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Samsung’s $650 Galaxy S24 FE offers newer AI features at a lower price than the standard $800 Galaxy S24. The phone was revealed Thursday during a launch event at the company’s Samsung 837 store in New York. It will be available to order on Oct. 3. The phone includes many of the features found on earlier Galaxy S24 phones, including Galaxy AI features such as Live Translation, Circle to Search, Generative Edit for removing unwanted objects from photos and Note Assist for formatting, translating and summarizing notes. It’ll come with seven years of software updates along with security updates like the S24,…
London-based HSBC’s Asia pivot continues with the latest exit from its South Africa business. HSBC has reached an agreement to transfer the business of its South Africa branch to FirstRand Bank (FRB), according to a statement. The deal includes the transfer of the branch’s clients, banking assets, liabilities and employees. The transaction is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2025, subject to regulatory and governmental approvals. No financial details about the deal were provided. The British lender’s current international wholesale banking clients will continue to have connectivity through HSBC channels for their accounts in South Africa once…
A groundbreaking cultural exchange program, featuring the collaboration between South African and Brazilian gumboot dance artists, has taken the academic community by storm. The programme, which commenced on July 29 at Pretoria Boys High School, aims to provide students with a comprehensive understanding and mastery of this unique dance form. Read more: Celebrating African culture through food, song and dance at Auckland Park Prep The workshops, led by renowned South African gumboot dancer Phinda-Mzala, and her Brazilian counterpart, Samira, offer students a unique opportunity to delve into the fundamental skills of gumboot dance. Managing director of the programme David Mahlaba stated…
Britain, France, Germany, the European Union and United States initially pledged $8.5 billion at COP26 climate talks in 2021. That figure – all but a fraction of it in the form of concessional loans – grew last year, as Denmark, Canada, Spain, the Netherlands and Switzerland joined the initiative. Owing to its complexity, the number of donors involved and South Africa’s internal politics, the climate programme has been moving more slowly than planned, and South Africa has told donors it will not meet its 2030 emissions-reduction targets. This article was originally published by a www.cnbcafrica.com . Read the Original article here. .
Results from a preclinical study in mice, led by EPFL, and a collaborative clinical study in patients show that the type 2 immune response – associated with parasitic infection and thought to play a negative role in cancer immunity – is positively correlated with long-term cancer remission. In 2012, 7-year-old Emily Whitehead became the first pediatric patient to receive pioneering chimeric antigen receptor (CAR-T) therapy to fight the recurrence of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Twelve years later, Emily is in remission and a student at the University of Pennsylvania, where the therapy was developed. But for many others, the fight…
RB team principal Laurent Mekies has paid tribute to the ‘special’ Daniel Ricciardo after he was dismissed from the F1 team in favour of Liam Lawson.Ricciardo’s grand prix career appears over after RB elected to drop the veteran in favour of New Zealander Lawson who will drive the final six rounds of the season, starting with the United States Grand Prix in Austin in October. Lawson will partner Yuki Tsunoda, paving the way for the New Zealander to be a prime contender for the main Red Bull seat for next year should the team opt to ditch Sergio Perez. Reflecting on Ricciardo’s…
Catherine Zeta-Jones’ birthday ‘gift ’ for Michael DouglasCatherine Zeta-Jones had a pretty risqué birthday present up her sleeve, for her husband of 25 years, Michael Douglas, after “running out of gift ideas”.The 55-year-old actress shared a raunchy snap of herself on Wednesday, Sept. 25, taking to her Instagram account as a birthday gift for her husband, who just turned 80. “In my birthday suit,” she wrote in the caption of the post. “After over 25 years of sharing my birthday day with my husband, I am running out of gift ideas!”Zeta-Jones further shared that her choice of surprise was “gift…
Pakistan said Thursday it would have to go through “transitional pain” after the International Monetary Fund agreed to a new relief package of $7 billion to bolster its faltering economy. .Pakistan said it would have to go through “transitional pain” after the IMF agreed to a new relief package of $7 billion (Photo by Amna YASEEN / AFP)(AFP) Although the South Asian nation’s economy has stabilised since it came close to defaulting last summer, it is dependent on IMF bailouts and loans from friendly countries to service its huge debt, which swallows up half of its annual revenues. Also Read:…
Political polariztion has recently become more personal than ideological. Psychology Today This article was originally published by a www.psychologytoday.com . Read the Original article here. .
DUBAI, 27 September 2024: Emirates is adding a fourth daily flight on the in-demand route to bring even more choice, connectivity, and premium travel options to Johannesburg. This follows the announcement of the second daily A380 between Dubai and Johannesburg, launched on 1 September. This reaffirms South Africa’s importance to the airline’s extensive global network. The fourth daily service will begin on 1 March 2025 and will be operated on a three-class Boeing 777-300ER. It will offer an additional 708 seats in and out of South Africa’s largest and busiest international airport every day, broadening options for leisure and business…