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Dubois outpoints bloodied Harper to unify titles

Yesterday at 23:34 PM, via BBC News

Caroline Dubois floored a bloodied Terri Harper before outpointing her British rival to become the unified lightweight world champion in London.

Sport

Was 11 minutes of stoppage time at West Ham excessive?

Yesterday at 23:16 PM, via BBC News

There were 11 minutes of stoppage time at the end of the second half of West Ham’s FA Cup quarter-final against Leeds – but was that an excessive or an explainable amount of added time?

Education

Living Space

Saturday at 12:13 PM, via New York Times

We don’t have to travel to the moon to gain some of the insight that astronauts do.

Science/Tech

Will ‘AI-Assisted’ Journalists Bring Errors and Retractions?

Yesterday at 23:22 PM, via Slashdot

Meet the “journalist” who “uploads press releases or analyst notes into AI tools and prompts them to spit out articles that he can edit and publish quickly,” according to the Wall Street Journal. “AI-assisted stories accounted for nearly 20% of Fortune’s web traffic in the second half of 2025.” And most were written by 42-year-old Nick Lichtenberg, who has now written over 600 AI-assisted...

Science/Tech

Crooks Behind $27M in ‘Refund’ Scams Busted By YouTube Pranksters After Being Lured to Fake Funeral

Yesterday at 20:34 PM, via Slashdot

One crime ring scammed 2,000 elderly people of more than $27 million between 2021 and 2023 using tech support/bank impersonation/refund scams. “Victims were in their 70s and 80s,” reports the U.S. Attorney’s office for California’s southern district. Victims were first told they’d received a refund (either online or via phone), but then told they’d been “over-refunded” a massive amount, and...

Science/Tech

Apple Brings Device-Level Age Verification to Two More Countries

Yesterday at 19:34 PM, via Slashdot

11 days ago Apple launched device-level age restrictions in the U.K. There were some glitches, reports the blog 9to5Mac.For me, the experience was an entirely painless one, taking less than 30 seconds. All I had to do was tap a confirm and continue button, and Apple told me that the length of time I’d had an Apple account was used to confirm that I’m 18+. Others, however, experienced...

Science/Tech

Chance of alien life ‘goes to heart’ of space missions, Nasa chief says

Yesterday at 19:26 PM, via The Guardian

Jared Isaacman says odds of evidence we are not alone are ‘pretty high’ four days after Artemis II rocket lifted off

Nasa’s Orion spaceship four days into Artemis II mission: in pictures

The top official at Nasa says that the chance of alien existence is a factor in how the US space agency plans its missions.

Speaking on Sunday, Nasa administrator Jared Isaacman told CNN’s Meet the Press that...

Motoring

5 new Chinese car brands coming to South Africa

Yesterday at 09:45 AM, via TopAuto

The tide of Chinese car brands entering South Africa isn’t slowing down anytime soon, as five more companies plan to launch here in the near future.

Motoring

Good news about petrol

Yesterday at 07:55 AM, via TopAuto

Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz picked up this week.