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Anthropic Economic Index Finds AI Use Concentrated in Coding as Reliability Limits Productivity Gains

Yesterday at 21:06 PM, via iAfrica

Anthropic’s Economic Index offers a snapshot of how organisations and individuals are using large language models, based on the company’s analysis of 1 million consumer interactions on Claude.ai and 1 million enterprise API calls, all dated from November 2025. The report says its findings are based on observed usage patterns, rather than surveys or interviews […]

Sport

Man City keep tabs on Alexander-Arnold – Monday gossip

Yesterday at 23:40 PM, via BBC News

Manchester City are keeping tabs on Trent Alexander-Arnold, Liverpool get positive response after approaching Xabi Alonso, Chelsea recall Aaron Anselmino from Borussia Dortmund loan, plus more.

Education

A Sunday Snowstorm Blankets New York

Today at 02:18 AM, via New York Times

The city got about nine inches of snow and at least one person died from exposure to the cold as Mayor Zohran Mamdani faced his first big test in nuts-and-bolts governing.

Education

Report sets out ‘blueprint for change’ to increase working-class representation in the arts

Today at 02:01 AM, via The Guardian

Inquiry finds class should become protected characteristic and calls for rise in number of apprenticeships

An inquiry into class representation in creative fields has recommended changes believed to be the first of their kind in Greater Manchester to increase the number of working-class people in the arts.

Class Ceiling, a report led by Nazir Afzal, the chancellor of the University of...

Entertainment

Use shock tactics for drivers

Today at 06:25 AM, via The Citizen

If you’re old enough to take your driving test, you’re old enough to face the potential consequences of your actions.

Science/Tech

New Linux/Android 2-in-1 Tablet ‘Open Slate’ Announced by Brax Technologies

Today at 06:24 AM, via Slashdot

Brax Technologies just announced “a privacy-focused alternative to locked-down tablets” called open_slate that can double as a consumer tablet and a Linux-capable workstation on ARM. Earlier Brax Technologies built the privacy-focused smartphone BraX3, which co-founder Plamen Todorov says proved “a privacy-focused mobile device could be designed, crowdfunded, manufactured, and delivered outside...

Science/Tech

KDE’s ‘Plasma Login Manager’ Stops Supporting FreeBSD – Because Systemd

Today at 04:04 AM, via Slashdot

KDE’s “Plasma Login Manager” is apparently dropping support for FreeBSD, the Unix-like operating system, reports the blog It’s FOSS. They cite a recently-accepted merge request from a KDE engineer to drop the code supporting FreeBSD, since the login manager relies on systemd/logind:systemd and logind look like hard dependencies of the login manager, which means the software is built to work...

Science/Tech

Washington State May Mandate ‘Firearm Blueprint Detection Algorithms’ For 3D Printers

Today at 03:04 AM, via Slashdot

Adafruit managing director Phillip Torrone (also long-time Slashdot reader ptorrone ) writes: Washington State lawmakers are proposing bills (HB 2320 and HB 2321) that would require 3D printers and CNC machines to block certain designs using software-based “firearms blueprint detection algorithms.” In practice, this means scanning every print file, comparing it against a government-maintained...

Science/Tech

Google Discover Replaces News Headlines With Sometimes Inaccurate AI-Generated Alternatives

Today at 02:04 AM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader shared this report from The Verge:In early December, I brought you the news that Google has begun replacing Verge headlines, and those of our competitors, with AI clickbait nonsense in its content feed [which appears on the leftmost homescreen page of many Android phones and the Google app’s homepage]. Google appeared to be backing away from the experiment, but now tells The...

Motoring

Big changes for Afrikaans Uber in South Africa

Yesterday at 10:00 AM, via TopAuto

Wanatu has made significant changes to its operating model, reducing the basic salary for drivers while introducing a new incentive programme.