Driverless cars: stopping dead seems to be a default setting when they encounter a problem — it can cause chaos on roads: Gorodenkoff / Shutterstock While self-driving vehicles are being deployed in numerous cities globally, persistent controversies continue to challenge their deployment. Recently, Tesla recalled more than two million cars after the US regulator found …
What BAE’s Ukraine deal shows about the risks and opportunities of setting up a business in a war zone: Amid the Russian invasion that has made the country into a war zone since February 2022, Britain’s largest defence contractor BAE Systems has recently set up a business in Ukraine. It has agreed to supply arms …
Faith Kipyegon: from walking to school in rural Kenya to setting world athletics alight: All eyes are on Faith Kipyegon at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary. That’s because the Kenyan 1,500 metre and 5,000 metre star broke three world records in less than two months on her way to Hungary. As expected, …
The Menu: Ralph Fiennes’s new film shows why restaurants are a ripe setting for horror: Ralph Fiennes (centre) plays The Menu’s mad Chef Slowick. Disney, Author provided Dark comedy horror The Menu, starring Ralph Finnes, Anya Taylor-Joy and Nicholas Hoult, follows a group of wealthy foodies who travel to an exclusive, remote destination restaurant. The …
Setting the record straight: Burna Boy didn’t create a music genre called Afrofusion: Burna Boy performs in Glastonbury, England, 2022. Joseph Okpako/WireImage via Getty Images Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu was born in 1991 in Port Harcourt, the largest city in Rivers State in Nigeria. He would become known as Burna Boy, a singer, songwriter and record …
Is the world retracting from globalisation, setting it up for a fifth wave?: Fourth wave of globalisation saw China's increasing role as a global powerhouse. Getty Images Over the past 25 years there has been lots of research and debate about the concept, the history and state of globalisation, its various dimensions and benefits. The …
Worms in the seas of southern Africa: we’re on a journey to setting the record straight: _Dipolydora capensis_ is an indigenous polychaete that is a found on farmed and wild abalone, but it is not a serious pest. Carol Simon Polychaetes are segmented worms that live in nearly all marine habitats, from the shallow seashore …
Setting up the G5 Sahel: why an option that seemed unlikely came into being: A G5 Sahel meeting on Burkina Faso and Mali MINUSMA/Wikimedia Commons At first glance, the creation in 2014 of the G5 Sahel, an international organisation set up to deal with conflict management in the Sahel, seemed unlikely. Some analysts were already …
Decolonising Shakespeare: setting Othello in Ghana and Pericles in Glasgow: Chris Dorney/Shutterstock Over the last few years the issue of decolonising the curriculum has become a growing concern for UK universities. This means recognising the legacy of western colonialism and rethinking the way we teach and research. Decolonising Shakespeare, with its historic links to English …
Setting new expectations for open source maintainers: For a long time, there were two basic tests for releasing open source: “Does it do what I need it to do?” and “Does it compile?” Sure, it was nice if it did things for others, but more than anything else, it at least needed to be fun …
My top 5 tips for setting up Terraform: Working with Terraform for over five years has taught me some key lessons. Five practices have been critical to having a logical and usable Terraform setup regardless of the size of the team or the nature of the project. read more: Opensource.com ayushsharma-in Supporting Open Source. Have you …
South Africa in the news: Moderna says its Covid-19 vaccine shows promise in lab setting against variants: American biotechnology company Moderna said on Tuesday that its Covid-19 vaccine showed promise in a lab setting against coronavirus variants, including the highly contagious Delta variant first …: “South Africa” – BingNews Kibra MP Ken Okoth in push …
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Dominic Cummings: look closely to see the traps he is setting: I can’t help wondering how Boris Johnson felt as he woke up to peruse the morning papers the day after his former adviser Dominic Cummings gave evidence to MPs. Young Wilfred on one knee, Dilyn the dog possibly balanced on the other, and Cummings’ …
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South Africa in the news: Boris Johnson to address nation setting out new Covid controls for England: Senior Tory Neil O’Brien said procedures “need to toughen up at the border” in order to prevent cases being imported – a particular concern given the potential for new variants such as the one in …: “South Africa” …
South Africa in the news: Boris Johnson to address nation setting out new Covid controls for England: Boris Johnson is to make a televised address setting out new emergency measures to control the spread of coronavirus in England, Downing Street has said. A No 10 spokesman said that the move was in …: “South Africa” …
South Africa in the news: Boris Johnson to address nation setting out new Covid controls for England: Boris Johnson is to make a televised address setting out new emergency measures to control the spread of coronavirus in England, Downing Street has said. A No 10 spokesman said that the move was in …: “South Africa” …