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Lord’s pitch does not benefit Test format – Stokes

Today at 16:44 PM, via BBC News

England captain Ben Stokes says the Lord’s pitch on which his side won the first Test against New Zealand is not helpful for the future of the game’s longest format.

South Africa

SpaceX Lines Up $920 Million-Per-Month Compute Deal With Google Ahead of Historic IPO

Today at 17:09 PM, via iAfrica

SpaceX has lined up another major compute deal ahead of its historic IPO — this time with Google — under which the search giant will pay $920 million a month for access to roughly 110,000 NVIDIA GPUs and related infrastructure. SpaceX announced the deal in a regulatory filing on Friday. Under the terms of the […]

South Africa

Kenya and South Africa Pledge Closer Cooperation on AI, Fintech and Cross-Border Investment

Today at 17:00 PM, via iAfrica

Kenya and South Africa have pledged to deepen cooperation in digital innovation, financial services and investment, with artificial intelligence featuring prominently among the priority areas for joint development. Addressing the Joint South Africa-Kenya Business Forum on Thursday night, Kenyan President William Ruto and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa highlighted the growing importance...

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AI Boom Driving Up Memory Prices Will Squeeze African IT Buyers, Qrent Warns

Today at 16:54 PM, via iAfrica

The same AI boom filling data centres is about to make everyday IT more expensive, and African businesses running on ageing hardware will feel it first. Memory prices are set to climb sharply as manufacturers divert capacity to AI infrastructure. The research firm Gartner forecasts DRAM prices rising by 125% and NAND flash prices by […]

Sport

Pitch problems: Why Lord’s must find a solution quickly – analysis

Today at 15:45 PM, via BBC News

Speaking to Alison Mitchell, former England player Phil Tufnell says the Lord’s pitch was “not a good look'” for Test cricket as he, alongside former England captain Michael Vaughan, criticise the surface used for the first Test between England and New Zealand.

Education

The London school that has screen-free days for pupils, teachers – and parents

Today at 14:00 PM, via The Guardian

Holy Family Catholic primary school says enthusiastic response from parents has been biggest surprise

Schools banning pupils from having smartphones are commonplace. But what about a school where pupils ban teachers from using their smartphones, and then get their parents to join in?

And not just phones: at Holy Family Catholic primary school in west London teachers are also barred from using...

Education

Labour doesn’t seem to like Send schools for kids like mine – but here’s what we’ll lose if these precious places are forgotten | John Harris

Today at 13:00 PM, via The Guardian

An autism school in Wiltshire exemplifies what’s so different about education in a tailored environment, and the outcomes for children speak for themselves

In the old Wiltshire milltown of Calne, there is an autism specialist school called the Springfields Academy. About 250 children and young people between the age of four and 19 go there. Class sizes are no larger than 12. In each room, every...

Science/Tech

Reddit Ads Impersonate BBC and The Guardian to Push Fake AI Investment Schemes

Today at 16:34 PM, via Slashdot

A “growing wave” of Reddit’s “promoted posts” are sending U.S. and European audiences to money-stealing scams that impersonate major news organizations including the BBC, the Financial Times, and The Guardian, according to new findings from Bitdefender Labs. “Domains are short-lived and rapidly rotated to evade detection,” they write, noting that the impersonating sites apparently even use...

Science/Tech

Everyone wants a piece of SpaceX

Today at 15:30 PM, via TechCentral

Orders of about $150-billion, double the $75-billion target, mark impressive demand for the largest IPO ever.

Science/Tech

OpenAI plans ChatGPT ‘super app’

Today at 14:00 PM, via TechCentral

OpenAI is planning its biggest ChatGPT overhaul yet, aiming to turn it into a “super app” with coding tools and AI agents.

Science/Tech

Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders And Sam Altman Are All Talking About Public Ownership In AI

Today at 13:34 PM, via Slashdot

U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders announced a plan for the public to take a 50% ownership stake in AI companies, remembers the Associated Press. And then OpenAI’s Sam Altman “told Sanders that he, too, wants the public to have equity in AI companies.” Though the CEO said he couldn’t support Sanders’ threshold of 50%, he nonetheless wanted to work with him to advocate for the general idea, according...

Health

Are you feeling overwhelmed?

Friday at 19:57 PM, via BBC News

Kimberley Wilson gives some tips on how to deal with feeling overwhelmed.