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• Benue partners Cisco to train, certify 23,000 youths in digital skills January 17, 2026 3:25 am The Sun Nigeria By Chinenye Anuforo Benue State has signed a major digital skills training partnership with the Cisco Networking Academy, aimed at training and certifying 23,000 youths across the state, in a move designed to accelerate its digital transformation and youth …
• Academic Mafunga opens elite school in Marondera January 17, 2026 3:09 am Zimbabwe Independent Mafunga said the Marondera school is unique as it has STEM [Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics] programmes for female learners. RENOWNED academic and economist Maria Mafunga, popularly known as Dr Mafunga, has opened an elite boarding school …
• White House Insists Trump Is ‘Joking’ About Canceling Midterm Elections January 17, 2026 3:07 am TIME Magazine So far in 2026, President Donald Trump has suggested canceling the upcoming midterm elections not once, but twice. His most recent floating of the idea came in an interview with Reuters, during which he discussed concerns that the Republicans could lose …
• Chinese EVs are coming to Canada. How soon will they be here? How much will they cost? January 17, 2026 2:31 am CBC/Radio-Canada Buckle up! The electric vehicle market in this country is about to take a sharp turn. Prime Minister Mark Carney is reopening Canada to Chinese-made EVs, lowering a 100 per cent tariff on imports, imposed in 2024, back to six per cent. There's demand …
• AFCON final tickets in Morocco fuel black-market surge despite security measures January 17, 2026 2:30 am Hespress Despite heightened security around stadiums, tickets for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations final in Morocco continue to circulate on the black market at prices dozens of times higher than face value, highlighting organizational and technical shortcomings …
• Law Firms Earns Coal Right Before Christmas — See Also January 17, 2026 2:26 am Above the Law Leave The Trick Or Treating For Halloween: Firm tries to teach the importance of cybersecurity by tricking their associates. Florida Newest State To Break From ABA: Only 48 states remain under the weight of the ABA's unenforced diversity requirements. …
• python3.12 High CVE-2025-12084 DoS Fix FEDORA-2026-8e0e785a72 January 17, 2026 2:02 am Linux Security Python 3.12 is an accessible, high-level, dynamically typed, interpreted programming language, designed with an emphasis on code readability. It includes an extensive standard library, and has a vast ecosystem of third-party libraries. The python3.12 …
• Meta to stop selling Quest headsets to businesses, discontinue multiple VR features January 17, 2026 2:00 am SiliconANGLE Meta Platforms Inc. will stop selling its Quest virtual reality headsets to business customers and discontinue a number of software services that run on the devices. The company announced the move on Thursday. The decision is not unexpected: Earlier this …
• US Firm Wins $18m Cybersecurity Contract in Iraq January 17, 2026 1:59 am Iraq Business News By John Lee. US-based NIC4 Inc. [Network Innovations] has been awarded a $18,818,923 firm-fixed-price contract to provide cybersecurity hardware, general purpose automatic data processing equipment, cybersecurity installation and integration, extended …
• Exclusive! Autonomous Defence: Securing Singapore’s Hybrid Networks with AI Intelligence January 17, 2026 1:33 am OpenGov Asia As organisations in Singapore accelerate digital transformation, hybrid cloud and on-premise infrastructures have become the backbone of mission-critical operations. While this interconnected environment enables agility and scale, it also introduces …
• Malaysia: Smart Innovations Strengthen Regional Digital Leadership January 17, 2026 1:33 am OpenGov Asia Malaysia’s standing in Southeast Asia’s digital landscape has been bolstered via a series of achievements in technology that highlight the country’s maturing innovation ecosystem, particularly in health, industrial computing and immersive digital …
• Former CISA Director Jen Easterly Joins RSA Conference as CEO January 17, 2026 1:33 am Executive Gov RSA Conference has named Jen Easterly, former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and a three-time Wash100 winner, as its new CEO. What Are Jen Easterly’s Responsibilities as RSAC CEO? RSAC said Wednesday that Easterly will …
• Hong Kong: International Standards to Drive Emerging Tech Adoption January 17, 2026 1:33 am OpenGov Asia The Hong Kong Productivity Council and the British Standards Institution Hong Kong have formalised a strategic partnership via a Memorandum of Understanding that aims to enable a coordinated push to embed international technical standards into local and …
• ASEAN Strengthens Digital Cooperation with Hanoi Declaration January 17, 2026 1:33 am OpenGov Asia The 6th ASEAN Digital Ministers’ Meeting (ADGMIN) in Hanoi concluded with the adoption of the Hanoi Declaration on digital cooperation, reaffirming the bloc’s commitment to building an inclusive, resilient and innovative digital community. The declaration …
• Singapore: Advancing ASEAN Digital Security and Resilience January 17, 2026 1:33 am OpenGov Asia Singapore has taken a leading role in strengthening regional digital security and infrastructure resilience, unveiling two key cooperation frameworks endorsed at the 6th ASEAN Digital Ministers’ Meeting (ADGMIN) in Hanoi, Vietnam. The initiatives aim to …