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England’s chance to show Ashes scars have healed

Today at 18:02 PM, via BBC News

Unbeaten England face Australia on Wednesday with the chance to show they have put their Ashes scarring behind them before the Women’s World Cup reaches the knockout stage.

World

News24 | Trump threatens Hamas amid push on next Gaza truce steps

Today at 17:46 PM, via News24

US President Donald Trump threatened Hamas on Tuesday with “FAST, FURIOUS & BRUTAL” force if it does not “do what is right” as he pushes for the next, more complex, stage of a Gaza ceasefire that has already been repeatedly tested.

Education

Boris Johnson says DfE failed to plan for school closures during pandemic

Today at 15:50 PM, via The Guardian

Former PM tells Covid inquiry that children ‘were paying a huge, huge price to protect the rest of society’

Boris Johnson laid blame on the Department for Education (DfE) over its lack of preparation for school closures at the outbreak of the pandemic, telling the Covid-19 inquiry that he assumed detailed planning was going on behind the scenes.

“We were focused on trying to delay the peak of...

Science/Tech

BlockDAG’s $430M+ Presale Becomes the Talk of the Market, While Astar Drops & XRP Targets $3

Today at 18:08 PM, via Tech Financials

The competition among top crypto coins is intensifying, and each tells a different story. Astar (ASTR) is struggling after a $12 million token transfer and a massive unlock event that sent its value tumbling toward $1.50. Meanwhile, XRP (XRP) is rebounding with confidence after climbing nearly 40% from its recent flash crash, sparking hopes of […]

Science/Tech

London Became a Global Hub for Phone Theft. Now We Know Why.

Today at 18:02 PM, via Slashdot

London police finally understand why 80,000 phones disappeared from the city’s streets last year. The answer involves budget cuts [non-paywalled source] that hollowed out British policing in the 2010s, the arrival of electric bikes that made theft easy, and a lucrative black market in China where stolen British phones retain full functionality. The Metropolitan Police discovered an...

Science/Tech

Network Effects Don’t Wait: How $HUGS Reached Critical Mass Before Its First Transaction

Today at 17:54 PM, via Tech Financials

A telephone is useless if only one person owns it. A social media platform is lifeless without users. The same principle applies to digital economies, the more participants join, the greater the collective value. That principle, often called the network effect, is exactly what the Milk & Mocha Token ($HUGS) has already ignited.  The whitelist […]