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SPY VS SPY: SA’s links to US case against fighter pilot held for ‘helping Chinese military’

Today at 21:31 PM, via Daily Maverick

An American fighter pilot has been arrested in the US for allegedly providing services to the Chinese military without authorisation. The case is part of a broader geopolitical saga that has sucked in a South African flying academy, which has rejected US accusations that it is also working with China, thereby jeopardising American security.

World

Is the U.S. headed toward a military conflict with Iran?

Today at 18:50 PM, via NPR

New York Times journalist David Sanger discusses how we got here, the state of Iran’s nuclear weapons program, the likelihood of U.S. military force against Iran and if Trump’s goal is regime change.

Sport

Singapore to have Premier League streaming service

Today at 21:25 PM, via BBC News

The Premier League will launch its first direct-to-customer streaming service in Singapore next season – and is looking to see how it could be “replicated all around the world”.

Education

How to Measure Real Progress in Education

Today at 19:54 PM, via New York Times

Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, and others respond to a Nicholas Kristof column. Also: Reagan’s warning about nuclear weapons; aging doctors.

Education

‘Very Republican, very patriotic’: right-leaning civic centers now offer courses at US public colleges

Today at 19:00 PM, via The Guardian

Republican lawmakers push for conservative professors to counter purported leftwing indoctrination in schools

This story was produced by the Hechinger Report, a non-profit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education.

One glossy insert stuck out from the orientation packet handed to hundreds of Ohio State University freshmen last August. It advertised a...

Education

Send provision and student loans: will Labour’s changes backfire? – podcast

Today at 17:48 PM, via The Guardian

As the dust settles on the government’s landmark changes to children’s special educational needs and disabilities provision, what will their impact really be on young people, their families and schools? John Harris and Kiran Stacey look at what we know so far. And, a growing backlash from graduates over student loan payments, led by the influential consumer champion Martin Lewis, is causing...

Science/Tech

Firefox 148 Lets You Kill All AI Features in One Click

Today at 21:20 PM, via Slashdot

Mozilla has released Firefox 148 for Windows, macOS and Linux, bringing a new AI Settings section that lets users disable all of the browser’s AI-powered features in one click and then selectively re-enable the ones they actually want, such as the local translation tool that works locally rather than in the cloud. The update also patches more than 50 security vulnerabilities — none known to be...

Science/Tech

Are You ‘Agentic’ Enough for the AI Era?

Today at 21:00 PM, via Wired

Silicon Valley built AI coding agents that can handle most of the grunt work. Now, the most valuable skill in tech is deciding what they should do.

Science/Tech

Research suggests mating direction bias between Neanderthals and humans

Today at 21:00 PM, via The Guardian

Scientists say DNA evidence indicates male Neanderthals and human females interbred more often than opposite

Tens of thousands of years ago, as modern humans migrated into northerly territories inhabited by our ancient cousins, the Neanderthals, the two species met – and sometimes mated.

Now, genetic evidence has revealed a striking imbalance in these prehistoric trysts, suggesting that...

Science/Tech

Which Piece of Speculative Fiction Had the Greatest Single-Day Stock Market Impact?

Today at 20:40 PM, via Slashdot

Speaking of the Citrini’s blog post, which imagines a near-future AI-driven economic collapse, and which ended up help triggering the S&P 500’s worst single-day drop in nearly two weeks on Monday, FT Alphaville decided to track how US stock markets have moved on the release days of notable dystopian speculative fiction throughout history. The story adds: You may contend that this is facile. We...