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South Africa's air traffic control outfit just told travelers their systems are locked in for the holiday crush after some gnarly delays earlier this year when outdated instrument flight procedures left planes sitting on tarmacs at spots like OR Tambo International. ATNS spokesperson Mphilo...

The Sharks grabbed a scrappy win against the Saracens at Kings Park Stadium in Durban under interim coach JP Pietersen, pulling off a 28-23 result despite rain turning the pitch into a slip-and-slide. Siya Kolisi punched in an early try before flyhalf George Whitehead nailed four conversions...

Laptop makers are getting absolutely wrecked by memory shortages, and some research firm says the industry might start pushing 8-gigabyte configurations as the new normal to keep supply chains from completely falling apart. Dell has apparently been tacking on hundreds of extra dollars for...

Google's Tensor G6 chip is apparently stealing some moves from MediaTek's Dimensity 9500 after getting completely dunked on in benchmark tests. The upcoming processor will ditch one efficiency core for an extra performance core while switching to brand-new ARM Cortex-X930 and Cortex-A730 designs...

ASUS quietly dropped another RTX 5060 Ti variant called the EVO edition that shaves off some bulk compared to the regular Dual model. The card switched from a 2.5-slot to a 2.1-slot design, making it about 12 millimeters thinner and 4 millimeters shorter in length. The power connector got moved...

AMD board partners just dropped their custom versions of the RDNA 4 professional cards with completely passive cooling setups, and the designs are pretty bare-bones across the board. PowerColor went with a plain black shroud on its Radeon AI PRO R9700S that does not even have branding, while...

Apple might switch up how it packages the chips inside next year's iPhone 18 lineup by moving from InFO to WMCM tech, and some Weibo leaker says this could actually help with heat management way more than people realize. The new packaging splits the CPU, GPU, and NPU into separate dies instead...

SK hynix basically told reporters the DRAM shortage situation is absolutely cooked right now, and the company is dumping billions into new production facilities to try keeping up with demand that keeps spiking harder than anyone predicted. The Korean chipmaker opened its M15X fab early after...

Samsung Foundry is apparently trying to lock down AMD as a customer for its 2nm chip production, and the two companies might finalize a deal around the start of next year after testing whether the process can actually hit the performance targets AMD needs. The Korean chipmaker has been losing...

Apple is about to get absolutely wrecked by DRAM price increases when its long-term supply agreements with Samsung and SK Hynix run out, and some leaker on X is telling people to buy their gadgets before manufacturers start charging wild premiums. The memory shortage has gotten bad enough that...

Tanzania and Russia just leveled up their relationship from cold war nostalgia vibes to actual business deals, with Russian Ambassador Andrey Avetisyan pointing out how the countries set up a whole Intergovernmental Commission back in 2022 that's been meeting regularly in Dar es Salaam and St...

The Hadzabe people around Lake Eyasi have this wild marriage tradition where dudes have to hunt specific animals before they can even think about proposing. A guy needs to take down two male baboons, one zebra, one eland, and bring back two containers of honey just to get his foot in the door...

Tanzania's Public Service Social Security Fund just got crowned best in class for putting together clean financial statements, and the National Board of Accountants handed out the trophy for the social security category. The Drug Control and Enforcement Authority scored first place under...

Zanzibar just scooped up the Africa's Best Corporate Retreat Destination Award at the World Travel Awards, beating out Kenya, South Africa, Morocco, and Botswana. Deputy Minister Hamad Hassan Chande handed the trophy to President Hussein Mwinyi after the ceremony took down in Bahrain. This marks...

Dodoma Regional Commissioner Rosemary Senyamule gave props to the disaster management crew for getting their act together before the rainy season hits. She mentioned that last year, the region got wrecked by flash floods after just one heavy downpour, so everyone's trying to avoid a repeat...

Tanga Port in Tanzania just got its first-ever batch of tarmac shipped straight from Iran, and port officials are calling it a pretty big deal for the facility's growing reputation on the Indian Ocean. The Iranian cargo, which is headed to Malawi, came in six containers holding 660 drums and...

Tanzania hit its 64th independence anniversary, and officials told citizens to keep leaning on the unity framework that Julius Nyerere built because it has carried the country through army mutinies, economic collapse, and regional wars. Information Minister Palamagamba Kabudi said Nyerere pushed...

Ruto told elected officials to quit the constant campaign mode and actually do their jobs instead of running around being divisive, and he said the whole first-world economy vision gets mocked by people who have been in power forever without even getting pavement to their own houses. The...

EPRA locked fuel prices at the same levels through mid-January, which means Nairobi drivers keep paying Sh184.52 per liter for petrol even though the imported cost dropped over four percent. Diesel stays at Sh171.47 while kerosene sits at Sh154.78, and Mombasa gets everything cheaper because the...

Former Lugari MP Cyrus Jirongo died after his car hit a passenger bus on the Nairobi-Nakuru Highway, and his family is completely wrecked over losing someone they called their rock. Relatives gathered at his home, where people were crying and trying to process how their 64-year-old family leader...