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World

How Israel is winning the wars and losing the peace

Yesterday at 21:47 PM, via NPR

Israel has strengthened its security with a series of sweeping military victories in the past two years. It has also become far more isolated internationally, with no clear path ahead.

Africa

‘Turn crisis into opportunity,’ say African health leaders

Monday at 17:50 PM, via Mail & Guardian

Calls mount for African solutions to respond to the vaccine cuts and the need for a broad system-wide approach to vaccine production in Africa, and for innovative financing for sustainable health systems

Business

The AI job cuts are here – or are they?

Today at 02:09 AM, via BBC News

Amazon’s latest cuts fed into anxiety about AI replacing workers. But some are sceptical that recent layoffs are a telling sign of how AI is affecting employment.

Sport

There’s no other name I want next – Wardley calls out Usyk

Yesterday at 21:28 PM, via BBC News

Speaking to BBC Sport’s Kal Sajad, WBO interim heavyweight champion Fabio Wardley says he would like to face undisputed heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk next, following his victory against Joseph Parker.

Education

Trump demanded trans issues be excluded from sex education. 11 states complied

Yesterday at 18:53 PM, via The Guardian

16 other states have sued the White House over the federal program, saying it’s trampling on authority of Congress

US politics live – latest updates

At least 11 states and two territories are capitulating to a recent demand from the Trump administration to strip references to gender identity and the existence of transgender and non-binary people from a federal sex education program, officials...

Lifestyle

Rachel Kolisi likes comment comparing ex to SATAN

Yesterday at 22:15 PM, via The South African

Rachel Kolisi has liked a comment calling out her ex, Springbok captain Siya Kolisi, as ‘evil’ amid a post hinting at his unfaithfulness…

Science/Tech

Senators Announce Bill That Would Ban AI Chatbot Companions For Minors

Today at 02:10 AM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from NBC News: Two senators said they are announcing bipartisan legislation on Tuesday to crack down on tech companies that make artificial intelligence chatbot companions available to minors, after complaints from parents who blamed the products for pushing their children into sexual conversations and even suicide. The legislation from Sens. Josh Hawley,...

Science/Tech

China’s DeepSeek and Qwen AI Beat US Rivals In Crypto Trading Contest

Today at 01:30 AM, via Slashdot

hackingbear shares a report from Crypto News: Two Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) models, DeepSeek V3.1 and Alibaba’s Qwen3-Max, have taken a commanding lead over their US counterparts in a live real-world real-money cryptocurrency trading competition, posting triple-digit gains in less than two weeks. According to Alpha Arena, a real-market trading challenge launched by US research firm...

Science/Tech

Python Foundation Rejects Government Grant Over DEI Restrictions

Today at 00:50 AM, via Slashdot

The Python Software Foundation rejected a $1.5 million U.S. government grant because it required them to renounce all diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. “The non-profit would’ve used the funding to help prevent supply chain attacks; create a new automated, proactive review process for new PyPI packages; and make the project’s work easily transferable to other open-source package...

Science/Tech

AI News Anchor Debuts On UK’s Channel 4

Today at 00:10 AM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Variety: A news special on Britain’s Channel 4 titled “Will AI Take My Job?” investigated how automation is reshaping the workplace and pitting humans against machines. At the end of the hour-long program, a major twist was revealed: the anchor, who narrates and appears throughout the telecast reporting from different locations, was entirely...