apple updated the MacBook Pro and MacBook Air with support for its new M5 chips. It also unveiled a pair of all-new Studio Display XDR monitors. Longtime Slashdot reader jizmonkey shares details about the M5 Pro and M5 Max chips, which look to be fairly major updates from the previous generation: Apple announced its newest CPUs today, which it claims has the fastest single-threaded...

Science/Tech

Kivqoro Introduces Verifiable Cryptocurrency Exchange Enhancing Asset Transparency for Global Investors

Today at 18:02 PM, via Tech Financials

New York, USA  – Kivqoro, a cryptocurrency trading platform, today announces the completion of its beta testing phase and the introduction of its digital asset trading infrastructure. The platform combines hardware-level security standards with decentralized asset management protocols to provide retail and institutional users with a verifiable trading environment. Current market developments...

Science/Tech

AI-Generated Art Can’t Be Copyrighted After Supreme Court Declines To Review the Rule

Today at 18:00 PM, via Slashdot

The Supreme Court of the United States declined to review a case challenging the U.S. Copyright Office’s stance that AI-generated works lack the required human authorship for copyright protection, leaving lower court rulings intact. The Verge reports: The Monday decision comes after Stephen Thaler, a computer scientist from Missouri, appealed a court’s decision to uphold a ruling that found...