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World

The busiest place you’ve never seen

Today at 12:00 PM, via NPR

Photographer Julia Gunther and writer-filmmaker Nick Schönfeld chronicle the rhythms of daily life on Tristan da Cunha, the world’s most remote inhabited island.

Business

10 most valuable brands in South Africa worth R771 billion

Today at 16:00 PM, via BusinessTech

Accountancy firm Brand Finance recently published a report listing South Africa’s top 100 brands in 2026, with Africa’s largest mobile network operator MTN maintaining its position as South Africa’s most valuable brand.

Sport

Haaland resurgence throws down gauntlet for run-in

Today at 18:21 PM, via BBC News

Manchester City have beaten Arsenal and taken apart Liverpool in their past two games and Erling Haaland’s return to goalscoring form has laid down the gauntlet for the run-in.

Education

Living Space

Today 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.

Education

Voters in Wales failed by inaccurate UK media reports on devolved issues, study finds

Today at 08:00 AM, via The Guardian

Reports on English policies seen in Wales as relating to whole of UK contribute to widespread confusion, researchers say

UK media is failing to report properly on devolved issues in Wales, leaving voters ill-informed about May’s Senedd elections, a report has found.

A Cardiff University study of more than 3,000 news items found repeated patterns in coverage across different broadcasters and...

Education

A ‘masculinity crisis’ is brewing in UK schools, union says

Today at 01:01 AM, via The Guardian

Misogynistic abuse of female staff is increasing, leaving teachers feeling ‘traumatised’ and ‘humiliated’

Teachers’ leaders have said a “masculinity crisis” is fermenting in schools across the UK, with misogynistic abuse of female staff on the increase, leaving victims “traumatised”, “demeaned” and “humiliated”.

Almost a quarter of female teachers who took part in a union survey said they have...

Science/Tech

The Document Foundation Removes Dozens of Collabora Developers

Today at 18:34 PM, via Slashdot

Long-time GNOME/OpenOffice.org/LibreOffice contributorMichael Meeks is now general manager of Collabora Productivity. And earlier this month he complained when LibreOffice decided to bring back its LibreOffice Online project, as reported by Neowin, which had been inactive since 2022. After the original project went dormant — to which Collabora was a major contributor — they forked the code...

Science/Tech

Medicines watchdog to investigate UK peptide clinics over health claims

Today at 18:00 PM, via The Guardian

Exclusive: Guardian investigation finds several clinics making potentially unlawful claims about benefits of unregulated therapies

What are peptides, are they safe and is there evidence to back up the hype?

The medicines regulator is investigating whether UK clinics are breaking the law by making claims about the benefits of unregulated, experimental peptide therapies, the Guardian can...

Science/Tech

‘Cognitive Surrender’ Leads AI Users To Abandon Logical Thinking, Research Finds

Today at 16:00 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: When it comes to large language model-powered tools, there are generally two broad categories of users. On one side are those who treat AI as a powerful but sometimes faulty service that needs careful human oversight and review to detect reasoning or factual flaws in responses. On the other side are those who routinely outsource their...