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Britain’s Draper beaten by Rinderknech in Dubai

Yesterday at 22:59 PM, via BBC News

British number one Jack Draper suffers a second-round loss to Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech on his ATP Tour comeback at the Dubai Tennis Championships.

Politics

LIVE | Western Cape SOPA 2026

Yesterday at 18:47 PM, via SABC News

Western Cape Premier expected to deliver the State of the Province Address , Thursday evening

Sport

Salah happy to stay at Liverpool – Thursday’s gossip

Today at 01:26 AM, via BBC News

Mohamed Salah would be happy to stay at Liverpool until 2027, there are six Premier League clubs interested in Frankfurt’s Nnamdi Collins, while Casemiro wants to keep playing in Europe.

Sport

PSG avoid late scare against 10-man Monaco

Today at 00:18 AM, via BBC News

PSG held on despite a late Jordan Teze goal, after Marquinhos and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia scored in quick succesion to seal the tie for French champions, as Mamadou Coulibaly was sent off for Monaco.

Education

Labour ministers explore ways of easing burden of plan 2 student loans

Yesterday at 18:48 PM, via The Guardian

Government looks at options such as increasing loan repayment thresholds amid growing pressure

Ministers are examining ways to ease the burden of student loans after weeks of pressure over a policy pulling more people into repayments, the Guardian understands.

The Treasury and the Department for Education are reviewing different options to offer relief to graduates with Plan 2 student loans,...

Entertainment

Tick Tock not TikTok said Gen Z horologist

Yesterday at 20:46 PM, via The Citizen

Michael Page is not your average Gen Z. He works with time, holds it in his hands, fixes it and contemplates it along the way. Meet him here.

Science/Tech

Tech Firms Aren’t Just Encouraging Their Workers To Use AI. They’re Enforcing It.

Today at 00:30 AM, via Slashdot

Tech companies ranging from 300-person startups to giants like Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft and Salesforce have moved beyond encouraging employees to use AI tools and are now actively tracking adoption and, in several cases, tying it to performance reviews. Google is factoring AI use into some software engineer reviews for the first time this year, and Meta’s new performance review system...

Science/Tech

Americans Are Destroying Flock Surveillance Cameras

Yesterday at 23:00 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader shares a report: Brian Merchant, writing for Blood in the Machine, reports that people across the United States are dismantling and destroying Flock surveillance cameras, amid rising public anger that the license plate readers aid U.S. immigration authorities and deportations. Flock is the Atlanta-based surveillance startup valued at $7.5 billion a year ago and a maker of...

Science/Tech

Everyone Speaks Incel Now

Yesterday at 22:59 PM, via Wired

After migrating from misogynist forums to social media feeds, terms like “looksmaxxing” and “mogged” are now impossible to avoid.

Health

Sperm swim more quickly in summer, study finds

Yesterday at 19:18 PM, via BBC News

Understanding the seasonal patterns of sperm could improve fertility treatments, by optimising the timing of treatment, the reasearchers say.