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THURSDAY, 07 NOVEMBER 2024, 02:05

World

International Reaction to Trump’s Victory

Today at 01:23 AM, via NPR

Germany, China and Russia react to Donald Trump’s re-election to the U.S. presidency with cautious words of welcome— and sometimes, silence. NPR’s International Correspondents Rob Schmitz, John Ruwitch and Charles Maynes report.

Africa

Nigeria’s army chief dies age 56

Yesterday at 11:26 AM, via BBC News

President Bola Tinubu says he was a key figure in the military and pivotal to security operations.

Sport

A 3-4-3 and Gyokeres? How will Man United line up under Ruben Amorim?

Today at 01:48 AM, via BBC News

Match of the Day’s Theo Walcott, Stephen Warnock and Julien Laurens analyse how Ruben Amorim engineered Sporting’s 4-1 win over Manchester City, and what it could mean for Manchester United as the Portuguese coach is set to take over at Old Trafford.

Education

Phillipson to ask schools to end exam ‘tunnel vision’ and look to wellbeing

Today at 00:00 AM, via The Guardian

Exclusive: Education secretary to tell schools in England pupils need sense of belonging, as attendance declines

Top exam grades will not transform children into happy and healthy adults, the education secretary will say, calling on schools in England to replace a “tunnel vision” on academic success with wellbeing.

Speaking to school leaders in Birmingham on Thursday, Bridget Phillipson will...

Science/Tech

OpenAI Acquires Chat.com

Today at 01:30 AM, via Slashdot

OpenAI has acquired the chat.com domain name, likely for well over $10 million. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman posted a one-word tweet this morning, simply stating, “chat.com.” Domain Name Wire reports: The chat.com domain name has changed hands for the third time in two years. HubSpot founder Dharmesh Shah kicked off the buying last year, plunking down over $15.5 million for the domain name. He turned...

Science/Tech

Anthropic’s Haiku 3.5 Surprises Experts With an ‘Intelligence’ Price Increase

Today at 00:50 AM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: On Monday, Anthropic launched the latest version of its smallest AI model, Claude 3.5 Haiku, in a way that marks a departure from typical AI model pricing trends — the new model costs four times more to run than its predecessor. The reason for the price increase is causing some pushback in the AI community: more smarts, according to...