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World

Ukraine enters fifth year with no end in sight

Today at 23:04 PM, via NPR

The war in Ukraine enters its fifth year this week, with millions of Ukrainians displaced, hundreds of thousands of soldiers killed, and little change on the battlefield.

Business

Rand on shaky ground

Today at 15:59 PM, via BusinessTech

The rand is “treading water” around R16 to the dollar at the moment, as global uncertainty has markets in a ‘wait-and-see’ mode, and tensions in the Middle East push traders into gold.

Sport

Team GB’s Winter Olympians land back in the UK

Today at 18:18 PM, via BBC News

Team GB’s athletes have arrived home from the Winter Olympics after their most successful Games ever. They won five medals, including three golds, to finish 15th in the medal table.

Education

Communication is key to the chances of Send reforms succeeding

Today at 21:46 PM, via The Guardian

Bridget Phillipson and her team are making sure MPs and the public grasp the need to overhaul the special educational needs system

In her first week as a cabinet minister Bridget Phillipson held a meeting for new Labour MPs with one subject – special educational needs. Almost 100 MPs came to that first meeting.

There were new MPs for whom the issue was personal to their own families – Jen...

Education

What are the Send changes in England likely to cost and what are the hurdles?

Today at 21:21 PM, via The Guardian

Parents and teachers will be wondering what resources ministers can secure for Labour’s revamp of system

• Fewer children in England to get EHCPs by 2035 under Send overhaul• Parents of children with Send give changes in England a mixed response• The impact of Send changes in England: four likely scenarios for children

There is always an extra cost to delivering a tailored service, which is how...

Science/Tech

IBM Shares Crater 13% After Anthropic Says Claude Code Can Tackle COBOL Modernization

Today at 23:10 PM, via Slashdot

IBM shares plunged nearly 13% on Monday after Anthropic published a blog post arguing that its Claude Code tool could automate much of the complex analysis work involved in modernizing COBOL, the decades-old programming language that still underpins an estimated 95% of ATM transactions in the United States and runs on the kind of mainframe systems IBM has sold for generations. Anthropic said...

Science/Tech

Linus Torvalds: Someone ‘More Competent Who Isn’t Afraid of Numbers Past the Teens’ Will Take Over Linux One Day

Today at 21:36 PM, via Slashdot

Linus Torvalds has pondered his professional mortality in a self-deprecating post to mark the release of the first release candidate for version 7.0 of the Linux kernel. From a report: “You all know the drill by now: two weeks have passed, and the kernel merge window is closed,” he wrote in the post announcing Linux 7.0 rc1. “We have a new major number purely because I’m easily confused and not...

Motoring

8 new Toyota cars coming to South Africa

Today at 17:00 PM, via TopAuto

Toyota plans to release at least 8 new cars in South Africa, ranging from a GR supercar to a “baby Prado” Adventure SUV.

Health

Another C.D.C. Vaccine Skeptic Steps Down

Today at 19:47 PM, via New York Times

Dr. Ralph Abraham, the agency’s principal deputy director, has called the Covid vaccines “dangerous.” Other skeptics have recently left federal health roles.

Health

How a Horse Whinnies: With a Whistle and a Song

Today at 18:00 PM, via New York Times

Horses, with their high-pitched whinnies, seemed to buck the trend of larger animals producing lower sounds, but a new study explains the mechanics behind the noises a horse makes.