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Africa

One house, two faiths, one fasting season

Thursday at 14:40 PM, via BBC News

Ramadan and Lent haven’t overlapped since 1993 and couples like Olanrewaju and Kaosara in Nigeria are observing them together.

Business

Cash isn’t king in South Africa

Yesterday at 16:00 PM, via BusinessTech

Nedbank CFO Mike Davis says that South Africa is seeing a push away from cash, which is extremely expensive for banks.

Sport

Referee disrupting pre-match huddle is ‘disappointing’ – Rosenoir

Yesterday at 23:55 PM, via BBC News

Chelsea manager Liam Rosenoir says his team’s huddle in the centre circle of the pitch is a “show of respect” to each other rather than to annoy the opposition, after referee Paul Tierney disrupts the pre-match ritual in Chelsea’s 1-0 defeat to Newcastle.

Sport

Arsenal defeat ‘absolutely cruel’ – Moyes

Yesterday at 23:33 PM, via BBC News

Everton manager David Moyes says his side have shown how much they have improved this season, despite being beaten late on by Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium.

Education

Phillipson accuses lawyers of exploiting parents of children with special needs

Friday at 18:22 PM, via The Guardian

Education secretary has claimed lawyers’ criticisms of her department’s policy changes are motivated by profit

Lawyers have been accused of exploiting parents of children with special needs by the education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, who claimed their criticisms of the government’s policy changes were motivated by profit.

Speaking at the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL)...

Science/Tech

Are U.S. Utilities Trying to Delay Easy-to-Use Solar ‘Balcony’ Panels?

Yesterday at 23:34 PM, via Slashdot

Plug-in (or “balcony”) solar panels can also be hung out a window or be set up in a backyard, reports NPR. They channel energy from the sun straight into a home’s electrical outlet, generating enough electricity to power a refrigerator or microwave while “displacing electricity that otherwise would come in from the grid…” But what’s holding up their adoption in America?For the panels to become...

Science/Tech

Gaming Site Editor Jailbreaks an Amazon Echo Show

Yesterday at 22:34 PM, via Slashdot

“A few developers found a way, for now, to turn a few of these increasingly mediocre Amazon Show devices into friendly, useful, open computers,” writes the co-founder of the gaming/tech news site Aftermath. For under $50 each, he bought some used versions of the devices and tested their instructions, partly to escape the full-screen ads Amazon began showing late last year, and also to overwrite...

Science/Tech

Should Keycaps Use Text or Glyphs for Delete, Return, Tab, Caps Lock, and Shift?

Yesterday at 21:34 PM, via Slashdot

“The new MacBook Air and MacBook Pro models feature a keyboard change,” reports MacRumors:On the U.S. English version of the new MacBook Air and MacBook Pro keyboards, the tab, caps lock, shift, return, and delete keycaps now have glyphs on them. On previous-generation models, these keys are labeled with text instead… Given the U.S. English keyboard layout is the default option for MacBook Air,...

Science/Tech

System76 CEO Sees ‘Real Possibility’ Colorado’s Age-Verification Bill Excludes Open-Source

Yesterday at 20:34 PM, via Slashdot

Last week System76 CEO Carl Richell criticized age-verification laws for operating systems — but he now sees a “real possibility” Colorado’s law might exclude open-source. Phoronix reports that the System76 CEO met with the state Senator who co-authored Colorado’s bill, and then posted on X.com that the Senator “suggested excluding open source software from the bill.” Richell: This appears...

Motoring

5 ways to save petrol in South Africa

Yesterday at 08:40 AM, via TopAuto

South Africa could be facing massive petrol price hikes next month due to the conflict in the Middle East, making it more important than ever for motorists to conserve fuel.

Health

How Safe Is Plasma Donation?

Friday at 18:07 PM, via New York Times

Two recent deaths tied to for-profit clinics in Canada raised concerns about the health effects of having plasma drawn as often as twice a week.

Health

E.P.A. Moves to Weaken Limits on Ethylene Oxide

Friday at 17:32 PM, via New York Times

The gas, ethylene oxide, plays a crucial role in sterilizing medical devices. But long-term exposure is linked to several types of cancer and other ailments.