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Mapisa-Nqakula denies involvement in awarding of R80 million tender

Mapisa-Nqakula has denied any involvement in the awarding of an R80 million tender.

  • Former Defense Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula denies involvement in R80 million tender award.
  • Mapisa-Nqakula claims she was abused within the department after a tender cancellation.
  • Nombasa Ntsondwa-Ndhlovu testified she wasn't given the new contract by Mapisa-Nqakula.

AI

Weeks-Old AI Startup Emulate Approaches $4 Billion Valuation

Emulate, a month-old startup founded by former Google DeepMind researchers, is reportedly close to landing hundreds of millions of dollars in new funding. The U.K.-based company is in advanced discussions with prospective investors to raise up to $700 million, valuing Emulate at $3.7 billion, the Financial Times (FT) reported Thursday…

Science

The September/October 2026 issue of the CERN Courier is out

In his landmark 1945 report Science, the Endless Frontier, Vannevar Bush argued that basic research is the fund from which applications, and with them prosperity, are drawn. Eight decades on, the High-Luminosity LHC is expected to return to society nearly twice its cost, before a single discovery is counted.

AI

AI is shaping kids. What if kids could shape AI, too?

Vanderbilt University's Golnaz Arastoopour Irgens, assistant professor of human-centered learning technologies at Peabody College of Education and Human Development, partnered with Sarah K. Burriss (Ph.D. '23, Peabody's Department of Teaching and Learning), assistant professor of the practice at the College of Connected Computing, to…

Tech

100 start-ups joining Hong Kong’s flagship tech hub to get top mentors

Around 100 start-ups selected to join Hong Kong’s flagship border tech hub will undergo mentorship programmes ranging from five to eight years, backed by industry heavyweights, the operator has revealed. Vincent Ma, CEO of Loop Hong Kong Park Company, said in an interview on Thursday that the start-ups were chosen to join the Hong…

Health & Medicine

Blood test trend versus single threshold abnormality to discriminate cancer from non-cancer in patients with unexpected weight loss: A retrospective cohort study

by Brian D. Nicholson, Clare R. Bankhead, Sufen Zhu, Jason Lee Oke, Cynthia Wright Drakesmith, Rafael Perera, Frederick D. Richard Hobbs, Pradeep S. Virdee Background Unexpected weight loss (UWL) is a non-specific cancer symptom. Abnormalities in the most recent blood test contribute to cancer referral decisions in primary care.

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