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Barcelona ‘shakedown’ offers first hints of F1 2026

Yesterday at 22:12 PM, via BBC News

Mercedes were pre-season favourites for 2026 long before any of the new cars ran on track, and nothing that happened in the Formula 1 ‘shakedown’ in Spain this week has changed that.

Business

South Africa and Israel give each other the boot

Yesterday at 16:58 PM, via BusinessTech

South Africa declared the top diplomat at Israel’s embassy persona non grata on Friday and ordered him out within 72 hours, prompting retaliation in kind.

Business

Retail price index rose by 2.8% in 2025

Yesterday at 16:53 PM, via BBC News

The increase was fuelled by the prices of food, leisure, motoring and household services, Jersey Statistics says.

Sport

Sundowns suffer shock champions league loss

Yesterday at 22:59 PM, via The South African

Betway Premiership champions Mamelodi Sundowns have been beaten 2-1 by Al-Hilal in the CAF Champions League in Kigali, Rwanda.

Education

In Science We Trust. Or Do We?

Yesterday at 20:57 PM, via New York Times

Readers respond to a guest essay about the methods and reliability of science. Also: Opioid addiction; judges and presidents; cursive writing.

Science/Tech

Videogame Stocks Slide On Google’s AI Model That Turns Prompts Into Playable Worlds

Today at 00:00 AM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Shares of videogame companies fell sharply in afternoon trading on Friday after Alphabet’s Google rolled out its artificial intelligence model capable of creating interactive digital worlds with simple prompts. Shares of “Grand Theft Auto” maker Take-Two Interactive fell 10%, online gaming platform Roblox was down over 12%, while videogame...

Science/Tech

Wall Street’s Top Bankers Are Giving Coinbase’s Brian Armstrong the Cold Shoulder

Yesterday at 23:22 PM, via Slashdot

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon interrupted a conversation between Coinbase chief Brian Armstrong and former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair at Davos last week to tell Armstrong “You are full of s—,” his index finger pointed squarely at Armstrong’s face. Dimon told Armstrong to stop lying on TV, according to WSJ. Armstrong had appeared on business programs earlier that week accusing banks of...

Science/Tech

‘Moltbook Is the Most Interesting Place On the Internet Right Now’

Yesterday at 22:40 PM, via Slashdot

Moltbook is essentially Reddit for AI agents and it’s the “most interesting place on the internet right now,” says open-source developer and writer Simon Willison in a blog post. The fast-growing social network offers a place where AI agents built on the OpenClaw personal assistant framework can share their skills, experiments, and discoveries. Humans are welcome, but only to observe. From the...

Health

Kennedy Overhauls Federal Autism Panel in His Own Image

Yesterday at 02:12 AM, via New York Times

The new panel, which advises the government on research and service priorities for people with autism, includes many members who have argued that vaccines cause autism.