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Dubois outpoints bloodied Harper to unify titles

Yesterday at 23:34 PM, via BBC News

Caroline Dubois floored a bloodied Terri Harper before outpointing her British rival to become the unified lightweight world champion in London.

Sport

Was 11 minutes of stoppage time at West Ham excessive?

Yesterday at 23:16 PM, via BBC News

There were 11 minutes of stoppage time at the end of the second half of West Ham’s FA Cup quarter-final against Leeds – but was that an excessive or an explainable amount of added time?

Education

Living Space

Saturday at 12:13 PM, via New York Times

We don’t have to travel to the moon to gain some of the insight that astronauts do.

Science/Tech

Hundreds of Theatres Show Apocalyptic-Yet-Optomistic New Movie, ‘The AI Doc’

Today at 00:39 AM, via Slashdot

Hundreds of theatres are now showing a new documentary called The AI Doc: Or How I Became An Apocaloptimist. Variety calls it “playful and heady,”edited “with a spirit of ADHD alertness.” The New York Times suggests it “tries to cover so much that it ends up being more confusing than clarifying, but parts are fascinating.” But the Los Angeles Times calls it an “aggravating soup of information...

Science/Tech

Will ‘AI-Assisted’ Journalists Bring Errors and Retractions?

Yesterday at 23:22 PM, via Slashdot

Meet the “journalist” who “uploads press releases or analyst notes into AI tools and prompts them to spit out articles that he can edit and publish quickly,” according to the Wall Street Journal. “AI-assisted stories accounted for nearly 20% of Fortune’s web traffic in the second half of 2025.” And most were written by 42-year-old Nick Lichtenberg, who has now written over 600 AI-assisted...

Science/Tech

Crooks Behind $27M in ‘Refund’ Scams Busted By YouTube Pranksters After Being Lured to Fake Funeral

Yesterday at 20:34 PM, via Slashdot

One crime ring scammed 2,000 elderly people of more than $27 million between 2021 and 2023 using tech support/bank impersonation/refund scams. “Victims were in their 70s and 80s,” reports the U.S. Attorney’s office for California’s southern district. Victims were first told they’d received a refund (either online or via phone), but then told they’d been “over-refunded” a massive amount, and...

Science/Tech

Apple Brings Device-Level Age Verification to Two More Countries

Yesterday at 19:34 PM, via Slashdot

11 days ago Apple launched device-level age restrictions in the U.K. There were some glitches, reports the blog 9to5Mac.For me, the experience was an entirely painless one, taking less than 30 seconds. All I had to do was tap a confirm and continue button, and Apple told me that the length of time I’d had an Apple account was used to confirm that I’m 18+. Others, however, experienced...

Motoring

5 new Chinese car brands coming to South Africa

Yesterday at 09:45 AM, via TopAuto

The tide of Chinese car brands entering South Africa isn’t slowing down anytime soon, as five more companies plan to launch here in the near future.

Motoring

Good news about petrol

Yesterday at 07:55 AM, via TopAuto

Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz picked up this week.