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Mum of two left penniless by Tinder scammer

Today at 03:53 AM, via BBC News

A mother of two tells the BBC she felt “embarrassed” and “stupid” after giving her savings away to a fraudster she met online.

Africa

Malawi’s new cabinet stokes fears of a return to impunity

Friday at 00:23 AM, via Mail & Guardian

The controversial hirings have unsettled Malawi’s international partners, with funds critical for health, agriculture and infrastructure now at risk of suspension if donors conclude that accountability has been abandoned

Business

G20 Drives Investor Eyes to Businessman Pinagare Mogodi and Mega Mining Empire

Yesterday at 19:18 PM, via BusinessTech

As global leaders, investors, and sovereign funds gather in South Africa for the G20 Summit, MAB Group (Matsapa-A-Botshelo) is positioning itself as a key partner for long-term investments in sectors such as mining, energy, infrastructure, logistics, and digital connectivity.

Sport

How wide players helped Newcastle beat Man City

Today at 01:59 AM, via BBC News

Match of the Day pundit Rob Green explains how Newcastle’s full-backs and wingers helped Eddie Howe’s side beat Manchester City 2-1 at St James’ Park.

Education

Greek secondary school teachers to be trained in using AI in classroom

Yesterday at 12:00 PM, via The Guardian

Some teachers and pupils voice concerns about pilot programme after government’s agreement with OpenAI

Secondary school teachers in Greece are set to go through an intensive course in using artificial intelligence tools as the country assumes a frontline role in incorporating AI into its education system.

Next week, staff in 20 schools will be trained in a specialised version of ChatGPT,...

Science/Tech

Did Bitcoin Play a Role in Thursday’s Stock Sell-Off?

Today at 04:35 AM, via Slashdot

A week ago Bitcoin was at $93,714. Saturday it dropped to $85,300. Late Thursday, market researcher Ed Yardeni blamed some of Thursday’s stock market sell-off on “the ongoing plunge in bitcoin’s price,” reports Fortune:”There has been a strong correlation between it and the price of TQQQ, an ETF that seeks to achieve daily investment results that correspond to three times (3x) the daily...

Science/Tech

PHP 8.5 Brings Long-Awaited Pipe Operator, Adds New URI Tools

Today at 03:35 AM, via Slashdot

“PHP 8.5 landed on Thursday with a long-awaited pipe operator and a new standards-compliant URI parser,” reports the Register, “marking one of the scripting language’s more substantial updates… “The pipe operator allows function calls to be chained together, which avoids theextraneous variables and nested statements that might otherwise beinvolved. Pipes tend to make code more readable than...

Science/Tech

‘The Strange and Totally Real Plan to Blot Out the Sun and Reverse Global Warming’

Today at 01:35 AM, via Slashdot

In a 2023 pitch to investors, a “well-financed, highly credentialed” startup named Stardust aimed for a “gradual temperature reduction demonstration” in 2027, according to a massive new 9,600-word article from Politico. (“Annually dispersing ~1 million tons of sun-reflecting particles,” says one slide. “Equivalent to ~1% extra cloud coverage.”) “Another page told potential investors Stardust...

Science/Tech

Meta Plans New AI-Powered ‘Morning Brief’ Drawn From Facebook and ‘External Sources’

Today at 00:34 AM, via Slashdot

Meta “is testing a new product that would give Facebook users a personalized daily briefing powered by the company’s generative AI technology” reports the Washington Post. They cite records they’ve reviwed showing that Meta “would analyze Facebook content and external sources to push custom updates to its users.”The company plans to test the product with a small group of Facebook users in...