President Donald Trump announced Monday that he planned to nominate E.J. Antoni as the new commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Trump said in a Truth Social post that “E.J. will ensure that the Numbers released are HONEST and ACCURATE.” Antoni’s planned nomination comes after Trump fired former commissioner Erika McEntarfer hours after a…
Nvidia and AMD have reportedly agreed to give the U.S. government 15% of the revenue from the sale of their advanced AI chips to China. This comes as the Trump administration recently reversed a ban, allowing sales of chips like Nvidia’s H20 to resume. Read: Bandwidth Blog & Smile 90.4FM Tech Tuesday: iPad Pro and…
Clement Mzize scored twice in the first 20 minutes as co-hosts Tanzania beat Madagascar 2-1 on Saturday to complete a perfect Group B campaign and reach the TotalEnergies CAF African Nations Championship (CHAN) quarter-finals for the first time in their history.Mzize struck on 13 and 20 minutes–either side of a Mudathir Yahya effort that thudded…
The air around Nyayo National Stadium on Sunday evening will be thick with tension and hope in equal measure. Angola’s Palancas Negras and Zambia’s Chipolopolo find themselves in a high-stakes clash that could define their entire TotalEnergies African Nations Championship (CHAN) 2024 campaigns. For Angola, the equation is painfully simple — anything less than victory…
It’s the bilateral summit every European leader wants to be at. And for good reason. On Friday, Donald Trump is scheduled to meet Vladimir Putin in Alaska to discuss ending the war in Ukraine. Territorial concessions will likely be discussed, and Europe (not least Ukraine) doesn’t want its borders to be redrawn through force. But,…
The masterclass explored the impact of AI on journalism. IIE Rosebank College, a brand of the Independent Institution of Education, hosted a masterclass: “The future of journalism in the AI era and new opportunities”. The event brought together expert speakers to discuss the impact of AI on journalism and the opportunities that arise from it….
Imagine running a business for over a century without knowing what’s in your warehouse. That’s essentially what many African countries are doing with their mineral wealth. Governments across the continent still have very little knowledge of what lies beneath their soil. Between the 18th and 20th centuries, European colonial powers exploited African mineral wealth for…
The road to continental glory in the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup 2025/26 has officially begun following the Preliminary Round draw held at Azam Media Studios in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on Saturday. A total of 58 clubs from across Africa will compete in this year’s edition, with several blockbuster fixtures already lined up in the…
The remains of a British researcher who vanished in 1959 in Antarctica when he was 25 years old were discovered amid rocks near a receding glacier and identified using DNA analysis, the British Antarctic Survey said Monday. Dennis “Tink” Bell had been working as a meteorologist for the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, the predecessor of…
A Just Eat delivery rider cycles through Manchester, UK. Phil Noble/Reuters Technology investor Prosus gained EU antitrust approval on Monday for its €4.1-billion (R84-billion) bid for Just Eat Takeaway, after agreeing to sell down its stake in Delivery Hero. Amsterdam-headquartered Prosus, which is majority owned by Naspers, announced the deal in February, banking on its…
