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TUESDAY, 25 NOVEMBER 2025, 18:50

Sport

‘We’re in a good place’ – Sweeney positive about future

Today at 17:32 PM, via BBC News

Rugby football union’s chief executive Bill Sweeney says the sport’s future looks bright after a “challenging” but “positive” year, following the release of the organisation’s latest financial accounts which saw the RFU announce a 10-year high revenue but an overall loss of nearly £2m.

Education

‘A fire, a dog, and the starry sky’: the teens overcoming phone-addiction through Arctic pursuits

Today at 18:19 PM, via The Guardian

A new documentary from the makers of Jesus Camp follows the students enrolled at one of Norway’s 85 ‘folk high schools’. Can sledding and survival skills cure their social media-induced anxiety?

Nineteen-year-old Hege is stricken by all the common anxieties of her generation. She spends too much time scrolling through socials on her phone, and as a result she is obsessed with how other people...

Science/Tech

Evidence from the One Laptop per Child Program in Rural Peru

Today at 18:42 PM, via Slashdot

The abstract of a paper on NBER: This paper examines a large-scale randomized evaluation of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) program in 531 Peruvian rural primary schools. We use administrative data on academic performance and grade progression over 10 years to estimate the long-run effects of increased computer access on (i) school performance over time and (ii) students’ educational...

Science/Tech

Unpowered SSDs in Your Drawer Are Slowly Losing Data

Today at 17:21 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader shares a report: Solid-state drives sitting unpowered in drawers or storage can lose data over time because voltage gradually leaks from their NAND flash cells, and consumer-grade drives using QLC NAND retain data for about a year while TLC NAND lasts up to three years without power. More expensive MLC and SLC NAND can hold data for five and ten years respectively. The...

Science/Tech

Vodacom KwaZulu-Natal Invests Over R1.1bn To Enable Digital Access

Today at 17:08 PM, via Tech Financials

Vodacom KwaZulu-Natal has announced a transformative investment of over R1.1 billion in network infrastructure for the current financial year (FY26), reinforcing its commitment to connecting communities and driving digital inclusion across South Africa’s most populous province. “Our investment in KwaZulu-Natal reflects our commitment to building a digitally inclusive province where everyone...