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Science/Tech

Many Privileged Students at US Universities are Getting Extra Time on Tests After ‘Disability’ Diagnoses

Sunday at 14:34 PM, via Slashdot

Today America’s college professors “struggle to accommodate the many students with an official disability designation,” reports the Atlantic, “which may entitle them to extra time, a distraction-free environment, or the use of otherwise-prohibited technology.” Their staff writer argues these accommodations “have become another way for the most privileged students to press their advantage.”[Over...

What Are Gravel Running Shoes? (2025)

Sunday at 13:30 PM, via Wired

This new-ish hybrid between trail runners and road runners is designed for less technical terrain and the occasional road run.

Is Ruby Still a ‘Serious’ Programming Language?

Sunday at 10:34 AM, via Slashdot

Wired published an article by California-based writer/programmer Sheon Han arguing that Ruby “is not a serious programming language.” Han believes that the world of programming has “moved on”, and “everything Ruby does, another language now does better, leaving it without a distinct niche.Ruby is easy on the eyes. Its syntax is simple, free of semicolons or brackets. More so even thanPython —...

DStv in big trouble

Sunday at 10:02 AM, via MyBroadband

DStv and its streaming sibling Showmax stand to lose hundreds of movies and series at the end of 2025.

8 Best Crypto Coins: Bullzilla HAILED as Top Crypto Presale to Buy 

Sunday at 08:50 AM, via Tech Financials

In the last month of 2025, Traders are prioritizing projects with solid fundamentals, clear tokenomics, and proven scarcity mechanics that promise long-term growth potential. This week, several projects have emerged in the spotlight, each offering a unique mix of technological innovation, strong community adoption, and reward mechanisms. Among these rising stars, BullZilla ($BZIL), top crypto […]

4 Crypto Presales Riding the Stablecoin Supercycle – Digitap ($TAP) Leads as Best Crypto Presale This December

Sunday at 08:39 AM, via Tech Financials

In a recent report, Polygon suggested that the crypto industry is in a “super-cycle” and stablecoins are at the center of the structural shift. Company’s Global Head of Payments and RWA, Aishwary Gupta, noted that the market could see more than 100,000 stablecoin issuers emerge over the next five years. Japan’s recent steps show that […]

Tether Whale Funding Reform UK Shows Stablecoin Power, and Digitap ($TAP) Chases It as Best Crypto Presale

Sunday at 08:27 AM, via Tech Financials

The growing discussion around Reform UK funding has revived interest in how whales use stablecoins to shape political movements. Former Tether investor and billionaire Christopher Harborne has made a whopping £9M investment in Reform UK, the political group spearheaded by Nigel Farage, causing much controversy.  Against this backdrop, Digitap ($TAP) continues to stand out in […]

New Jolla Phone Now Available for Pre-Order as an Independent Linux Phone

Sunday at 07:34 AM, via Slashdot

Jolla is “trying again with a new crowd-funded smartphone,” reports Phoronix:Finnish company Jolla started out 14 years ago where Nokia left off with MeeGo and developed Sailfish OS as a new Linux smartphone platform. Jolla released their first smartphone in 2013 after crowdfunding but ultimately the Sailfish OS focus the past number of years now has been offering their software stack for use...

Traffic fine warning in South Africa

Sunday at 07:00 AM, via MyBroadband

Road Traffic Infringement Agency spokesperson Monde Mkalipi has warned motorists about a trend of fraudulent traffic fine notifications being sent after working hours.

The Anxieties of Full-Body MRI Scans (Not Covered by Insurance)

Sunday at 04:34 AM, via Slashdot

Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank calls himself “a highly creative hypochondriac” — who just paid for an expensive MRI scan to locate abnormal spots as tiny as 2 millimeters. He discusses the pros and cons of its “diffusion-weighted imaging” technology combined with the pattern recognition of AI, which theoretically “has the potential to save our lives by revealing budding cancers,...

Could America’s Paper Checks Be On the Way Out, Like the Penny?

Sunday at 02:21 AM, via Slashdot

“First the penny. Next, paper checks?” asks CNN:When the U.S. Mint stopped making pennies last month for the first time in 238 years, it drew a lot of attention. But there have been quiet moves to stop using paper checks as well. The government stopped sending out most paper checks to recipients as of the end of September, part of an effort to fully modernize federal benefits payments. And on...

Google Must Limit Its ‘Default Search’ Contracts to One Year, Judge Rules

Sunday at 01:21 AM, via Slashdot

Bloomberg reports that Google “must renegotiate any contract to make its search engine or artificial intelligence app the default for smartphones and other devices every year, a federal judge ruled.”Judge Amit Mehta in Washington sided with the US Justice Department on the one year limitation in his final ruling on what changes the search giant must make in the wake of a landmark ruling that...

Woman Hailed As a Hero For Smashing Man’s Meta Smart Glasses On Subway

Saturday at 23:59 PM, via Slashdot

“Woman Hailed as Hero for Smashing Man’s Meta Smart Glasses on Subway,” reads the headline at Futurism:As Daily Dot reports, a New York subway rider has accused a woman of breaking his Meta smart glasses. “She just broke my Meta glasses,” said the TikTok user, who goes by eth8n, in a video that has since garnered millions of views. “You’re going to be famous on the internet!” he shouted at her...

A 1950s Material Just Set a Modern Record For Lightning-fast Chips

Saturday at 22:49 PM, via Slashdot

“Researchers engineered a strained germanium layer on silicon that allows charge to move faster than in any silicon-compatible material to date,” reports Science Daily. “This record mobility could lead to chips that run cooler, faster, and with dramatically lower energy consumption. “The discovery also enhances the prospects for silicon-based quantum devices…”Scientists from the University of...

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