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Sport

Moves to look out for on transfer deadline day

Today at 02:06 AM, via BBC News

Sami Mokbel, Danny Murphy, Troy Deeney and Mark Chapman discuss which transfers could impact Premier League clubs on Monday’s transfer deadline day.

Sport

Will Man Utd miss Casemiro?

Today at 01:56 AM, via BBC News

Match of the Day pundits Danny Murphy and Troy Deeney discuss whether Manchester United will miss the departing Casemiro’s intelligence and calmness, after he inspired the Red Devils’ to a 3-2 win over Fulham.

Education

Ministers on lobbying blitz to avoid Labour rebellion over Send changes

Yesterday at 18:00 PM, via The Guardian

Government has ‘learned lesson’ of botched welfare overhauls but MPs say they will not back cost-saving measures

Ministers have “learned the lesson” of botched welfare changes and are on a sustained lobbying blitz of Labour MPs over an overhaul of special educational needs, Labour MPs told the Guardian, as they said they would not back measures aimed at saving money.

The changes will raise the...

Education

Texas vs. Plato: Censorship in the Academy

Yesterday at 16:00 PM, via New York Times

Readers respond to a guest essay about the state’s effort to bar “officially disapproved ideas” from its university classrooms.

Education

The long-term cost of high student debt in the UK is not just for graduates | Heather Stewart

Yesterday at 13:51 PM, via The Guardian

Labour’s changes to the student loan system have turned frustration into full-blown fury, which its opponents are likely to reap at the ballot box

Student loans: ‘My debt rose £20,000 to £77,000 even though I’m paying’

“It is not right that people who don’t go to university are having to bear all the cost for others to do so,” Rachel Reeves remarked this week, amid the increasingly angry...

Lifestyle

‘Grootman’: Siya Kolisi praises Black Coffee

Yesterday at 21:24 PM, via The South African

Siya Kolisi and Black Coffee – who are both separately going through high-profile divorces – have shown each other praise and respect.

Science/Tech

EU Deploys New Government Satcom Program in Sovereignty Push

Today at 05:13 AM, via Slashdot

The EU “has switched on parts of its homegrown secure satellite communications network for the first time,” reports Bloomberg, calling it part of a €10.6 billion push to “wean itself off US support amid growing tensions.” SpaceNews notes the new government program GOVSATCOM pools capacity from eight already on-oribit satellites from France, Spain, Italy, Greece and Luxembourg — both...

Science/Tech

What Go Programmers Think of AI

Today at 03:13 AM, via Slashdot

“Most Go developers are now using AI-powered development tools when seeking information (e.g., learning how to use a module) or toiling (e.g., writing repetitive blocks of similar code).” That’s one of the conclusions Google’s Go team drew from September’s big survey of 5,379 Go developers. But the survey also found that among Go developers using AI-powered tools, “their satisfaction with these...

Science/Tech

Anthropic’s $200M Pentagon Contract at Risk Over Objections to Domestic Surveillance, Autonomous Deployments

Today at 01:59 AM, via Slashdot

Talks “are at a standstill” for Anthropic’s potential $200 million contract with America’s Defense Department, reports Reuters (citing several people familiar with the discussions.”) The two issues? – Using AI to surveil Americans- Safeguards against deploying AI autonomously The company’s position on how its AI tools can be used has intensified disagreements between it and the Trump...

Science/Tech

Is Meta’s Huge Spending on AI Actually Paying Off?

Today at 00:59 AM, via Slashdot

The Wall Street Journal says that Meta “might be reaping some of the richest benefits from the AI boom so far.”Meta’s revenue grew 22% year over year in 2025 to $201 billion, and the company expects even bigger gains in the current quarter, potentially as high as 34%. That is huge growth for a company that brought in nearly $60 billion in the latest three-month period. And Zuckerberg signaled...

Health

A Predictor of a Good Social Life? Your Parents.

Saturday at 12:02 PM, via New York Times

A decades-long study suggested that close relationships with family members during teenage years could lead to a rich network of friendships in adulthood.