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Business

United States issues final warning

Today at 16:59 PM, via BusinessTech

US President Donald Trump has issued a final warning if Tehran doesn’t agree to a deal.

Education

The Guardian view on school food: there is no instant solution to childhood obesity | Editorial

Today at 18:30 PM, via The Guardian

Higher nutritional standards are a good idea. But ministers, like hungry pupils, must avoid looking for ‘grab-and-go’ fixes

For growing children, lunchtime is a vital moment in every day. Full-time education is demanding. Afternoon lessons only work because they come after a break – and food. And children, like adults, often mind a great deal about what they eat. So school menus are...

Education

Times Are Hard. What’s a Teacher to Do?

Today at 15:00 PM, via New York Times

Readers respond to an Opinion essay by Frank Bruni. Also: An arch near Arlington; cuts in mental health care; transformation in prison.

Education

Fee hikes, big bonuses, then bosses exit: the curious case of City & Guilds privatisation

Today at 12:00 PM, via The Guardian

Sale of vocational training brand and million-pound executive pay deals now subject to Charity Commission inquiry

When electrician Charlie Butler was contacted by City & Guilds last autumn, he received a shock.

He had branched out to launch a new company schooling future sparkies in Essex, offering City & Guilds-affiliated courses and qualifications. When the representative from the training...

Entertainment

48 hours in pictures, 19 April 2026

Today at 18:30 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

Motorola Sues Social Media Platforms and Creators in India

Today at 19:34 PM, via Slashdot

“Motorola has filed a lawsuit in India against social media platforms and content creators,” reports TechCrunch, “over posts it alleges are defamatory…”The lawsuit, filed in a Bengaluru court and obtained by TechCrunch, names platforms such as X, YouTube, and Instagram along with dozens of content creators, and seeks takedown of the content as well as broader restraint on what it describes as...

Science/Tech

Nevada Police Can Now Track Cellphones Without a Warrant

Today at 18:34 PM, via Slashdot

“Nevada quietly signed an agreement earlier this year with a company that collects location data from cellphones, allowing police to track a device virtually in real time,” reports the Associated Press. “All without a warrant.”The software from Fog Data Science, adopted this January in Nevada through a Department of Public Safety contract, pulls information from smartphone apps in order to let...

Science/Tech

HP Will Discontinue ‘HP Anyware’ Remote Desktop, Trusted Zero Clients

Today at 17:34 PM, via Slashdot

kriston (Slashdot reader #7,886) writes:HP Anyware, the new name of the Teradici PCoIP remote desktop solution that was acquired by HP in 2021, is being discontinued. “Maintenance and support for customers and partners with multi-year terms will continue until 31 October, 2029,” a href=”https://anyware.hp.com/hp-anyware-end-of-life”>according to HP’s announcement. But HP is also announcing the...

Science/Tech

The Physical-to-Financial Handshake: Capitalization Discipline at the Center of AI Infrastructure

Today at 16:56 PM, via Tech Financials

Artificial intelligence infrastructure is usually described through the most visible parts of the buildout. The discussion centers on megawatts, land, chips, and the pace at which hyperscalers can expand the physical footprint required to support increasingly compute-intensive workloads. That story is real, but it is incomplete. Beneath the visible race sits a second discipline that […]

Health

The Help That Many Older Americans Need Most

Yesterday at 11:02 AM, via New York Times

With shortages of medical professionals and an aging population, thousands of community health care workers prevent older adults from falling through the cracks.