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Wales prepare to take flight to Argentina

Today at 08:00 AM, via BBC News

Wales’ Nations Championship travelling campaign will begin when they jet off for matches against Argentina and South Africa.

Education

Ofsted drops ‘clumsy’ and ‘offensive’ guidance linking autism and extremism

Today at 08:00 AM, via The Guardian

Training document used to teach inspectors updated after campaign by celebrities including Chris Packham

Ofsted, the body responsible for safeguarding in education in England, has dropped guidance for inspectors that linked autism and extremism after an outcry from celebrity campaigners.

An education minister has disclosed that an updated training document “no longer includes reference to...

Education

Third of disadvantaged white pupils in England leave primary school without being able to read properly

Yesterday at 14:00 PM, via The Guardian

Exclusive: Analysis finds lower reading fluency than children from other ethnic backgrounds and richer peers

A third of disadvantaged white pupils in England leave their primary school unable to read well enough to access the secondary curriculum, leading to disengagement and school absence, according to new research.

The findings were published days after an independent inquiry into white...

Education

Things That Drive Us Crazy About Money in America

Yesterday at 11:01 AM, via New York Times

For all that’s good about our financial lives, there are distinctly American things that are decidedly suboptimal. Please, can the 1040 fit on a postcard?

Education

Overseas education project for women and girls axed by UK after two years

Yesterday at 10:00 AM, via The Guardian

The programme, aimed at keeping 1m girls in school across Africa, Asia and the Middle East, withdrawn after aid cuts

A leading higher education programme, aimed at keeping 1 million girls in school across Africa, Asia and the Middle East, has been axed by the British government just two years after it was announced.

The scheme, Strengthening higher education for female empowerment (SHEFE),...

Science/Tech

Solana & XRP Are Established But Could IceBull Become Crypto’s Next Big Story? Stage 1 Is LIVE at $0.00001

Today at 08:23 AM, via Tech Financials

Every successful cryptocurrency once reached a moment where only a small number of people knew its name. Bitcoin had its early adopters. Ethereum attracted developers before smart contracts became mainstream. Solana was once viewed as another ambitious Layer-1 blockchain, while XRP quietly built its reputation around global payments long before becoming one of crypto’s most […]

Science/Tech

Mysterious debris found on Queensland beaches could be ‘space balls’ – and may contain toxic rocket fuel

Today at 07:52 AM, via The Guardian

Australian Space Agency working to confirm origin of objects as space archaeologist says they may be connected to a rocket launch

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Six pieces of suspected space debris found washed up on north Queensland beaches could be “space balls” that are often left over from rocket launches, according to one expert.

The Australian Space Agency...

Science/Tech

New Google Ad Imagines America’s ‘Declaration of Independence’ Written With AI Help

Today at 06:34 AM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader shared this report from TechCrunch:Two hundred and fifty years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, a new commercial from Google asks: What if the Founding Fathers had access to Google Workspace? With the tagline “Group project, but make it 1776,” the ad depicts a largely unseen Thomas Jefferson mid-draft when he gets a nagging text from Ben Franklin,...

Science/Tech

Are Wars Blurring Lines Between Corporate and National Security?

Today at 03:34 AM, via Slashdot

Subsea cables. Ukrainian power stations. Russian oil refineries. Even airports, water-desalination plants and Amazon data centers. They’ve all become targets in wartime, notes the Wall Street Journal, and around the world now arguments “are already brewing between companies and governments over new regulations and potential costs.”In Germany, powerful associations representing private companies...