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Education

Oxford shuts down institute run by Elon Musk-backed philosopher

Today at 00:46 AM, via The Guardian

Nick Bostrom’s Future of Humanity Institute closed this week in what Swedish-born philosopher says was ‘death by bureaucracy’

Oxford University this week shut down an academic institute run by one of Elon Musk’s favorite philosophers. The Future of Humanity Institute, dedicated to the long-termism movement and other Silicon Valley-endorsed ideas such as effective altruism, closed this week...

Education

Yale students continue hunger strike in protest over Israel’s war on Gaza

Yesterday at 22:28 PM, via The Guardian

Protesters into seventh day of hunger strike in support of Palestinians and in effort to demand university divestment

A group of students at Yale University were on Friday into the seventh day of a hunger strike in support of Palestinians in Gaza and in a protest to pressure the university to divest from any weapons manufacturing companies potentially supplying the Israeli military.

The group...

Education

Sunak rejects offer of youth mobility scheme between EU and UK

Yesterday at 19:52 PM, via The Guardian

Labour also turns down European Commission’s proposal, which would allow young Britons to live, study and work in EU

Rishi Sunak has rejected an EU offer to strike a post-Brexit deal to allow young Britons to live, study or work in the bloc for up to four years.

The prime minister declined the European Commission’s surprise proposal of a youth mobility scheme for people aged between 18 and 30...

Entertainment

Focalistic’s new hit speaks to your core

Yesterday at 13:59 PM, via SowetanLIVE

President Ya Straata’s new single Pressure is aptly titled because it highlights the attitude of overcoming constraints to perform at your best as artists and athletes.

Science/Tech

Netflix Doc Accused of Using AI To Manipulate True Crime Story

Today at 03:25 AM, via Slashdot

Earlier this week, Netflix found itself embroiled in an AI scandal when Futurism spotted AI-generated images used in the Netflix documentary What Jennifer Did.. The movie’s credits do not mention any uses of AI, causing critics to call out the filmmakers for “potentially embellishing a movie that’s supposed to be based on real-life events,” reports Ars Technica. An executive producer of the...

Science/Tech

Android Gets a New Software-Based AV1 Decoder

Today at 02:45 AM, via Slashdot

Ben Schoon reports via 9to5Google: Google’s Arif Dikici confirmed on LinkedIn this week that Android is now using VideoLAN’s (the makers of VLC) “dav1d” software decoder to allow AV1 to work on more devices. This is now available on all devices running Android 12 or higher via a software update. Mishaal Rahman points out that this started to roll out with the March 2024 Google Play system...

Science/Tech

Firefox Nightly Expands To Linux On ARM64

Today at 02:02 AM, via Slashdot

BrianFagioli shares a report from BetaNews: Mozilla has announced Firefox Nightly for ARM64. This release will cater to the growing demand for support on ARM64 platforms, commonly referred to as AArch64. Feedback from the community has led Mozilla to expand the availability of Firefox Nightly. Users can now access the browser as both .tar archives and .deb packages, depending on their...

Science/Tech

Dutch Privacy Watchdog Recommends Government Organizations Stop Using Facebook

Today at 01:20 AM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: The Dutch privacy watchdog AP on Friday said it was recommending that government organizations should stop using Facebook as long as it is unclear what happens with personal data of users of the government’s Facebook pages. “People that visit a government’s page need to be able to trust that their personal and sensitive data is in safe hands,”...

Health

Heat-Related ER Visits Rose in 2023, CDC Study Finds

Thursday at 21:41 PM, via New York Times

As record heat enveloped the nation, the rate of emergency room visits increased compared with the previous five years, a sign of the major health risks of high temperatures.