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Politics

IFP celebrates 50 years in Soweto

Saturday at 13:27 PM, via SABC News

The IFP was founded on the 21st of March 1975 at KwaNzimela in Melmoth, KwaZulu-Natal

Sport

GB win two more world golds on final day

Today at 00:44 AM, via BBC News

Great Britain win two more gold medals on the final day of action at the Para-cycling Track World Championships in Rio de Janeiro.

Education

People submit Welsh placenames to project to protect linguistic heritage

Yesterday at 15:00 PM, via The Guardian

Entries include Welsh language names for fields and hills in move to ensure preservation of stories and legends

Dozens of placenames in Welsh, some hinting at ancient legends, others telling rich stories of how people used to live, have been submitted to a project designed to make sure they are preserved.

The Welsh government appealed for people to add historical names that may be missing from...

Science/Tech

A Plan for Improving JavaScript’s Trustworthiness on the Web

Today at 02:20 AM, via Slashdot

On Cloudflare’s blog, a senior research engineer shares a plan for “improving the trustworthiness of JavaScript on the web.” “It is as true today as it was in 2011 that Javascript cryptography is Considered Harmful.”The main problem is code distribution. Consider an end-to-end-encrypted messaging web application. The application generates cryptographic keys in the client’s browser that lets...

Science/Tech

Should Workers Start Learning to Work With AI?

Today at 01:20 AM, via Slashdot

“My boss thinks AI will solve every problem and is wildly enthusiastic about it,” complains a mid-level worker at a Fortune 500 company, who considers the technology “unproven and wildly erratic.” So how should they navigate the next 10 years until retirement, they ask the Washington Post’s “Work Advice” columnist. The columnist first notes that “Despite promises that AI will eliminate tedious,...

Science/Tech

To Fight Business ‘Enshittification’, Cory Doctorow Urges Tech Workers: Join Unions

Yesterday at 23:50 PM, via Slashdot

Cory Doctorow has always warned that companies “enshittify” their services — shifting “as much as they can from users, workers, suppliers, and business customers to themselves.” But this week Doctorow writes in Communications of the ACM that enshittification “would be much, much worse if not for tech workers,” who have “the power to tell their bosses to go to hell…”When your skills are in...

Science/Tech

Suspected space debris found on fire near WA mining town

Yesterday at 23:04 PM, via The Guardian

Burning object made of carbon fibre discovered on desert road near mine site close to Newman on 18 October

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Authorities are investigating how suspected space debris ended up in outback Australia after mine workers found burning items.

Western Australia police are leading the...

Health

When a Hearing Aid Isn’t Enough

Saturday at 16:29 PM, via New York Times

More older adults have turned to cochlear implants after Medicare expanded eligibility for the devices.