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How and when to see the Orionids meteor shower

Today at 01:58 AM, via BBC News

The Orionids are thought to be one of the most impressive meteor displays. Visible from early October to early November, it will peak this week around 22 October. Here’s more on how you can see it.

Sport

Palace plan Guehi January sale – Saturday’s gossip

Yesterday at 23:20 PM, via BBC News

Liverpool receive a setback with their plans to sign Crystal Palace centre-back Marc Guehi on a free next summer, Manchester United eye January move for Palace midfielder Adam Wharton, while Spurs and Liverpool are keen on Bournemouth’s Antoine Semenyo, plus more.

Education

Faculty at Texas university fear entire liberal arts departments will be slashed

Yesterday at 20:44 PM, via The Guardian

University of Texas at Austin faculty fear changes from new taskforce that could restructure humanities programs

Faculty at the University of Texas at Austin fear entire academic departments might be on the chopping block after the university quietly appointed a committee charged with studying the restructuring of its liberal arts programs.

The university – the largest in the public...

Science/Tech

Wikipedia Volunteers Avert Tragedy by Taking Down Gunman at Conference

Today at 04:10 AM, via Slashdot

A potential tragedy was narrowly averted at a Wikipedia conference in Manhattan when two volunteer editors tackled an armed man who stormed the stage and threatened to kill himself during a keynote speech (source paywalled; alternative source). The gunman, who claimed he was protesting Wikipedia’s policy banning self-identified pedophiles, was disarmed and taken into custody after community...

Science/Tech

First Look at the Amazon’s Nuclear Facility Planned For Washington State

Today at 03:25 AM, via Slashdot

Amazon is investing hundreds of millions into the Cascade Advanced Energy Facility, a next-generation small modular reactor project in Richland, Washington, developed with X-energy and Energy Northwest. “The question now is will it be enough to kick off a new wave of U.S. nuclear energy innovation — a field that America largely soured on by the 1980s?” writes GeekWire. From the report: The...

Science/Tech

Prosper Data Breach Impacts 17.6 Million Accounts

Today at 02:45 AM, via Slashdot

Hackers breached financial services firm Prosper, stealing the personal data of roughly 17.6 million people, including Social Security numbers, income details, and government IDs. “We have evidence that confidential, proprietary, and personal information, including Social Security Numbers, was obtained, including through unauthorized queries made on Company databases that store customer...

Science/Tech

US Hyperscalers To Consume 22% More Grid Power By End of 2025

Today at 02:02 AM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Register: Hyperscale datacenters stateside will consume 22 percent more grid power by the end of 2025 than a year ago, and are forecast to need nearly three times as much electricity by the end of the decade. Warnings about datacenters’ rising energy draw are coming thick and fast of late, and this latest one from 451 Research (now a part of S&P...

Health

Higher Obamacare Prices Become Public in a Dozen States

Yesterday at 21:34 PM, via New York Times

Consumers are facing greater costs for their 2026 A.C.A. health coverage as Congress continues to debate whether to extend subsidies that help people afford their premiums.