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World

Crucial Weapons Head to Ukraine; And horses jam London’s rush hour.

Yesterday at 23:30 PM, via NPR

Newly approved military aid package goes to Ukraine, Taiwan and Israel. We’ll hear about what its impact on the battlefield will be. And in London, royal horses get loose during rush hour. Sign up for State of the World+ to listen sponsor-free and support the work of NPR journalists. Visit plus.npr.org.

Education

Foreign states targeting sensitive research at UK universities, MI5 warns

Today at 01:02 AM, via The Guardian

Ministers considering more funding to protect important research sites, with China seen as a particular concern

MI5 has warned universities that hostile foreign states are targeting sensitive research, as ministers consider measures to bolster protections.

Vice-chancellors from 24 leading institutions, including Oxford, Cambridge and Imperial College London, were briefed on the threat by the...

Education

Nigeria: ASUU Threatens Strike Over Attacks On Lecturers in Uniben

Yesterday at 19:33 PM, via AllAfrica

[Daily Trust] The University of Benin chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said it will not resume academic activities next Monday, citing concerns about increased violence and insecurity on the Ugbowo campus.

Science/Tech

Seagate Joins the HDD Price Hike Party, Blames AI for Spike in Demand

Today at 02:41 AM, via Slashdot

Seagate has joined Western Digital in increasing the prices of hard drives, with rising demand due to the huge data requirements of AI taking the blame. AI is also behind a rapid growth in orders for Enterprise solid state drives. From a report: One of the big three makers of traditional rotating hard disk drives, Seagate informed customers that it is increasing prices effective immediately for...

Science/Tech

Open Sourcing DOS 4

Today at 02:01 AM, via Slashdot

Microsoft releases one of the most popular versions of MS-DOS as open source today. stikves shares a post:Ten years ago, Microsoft released the source for MS-DOS 1.25 and 2.0 to the Computer History Museum, and then later republished them for reference purposes. This code holds an important place in history and is a fascinating read of an operating system that was written entirely in 8086...

Science/Tech

US Teacher Charged With Using AI To Frame Principal With Hate Speech Clip

Today at 01:10 AM, via Slashdot

Thomas Claburn reports via The Register: Baltimore police have arrested Dazhon Leslie Darien, the former athletic director of Pikesville High School (PHS), for allegedly impersonating the school’s principal using AI software to make it seem as if he made racist and antisemitic remarks. Darien, of Baltimore, Maryland, was subsequently charged with witness retaliation, stalking, theft, and...