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Business

South Africa and Israel give each other the boot

Today at 16:58 PM, via BusinessTech

South Africa declared the top diplomat at Israel’s embassy persona non grata on Friday and ordered him out within 72 hours, prompting retaliation in kind.

Business

Retail price index rose by 2.8% in 2025

Today at 16:53 PM, via BBC News

The increase was fuelled by the prices of food, leisure, motoring and household services, Jersey Statistics says.

Sport

All-Ireland final rematch headlines busy league weekend

Today at 19:34 PM, via BBC News

Outside opinions mean little to Donegal manager Jim McGuinness and his single-minded approach will continue into Sunday’s All-Ireland final rematch against Kerry in Ballyshannon [13:30 GMT].

Education

In Science We Trust. Or Do We?

Today at 20:57 PM, via New York Times

Readers respond to a guest essay about the methods and reliability of science. Also: Opioid addiction; judges and presidents; cursive writing.

Science/Tech

DuckDuckGo Users Vote Overwhelmingly Against AI Features

Today at 20:45 PM, via Slashdot

DuckDuckGo recently asked its users how they felt about AI in search. The answer has come back loud and clear: more than 90% of the 175,354 people who voted said they don’t want it. The privacy-focused search engine has since set up two versions of its tool: noai.duckduckgo.com for the AI-averse and yesai.duckduckgo.com for the curious. Users can also tweak settings on the main site to disable...

Science/Tech

Nobel Hacking Likely Leaked Peace Prize Winner Name, Probe Finds

Today at 20:05 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader shares a report: A hacking of the Nobel organization’s computer systems is the most likely cause of last year’s leak of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado’s name, according to the results of an investigation [non-paywalled source]. An individual or a state actor may have illegally gained access in a cyber breach, the Norwegian Nobel Institute said on Friday...

Science/Tech

NIX buys ORACLE Foundation, Makes CaryPact Core Standard For Global Decentralized Computing

Today at 19:35 PM, via Tech Financials

New York, USA (PinionNewswire) — The NIX Foundation recently announced the successful completion of its full acquisition of the ORACLE Foundation, marking a critical phase in the integration of global decentralized computing infrastructure and fully supporting CaryPact to become the core standard for the next-generation decentralized computing network. This strategic maneuver not only...

Science/Tech

Do Markets Make Us Moral?

Today at 19:20 PM, via Slashdot

A new study [PDF] examining the United States between 1850 and 1920 found that expanded market access — driven largely by railroad expansion — made Americans more trusting of strangers and more outward-looking, but weakened family-based care for the vulnerable. Researchers Max Posch of the University of Exeter and Itzchak Tzachi Raz of Hebrew University compared places and people gaining...