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Cruise ship deaths spark hantavirus outbreak fears: What to know about the rodent-borne virus (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-04 | tags: hantavirus, oceanwide expeditions, mv hondius

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Hantavirus crops up on a cruise ship — what scientists are watching (feeds.nature.com)

2026-05-04 | by Basu | get Hantavirus Prevention Kit → | tags: hantavirus, mv hondius, oceanwide expeditions

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South Africa's Draft AI Policy Withdrawn Due to 'Fictitious' AI-Generated Citations (slashdot.org)

2026-05-03 | by Posted | get AI Citation Checker Tool → | tags: south africa, ai policy, khumbudzo ntshavheni

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‘De-extinction’ Startup Wants to Revive Antelope Killed Off by South African Colonists (gizmodo.com)

2026-04-30 | get De-Extinction Science Kit → | tags: colossal biosciences, de-extinction, bluebuck

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Wild-meat consumption estimated across Central Africa (feeds.nature.com)

2026-04-30 | get Wild Meat Conservation Guide → | tags: wild-meat, central africa, browser support

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Increase in wild animal consumption across Central Africa (feeds.nature.com)

2026-04-29 | by Bessone | get Wildlife Conservation Guidebook → | tags: wildmeat, central african republic, democratic republic of the congo

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Africa Relinquishes Cyberattack Lead to Latin America — For Now (darkreading.com)

2026-04-23 | get Cybersecurity Monitoring Tool → | tags: africa, cyberattacks, latin america

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Humpback whales are forming super-groups (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-22 | get Underwater Whale Sound System → | tags: humpback whales, south africa, super-groups

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I was set to lead an undergraduate research trip abroad. Then my visa was denied (feeds.nature.com)

2026-04-15 | by Chugh | get Travel Visa Guidebook → | tags: visa, aurum institute, south african medical research council

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The pros and cons of China’s health role in Africa (feeds.nature.com)

2026-03-25 | by Wild | tags: africa, african, china

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Decadal-scale droughts disrupted the African Humid Period in the Sahara (feeds.nature.com)

2026-03-25 | by Sylvestre | get Sahara Desert Water Filter → | tags: african humid period, sahara droughts, nubian sandstone aquifer

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Who's most optimistic about AI — and who isn't, according to Anthropic (cnbc.com)

2026-03-20 | by Matthew Chin | get AI Safety and Ethics Book → | tags: anthropic, claude, sub-saharan africa

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Trump Threatens to Do Something Horrible in Africa Unless He Gets a Deal on Precious Minerals (futurism.com)

2026-03-18 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: trump, africa, zambia

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Iran conflict delays Meta’s 2Africa undersea cable project — cable layer declares force majeure, says it can no longer safely operate in the Persian Gulf (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-13 | by Jowi Morales | get Undersea Cable Repair Kit → | tags: meta, africa2, alcatel submarine networks

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Meta's massive undersea cable project delayed in Persian Gulf as Iran conflict escalates (techspot.com)

2026-03-13 | get Undersea Cable Repair Kit → | tags: meta, 2africa, alcatel submarine networks

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Push for $40 smartphones builds momentum, but still faces cost hurdles (techcrunch.com)

2026-03-08 | by Jagmeet Singh | get Smartphone → | tags: african markets, gsma, handset affordability coalition

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Zeno raises $25M to speed up production of its battery-swap motorbikes (techcrunch.com)

2026-03-05 | by Tim De Chant | get Battery-swap motorbikes → | tags: zeno, emara, east africa

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Everyone Speaks Incel Now (wired.com)

2026-02-25 | by Miles Klee | get I cannot provide a response that promotes or glorifies → | tags: incel, friction-maxxing, mainstream news

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Police arrests 651 suspects in African cybercrime crackdown (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-02-19 | get Cybercrime toolkit → | tags: african, arrested, cybercrime

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Returning stolen artifacts becomes a thrilling heist in Relooted (theverge.com)

2026-02-14 | by Tauriq Moosa | get Reloading → | tags: africanfuturist, benin bronzes, nyamakop

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Why EVs are gaining ground in Africa (technologyreview.com)

2026-02-12 | by Casey Crownhart | get Electric Vehicles → | tags: africa, country, gas powered

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Senegalese Data Breaches Expose Lack of Security Maturity (darkreading.com)

2026-02-12 | get Cloud → | tags: african, african nation, biometric

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Senegalese Data Breaches Expose Lack of 'Security Maturity' (darkreading.com)

2026-02-12 | get Cloud → | tags: african, african nation, biometric

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EVs Could Be Cheaper To Own Than Gas Cars in Africa by 2040 (slashdot.org)

2026-02-11 | by Posted | get Electric Vehicles → | tags: africa, charging, cost

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EVs could be cheaper to own than gas cars in Africa by 2040 (technologyreview.com)

2026-02-11 | by Casey Crownhart | get Electric Vehicles → | tags: african countries, batteries, batteries vehicles

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African countries must take control of health policy (feeds.nature.com)

2026-02-11 | get Telemedicine platform → | tags: africa, african, african countries

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Next-Generation Weather Satellite Captures Earth’s Atmospheric Chaos in Striking Detail (gizmodo.com)

2026-01-29 | get Satellite → | tags: africa, agency, agency mtg

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Lawsuit alleges Meta can read WhatsApp messages despite encryption (techspot.com)

2026-01-26 | get Facebook Messenger → | tags: access, access messages, action

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Top African Health Official Blasts Trump Administration’s Plans for Human Experimentation in Africa (futurism.com)

2026-01-24 | by Joe Wilkins | get Gene editing → | tags: africa, africa cdc, health

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Trump’s HHS Trashes Top African Health Organization as “Fake” and “Powerless” (futurism.com)

2026-01-20 | by Joe Wilkins | get Healthcare → | tags: africa, africa cdc, african