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‘Without this it’s all just tourists’: the fight to save Soho’s last primary school

Yesterday at 10:00 AM, via The Guardian

Falling pupil numbers have left ‘unique’ London school facing an uncertain future, but its supporters have ambitious plans

Sandwiched between a strip club, a West End theatre and a pub might not be the most obvious location for a school but Soho Parish C of E primary has thrived for decades among the colourful charms of inner London.

But in an area that once had 16 schools, Soho Parish is the...

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Uganda: Minister, Police Storm Jinja School Over Corporal Punishment Allegations

Friday at 21:52 PM, via AllAfrica

[Nile Post] JINJA CITY — The Minister of State for Youth and Children Affairs, Mercy Faith Lakisa, on Thursday led police detectives and government officials to Multiple Junior School in Jinja City following allegations of continued corporal punishment at the institution.

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OpenAI Acknowledges GPT-5.6 May Accidentally Delete Files, Calls It ‘Honest Mistake’

Today at 03:34 AM, via Slashdot

“OpenAI has finally confirmed reports that its latest family of large language models can accidentally delete files,” reports InfoWorld, “while stressing that such incidents are rare and should be viewed as ‘honest mistakes.'”Reports of the flagship LLMs deleting files emerged shortly after the company launched them earlier this month, with investor Matt Shumer taking to X to report that...

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France Orders ISPs to Block Access to Polymarket

Today at 02:17 AM, via Slashdot

France’s regulatory authority for licensed gambling/betting games “announced this week that it ordered ISPs to block access to Polymarket,” reports Engadget. Anyone caught advertising an unauthorized betting site “could be fined up to 100,000 euros, or around $114,000.” (The article notes this follows a previous regulatory action from November placing a geoblock on financial transactions from...

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How Microsoft’s ‘Little Workaround’ Created a Major Threat to America’s Defense Department

Today at 01:17 AM, via Slashdot

This week Slashdot reader joshuark found the story of exactly how in 2025 ProPublica reporter Renee Dudley confirmed Microsoft was running tech support for the U.S. Defense Department through China, America’s biggest cybersecurity adversary — and how that investigation ultimately changed U.S. government policy. The reporter first found an ad offering $18 to $28 to hire Americans as “digital...

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Next UK Prime Minister Drops Digital ID Scheme

Today at 00:17 AM, via Slashdot

Reuters reports:Incoming British prime minister Andy Burnham will scrap the government’s troubled plans for a digital ID scheme when he enters office on Monday, a spokesperson for the new Labour Party leader said. Resources devoted to the scheme, deemed a “fiasco” by a cross-party committee of lawmakers, will be redirected to Burnham’s priorities, the spokesperson said… “All the time and...