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Tuchel will not let Tampa pitch affect selection

Today at 22:45 PM, via BBC News

England head coach Thomas Tuchel says reports about the state of the pitch at the venue for his side’s friendly against New Zealand will not influence team selection.

Business

Free Thinking

Today at 23:00 PM, via BBC News

Can the accumulation of wealth be ethical and what can we learn from Adam Smith’s enquiry?

Politics

Mchunu challenges committee report, alleging prejudicial findings

Today at 13:25 PM, via Mail & Guardian

Parliament’s ad hoc committee defended the evidence leaders’ draft report after suspended Police Minister Senzo Mchunu objected to the findings that he dismantled the PKTT without consultation and for nefarious reasons

Sport

Real Madrid plan Olise bid – Saturday’s gossip

Today at 22:48 PM, via BBC News

Real Madrid are lining up a £130m move for Bayern Munich winger Michael Olise, Arne Slot turns down Fulham after being sacked by Liverpool, Newcastle United are close to making their first summer signing, plus more.

Science/Tech

Bitcoin Falls To $60,000 As Zcash Bug Rocks Crypto

Today at 23:00 PM, via Slashdot

Bitcoin briefly fell below $60,000 on Friday, “extending its weekly loss to nearly 20% and threatening to fall below $59,000,” reports CoinDesk. Crypto was also hit by a 40%-plus plunge in Zcash after Shielded Labs disclosed a years-old bug that could have allowed undetected counterfeit ZEC creation. From the report: Now, with stocks in plunge mode — the Nasdaq down nearly 4% on Friday —...

Science/Tech

340 Local News Outlets Now Blocking the Internet Archive

Today at 22:00 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Techdirt: Earlier this year Nieman Lab broke the story that major news publishers, including The New York Times, The Guardian, and USA Today Co., had started blocking the Internet Archive for fear that AI companies might scrape the nonprofit’s repositories for training data. As one of the last bastions of archival history, that is, in case you’re not...

Science/Tech

GOV.UK Goes Dutch On Payments As It Dumps Stripe

Today at 21:00 PM, via Slashdot

The UK’s Government Digital Service is replacing Stripe with Dutch payments provider Adyen for many GOV.UK Pay transactions, including local authorities, police forces, and armed forces units. The three-year deal covers about 1,000 services and is meant to make payments more flexible while keeping the user experience largely unchanged. The Register reports: According to the tender notice...

Health

Are you feeling overwhelmed?

Today at 19:57 PM, via BBC News

Kimberley Wilson gives some tips on how to deal with feeling overwhelmed.