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TUESDAY, 09 DECEMBER 2025, 00:54

Education

Rename ‘home-to-school transport’ to tackle spiralling costs, MPs told

Yesterday at 22:59 PM, via The Guardian

Costs in England have now risen to £2.3bn a year, with local authorities arguing eligible pupils don’t always need a ‘door-to-door taxi service’

“Home-to-school transport” should be renamed “assisted travel to school” to help manage parental expectations, MPs on the public accounts committee have been told.

While councils are committed to helping children entitled to support to get to school,...

Science/Tech

Meta Pledge To Use Less Personal Data For Ads Gets EU Nod, Avoids Daily Fines

Today at 00:30 AM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Meta’s proposal to use less personal data for targeted advertising in its pay-or-consent model that will be rolled out next month won the approval of EU antitrust regulators on Monday, signaling the company will not face daily fines after all. […] The U.S. tech giant has been locked in discussions with the European Commission after getting hit...

Science/Tech

Lenovo’s Next Gaming Laptop May Have a Rollable OLED Screen That Stretches Ultrawide

Yesterday at 23:50 PM, via Slashdot

Lenovo may be preparing to unveil a gaming laptop that uses rollable OLED technology to expand horizontally into an ultrawide 21:9 display, according to a Windows Latest report suggesting the device could appear at CES 2026 in January. The Lenovo Legion Pro Rollable would differ from the company’s existing ThinkBook Plus Gen 6, which expands its screen vertically. The new gaming-focused design...

Health

New mpox strain identified in England

Yesterday at 15:56 PM, via BBC News

It’s a mix of two major types of the virus, and has been found in someone who recently returned from Asia.