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Sweden Swaps Screens For Books In the Classroom

Today at 21:00 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: In 2023, the Swedish government announced that the country’s schools would be going back to basics, emphasizing skills such as reading and writing, particularly in early grades. After mostly being sidelined, physical books are now being reintroduced into classrooms, and students are learning to write the old-fashioned way: by hand, with a...

FDA Approves Eli Lilly’s GLP-1 Pill

Today at 20:56 PM, via Wired

Eli Lilly’s once-daily Foundayo is the second obesity pill to receive FDA approval. It will compete with Novo Nordisk’s pill version of Wegovy.

US approves new oral weight-loss pill developed by Eli Lilly

Today at 20:54 PM, via The Guardian

Called Foundayo, the tablet becomes the second one to receive FDA’s green light after Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave the green light on Wednesday to a new oral weight-loss medication developed by the Indianapolis-based pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly.

Known as orforglipron or brand name Foundayo, the once-daily tablet becomes the second GLP-1 drug in pill...

OnlyOffice Suspends Nextcloud Partnership For Forking Its Project Without Approval

Today at 20:00 PM, via Slashdot

darwinmac writes: OnlyOffice has suspended its partnership with Nextcloud after the latter forked its editors into a new project called Euro-Office, according to a report from Neowin. The move comes just days after Nextcloud and partners like IONOS announced the fork as part of a broader push for European digital sovereignty. In a statement, the company accused the project of violating its...

Artemis II, Nasa’s first crewed lunar rocket in more than half a century, is set to lift-off – watch and follow live

Today at 19:49 PM, via The Guardian

Follow latest updates, including how to watch the launch, as four astronauts prepare to set off on a 10-day, 685,000-mile journey with millions watching

Unlike the Apollo moon landings from 1969 to 1972, when millions of people had to gather around small TV sets to watch missions unfold in often grainy and ghosting black and white video, every moment of Artemis II will be a fully online,...

Anthropic Issues Copyright Takedown Requests To Remove 8,000+ Copies of Claude Code Source Code

Today at 19:00 PM, via Slashdot

Anthropic is using copyright takedown notices to try to contain an accidental leak of the underlying instructions for its Claude Code AI agent. According to the Wall Street Journal, “Anthropic representatives had used a copyright takedown request to force the removal of more than 8,000 copies and adaptations of the raw Claude Code instructions … that developers had shared on programming...

Redmond HVAC Contractor Earns Triple Recognition in 60 Days, Reflecting a Shift in How Homeowners Vet Contractors

Today at 18:08 PM, via Tech Financials

Seattle, WA — In roughly two months, three independent organizations that evaluate home service contractors each reached the same conclusion: Home Comfort Alliance, an HVAC contractor serving the Greater Puget Sound area, is among the most reliable in its market. The coincidence of timing has turned what might otherwise be routine business recognition into something […]

CEO of America’s Largest Public Hospital System Says He’s Ready To Replace Radiologists With AI

Today at 18:00 PM, via Slashdot

Mitchell H. Katz, MD, president and CEO of NYC Health + Hospitals, said hospitals could already replace many radiologists with AI for some imaging tasks — if regulators allowed it. He argued the technology presents an opportunity to simultaneously cut costs and expand access. Radiology Business reports: Katz — who has led the 11-hospital organization since 2018 — said he sees great potential...

WhatsApp Whistle-Blower Suit Is Dismissed

Today at 17:43 PM, via New York Times

The former head of security for the messaging app, owned by Meta, had accused the social media company of putting billions of users at risk. A judge said there was not enough evidence that he was fired for his claims.

The New Era of Militia Influencers

Today at 17:00 PM, via Wired

The militia movement in the US is undergoing a rebrand that trades counterprotests for expensive weapons, manly sweatshirts, and highly curated Instagram grids.

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