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Business

Stats SA breached in cyberattack

Today at 16:59 PM, via BusinessTech

South Africa’s statistics agency, Stats SA, has confirmed that its systems have been breached by a ransomware attack, marking the second major government breach this month.

Sport

McGuinness ‘delighted’ by Donegal’s league success

Today at 20:47 PM, via BBC News

Donegal manager Jim McGuinness is “delighted” as his team claim the county’s first National Football League title in 19 years and second overall with a thumping 3-20 to 2-10 win over Kerry at Croke Park.

Sport

Sivo hat-trick ends Warrington’s 100% record

Today at 20:32 PM, via BBC News

Super League top try-scorer Maika Sivo scores another hat-trick as Leeds Rhinos come from behind to end Warrington Wolves’ 100 percent record.

Education

‘A fire that’s burning again’: Welsh language resurges thanks to adult learners

Today at 08:00 AM, via The Guardian

The number of people on Dysgu Cymraeg courses has risen by 61% since 2017, as people in Wales rediscover the ‘poetry’ of the language

Elinor Staniforth from Cardiff hated Welsh lessons at her English-medium school – after her GCSEs, she said, she “forgot all about it”. Winning a place at Oxford University, however, made Staniforth reassess her identity and relationship with the language.

“I...

Education

Lack of specialist staff hinders support for Send children, teacher survey finds

Today at 02:01 AM, via The Guardian

National Education Union poll finds 89% feel class sizes in England are too big to be ‘properly inclusive’

Oversized classes and inadequate staffing levels are hindering teachers’ capacity to support children with special educational needs and disabilities (Send), according to a large survey of state school teachers in England.

Nine out of 10 (89%) of the 10,000 teachers who took part in the...

Education

Reform UK’s ‘pro-family’ policies are an exclusionary sham, minister says

Yesterday at 18:59 PM, via The Guardian

Olivia Bailey says she wants Sure Start-style hubs that will be rolled out in England on Monday to be inclusive for all

Reform UK’s “pro-family” policies are a sham and exclude non-traditional families, the government’s early years minister has said before the rollout of hundreds of new Sure Start-style family centres across England on Monday.

Olivia Bailey said she wanted the hubs to be...

Entertainment

Honda Amaze ticks all the transport boxes

Today at 19:35 PM, via The Citizen

Now in its third generation, the all-new Honda Amaze returns with fresh styling, enhanced comfort, and upgraded features.

Science/Tech

Bluesky’s Newest Product: an AI Tool That Gives You Custom Feeds

Today at 20:34 PM, via Slashdot

“What happens when you can describe the social experience you want and have it built for you…?” asks Bluesky? “We’ve just started experimenting, but we’re sharing it now because we want you to build alongside us.” Called “Attie” — because it’s built with Bluesky’s decentralized publishing framework, AT Protocol (which is open source) — the new assistant turns natural language prompts into...

Science/Tech

Amazon Gambles on $4B Push Into America’s Rural Areas, May Soon Carry More Parcels Than USPS

Today at 18:34 PM, via Slashdot

In many rural areas, America’s online shoppers can wait half a week or more for deliveries. But Amazon started a $4 billion “rural delivery push” last year, reports Bloomberg, and has now cut delivery times to under 24 hours for 1 in 5 rural and small-town households, with 48-hour delivery to 62% of rural households.The payoff could be huge. Rural shoppers in the US collectively spend $1...

Science/Tech

The Guardian view on peptides: Robert F Kennedy Jr would leave public health policy to the hucksters | Editorial

Today at 18:25 PM, via The Guardian

The US health secretary says he is a big fan of peptides. Many are promising drugs, but the only way to know their utility is proper clinical trials

Robert F Kennedy Jr, the US health secretary, is a chaotic person, but his Make America Healthy Again (Maha) agenda tends to follow a predictable logic. Large-scale, mandatory public health interventions – such as childhood vaccine requirements...

Science/Tech

Apple Now Requires Device-Level Age Verification in the UK. Could the US Be Next?

Today at 17:34 PM, via Slashdot

Apple unveiled new device-level age restrictions in the UK on Wednesday. “After downloading a new update, users will now have to confirm that they are 18 or older to access unrestricted features,” reports Gizmodo. “Users will be able to confirm their age with a credit card or by scanning an ID.”For those underage or who have not confirmed their age, Apple will turn on Web Content Filter and...

Health

A Secret History of Psychosis

Today at 11:00 AM, via New York Times

Cohen Miles-Rath heard voices telling him to kill his father. After they passed, he spent years retracing the path of his delusions.