Time Magazine crowned a bunch of tech executives as their Person of the Year for basically building the AI revolution that took over everything in 2025. The list featured Nvidia boss Jensen Huang, OpenAI head Sam Altman, Elon Musk from xAI, plus leaders from Softbank, Baidu, Meta, AMD, DeepMind, Anthropic, and Stanford researcher Fei-Fei Li, who all shaped how artificial intelligence became impossible to ignore across industries and daily life.
Editor-in-chief Sam Jacobs said these people had more impact than anyone else this year because whatever problem came up, AI ended up being the solution everybody reached for. The magazine designed two covers showing the executives either sitting on a steel beam like that famous construction...
Pooh Shiesty told XXL he studied Gucci Mane's whole post-prison glow-up while locked up himself, and the Memphis rapper said watching his mentor get healthy plus stay disciplined gave him a roadmap for bouncing back. Gucci dropped some real talk on him early about experiencing heavy stuff at 20 that most people don't see until way later in life, and Shiesty said that perspective stuck with him through his bid.
The guy pleaded guilty to gun and drug trafficking charges back in 2022, got hit with over five years of federal time, but walked out early in October, ready to apply everything he absorbed. He mentioned Gucci's fitness transformation and mental health work became his template for how to rebuild without losing the edge, and the...
Sungura legend Nicholas Zakaria got buried at Chavhakaira Village in Chiweshe following Islamic funeral practices, and the whole thing blew up online after people saw videos of him getting laid to rest wrapped in a white cloth instead of staying in the casket. The 68-year-old musician died after dealing with diabetes, high blood pressure, and leg problems that had plagued him for years.
Social media went wild because everyone assumed the guy followed apostolic traditions based on his Madzibaba stage name, but his family went with Muslim rites instead. Comments ranged from straight-up confusion about why he used that name if he practiced Islam to people defending the family's right to honor his actual beliefs over his public persona...
City Parking dropped an update about their Automatic Number Plate Recognition cameras after people freaked out online, and the company clarified that the tech just logs cars sitting without payment instead of actually handing out tickets. The system works like a digital parking attendant that records vehicles, but human Assistant Inspectors handle all the actual enforcement stuff like fines and wheel clamps.
Drivers get 15 minutes after getting logged to pay up before anyone can even think about clamping them, and anyone with valid tickets gets another 30-minute buffer past expiration. The company called out motorists who mess with their license plates to dodge detection, saying that behavior breaks national rules and they're looping...
DJ Tira just dropped that he's done hosting FACT Durban Rocks after running the New Year's Eve festival for 14 years, and the trademark's going up for sale in January for anyone who wants to keep it alive. The final event under his crew happens on New Year's Eve from 2 pm to 2 am, which will be the 30th FACT show since the whole thing started.
Tira thanked everyone who stuck with the brand through COVID when they had to pivot to outdoor broadcasts and picnic setups instead of the usual massive parties. He shouted out sponsors like SAB and Schweppes, plus the city of Durban, for backing the festival through all those years, and he mentioned how they always tried addressing complaints about closing times by offering safe rides home and...
ZIFA threatened to drag people to court after secretariat staff got hammered with death threats and harassment over Marshall Munetsi getting left off the AFCON roster. The association made it clear that admin workers have zero say in who makes the squad, and they called out how official Kudzai Chitima keeps catching heat online for stuff completely outside his job description, like player passports and team picks.
The football body condemned all the hate mail flying around, and they warned that crossing from regular criticism into actual threats means law enforcement might get involved. They want fans to chill out during these emotional moments around national team announcements instead of going after people who literally just handle...
Councillor Denford Ngadziore crushed the competition to become the new ZIFA Northern Region Area Zones boss after Moses Chikoti stepped down following 25 years running things. The election took down at Harare International Conference Centre, and Ngadziore beat out three other people who wanted the job overseeing 400 clubs across Greater Harare, Mvurwi, Guruve, Norton, and Lions Den.
The new guy already laid out his plans to scout talent from the ground up and check out all the football pitches in the region to figure out what needs fixing. He wants to make sure people with disabilities can get involved in the sport, and ZIFA backed his vision for the role.
Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority dropped stats showing that 13 people died from animal encounters across Matabeleland between January and November, with nine fatalities happening in the northern province and four down south. Matabeleland North also logged 10 injuries while the southern region had zero, and ZimParks crews handled all 261 reported incidents across both areas. Acting public relations manager Tamirirashe Mudzingwa said climate change plus population growth kept forcing humans and animals closer together around Hwange, Victoria Falls, Binga, Tsholotsho, Lupane, Mabale, Gwayi, and Jambezi.
Elephants, lions, buffalo, crocodiles, and hippos caused most problems, and risky fishing practices, plus nighttime...
Australian outfit Ariana Resources dropped some updates about their Dokwe gold project over in Tsholotsho, and the drilling campaign has hit the halfway point with 2,411 meters done out of a planned 4,000-meter run. Managing director Kerim Sener mentioned the geological models they had before starting matched up with what they found underground, and the team spotted strong silicification plus some shearing patterns around the Dokwe Central structure that got them hyped about expanding the resource estimate.
The company sent 880 samples to Antech Laboratory for testing, and they used portable X-ray fluorescence tech onsite to get quick readings while drilling continued. Sener said they might tack on extra drill holes based on what the...
