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World

Woman charged over Louvre jewellery heist

Today at 17:03 PM, via BBC News

Two men were already charged earlier this week after officials said they had “partially recognised” their involvement in the museum theft.

Sport

Sundowns and Pirates produce entertaining draw

Today at 17:35 PM, via The South African

Betway Premiership heavyweights Mamelodi Sundowns and Orlando Pirates delivered an enterprising 1-1 draw, with Camren Dansin scoring a worldie.

Education

Bridget Phillipson ‘ready to take on unions’ over year 8 reading tests

Today at 11:00 AM, via The Guardian

Education secretary says mandatory test needed to tackle ‘shocking outcomes’ for many working-class children

Bridget Phillipson has said she is ready to take on the unions in a battle over compulsory reading tests for 13-year-olds and more extracurricular activities for all children to prevent them becoming “stuck in a doom loop of detachment” from school.

The education secretary said that...

Lifestyle

HOW much DSTV used to cost: 1995 vs 2025

Today at 08:32 AM, via The South African

Here’s how much DSTV, Africa’s first satellite broadcaster, used to cost 30 years ago when it first launched in South Africa …

Science/Tech

Did a Weather Balloon, Not a Mysteryious Space Object, Strike That United Airlines Flight?

Today at 18:34 PM, via Slashdot

Slashdot reader joshuark shares this report from SFGate:The mystery object that struck a plane at 36,000 feet is likely not space debris, as some speculated, but rather a Silicon Valley test project gone wrong… WindBorne Systems, a Palo Alto startup that uses atmospheric balloons to collect weather data for AI-based forecast models,has come forward to say that they believe they may be...

Science/Tech

Security Holes Found in OpenAI’s ChatGPT Atlas Browser (and Perplexity’s Comet)

Today at 17:34 PM, via Slashdot

The address bar/ChatGPT input window in OpenAI’s browser ChatGPT Atlas “could be targeted for prompt injection using malicious instructions disguised as links,” reports SC World, citing a report from AI/agent security platform NeuralTrust:NeuralTrust found that a malformed URL could be crafted to include a prompt that is treated as plain text by the browser, passing the prompt on to the LLM. A...

Science/Tech

MIT Physicists Find a Way To See Inside Atoms That May Aid Search For Antimatter

Today at 16:34 PM, via Slashdot

“Traditionally, exploring the interior of atomic nuclei requires enormous particle accelerators that stretch for kilometers and propel beams of electrons at extremely high speeds,” writes SciTechDaily. But MIT physicists have unveiled a groundbreaking alternative that “used the atom’s own electrons as probes to momentarily enter the nucleus…”In research published in Science, a team of MIT...

Health

How to Shop for Obamacare When Subsidies Are in Limbo

Today at 11:02 AM, via New York Times

Enrollment for A.C.A. health coverage begins Nov. 1, with some staggering price increases. Here is a guide to help you choose a plan while Congress is at an impasse over tax credits.