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Education

Liberia: Eco Bank Liberia Empowers Nimba Students With New Computer Lab

Yesterday at 19:32 PM, via AllAfrica

[FrontPageAfrica] Ganta, Nimba County — In continuation of its corporate social responsibility (CSR) efforts and celebration of 13 years of community service in Liberia, ECO Bank Liberia has officially turned over a modern, fully equipped computer laboratory to the River View International Christian Academy (RICA) in Ganta City, Nimba County.

Education

You Made It to Harvard. But You Skip Class?

Yesterday at 19:17 PM, via New York Times

Readers respond to a Page A1 article about the lack of class attendance at Harvard. Also: Canceling a report on threats; America today.

Science/Tech

Google Will Let Friends Help You Recover an Account

Yesterday at 23:22 PM, via Slashdot

Google is introducing new recovery tools that aim to make it less frustrating to regain access when you’re locked out of your account. The Verge: Instead of answering security questions or entering a recovery email address, Google’s new security features allow account holders to verify their identity using a linked mobile number, or trusted friends or family members. The Recovery Contacts...

Science/Tech

Reddit Cofounder Says ‘Much of the Internet is Now Dead’

Yesterday at 22:41 PM, via Slashdot

Alexis Ohanian, who helped build Reddit, says much of the internet has become dominated by bots and AI. Speaking on the podcast TBPN, he described the internet as increasingly “quasi-AI” and filled with what he called “LinkedIn slop.” Ohanian referenced dead internet theory, the assertion that bot activity exceeds human activity on the web. In September, Sam Altman, OpenAI’s CEO, posted that...

Science/Tech

US Falls Out of Top 10 on List of the World’s Most Powerful Passports

Yesterday at 22:01 PM, via Slashdot

The U.S. passport has fallen out of the top 10 most powerful passports globally for the first time in 20 years in the latest edition of the Henley Passport Index, which ranks nations based on the number of destinations a traveler can visit without needing a visa. From a report: The U.S. ranking is on a steep downward trend, with the U.S. passport now in 12th spot, tied with Malaysia, having...

Science/Tech

DNA from discarded straw leads to indictment of murder suspect after 41 years

Yesterday at 21:00 PM, via The Guardian

Richard Bilodeau, 63, charged with two counts of murder in 1984 death of Theresa Fusco, 16, of Long Island

Four decades after prosecutors sent the wrong men to prison for the rape and murder of a 16-year-old girl from Long Island, New York, DNA obtained from a discarded straw has led to the indictment of a new suspect.

A Nassau county grand jury on Tuesday indicted Richard Bilodeau, 63, of...

Health

Trump Rattles Vaccine Experts Over Aluminum

Yesterday at 16:11 PM, via New York Times

The president’s call for removal of the metal from childhood inoculations set off alarms. About half of shots for polio, whooping cough and other diseases would be affected.