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South Africa

Tanzania beat Banyana Banyana in WAFCON opener

Today at 21:32 PM, via SAnews

Tanzania beat Banyana Banyana in WAFCON opener

Banyana Banyana put up a fierce fight against Tanzania in their CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) Group B opener but suffered a 2-1 defeat at the Moulay Rachid Stadium in Casablanca, Morocco, on Monday evening.

Despite the setback, Banyana Banyana still have two group matches to revive their campaign.

They will face Ivory Coast...

Sport

Wiffen finishes fourth in tough 800m final

Today at 21:54 PM, via BBC News

Olympic champion Daniel Wiffen agonisingly misses out on a bronze medal in a tough 800m freestyle final as he finishes fourth at the Tollcross Swimming Centre.

Sport

Brave hold on to beat MI London in thrilling finale

Today at 20:02 PM, via BBC News

Lauren Bell restricts MI London to six runs in the final over to give Southern Brave a nervy one-run victory in the 2026 Women’s Hundred at the Utilita Bowl in Southampton.

Education

New York school district halts plan to use humanoid robot amid backlash

Today at 19:03 PM, via The Guardian

Salamanca City Central says it is pausing project with Realbotix as it addresses concerns including data privacy

A New York school district has walked back plans to introduce a humanoid robot at its high school after the proposal sparked backlash from educators and community members.

The Salamanca City Central school district announced on 24 July in a social media post that its pilot project...

Science/Tech

Codeberg Bans Cryptocurrency and LLM-Generated Code Projects

Today at 22:00 PM, via Slashdot

Longtime Slashdot reader AmiMoJo shares a report from Hackaday: Community-led open source project hosting site Codeberg has formally announced that projects whose code is largely or fully machine-generated through LLMs and other ‘AI’ tools will no longer be welcome. This follows on the heels of a similar ban on cryptocurrency-related projects. The community vote was on two issues, the first...

Science/Tech

China Begins Mass Production of Homegrown DUV Chip Tools

Today at 21:00 PM, via Slashdot

According to The Information (paywalled), a state-backed Shanghai company has begun mass-producing China’s first homegrown immersion DUV lithography machines, with about five units expected this year for SMIC, Hua Hong, and CXMT. Roughly 20 more units are expected in 2027. Tom’s Hardware reports: The Information didn’t name the manufacturer, but its sources described the operation as having...

Science/Tech

ChatGPT Starts Blocking Direct Requests To Copy an Author’s Style

Today at 20:10 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: OpenAI’s ChatGPT is now refusing requests to generate text that directly mimics the style of famous authors. When asked to do so, the popular LLM instead offers a response that draws on the “broad qualities” of those authors “while remaining distinct in its own voice,” for example. This morning, Ars received the following response to a test...

Health

Should We Make Daylight Saving Time Permanent?

Today at 16:22 PM, via New York Times

More light at the day’s end comes at a price: much later winter sunrises across much of the U.S. Scientists have documented consequences for public health and the economy.