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WEDNESDAY, 18 FEBRUARY 2026, 21:09

Sport

Rock blames bathroom soap for poor Antwerp display

Today at 19:41 PM, via BBC News

Josh Rock blames his error-strewn display in his 6-2 defeat by Michael Van Gerwen in night two of Premier League darts in Antwerp on the soap he used in the bathroom before going on stage.

Education

Liberia: Lisa Concludes High-Level Engagement With Academia and Regulators

Today at 19:55 PM, via AllAfrica

[New Dawn] The Liberia Standards Authority (LiSA) has concluded a high-level engagement session with representatives from academia and various regulatory bodies, aimed at strengthening collaboration between the authority and its institutional partners.

Education

South Africa: How Kraaifontein High Boosted Its 56 Percent Matric Pass Rate to 89 Percent in Two Years

Today at 19:52 PM, via AllAfrica

[Daily Maverick] Many no-fee schools in South Africa don’t have the resources to provide the academic and non-academic support that learners and staff need. Through working together as a school community and mobilising the support of nonprofit organisations, Kraaifontein High School managed to increase its matric pass rate by more than 30 percentage points in two years.

Education

Britons living in Europe face repayment hikes amid Reeves student loans row

Today at 17:43 PM, via The Guardian

Exclusive: UK graduates working in Germany and Belgium – and possibly other countries – informed of rises as salary threshold is cut

Britons living in some European countries face a huge rise in their student loan repayments later this year, the Guardian can reveal, in a move that threatens to trigger a fresh backlash for Rachel Reeves.

UK graduates working in Germany and Belgium – and...

Science/Tech

Linus Torvalds on How Linux Went From One-Man Show To Group Effort

Today at 20:45 PM, via Slashdot

Linus Torvalds has told The Register how Linux went from a solo hobby project on a single 386 PC in Helsinki to a genuinely collaborative effort, and the path involved crowdsourced checks, an FTP mirror at MIT, and a licensing decision that opened the floodgates. Torvalds released the first public snapshot, Linux 0.02, on October 5, 1991, on a Finnish FTP server — about 10,000 lines of code...

Science/Tech

ONQ 5.0 Achieves First Internal Test Success, Marking New Milestone in Automation Trading

Today at 20:18 PM, via Tech Financials

New York, USA – The first internal testing phase of ONQ 5.0 has been successfully completed, marking a significant milestone in the development of OneAssets Capital’s cutting-edge automation trading platform. This milestone follows a strategic collaboration between OAC and a leading institutional partner, aimed at testing ONQ’s automation trading capabilities in real-world market...

Science/Tech

Vermont EV Buses Prove Unreliable For Transportation This Winter

Today at 20:05 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader writes: Electric buses are proving unreliable this winter for Vermont’s Green Mountain Transit, as it needs to be over 41 degrees for the buses to charge, but due to a battery recall the buses are a fire hazard and can’t be charged in a garage. Spokesman for energy workers advocacy group Power the Future Larry Behrens told the Center Square: “Taxpayers were sold an $8...

Motoring

Major warning for Chery owners in South Africa

Today at 15:23 PM, via TopAuto

The Chery Tiggo 7 has received a poor NCAP crash-test result, raising questions about the safety promises made by manufacturers in South Africa.

Health

How Microbes Got Their Crawl

Today at 18:00 PM, via New York Times

In the oceans and on land, scientists are discovering rare, transitional organisms that bridge the gap between Earth’s simplest cells and today’s complex ones.