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EXPLAINER: Who’s who in the SA-Iran naval drill fiasco

Today at 21:59 PM, via Daily Maverick

Military experts have suggested that Defence Minister Angie Motshekga, along with all the top officers implicated in the Iran naval drill fiasco, should face the music. Who are the major players in this mess?

Sport

Will NI’s manager search damage World Cup dream?

Today at 21:34 PM, via BBC News

BBC Sport NI looks at the Irish Football Association’s protracted search to find Tanya Oxtoby’s replacement as Northern Ireland Women’s manager, almost three months on from the Australian leaving the role.

Education

Robert Jenrick boasts that Reform is for the workers, but it’s a class war trap – and Labour shouldn’t fall for it

Today at 19:17 PM, via The Guardian

Though Labour’s voters are more likely to be the educated middle-classes, its focus must be fighting inequality. We know Farage’s party will only enrich the wealthy

Class politics is back, as if it ever went away. Robert Jenrick declares that Tories are toffs and “the divide in British politics has become Reform’s workers party versus the Tory posh party”. He says the Tories are so “out...

Education

At nine, I disappeared into home schooling. No one came looking

Today at 16:00 PM, via The Guardian

Mom insisted I needed a ‘free-form education’ outside public school. After four years of loneliness, I gave up hope that someone would get me out

“Every mother in the world wishes her kid wouldn’t grow up so fast.”

Mom laughs as she holds me close.

Continue reading…

Science/Tech

The Rise and Fall of the American Monoculture

Today at 22:45 PM, via Slashdot

The American monoculture — the era when three television networks, seven movie studios, and a handful of record labels determined virtually everything the country watched and heard — is collapsing under the weight of algorithmic recommendation engines and infinite streaming options. An estimated 200 million tickets were sold for “Gone With the Wind” in 1939 when the U.S. population was 130...

Science/Tech

Asus Confirms It Won’t Launch Phones in 2026, May Leave Android Altogether

Today at 22:05 PM, via Slashdot

Asus won’t release any new smartphones this year, and that may signal the brand’s exit from the Android space altogether. From a report: Asus Chairman Jonney Shih confirmed the news at an event in Taiwan on Jan. 16. According to a machine-translated version of quotes reported by Inside, Shih said, “Asus will no longer add new mobile phone models in the future.” Shih said Asus will continue to...

Science/Tech

WhatsApp Texts Are Not Contracts, Judge Rules in $2M Divorce Row

Today at 21:25 PM, via Slashdot

A British painter who argued that her ex-husband had signed over their $2 million north London home through WhatsApp messages has lost her High Court appeal after the judge ruled that the sender’s name appearing in a chat header does not constitute a legal signature. Hsiao-mei Lin, 54, presented messages from her former husband Audun Mar Gudmundsson, a financier, in which he stated he would...

Science/Tech

Microsoft’s Xbox Cloud Gaming May Soon Let You Stream Your Own Games for Free – If You Watch Ads

Today at 20:45 PM, via Slashdot

Microsoft appears to be preparing an ad-supported tier for Xbox Cloud Gaming that would let players stream games they’ve purchased digitally without needing a Game Pass subscription, according to a Windows Central report citing sources familiar with the plans. Users last week began noticing a new message pop up while launching cloud games that referenced “1 hour of ad supported play time per...