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Google Drops Pledge On AI Use For Weapons – Alphabet, the parent company of technology giant Google, is no longer promising that it will never use artificial intelligence (AI) for purposes such as developing weapons and surveillance tools. [bbc]
Business Titan And Philanthropist Douw Steyn Has Died – ‘Larger than life’ Steyn fondly described as ‘a visionary with a deep-seated commitment to SA and its people’. [businesslive]
Ramaphosa Spoke To Elon Musk About Misinformation After Trump Attack – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa spoke to Elon Musk on the subject of misinformation about South Africa, the presidency said on Tuesday, after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would suspend aid to the country over its land reform policy. [timeslive]
Rape Survivor Alison Botha’s Attackers Back Behind Bars After Minister Revokes Parole – Minister of Correctional Services Pieter Groenewald announced on Tuesday, 4 February 2025, that Frans du Toit and Theuns Kruger, sentenced to life for their vicious attack and rape of Alison Botha in then Port Elizabeth (Gqeberha) in 1997, were back behind bars. [dm]
Boeing’s Starliner Losses Top $2 Billion After Spacecraft Program Reports Worst Year Yet – Since 2014, when NASA awarded Boeing a nearly $5 billion fixed-price contract to develop Starliner, the company has recorded losses on the program almost every year. [nbc]
Things Really Do Seem Better In The Morning, Study Suggests – Research using the University College London (UCL) COVID-19 Social Study found people also generally feel happier in the morning than they do at night. [sky]
Police Say Around 10 People Killed In Sweden School Campus Shooting – Police say around 10 people have been killed in a shooting at an education centre in central Sweden, including the suspected gunman. [bbc]
NHI Breakthrough: ANC Agrees With DA Not To ‘Collapse’ Medical Aids – In an interview with News24, Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Minister Maropene Ramokgopa revealed that the two main parties in the GNU, the ANC and the DA, have struck an informal agreement on the NHI after an ANC concession to drop sections of the law that could collapse medical aids. [news24]
Three Minor Injuries At The Pamplonada Rímense In Lima – In a tradition steeped in centuries of history, German hunters gathered to showcase their skill at imitating the bellow of a stag in a fiercely competitive national calling contest. [euronews]
Eskom Load-Shedding Surprise — With A Warning – Despite implementing load-shedding for the first time in 10 months last week, the Eskom system status outlook for the rest of the year has improved drastically in recent weeks. [mybroadband]
Canal+ Buyout: Sipho Maseko To Invest In MultiChoice Entity – In an effort to get the acquisition by France’s Groupe Canal+ of MultiChoice Group over the line, the South African broadcaster and parent of DStv and Showmax has announced a plan to carve out its South African licensee into a new entity. [techcentral]
The Country Is Turning The Corner – Things aren’t quite hunky dory, but the cyclical and structural outlook for the South African economy has improved. [moneyweb]
North Korea Reopens To Tourists Just In Time For Late Leader Kim Jong Il’s Birthday – Tourists can visit the Sea Cucumber Breeding Farm and Paekhaksan Combined Foodstuff Processing Factory. [nbc]
China Plans To Send A Flying Robot To Search For Water On The Moon’s Far Side – China plans to send a flying robot to the far side of the moon next year to search for the frozen water that could hold the key to future lunar exploration, as the country pushes forward with its ambitious space program. [cnn]
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