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Rolling Stone Owner Sues Google Over AI Summaries

Yesterday at 20:52 PM, via iAfrica

Penske Media, owner of Rolling Stone, Billboard, and Variety, sued Google on Friday, alleging its AI-generated summaries use publishers’ journalism without consent and reduce web traffic. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Washington, DC, is the first by a major US publisher against Google over “AI Overviews,” which appear atop search results. Penske said […]

Sport

Is Man Utd’s ‘shoehorned’ team selection costing them?

Today at 01:06 AM, via BBC News

Match Of The Day pundit Danny Murphy believes Manchester United do not have the personnel needed to play Ruben Amorim’s 3-4-3 system, highlighting the performances of Bruno Fernandes and Luke Shaw in their 3-0 loss to rivals Manchester City.

Sport

West Ham consider Nuno – Monday’s gossip

Today at 00:20 AM, via BBC News

West Ham may move for Nuno Espirito Santo if they sack Graham Potter, Arsenal among sides interested in Luiz Gustavo Benedetti and Manchester United show interest in Elliot Anderson

Education

Fish mint, Himalayan chives and berry pickle: how wild ingredients are transforming school dinners in India

Today at 06:00 AM, via The Guardian

In the remote state of Meghalaya, foraged foods are helping to diversify state-provided menus – and tackle chronic malnutrition

Excited chatter and the clattering of steel plates drown out the din of the monsoon rains: it is lunchtime in Laitsohpliah government school in the north-east Indian state of Meghalaya. The food has been cooked on-site and is free for everyone, part of India’s...

Education

Headteachers in England doubling up as caretakers as funding ‘hits rock bottom’

Yesterday at 19:00 PM, via The Guardian

Exclusive: Research finds more than 1,000 schools have suffered cumulative real-terms cuts in excess of £1m each

School leaders in England are having to double up as caretakers and lollipop men and women as funding “hits rock bottom”, teaching unions have said.

Others are having to call on relatives to help fix crumbling buildings and do other odd jobs after years of “inadequate” funding...

Education

Inside the world of Kenya’s ‘shadow scholars’ paid to write essays for UK students

Yesterday at 17:00 PM, via The Guardian

Highly educated Kenyans working for essay mills ghostwrite academic work that students pass off as their own

There is a secret industry that generates billions of dollars a year. Its workers are bright, industrious and completely anonymous. Their job is writing essays to order for students – in the UK and elsewhere – to help them get good degrees.

These are “shadow scholars”, highly...

Education

How to manage a part-time job alongside your student workload … and boost your CV at the same time

Yesterday at 14:00 PM, via The Guardian

Money is almost always tight as a student, but fitting work around your studies requires a little forethought and planning if you want to avoid a negative impact on those grades

If you’re planning to go to university, you may also be thinking about getting a job while studying. But it can be difficult to know where to look, especially if you’re moving to an unfamiliar city.

The most...

Lifestyle

Baby bokkie: Mapimpi’s son turns 1! [WATCH]

Yesterday at 21:09 PM, via The South African

Springbok Makazole Mapimpi and his wife Sasha de Sousa celebrated their son’s first birthday with a Disney-themed party…

Science/Tech

UK’s Data Watchdog Warns Students Are Breaching Their Schools’ IT Systems

Today at 04:34 AM, via Slashdot

The UK’s data-protecting Information Commissioner’s Office has issued a warning about what it calls a worrying trend, reports the BBC: “students hacking their own school and college IT systems for fun or as part of dares.”Since 2022, the the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has investigated 215 hacks and breaches originating from inside education settings and says 57% were carried out by...

Science/Tech

The World’s EV Owners Discover Unheated Batteries Lose Distance in Freezing Weather

Today at 02:40 AM, via Slashdot

RestOfWorld.org reports on “a global crisis nobody anticipated when governments started subsidizing electric vehicles…” “EVs can lose almost half their driving distance when temperatures drop, and the billions spent on improving technology have failed to fix this fundamental limitation.”In January, Seattle-based Recurrent, a company that tests and analyzes EVs, found an average range loss of...

Science/Tech

Tens of Thousands of US Emergency Workers Trained on How to Handle a Robotaxi

Today at 01:37 AM, via Slashdot

Last year Amazon’s robotaxi service Zoox held a training session for 20 Las Vegas firefighters, police officers, and other first responders, reports the Washington Post, calling it “a new ritual for emergency workers across the country, as autonomous vehicles begin to spread beyond the handful of cities that served as initial testing grounds…” Questions that came up included: What can first...

Science/Tech

Apple Claims ‘Most Significant Upgrade to Memory Safety’ in OS History

Today at 00:10 AM, via Slashdot

“There has never been a successful, widespread malware attack against iPhone,” notes Apple’s security blog, pointing out that “The only system-level iOS attacks we observe in the wild come from mercenary spyware… historically associated with state actors and [using] exploit chains that cost millions of dollars…” But they’re doing something about it — this week announcing a new always-on...