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Sport

Man City’s Grealish honours late brother with goal

Today at 00:30 AM, via BBC News

Jack Grealish says he “was happy to start and score” after a 2-0 win against Leicester City, dedicating his goal to his late brother on the 25th anniversary of his death.

Education

We need more male teachers so British boys have role models, says minister

Today at 01:01 AM, via The Guardian

Bridget Phillipson, the education secretary, says there are too few men working in schools as UK reflects on TV series Adolescence

The fate of boys “is a defining issue of our time”, according to the education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, as she calls for more men to become teachers to combat “toxic” behaviours.

Speaking at a conference on Thursday, Phillipson will warn that boys and young...

Entertainment

WATCH: Ronaldo beats Messi – again!

Yesterday at 16:21 PM, via The Citizen

Al-Nassr FC footballer Cristiano Ronaldo’s YouTube success overshadows his counterpart Lionel Messi off the field.

Science/Tech

Open-Source Tool Designed To Throttle PC and Server Performance Based On Electricity Pricing

Today at 03:45 AM, via Slashdot

Robotics and machine learning engineer Naveen Kul developed WattWise, a lightweight open-source CLI tool that monitors power usage via smart plugs and throttles system performance based on electricity pricing and peak hours. Tom’s Hardware reports: The simple program, called WattWise, came about when Naveen built a dual-socket EPYC workstation with plans to add four GPUs. It’s a power-intensive...

Science/Tech

NaNoWriMo To Close After 20 Years

Today at 03:07 AM, via Slashdot

NaNoWriMo, the nonprofit behind the annual novel-writing challenge, is shutting down after 20 years but will keep its websites online temporarily so users can retrieve their content. The Guardian reports: A 27-minute YouTube video posted the same day by the organization’s interim executive director Kilby Blades explained that it had to close due to ongoing financial problems, which were...

Science/Tech

I put the Married at First Sight ‘experiment’ to the test. The results are stark | Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz

Today at 02:21 AM, via The Guardian

I’ve become addicted to the show. But as a scientist I wonder: how many couples actually stay together?

It has finally happened. After a decade of avoiding the show, my wife and I decided that we would try out the new season of Married at First Sight. We consume quite a bit of reality TV, so it’s not that we avoided it precisely, but something about the idea of watching people struggle to build...

Science/Tech

Five VPN Apps In the App Store Had Links To Chinese Military

Today at 02:20 AM, via Slashdot

A joint investigation found that at least five popular VPN apps on the App Store and Google Play have ties to Qihoo 360, a Chinese company with military links. Apple has since removed two of the apps but has not confirmed the status of the remaining three, which 9to5Mac notes have “racked up more than a million downloads.” The five apps in question are Turbo VPN, VPN Proxy Master, Thunder VPN,...