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SpaceX Lines Up $920 Million-Per-Month Compute Deal With Google Ahead of Historic IPO

Today at 17:09 PM, via iAfrica

SpaceX has lined up another major compute deal ahead of its historic IPO — this time with Google — under which the search giant will pay $920 million a month for access to roughly 110,000 NVIDIA GPUs and related infrastructure. SpaceX announced the deal in a regulatory filing on Friday. Under the terms of the […]

Education

The London school that has screen-free days for pupils, teachers – and parents

Today at 14:00 PM, via The Guardian

Holy Family Catholic primary school says enthusiastic response from parents has been biggest surprise

Schools banning pupils from having smartphones are commonplace. But what about a school where pupils ban teachers from using their smartphones, and then get their parents to join in?

And not just phones: at Holy Family Catholic primary school in west London teachers are also barred from using...

Education

Labour doesn’t seem to like Send schools for kids like mine – but here’s what we’ll lose if these precious places are forgotten | John Harris

Today at 13:00 PM, via The Guardian

An autism school in Wiltshire exemplifies what’s so different about education in a tailored environment, and the outcomes for children speak for themselves

In the old Wiltshire milltown of Calne, there is an autism specialist school called the Springfields Academy. About 250 children and young people between the age of four and 19 go there. Class sizes are no larger than 12. In each room, every...

Entertainment

48 hours in pictures, 7 June 2026

Today at 18:30 PM, via The Citizen

Through the lens: The Citizen’s Picture Editors select the best news photographs from South Africa and around the world.

Science/Tech

After Empty Promises, Will String Theory Find New Uses?

Today at 17:34 PM, via Slashdot

Science magazine reports:For decades, string theory promised a “theory of everything” that described all particles and forces as tiny vibrating strings. Physicists hoped it could also solve one of the field’s deepest problems: reconciling quantum mechanics with gravity. But as string theory grew increasingly elaborate — and experimentally unreachable — many physicists lost hope. Now, some...

Science/Tech

Reddit Ads Impersonate BBC and The Guardian to Push Fake AI Investment Schemes

Today at 16:34 PM, via Slashdot

A “growing wave” of Reddit’s “promoted posts” are sending U.S. and European audiences to money-stealing scams that impersonate major news organizations including the BBC, the Financial Times, and The Guardian, according to new findings from Bitdefender Labs. “Domains are short-lived and rapidly rotated to evade detection,” they write, noting that the impersonating sites apparently even use...

Science/Tech

Everyone wants a piece of SpaceX

Today at 15:30 PM, via TechCentral

Orders of about $150-billion, double the $75-billion target, mark impressive demand for the largest IPO ever.

Science/Tech

OpenAI plans ChatGPT ‘super app’

Today at 14:00 PM, via TechCentral

OpenAI is planning its biggest ChatGPT overhaul yet, aiming to turn it into a “super app” with coding tools and AI agents.

Health

Are you feeling overwhelmed?

Friday at 19:57 PM, via BBC News

Kimberley Wilson gives some tips on how to deal with feeling overwhelmed.