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SATURDAY, 31 JANUARY 2026, 03:17

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Littler comes back from brink in World Masters

Today at 01:39 AM, via BBC News

World number one Luke Littler comes through a “tough” night to win his first-round game after opponent Mike de Decker misses a match dart.

Business

South Africa and Israel give each other the boot

Yesterday at 16:58 PM, via BusinessTech

South Africa declared the top diplomat at Israel’s embassy persona non grata on Friday and ordered him out within 72 hours, prompting retaliation in kind.

Business

Retail price index rose by 2.8% in 2025

Yesterday at 16:53 PM, via BBC News

The increase was fuelled by the prices of food, leisure, motoring and household services, Jersey Statistics says.

Sport

Trump to face Carter in German Masters semi-final

Today at 01:51 AM, via BBC News

World number one Judd Trump will take on Ali Carter in the semi-finals of the German Masters after the world number one beat Xiao Guodong in a match which featured four centuries.

Sport

Inter want Liverpool’s Jones on loan – Saturday’s gossip

Today at 00:33 AM, via BBC News

Curtis Jones is attracting interest from Serie A side Inter Milan, while Gabriel Jesus and Gabriel Martinelli could be on their way to La Liga. However, Joshua Zirkzee looks like he may now stay in the Premier League, plus more.

Education

In Science We Trust. Or Do We?

Yesterday at 20:57 PM, via New York Times

Readers respond to a guest essay about the methods and reliability of science. Also: Opioid addiction; judges and presidents; cursive writing.

Science/Tech

Belkin’s Wemo Smart Devices Will Go Offline On Saturday

Today at 02:45 AM, via Slashdot

Belkin is shutting down cloud support for most Wemo smart home devices on January 31, leaving only Thread-based models and devices already set up in Apple HomeKit functional. Everything else will lose remote access, voice assistant integrations, and future app updates. The Verge reports: The shut down was first announced in July and impacts most Wemo devices, ranging from smart plugs to a...

Science/Tech

GNU gettext Reaches Version 1.0 After 30 Years

Today at 02:22 AM, via Slashdot

After more than 30 years of development, GNU gettext finally “crossed the symbolic ‘v1.0’ milestone,” according to Phoronix’s Michael Larabel. “GNU gettext 1.0 brings PO file handling improvements, a new ‘po-fetch’ program to fetch translated PO files from a translation project’s site on the Internet, new ‘msgpre’ and ‘spit’ pre-translation programs, and Ocaml and Rust programming language...

Science/Tech

White House Scraps ‘Burdensome’ Software Security Rules

Today at 02:02 AM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from SecurityWeek: The White House has announced that software security guidance issued during the Biden administration has been rescinded due to “unproven and burdensome” requirements that prioritized administrative compliance over meaningful security investments. The US Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has issued Memorandum M-26-05 (PDF), officially...

Health

Kennedy Overhauls Federal Autism Panel in His Own Image

Yesterday at 02:12 AM, via New York Times

The new panel, which advises the government on research and service priorities for people with autism, includes many members who have argued that vaccines cause autism.