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01ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OP-ED: Forget future existential threats — AI is automating gendered violence and misogyny right now 02LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026: What happens after the vote? Councils, coalitions and (maybe) controversies 03Dwindling support: On the U.S. and the Cuban embargo 04How the AI 'cow-gorithm' is helping this dairy couple get the job done 05Israeli President Isaac Herzog calls for calm ahead of election mediations 06Crew from Nasa's simulated Mars mission emerges after 378 days in isolation 07Bulgarian acting president Iliana Iotova wins run-off election, exit polls show 08Arsenal go top after narrow win at Liverpool01ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OP-ED: Forget future existential threats — AI is automating gendered violence and misogyny right now 02LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026: What happens after the vote? Councils, coalitions and (maybe) controversies 03Dwindling support: On the U.S. and the Cuban embargo 04How the AI 'cow-gorithm' is helping this dairy couple get the job done 05Israeli President Isaac Herzog calls for calm ahead of election mediations 06Crew from Nasa's simulated Mars mission emerges after 378 days in isolation 07Bulgarian acting president Iliana Iotova wins run-off election, exit polls show 08Arsenal go top after narrow win at Liverpool

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BUSINESS REFLECTION: Crossed Wires: The internet’s technical debt is due, and we can’t pay

Steven Boykey Sidley · Daily Maverick

Published 2 Nov 2026, 7:12 am·just now·1 min read

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From hospital equipment to bank mainframes, outdated technology is leaving critical infrastructure exposed as AI lowers the barriers to cybercrime.

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