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Alex Fink

Zuckerman vs Zuckerberg

July 14, 2024

Ethan Zuckerman is a professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a scholar of digital media. He and his team work to understand the contemporary digital world and build social media systems that are focused on communities, not on profits. Ethan is currently suing Meta (i.e. Facebook) in a landmark case that might (and likely should) change our interpretation of section 230. Please tune in to hear the details of the case and the various ways it could change the social media landscape. It's fascinating!

Prof. Jeff Jarvis - Rewriting Media's Business Model (Yet Again)

May 24, 2024

Jeff Jarvis is a journalism professor at the City College in New York (CUNY), the author of six books, and the cohost of the successful podcast "This week in Google and AI". Jeff spent many years teaching entrepreneurial journalism - and God knows journalism could use some entrepreneurial spirit, right about now. Please check out Jeff's books, The Gutenberg Parenthesis and Magazine, both from Bloomsbury (discount codes here: gutenbergparenthesis.com).

Donald Robertson - Where Philosophy Meets Psychology

June 22, 2024

Our guest today is Donald Robertson - Donald is a cognitive-behavioral psychotherapist and author of several books, including How to Think Like a Roman Emperor and, more recently, Marcus Aurelius: The Stoic Emperor. He is one of the founders of the Modern Stoicism nonprofit organization and the founder and president of the Plato's Academy Centre in Athens, Greece. He was born in Scotland but now lives in Montreal, Canada. His upcoming book, How to Think Like Socrates, will be released later this year, and can be preordered on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or anywhere else books are generally sold.

Rick Edmonds - Analyzing the Financial Decline of Legacy Media

July 8, 2024

Rick Edmonds is the media business analyst for the Poynter Institute, a school and study center for working journalists. He has been doing research and writing for 25 years on the financial decline of legacy media, newspapers particularly, and the rise of new media alternatives. His reporting and commentary appear regularly on the Poynter Online site. He has spoken to conference groups in the U.S.A. and in Paris, Norway, Madrid, Vienna and Chile.

Jonathan Green - How To Make ChatGPT and Other Tools Useful (Right Now)

July 5, 2024

Welcome to the Otherweb. Our guest today is Jonathan Green - a bestselling author of hundreds of books, a celebrity ghostwriter, and an expert in using artificial intelligence tools to their utmost capacity. This is the best conversation I've had on the practical implications of ChatGPT and how regular people can augment their own capabilities by using these tools as a shortcut.

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News from South Africa

Stay current with all the latest and breaking news about South Africa, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 102 stories have been published about South Africa which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.

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BBC

BBC

South Africa's 'high priest' Ray McCauley dies aged 75

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Telegraph

Telegraph

England Women vs South Africa Women, live updates from T20 World Cup

Telegraph

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BBC

BBC

Lusikisiki Massacre: Police Minister Senzo Mchunu says three suspects arrested

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Live Science

Live Science

Ancient DNA from South Africa rock shelter reveals the same human population stayed there for 9,000 years

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IFLScience

IFLScience

2-billion-year-old rock unearthed in South Africa is home to microbes that are still alive and thriving

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Technology Networks

Technology Networks

Researchers find living microbes in 2-billion-year-old rock in South Africa

Technology Networks

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Fact Check

Fact Check

Viral video showing thwarted hijacking recorded in Barbados, not South Africa

Fact Check

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ABC News

ABC News

No arrests in South Africa mass shootings as death toll rises to 18

ABC News

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TopSpeed

TopSpeed

How the Ford Ranger PHEV stacks up in the mid-size pickup truck segment

TopSpeed

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BBC

BBC

South Africa 48-7 Argentina: Springboks win first Rugby Championship since 2019

BBC

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Telegraph

Telegraph

South Africa v Argentina live: Score and latest updates from the Rugby Championship

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ABC News

ABC News

17 people have been killed in 2 mass shootings in the same town in South Africa

ABC News

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HowStuffWorks

HowStuffWorks

9 Adder Snake Species That Pack a Nasty Bite

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windsorstar

windsorstar

Brown-John: Windsor rededicates memorial to 'forgotten' Boer War

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Telegraph

Telegraph

South Africa Autumn Internationals 2024: Fixtures, how to watch on TV and our match predictions

Telegraph

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Interesting Engineering

Interesting Engineering

10,000-year-old human DNA, oldest ever in South Africa, decoded

Interesting Engineering

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ABC News

ABC News

Late snowstorms batter South Africa's coast and leave 2 people dead

ABC News

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ABC News

ABC News

American hiker found dead on South Africa's Table Mountain

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ABC News

ABC News

The number of rhinos is slightly up but poaching has increased too

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Telegraph

Telegraph

Argentina v South Africa, live: Score and latest updates from the Rugby Championship

Telegraph

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