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Vodafone has suffered another major outage. A telco expert explains what went wrong
The nationwide outage highlights problems with how the network is designed.
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Halving the fuel tax was a bad idea – and it shouldn’t be extended. There’s a fairer alternative
A more radical reform package would include a road user charge.
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Trump went to war against Iran and got a deal far worse than Obama
COMMENTARY: By Lim Tean Two days ago, I wrote an article and posted on FaceBook describing the US-Iran ceasefire as a surrender document. That article has since been viewed more than 4.5 million times, liked 56,000 times, and shared more than 11,000 times. The response confirmed what many already sensed but could not yet prove:
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Sovereign AI? Anthropic shutdown reveals Canada’s weakness
Canada is now investing billions to strengthen domestic AI capacity. But sovereignty is not simply about where the servers sit.
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Australia risks losing its ‘corporate brain’ if more high-value jobs keep being sent offshore
The effects won’t be immediately visible. But many of these jobs are entry points for young graduates and early-career professionals: our future business leaders.
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Heat waves increase wildfire risk – a new study explains how much, and it’s not a small number
Heat waves do more than dry out vegetation that can easily burn. They also play a role in lightning strikes, particularly dry lightning.
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Before banks, nuns lent money: how convents helped power medieval Vienna’s economy
Convent lending formed part of the everyday functioning of Vienna’s economy in the 15th century.
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Malawi’s education choices in the wake of aid cuts
USAID’s closure, while painful and damaging, might give rise to a new arrangement beyond aid.
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A safe AI strategy for Canadian youth should include age-associated risks
Research on generative AI use among youth pinpoints design features that pose age-specific risks, which must be addressed before we adopt genAI into our schools and homes.
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Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu have different war aims – can the Iran peace deal survive?
The search for peace in the Middle East is putting a strain on relations between the two leaders.
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Xenophobia in South Africa: state’s complicity with gangs and vigilantes is threatening its ability to govern
The only interventions capable of disrupting xenophobia are those that lower, or ideally eliminate, its political, economic and social benefits.
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Tyra Banks is suing Netflix for defamation. The odds are against her
Banks is taking Netflix to court over its docuseries Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model. But US defamation law sets a high bar for proof.