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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

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Trump Administration Says It’s Not Canceling Tuskegee-Style Medical Study That Will Withhold Hepatitis Vaccine From Newborns (futurism.com)

2026-01-16 | by Joe Wilkins | get Hepatitis vaccine → | tags: africa, effects, long

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Heist game Relooted gets a release date (engadget.com)

2026-01-15 | get Relooted → | tags: africa, african, crew

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Enriching African genome representation through the AGenDA project (feeds.nature.com)

2026-01-14 | by Ramsay | get AGenda → | tags: africa, collection, funded

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These Gen Zers just raised $11.75M to put Africa’s defense back in the hands of Africans (techcrunch.com)

2026-01-12 | by Dominic-Madori Davis | get Smartphone → | tags: africa, continent, defense

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These 60,000-year-old poison arrows are oldest yet found (arstechnica.com)

2026-01-09 | get Arrowhead → | tags: africa, arrows, hunting

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U.S. quietly expands list of countries whose citizens must pay up to $15,000 bonds for visas (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-01-05 | get Visa Bonds → | tags: added, added seven, administration

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I see Mozambique’s baboons as windows into hominid evolution (feeds.nature.com)

2026-01-05 | by Noronha | get Genome → | tags: africa, allowed species, archaeology

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Cheap Solar Is Transforming Lives and Economies Across Africa (slashdot.org)

2025-12-31 | get Solar Power → | tags: africa, capacity, chinese

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Interpol-led cybercrime crackdown results in 574 arrests in 19 African nations, decrypts six ransomware variants — Operation Sentinel disrupts rings that caused $21 million in losses, recovers $3 million (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-23 | by Kunal Khullar | get Ransomware Variants → | tags: africa, african, authorities

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Point of no returns: researchers are crossing a threshold in the fight for funding (feeds.nature.com)

2025-12-18 | by Schweiger | get Research → | tags: africa, cost, costs

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US–Africa bilateral health deals won’t help against diseases that ignore borders (feeds.nature.com)

2025-12-18 | by Adepoju | get Vaccines → | tags: africa, african, health