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Sport

I’d like Hundred to be longer – Salt

Yesterday at 23:57 PM, via BBC News

Welsh Fire captain Phil Salt says ideally he would like The Hundred to be a week longer after his side played three matches in five days.

Sport

Defender Walker ‘at ease’ with England retirement

Yesterday at 23:18 PM, via BBC News

Former England defender Kyle Walker says he is “at ease” with his decision to quit international football and hoped it could lead to an extended club career, similar to that enjoyed by James Milner.

Education

Ghana: NCCE Urges Students to Fight Corruption

Today at 01:57 AM, via AllAfrica

[Ghanaian Times] The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has urged student groups in Wa of the Upper West Region to promote accountability, uphold the rule of law and reject corruption.

Education

Star Scholar Jason Arday Resigns from Cambridge

Yesterday at 22:59 PM, via New York Times

Jason Arday was hired by the University of Cambridge in 2023 as the youngest Black professor in its history. Doubt has since been cast on his academic qualifications and claims about his life.

Education

Cambridge professor Jason Arday resigns amid accusations of plagiarism

Yesterday at 21:26 PM, via The Guardian

Sociology professor to stand down after university announces investigation into his qualifications and career

• Playbooks, plagiarism and a pig’s head: new claims surrounding a star Cambridge professor

Jason Arday, the Cambridge professor accused of plagiarism and embellishment, has resigned after the university announced he was to face a new investigation into his qualifications and...

Education

Cambridge announces investigation into professor accused of plagiarism

Yesterday at 21:04 PM, via The Guardian

University says it has ‘new information’ about academic career of Jason Arday, the youngest black professor in its history

Jason Arday, the Cambridge professor accused of plagiarism and embellishment, is to face investigation by the university after it said it received “new information” about his qualifications and career.

Cambridge initially defended Arday – the youngest black professor...

Entertainment

24 hours in pictures, 5 August 2026

Yesterday at 21:41 PM, via The Citizen

Through the lens: The Citizen’s Picture Editors select the best news photographs from South Africa and around the world.

Science/Tech

Waymo CEO Explains Why Camera-Only Self-Driving Falls Short

Today at 01:00 AM, via Slashdot

Longtime Slashdot reader AmiMoJo shares a report from Electrek: Waymo co-CEO Dmitri Dolgov laid out the clearest technical case yet for why cameras alone can’t take a self-driving system to full autonomy, arguing that “weak sensing” hits a safety ceiling long before it reaches superhuman performance. […] Dolgov made the comments in a talk at Y Combinator’s Startup School, walking through the...

Science/Tech

Welp, Nobody Saw SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Rocket Crash Into the Moon

Today at 00:40 AM, via Wired

Although no one captured a direct image of the impact, scientists have detected signals confirming the rocket hit the lunar surface. Orbiters could provide the first images of the crash site in the coming days.