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Magwizi on home game blues and a new stadium plan
Nqobile Magwizi, the Zifa president, almost said today that it always hurts when the Warriors play home games in another country. The Warriors will face Benin in a Group C World Cup qualifier on Thursday at Moses Mabidha Stadium in South Africa. The local players are already in Durban. Michael Nees' team should have their first full practice on Tuesday when most of the foreign players arrive. Magwizi talked to Harare Mayor Jacob Mafume. The mayor promised to give 40 hectares in HighGlen to build a stadium. Zifa will also receive a sports club for the Mighty Warriors. Rufaro and Gwanzura stadiums will be fixed up. "You have shown us amazing kindness," Magwizi told Mayor Mafume. "Having the right buildings is one of our most important...
Zanu PF Masvingo gets its own pad for big meets
Zanu PF Masvingo has gathered the materials needed to build its provincial headquarters. Dr Paul Tungwarara, the Special Presidential Investment Advisor to the United Arab Emirates, gave them 50,000 bricks and 600 bags of cement. The offices will be built in the Clovelly area on the west side of Masvingo City. Minister Cde Ezra Chadzamira spoke for Dr Tungwarara. He said Zanu PF will finally have a permanent home in the province. Minister Chadzamira believes the project will be finished by December this year. Cde Rabson Mavhenyengwa is the Zanu PF Masvingo provincial chair. He explained that they would also build a conference center that could hold 10,000 people. "We will have a place for our inter-district meetings," he said. "And...
Mnangagwa chats with Tanzanian minister in Harare
President Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe meets with Ambassador Thabit Mahmoud Kombo at State House in Harare. Ambassador Kombo is the Tanzanian Foreign Affairs and East Africa Cooperation Minister. He came to Zimbabwe as a special envoy for Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan. Ambassador Kombo will give President Mnangagwa a message from President Hassan. Right now, President Mnangagwa is the Chairperson of Sadc, a group of countries in Southern Africa that work together. President Hassan is also an important leader in Sadc. She is the chairperson for the Organ of Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation. This part of Sadc focuses on keeping peace and security in the region. President Mnangagwa and Ambassador Kombo are discussing ways...
Leica Cine Play 1 makes portable 4K projection a breeze
Leica has launched the Cine Play 1. It's a DLP laser projector you can take anywhere. The projector gives you clear 4K images. It measures 242 x 261 x 229 mm and weighs 6.7 kg. The Cine Play 1 takes Full HD (1920 x 1080 pixels) and turns it into 4K UHD. It does this with a special upscaling process. The refresh rate is 120 Hz at Full HD. There's less than 12 ms of input lag. That means smooth images, even when things move fast. It works with many HDR formats like Dolby Vision, HDR10+, and HLG. The Cine Play 1 is really bright at 3000 lumens. You can project from 65 to 300 inches. The contrast ratio is 1500:1. It has colors that are better than the Rec. 2020 standard. They're accurate and vibrant. The projector runs on VIDAA OS version...
ASUS NUC 15 Pro plus mini host packs power in small form
ASUS has launched the NUC 15 Pro+ mini host. It uses an Intel Core Ultra 9 285H processor. The price is about $1,014. The mini host comes in a nice silver color. It measures 144×112×42 millimeters. The cooling system works really well. It has a 70mm turbofan, three 8mm heat pipes, and a dual-fin cooling module. The air comes out from both the left and right sides. This keeps the system cool when you're doing a lot of work. It's great for people who want high performance in a small package. The mini host has two DDR5 SO-DIMM memory slots. They can handle speeds up to 6400 MT/s. That's perfect for multitasking and heavy computing. You also get two M.2 slots for storage. One is a 2280 slot that uses PCIe 5.0×4. The other is a 2242 slot...
Eco friendly Pi bench that works like a charm
The BC1 Pi Open Benchtable is made with the environment in mind. The team has changed how they make it to waste less and use as little material as possible. They still make sure it is protected when shipped. You can buy it in black or silver for about $40 US dollars. People could start pre-ordering on March 14, 2025. The benchtables will start shipping on April 15, 2025. The BC1 Pi Open Benchtable works well with many single-board computers, including those like the Raspberry Pi 5. It has standard mounting holes, so you can put it together without any tools. This makes it easy for experts to set up and change the system quickly. The aluminum frame is made carefully to keep it stable, which is important for testing electronics...
NVIDIA DLSS 4 AI tech makes gaming look smoother
NVIDIA has been working hard on something called DLSS 4. This technology uses AI to make video games look better in real-time. The researchers found a new way to do this by using transformer models instead of the old CNN approach. This change helps DLSS 4 capture more details in both space and time. Thanks to this improvement, DLSS 4 can make ray-traced effects in games look 30 to 50 percent better. It also has a cool feature called Multi-Frame Generation. This creates three extra frames for every one the game makes. The result is much smoother visuals. DLSS 4 works really well with NVIDIA's latest Blackwell architecture. It uses special tools like FP8 tensor cores and fused CUDA kernels to handle the bigger size of transformer...
Manager caught betting away company cash
William Gonese, a 28-year-old shift manager at Bakers Inn, has been sentenced to 10 months in prison. During a single night shift, he stole US$3,420 from his workplace and used it to gamble online on the Aviator platform. When William appeared before Harare Magistrate Ms Lynne Chinzou, he admitted to the theft charges. At first, the magistrate sentenced him to 30 months in prison. However, she suspended 12 months of the sentence for five years if William behaved well. She also suspended another eight months of the sentence if William paid back the money he stole. In the end, William will spend 10 months in prison. The court learned that William took the money from the company safe. He used it for online betting and planned to return...
Zimbabwe's Betting Boom - Big Wins and Big Risks
Betting has exploded across Zimbabwe, totally changing how people make money and spend their free time. What used to be something only a few people did has turned into a nationwide craze that attracts thousands every day. Technology kicked things into high gear. People can slam down bets anywhere using their phones, making the whole experience super easy and quick. The betting world has exploded into a massive cash machine, with football sitting at the top of everyone's favorite sport to gamble on. Mobile apps changed the game completely. Punters can place wagers from their couch, at work, or waiting in line. A wild new game called Aviator or Kandege has people going crazy. Unlike traditional sports betting, this game is all about...

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