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WEDNESDAY, 29 OCTOBER 2025, 04:13

Africa

‘Turn crisis into opportunity,’ say African health leaders

Monday at 17:50 PM, via Mail & Guardian

Calls mount for African solutions to respond to the vaccine cuts and the need for a broad system-wide approach to vaccine production in Africa, and for innovative financing for sustainable health systems

Business

The AI job cuts are here – or are they?

Today at 02:09 AM, via BBC News

Amazon’s latest cuts fed into anxiety about AI replacing workers. But some are sceptical that recent layoffs are a telling sign of how AI is affecting employment.

Sport

There’s no other name I want next – Wardley calls out Usyk

Yesterday at 21:28 PM, via BBC News

Speaking to BBC Sport’s Kal Sajad, WBO interim heavyweight champion Fabio Wardley says he would like to face undisputed heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk next, following his victory against Joseph Parker.

Education

Trump demanded trans issues be excluded from sex education. 11 states complied

Yesterday at 18:53 PM, via The Guardian

16 other states have sued the White House over the federal program, saying it’s trampling on authority of Congress

US politics live – latest updates

At least 11 states and two territories are capitulating to a recent demand from the Trump administration to strip references to gender identity and the existence of transgender and non-binary people from a federal sex education program, officials...

Lifestyle

Rachel Kolisi likes comment comparing ex to SATAN

Yesterday at 22:15 PM, via The South African

Rachel Kolisi has liked a comment calling out her ex, Springbok captain Siya Kolisi, as ‘evil’ amid a post hinting at his unfaithfulness…

Science/Tech

Nvidia’s New Product Merges AI Supercomputing With Quantum

Today at 03:30 AM, via Slashdot

NVIDIA has introduced NVQLink, an open system architecture that directly connects quantum processors with GPU-based supercomputers. The Quantum Insider reports: The new platform connects the high-speed, high-throughput performance of NVIDIA’s GPU computing with quantum processing units (QPUs), allowing researchers to manage the intricate control and error-correction workloads required by...

Science/Tech

Ubuntu Unity Faces Possible Shutdown As Team Member Cries For Help

Today at 02:50 AM, via Slashdot

darwinmac writes: Ubuntu Unity is staring at a possible shutdown. A community moderator has gone public pleading for help, admitting the project is “broken and needs to be fixed.” Neowin reports the distro is suffering from critical bugs so severe that upgrades from 25.04 to 25.10 are failing and even fresh installs are hit. The moderator admits they lack the technical skill or time to perform...

Science/Tech

Senators Announce Bill That Would Ban AI Chatbot Companions For Minors

Today at 02:10 AM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from NBC News: Two senators said they are announcing bipartisan legislation on Tuesday to crack down on tech companies that make artificial intelligence chatbot companions available to minors, after complaints from parents who blamed the products for pushing their children into sexual conversations and even suicide. The legislation from Sens. Josh Hawley,...

Science/Tech

China’s DeepSeek and Qwen AI Beat US Rivals In Crypto Trading Contest

Today at 01:30 AM, via Slashdot

hackingbear shares a report from Crypto News: Two Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) models, DeepSeek V3.1 and Alibaba’s Qwen3-Max, have taken a commanding lead over their US counterparts in a live real-world real-money cryptocurrency trading competition, posting triple-digit gains in less than two weeks. According to Alpha Arena, a real-market trading challenge launched by US research firm...