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Ros Atkins on…unanswered Andrew questions

Today at 22:52 PM, via BBC News

The BBC’s Analysis Editor Ros Atkins looks at the questions around the way Buckingham Palace has responded to the various accusations against the King’s brother.

Business

Why youth unemployment is rising

Today at 21:47 PM, via BBC News

Unemployment in the UK rose to its highest rate in nearly five years at the end of 2025

Sport

Airee stars as Nepal chase down 170 to beat Scotland

Today at 20:41 PM, via BBC News

Scotland’s T20 World Cup campaign finishes on a low note as Nepal chase down 170 in a thrilling contest at the Wankhede Stadium to claim their first victory on this stage since 2014.

Education

US students and professors: tell us if the Epstein files have affected your university

Today at 20:34 PM, via The Guardian

Some universities and colleges have taken action involving faculty or affiliates named in the documents. We want to hear about what’s happening where you study or work

As fallout from the large release of documents connected to Jeffrey Epstein continues, a handful of US universities have taken action against faculty or affiliates named in the files.

At some campuses, professors have been placed...

Science/Tech

Microsoft’s AI Chief Says All White-Collar Desk Work Will Be Automated Within 18 Months

Today at 22:04 PM, via Slashdot

Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman expects “human-level performance on most, if not all professional tasks” from AI, and believes most work involving “sitting down at a computer” — accounting, legal, marketing, project management — will be fully automated within the next year or 18 months. He pointed to exponential growth in computational power and predicted that creating a new AI model will...

Science/Tech

Britain Lost 14,000 Pubs, a Quarter, in 13 Years

Today at 21:25 PM, via Slashdot

Britain has lost more than 14,000 pubs since 2009, a decline from roughly 54,000 registered public houses and bars to under 40,000 by 2022, according to a new analysis of UK business register data by data analyst Lauren Leek. The North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Midlands lost 25 to 30% of their stock; London saw the smallest decline. Leek trained a random forest model on 49,840 pubs...