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Obert Jiri brags Zimbabwe has so much wheat it must export it
Zimbabwe farmers smashed their wheat growing targets this winter season. The country expects to harvest 600,000 tonnes of wheat compared to 468,000 tonnes from last year. Professor Obert Jiri from the agriculture ministry announced the good news during a farm visit. Farmers planted over 122,142 hectares of wheat land when officials wanted 120,000 hectares. The extra production means Zimbabwe can start selling wheat to other countries. The nation needs 360,000 tonnes of wheat each year for its people. This bumper harvest will create a surplus of 240,000 tonnes sitting in storage facilities. Mazowe district performed best with farmers planting 16,000 hectares of wheat crops. Most farmers planted their wheat during May which gave the best...
Cops say traitors inside your bank are fueling every single heist
Police have cracked the code on cash heists across Zimbabwe. Nearly every major robbery connects back to employees who leak information to criminals. Commissioner Paul Nyathi revealed that workers either help criminals on purpose or accidentally give away secrets. The risk jumps when companies handle massive amounts of money. Banks, mines, and cash transport businesses face the biggest threats. Security firms hire the main culprits who betray their employers. These companies must run deeper background checks before hiring anyone. Workers at high-risk businesses need constant monitoring and regular job rotations. Anyone caught sharing sensitive details faces prison time. The temptation grows stronger when millions of dollars are at...
Chikurubi escape artist Elijah Vumbunu buys a farm with your cash
The Vumbunu brothers Abraham and Elijah lived like kings after stealing millions from Zimbabwe. Police caught them last Saturday at a fancy farm called Orange Farm in South Africa. These two men pulled off the biggest bank heist Zimbabwe has ever seen when they robbed Ecobank of four million dollars last October. Elijah ran the whole operation and made his money look legal through his trucking company. He bought expensive houses and lived in the best neighborhoods money could buy. Elijah sold some of his properties to purchase the South African farm where authorities finally tracked him down. The National Prosecuting Authority asked their South African partners to help catch these criminals. Police discovered the brothers had spent...
Highlanders CEO Denzel Mnkandla already dodging tough questions
Highlanders football club picked Denzel Mnkandla as their brand new chief executive officer. Chairman Kenneth Mhlophe made the announcement Tuesday evening after the team finished their search. The former FC Platinum administrator beat out two other people who wanted the job. Mnkandla studied at the National University of Science and Technology before landing this role. He will take over from Kindman Ndlovu who had been doing the job temporarily. Ndlovu stepped up when Brian Moyo left his position four months earlier. The club searched for weeks to find someone perfect for the demanding role. Nomvelo Mlotshwa and Nkululeko Ndlovu also tried to land the position but came up short. Mhlophe told reporters the team feels excited about...
So much for secrecy, Apple's iPhone 17 plans leak out of China
Apple keeps busy building seven brand new computer chips for future gadgets. Secret code from iOS 18 reveals what the tech giant plans for upcoming devices. Someone found early software on a Chinese video site that shows internal chip names. The leaked information tells us about processors coming to iPhones, MacBooks, and Apple Watches. These discoveries give fans a sneak peek at what Apple has cooking behind closed doors. The iPhone 17 Air will use a processor called A19 with the secret name Tilos. iPhone 17 Pro models will pack the more powerful A19 Pro chip that engineers call Thera. MacBook Pro laptops will receive M5 and M5 Pro processors with codenames Hidra and Sotra. Apple Watch Series 11 gets a new brain called Bora that...
Overwhelm ChatGPT with words and the genius AI just breaks down
Computer experts have discovered a sneaky new method to fool smart chatbots into breaking their rules. Teams from Intel and two universities worked together to expose this major security flaw. They published research showing how artificial intelligence systems can be tricked when people flood them with massive amounts of confusing data. The scientists call this attack method Information Overload because it overwhelms the computer brains. Popular chatbots like ChatGPT and Gemini have special safety systems that should stop dangerous requests. Researchers created an automated weapon called InfoFlood that exploits this weakness perfectly. The tool bombards AI systems with complex information until they become confused and helpless. Once...
The Alters sold 280k copies with secret, shoddy AI translations
Game makers at 11 Bit Studios celebrate after their new title The Alters sells 280,000 copies across gaming platforms. The company posted a heartfelt message on Steam thanking players for supporting their science fiction adventure. Studio workers said creating the game felt like a personal journey for the entire team. They expressed amazement at seeing fans connect with the main character Jan and his struggles. The developers hinted at future content coming for players who finish the story. Trouble started when gamers spotted weird computer-generated text hiding inside certain game scenes. Foreign language players noticed terrible translations for movies that the main character watches on his spaceship. These translations looked like...
War Thunder's Leviathan update demands a pricey new NVIDIA GPU
Gaijin Games just announced some major visual upgrades coming to their military combat game War Thunder. The company revealed their Leviathan update will bring Path Traced Global Illumination technology to players around the world. This fancy new lighting system will replace the older ray tracing features that have been part of the game for several years. The developers explained that this upgrade will make shadows and indoor lighting look much more realistic than before. Players can expect to see dramatic improvements when fighting battles inside buildings or valleys. The old lighting system had serious problems that frustrated many gamers during intense combat situations. Light would appear in places where it should never exist...
Elon Musk gives a thoughtful rebuttal to Wedbush's Dan Ives, shut up
Elon Musk just told a Wall Street analyst to shut up after the expert suggested Tesla should control how much time Musk spends working. Dan Ives from Wedbush Securities wants Tesla's board to tie Musk's pay package to actual hours spent at the company. The analyst also thinks Tesla should watch over Musk's political activities more closely. Ives has been one of Tesla's biggest supporters on Wall Street for years. He worries that Musk's attention keeps getting pulled away from running the car company. Tesla stock has crashed 20 percent this year as sales numbers keep disappointing investors. Musk's fights with President Trump have made things worse for the electric car maker. The CEO announced plans to start his very own political party...
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