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World

BBC on the front line with Colombia’s war on drugs

Today at 19:08 PM, via BBC News

BBC Senior international correspondent Orla Guerin joined a special operation over Colombia’s cocaine heartland, tasked with destroying crude cocaine labs hidden deep in the jungle.

Education

The Guardian view on inclusive schools: ministers should recognise that class size matters | Editorial

Today at 20:20 PM, via The Guardian

Less crowded classrooms would make interacting with teachers easier, benefiting pupils including those with Send

There is no single, ideal class size – just as there is no one model of the perfect teacher. But as school‑age audiences of Matilda the Musical or the Harry Potter films can testify, UK classrooms usually have more children in them than fictional ones. What these young people...

Education

‘Unlawful’ OfS ruling against University of Sussex should be quashed, court told

Today at 20:02 PM, via The Guardian

Judicial review begins in high court over watchdog’s freedom of speech ruling that resulted in £585,000 fine

A ruling by an education watchdog that led to the University of Sussex being hit with a record £585,000 fine should be quashed as “unlawful”, “unreasonable” and “procedurally unfair”, a court has heard.

In a judicial review hearing before the high court in London on Tuesday, the...

Lifestyle

Five reasons to ditch processed meat

Today at 15:59 PM, via The South African

Eating processed meats is a health risk as they contain high amounts of salt, sugar and fat.

Science/Tech

Upgrade Your Roku Before the Big Game

Today at 21:05 PM, via Wired

Roku is knocking down the price of all of its streaming devices ahead of the end of the football season.

Science/Tech

Google Plots Big Expansion in India as US Restricts Visas

Today at 21:02 PM, via Slashdot

Alphabet is plotting to dramatically expand its presence in India [non-paywalled source], with the possibility of taking millions of square feet in new office space in Bangalore, India’s tech hub. From a report: Google’s parent company has leased one office tower and purchased options on two others in Alembic City, a development in the Whitefield tech corridor, totaling 2.4 million square feet,...

Science/Tech

‘Vibe Coding Kills Open Source’

Today at 20:01 PM, via Slashdot

Four economists across Central European University, Bielefeld University and the Kiel Institute have built a general equilibrium model of the open-source software ecosystem and concluded that vibe coding — the increasingly common practice of letting AI agents select, assemble and modify packages on a developer’s behalf — erodes the very funding mechanism that keeps open-source projects alive....

Motoring

South Africa’s secret petrol taxes

Today at 14:55 PM, via TopAuto

Several domestic and international factors have a direct impact on how much South Africans pay for petrol.