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Trump says Islamic State ‘second in command’ killed by US and Nigerian forces

US president calls Abu-Bilal al-Minuki ‘most active terrorist in the world’ and says he was eliminated in ‘very complex mission’Donald Trump has said US and Nig...

US hantavirus case was false positive; outbreak cases drop from 11 to 10

In a press briefing Friday, officials for the World Health Organization announced that the case count of the hantavirus outbreak on the cruise ship MV Hondius i...

Solar power production undercut by coal pollution

Coal is by far the most polluting fuel that we use. It produces the most carbon emissions per unit of energy, and impurities in the coal produce a lot of sulfur...

Ebola outbreak with uncommon strain erupts in Congo and Uganda; 65 deaths

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday confirmed an Ebola outbreak in the Northeastern Ituri province of the Democratic Republic of the...

Ebola outbreak kills 65 people in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Uganda also reports outbreak and health officials say cases were caused by Bundibugyo strain of virusAn outbreak of Ebola has killed 65 people in the Democratic...

Making cement from a different type of rock could clean up emissions

Cement production alone currently accounts for about 8 percent of global CO2 emissions, so considerable effort is going into lowering that number. Efficiency ca...

Saudi Arabia is tokenizing its multi-trillion dollar economy to protect its wealth from global shock...

Africa has seen oil shocks before. Why 2026 could be the turning point for clean energy

Africa has been here before. Oil climbs above $100, import bills balloon, Finance ministers across the continent convene emergency sessions, and somewhere in a...

Samsung phones that lost software support in May 2026

Table of contents How Samsung’s update system works The three phones that lost support Quick specs comparison What losing software support means for your...

AGL taps REasy to launch China-Cameroon shipping service for SMEs

The Cameroonian arm of Africa Global Logistics (AGL), the logistics giant that operates port, rail, maritime, and freight services, has partnered with REasy, a...

👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – Jumia plans job cuts

In partnership with Lire en Français اقرأ هذا باللغة العربية TGIF. Few phrases travel further at African business summits than “shared ownership.” A...

Picturing Earth in a New Light

Earth Observatory Science Earth Observatory Picturing Earth in a New Light Earth Earth Observatory Image of the Day EO Explorer Topics All Topics Atmosphere Lan...

GitHub availability report: April 2026

In April, we experienced 10 incidents that resulted in degraded performance across GitHub services. To increase transparency, at the end of April, we released a...

Fresh Food Delivery for Space Station

You’re allowed to play with your food when you’re on the International Space Station!NASA/Chris Williams NASA astronauts Jack Hathaway (bottom left)...

Ice Moves Out of Aniak

Earth Observatory Science Earth Observatory Ice Moves Out of Aniak Earth Earth Observatory Image of the Day EO Explorer Topics All Topics Atmosphere Land Heat &...

Dungeons & Desktops: Building a procedurally generated roguelike with GitHub Copilot CLI

I got nerd-sniped into the GitHub Copilot CLI Challenge and made a questionable decision: I turned my codebase into a roguelike dungeon. It started with a simpl...

Why age assurance laws matter for developers

Policymakers around the world are advancing age assurance proposals to protect children and teens online. Some approaches restrict minors’ access to certa...

How researchers are using GitHub Innovation Graph data to reveal the “digital complexity” of nations

One of our goals for the GitHub Innovation Graph was to facilitate research on the economic impact of open source software and developer collaboration. In a pap...