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Sport

Palace plan Guehi January sale – Saturday’s gossip

Yesterday at 23:20 PM, via BBC News

Liverpool receive a setback with their plans to sign Crystal Palace centre-back Marc Guehi on a free next summer, Manchester United eye January move for Palace midfielder Adam Wharton, while Spurs and Liverpool are keen on Bournemouth’s Antoine Semenyo, plus more.

Education

Faculty at Texas university fear entire liberal arts departments will be slashed

Yesterday at 20:44 PM, via The Guardian

University of Texas at Austin faculty fear changes from new taskforce that could restructure humanities programs

Faculty at the University of Texas at Austin fear entire academic departments might be on the chopping block after the university quietly appointed a committee charged with studying the restructuring of its liberal arts programs.

The university – the largest in the public...

Education

Namibia: Oshikoto Council Donates to Onamishu School

Yesterday at 19:31 PM, via AllAfrica

[New Era] The Oshikoto Regional Council has donated N$220,000 to Onamishu Combined School in Eengodi constituency of Omusati Region, to construct a kitchen and dining hall for its hostel.

Science/Tech

Plug-in Hybrids Pollute Almost As Much As Petrol Cars, Report Finds

Yesterday at 23:20 PM, via Slashdot

Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) pump out nearly five times more planet-heating pollution than official figures show, a report has found. The Guardian: The cars, which can run on electric batteries as well as combustion engines, have been promoted by European carmakers as a way to cover long distances in a single drive — unlike fully electric cars — while still reducing emissions. Data...

Science/Tech

Salesforce Sued By Authors Over AI Software

Yesterday at 22:41 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader shares a report: Cloud-computing firm Salesforce was hit with a proposed class action lawsuit by two authors who alleged the company used thousands of books without permission to train its AI software. Novelists Molly Tanzer and Jennifer Gilmore said in the complaint that Salesforce infringed copyrights by using their work to train its xGen AI models to process...

Health

Higher Obamacare Prices Become Public in a Dozen States

Yesterday at 21:34 PM, via New York Times

Consumers are facing greater costs for their 2026 A.C.A. health coverage as Congress continues to debate whether to extend subsidies that help people afford their premiums.