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World

Syrians in Turkey Decide Whether to Return Home

Today at 21:32 PM, via NPR

Millions of Syrians fled their country during the civil war that lasted more than a decade. Now the dictator has been deposed and the country is trying to recover. Many ex-pat Syrians, including a large number in Turkey, are looking at what they have left in Syria and deciding whether to return. This reporting was sponsored by the Pulitzer Center

Education

Rwanda: Proof That Gender Policies Work? Look At Rwanda’s Schools

Today at 16:52 PM, via AllAfrica

[New Times] In 2008, Rwanda adopted the Girls’ Education Policy with the goal of closing the gender gap in education. Seventeen years later, the results are striking: girls are not just catching up; they are leading. Today, more Rwandan girls are completing primary and secondary school than boys, a reversal of trends seen in many parts of the world.

Science/Tech

Are a Few People Ruining the Internet For the Rest of Us?

Today at 22:10 PM, via Slashdot

A small fraction of hyperactive social media users generates the vast majority of toxic online content, according to research by New York University psychology professor Jay Van Bavel and colleagues Claire Robertson and Kareena del Rosario. The study found that 10% of users produce roughly 97% of political tweets, while just 0.1% of users share 80% of fake news. Twelve accounts known as the...

Science/Tech

MoonPay Executives May Have Sent $250,000 To Nigerian Scammer, DoJ Filing Suggests

Today at 21:30 PM, via Slashdot

A Department of Justice filing aiming to recover fraudulently obtained cryptocurrency may have inadvertently revealed the scam’s victims as the CEO and CFO of crypto payment firm MoonPay. From a report: The filing, which aims to seize around $40,350 in USDT frozen by Tether, reveals that two victims sent $250,300 in USDT to a person posing as Steve Witkoff, co-chair of the President Trump’s...

Science/Tech

Cognition AI Buys Windsurf as AI Frenzy Escalates

Today at 20:50 PM, via Slashdot

Cognition AI, an artificial intelligence startup that offers a software coding assistant, said on Monday that it had bought rival Windsurf as part of an escalating battle to lead in the technology. From a report: The move follows a $2.4 billion deal by Google to acquire some of Windsurf’s top executives and license the start-up’s technology, which was revealed on Friday. Google’s deal appeared...