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Cryptic Crossword JDE 528

Today at 02:09 AM, via Mail & Guardian

Welcome to the only South Africanised weekly cryptic crossword.Clue of the week:8 Gees is very important before event starts (4)

Sport

Arsenal hit seven to seal Leicester play-off fate

Today at 02:03 AM, via BBC News

Arsenal close the gap on leaders Manchester City to eight points with two games in hand, after a 7-0 win over Leicester City – who will finish bottom of the Women’s Super League.

Sport

Robertson sinks shot of the tournament contender

Today at 01:40 AM, via BBC News

Neil Robertson plays a red off the cushion and into the yellow to divert the ball into the middle pocket, in his quarter-final match up with John Higgins at the World Snooker Championships.

Sport

Arteta ‘fuming’ at overturned Eze penalty

Today at 01:15 AM, via BBC News

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta believes that the penalty awarded against Atletico Madrid for a foul on Eberechi Eze was not a “clear and obvious error”, meaning VAR did not need to intervene and the original on-field decision to give the penalty should have stood.

Sport

Who has the better front three – Bayern or PSG?

Today at 00:58 AM, via BBC News

BBC Sport experts Stephen Warnock and Nedum Onuoha analyse the difference between the attacking trios of Bayern Munich and PSG in their Champions League semi-final first leg.

Education

Office for Students’ University of Sussex humiliation is a symptom of deeper failings

Yesterday at 20:01 PM, via The Guardian

England’s higher education regulator must rebuild trust with troubled sector after series of blunders under previous leadership

In its brief and unhappy life, England’s Office for Students has been offered a series of challenges it has largely failed to meet. This week the latest and most embarrassing of those was unveiled, when the high court decisively rejected the higher education...

Education

Oxford’s new £185m humanities hub is polished, refined … and funded by a Trump ally

Yesterday at 17:46 PM, via The Guardian

Billionaire Stephen Schwarzman’s portrait hangs discretely in a building that promises cultural clout and architectural poise – yet can seem rather bland and bloodless

When the wealthy Paduan banker Enrico Scrovegni commissioned the building of his eponymous chapel in the 14th century, he made sure that he was immortalised in the lavish frescoes adorning its interior. Florentine artist Giotto...

Entertainment

Chiefs’ Kaze – ‘We were not there’

Yesterday at 21:59 PM, via The Citizen

‘It is one of the biggest areas we need to improve – a consistency in our mindset and in our behaviour going forward,’ said the Chiefs co-head coach.

Science/Tech

New Sam Bankman-Fried Trial Would Be Huge Waste of Court’s Time, Judge Says

Today at 01:00 AM, via Slashdot

A federal judge denied Sam Bankman-Fried’s request for a new trial, calling his claims of DOJ witness intimidation “wildly conspiratorial” and unsupported by the record. Judge Lewis Kaplan said (PDF) the FTX founder’s motion appeared tied to a pre-indictment plan to recast himself as a Republican victim of Biden’s DOJ in hopes of gaining sympathy, leniency, or even a Trump pardon. Ars Technica...

Science/Tech

Ubuntu’s AI Plans Have Linux Users Looking For a ‘Kill Switch’

Today at 00:00 AM, via Slashdot

Canonical’s plan to add AI features to Ubuntu has sparked pushback from users who are concerned it could follow Windows 11’s AI-heavy direction. “After Canonical’s announcement earlier this week that it’s bringing AI features to Ubuntu, replies included requests for an AI ‘kill switch’ or a way to disable the upcoming features,” reports The Verge. Canonical says it has no plans for a “global AI...

Motoring

New driving laws coming to South Africa

Yesterday at 14:53 PM, via TopAuto

The Road Traffic Infringement Agency has outlined its plans for the year, including the first phase of the AARTO rollout.