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Sport

‘I will leave one day’ – Guardiola on City future

Today at 19:09 PM, via BBC News

Manchester City head coach Pep Guardiola has insisted he wants to “fight with his team” and see out his contract at the club, following reported interest in former Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca.

Education

The Guardian view on care leavers: responsibility for looked-after children does not end at 18 | Editorial

Today at 20:05 PM, via The Guardian

Free prescriptions and eye tests ought to help these young adults stay healthy. They also signal the state’s ongoing role

The outcomes for children who grow up in care are shocking. A vital part of the welfare state, which exists to promote the safety and wellbeing of highly vulnerable young people, is falling short in health, education and employment terms. They have a 62% higher chance of...

Science/Tech

AMD Closes in on Intel in Latest Steam Hardware Survey

Today at 21:01 PM, via Slashdot

AMD’s share of processors among Steam users climbed to 47.27% in December 2025, a 4.66% jump in a single month that continues the company’s steady encroachment on Intel’s once-dominant position in the gaming CPU market. Intel held roughly 77% of the Steam Hardware Survey five years ago, and that lead has eroded considerably as AMD broke the 40% threshold in the third quarter of 2025 and kept...

Science/Tech

Reading is a Vice

Today at 20:01 PM, via Slashdot

The International Publishers Association spent the past year promoting the slogan “Democracy depends on reading,” but Atlantic senior editor Adam Kirsch argues that this utilitarian pitch fundamentally misunderstands why people become readers in the first place. The most recent Survey of Public Participation in the Arts found that less than half of Americans read a single book in 2022, and only...

Science/Tech

A Decade of BBC Question Time Data Reveals Imbalance in Journalist Guests

Today at 19:01 PM, via Slashdot

A new study [PDF] from Cardiff University analyzing a decade of the popular topical debate programme BBC Question Time found that the broadcaster’s flagship political debate show relies disproportionately on journalists and pundits from right-wing media outlets, particularly those connected to The Spectator magazine. Researcher Matt Walsh examined 391 editions and 1,885 panellist appearances...

Science/Tech

‘Results Were Fudged’: Departing Meta AI Chief Confirms Llama 4 Benchmark Manipulation

Today at 18:00 PM, via Slashdot

Yann LeCun, Meta’s outgoing chief AI scientist and one of the pioneers credited with laying the groundwork for modern AI, has acknowledged that the company’s Llama 4 language model had its benchmark results manipulated before its April 2025 release. In an interview with the Financial Times, LeCun said the “results were fudged a little bit” and that the team “used different models for different...

Motoring

The world’s oldest carmaker

Today at 09:01 AM, via TopAuto

There are many venerable car brands in the world, but there is one that holds the title for the oldest, and it isn’t Ford.

Motoring

BYD’s bumper 2025

Today at 07:00 AM, via TopAuto

The carmaker delivered 4.6 million vehicles last year, up 7.7% from 2024.