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Benn masterclass crushes Eubank in rematch

Today at 01:11 AM, via BBC News

Conor Benn puts on a dominant performance to earn revenge over bitter rival Chris Eubank Jr on points in their rematch at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

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Tandy could not watch Wales’ winning kick

Today at 00:03 AM, via BBC News

Steve Tandy admits he could not watch Jarrod Evans’ match-winning penalty for Wales against Japan that left Eddie Jones frustrated.

Education

Judge bars Trump administration from cutting funding to University of California

Yesterday at 16:16 PM, via The Guardian

White House had demanded $1.2bn from UC to restore funding after saying it allowed antisemitism on campus

The Trump administration cannot fine the University of California or summarily cut the school system’s federal funding over claims it allows antisemitism or other forms of discrimination, a federal judge ruled late on Friday in a sharply worded decision.

US district judge Rita Lin in San...

Education

America’s Formula for Greatness Is Under Threat

Yesterday at 14:00 PM, via New York Times

Education, open markets, trade and immigration transformed the United States into the world’s dominant power, but each is now being weakened.

Lifestyle

Popular Hout Bay restaurant burns down

Yesterday at 12:55 PM, via The South African

Popular Hout Bay restaurant, Veldt DBE, burnt down on Friday while the nearby Ice Dream Italian ice-cream parlour also caught fire.

Science/Tech

Fear Drives the AI ‘Cold War’ Between America and China

Today at 01:22 AM, via Slashdot

A new “cold war” between America and China is “pushing leaders to sideline concerns about the dangers of powerful AI models,” reports the Wall Street Journal, “including the spread of disinformation and other harmful content, and the development of superintelligent AI systems misaligned with human values…” “Both countries are driven as much by fear as by hope of progress. “In Washington and...

Science/Tech

EV Sales Are Still Rising. They Have Not Slumped

Today at 00:22 AM, via Slashdot

“Media headlines suggesting some slowdown in EV sales are simply incorrect,” writes the site Electrek, “and leave out the bigger picture that gas car sales actually are dropping…”Over the course ofthe last two years or so, sales of battery electric vehicles, whilecontinuing to grow, have posted lower year-over-year percentagegrowth rates than they had in years prior. EV sales used to grow...

Science/Tech

While Meta Crawls the Web for AI Training Data, Bruce Ediger Pranks Them with Endless Bad Data

Yesterday at 23:22 PM, via Slashdot

From the personal blog of interface expert Bruce Ediger:Early in March 2025, I noticed that a web crawler with a useragent string of meta-externalagent/1.1 (+https://developers.facebook.com/docs/sharing/webmasters/crawler) was hitting my blog’s machine at an unreasonable rate. I followed the URL and discovered this is what Meta uses to gather premium,human-generated content to train its LLMs....

Science/Tech

Sony Killed This Game in 2024. Three Developers Reverse-Engineered It Back to Life

Yesterday at 22:22 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader shared this post from the gaming news site Aftermath: Concord, Sony Interactive Entertainment and Firewalk Studios’ Overwatch-like shooter, was live for just two weeks before it was pulled offline. Though Concord certainly had some dedicated players, it didn’t have many — which is why it may be surprising to hear that a group of players are reverse-engineering the game and...

Health

Hochul Urged to Ban Horseshoe Crab Fishing

Yesterday at 12:00 PM, via New York Times

Supporters of the legislation argue it would protect a declining horseshoe crab population, while opponents warn it will harm the commercial fishing industry.