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World

Horses were on the loose in London

Yesterday at 22:45 PM, via NPR

Riderless horses from the royal Household Cavalry were galloping through central London Wednesday morning. They kept going for several miles.

Africa

E-voting versus paper ballots

Yesterday at 15:14 PM, via Mail & Guardian

Allowing independent candidates to contest the next general election in South Africa is a boon for democracy. Prof. Colin Thakur asks if it is time to move to an electronic voting system?

Politics

EFF member says he will apologise to Indian community after hate speech ruling

Yesterday at 19:00 PM, via Mail & Guardian

But Khehla Mngwengwe argued that the term ‘coolie’ was not a hateful term

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Sport

Watch: Match of the Day

Today at 00:59 AM, via BBC News

Including a Merseyside derby between Everton and Liverpool.

Sport

Glasner hails Mateta-Ayew partnership

Today at 00:43 AM, via BBC News

Crystal Palace manager Oliver Glasner praises the performance of forwards Jean-Philippe Mateta and Jordan in their 2-0 Premier League win over Newcastle United at Selhurst Park.

Science/Tech

Meta Opens Quest Operating System To Third-Party Device Makers

Today at 00:40 AM, via Slashdot

Similar to the way Google makes its mobile OS Android open source, Meta announced it is opening up its Quest headset’s operating system to rival device makers. Reuters reports: The move will allow partner companies to build their headsets using Meta Horizon OS, a rebranded operating system that brings capabilities like gesture recognition, passthrough, scene understanding and spatial anchors to...

Science/Tech

Updating California’s Grid For EVs May Cost Up To $20 Billion

Today at 00:00 AM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Two researchers at the University of California, Davis — Yanning Li and Alan Jenn — have determined that nearly two-thirds of [California’s] feeder lines don’t have the capacity that will likely be needed for car charging. Updating to handle the rising demand might set its utilities back as much as 40 percent of the existing grid’s capital...

Science/Tech

Lenovo First To Implement LPCAMM2 in Laptop

Yesterday at 23:20 PM, via Slashdot

Lenovo’s latest ThinkPad P1 Gen 7 laptop is set to be the first to use the new LPCAMM2 memory form factor, the successor to SODIMM sticks. From a report: While Lenovo has largely focused on the AI performance of its new laptop, which is equipped with an Intel Core Ultra CPU and Nvidia RTX 3000 Ada GPU, the company also noted that its device was the first in the world to use the LPCAMM2 memory...