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Sport

World title challenger Smith inspired by Hatton

Today at 00:24 AM, via BBC News

Dalton Smith – who challenges for a world-title in New York on Saturday – hopes to emulate “legend” Ricky Hatton by making a name for himself in America.

Education

Nigeria: Rector Warns Against Extortion of Students

Today at 00:49 AM, via AllAfrica

[Leadership] Rector of Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH), Engr. Ibraheem Abdul, has warned its newly recruited teaching and non-teaching staff against extorting students.

Education

Rwanda: 65 Years of CRS in Building Resilient and Thriving Communities in Rwanda

Today at 00:47 AM, via AllAfrica

[New Times] For 65 years, Catholic Relief Services (CRS) has been working alongside local partners and the government, without interruption in Rwanda, from providing large scale school feeding support in the 1960s to accompanying multi-sectoral programmes that advance nutrition, agriculture, livelihoods, youth employment, market systems and community health.

Science/Tech

YouTube Will Now Let You Filter Shorts Out of Search Results

Today at 04:10 AM, via Slashdot

YouTube is updating search filters so users can explicitly choose between Shorts and long-form videos. The change also replaces view-count sorting with a new “Popularity” filter and removes underperforming options like “Sort by Rating.” The Verge reports: Right now, a filter-less search shows a mix of longform and short form videos, which can be annoying if you just want to see videos in one...

Science/Tech

Lawsuit Over OpenAI For-Profit Conversion Can Head To Trial, US Judge Says

Today at 03:30 AM, via Slashdot

Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report from Reuters: Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk persuaded a judge on Wednesday to allow a jury trial on his allegations that ChatGPT maker OpenAI violated its founding mission in its high-profile restructuring to a for-profit entity. Musk was a cofounder of OpenAI in 2015 but left in 2018 and now runs an AI company that competes with it. U.S....

Science/Tech

Illinois Health Department Exposed Over 700,000 Residents’ Personal Data For Years

Today at 02:50 AM, via Slashdot

Illinois Department of Human Services disclosed that a misconfigured internal mapping website exposed sensitive personal data for more than 700,000 Illinois residents for over four years, from April 2021 to September 2025. Officials say they can’t confirm whether the publicly accessible data was ever viewed. TechCrunch reports: Officials said the exposed data included personal information on...

Science/Tech

Google Is Adding an ‘AI Inbox’ To Gmail That Summarizes Emails

Today at 02:10 AM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: Google is putting even more generative AI tools into Gmail as part of its goal to further personalize user inboxes and streamline searches. On Thursday, the company announced a new “AI Inbox” tab, currently in a beta testing phase, that reads every message in a user’s Gmail and suggests a list of to-dos and key topics, based on what it summarizes....