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WEDNESDAY, 08 APRIL 2026, 18:37

Sport

Ulster must ‘focus on ourselves’ – Stockdale

Today at 16:57 PM, via BBC News

Ulster winger Jacob Stockdale says Friday’s Challenge Cup quarter-final against La Rochelle is a chance to “create a statement for ourselves” [20:00 BST].

Education

Nigeria: Zamfara Bans Signing Out Carnivals

Today at 17:50 PM, via AllAfrica

[Leadership] Zamfara State Ministry of Education, Science and Technology has banned carnivals for signing out and all related immoral practices in educational institutions in the state.

Education

Rightwing group PragerU thinks ‘western civilization is in danger’. Their plan? Infiltrate US schools

Today at 14:00 PM, via The Guardian

As teachers eagerly adopt its free lesson plans and the White House boosts its videos, the non-profit’s leaders are intent on one goal: attracting young people to conservatism

In the fall of 2013, a silver-haired conservative radio host named Dennis Prager flew to Texas to woo a pair of rightwing billionaires. A few years earlier, Prager had co-founded a digital education non-profit, Prager...

Science/Tech

ZK Prover Code “Venus” Released to Dramatically Reduce L2 Fees and Scale Web3

Today at 18:20 PM, via Tech Financials

San Francisco, USA  — Open‑source software released today could significantly lower transaction fees on zero‑knowledge rollups, potentially ending the trade‑off between low cost and strong security that has long defined Ethereum layer‑2 scaling. The code, named “Venus,” was published by Cysic, a verifiable compute network. It is a hardware‑optimized proving backend built on top of […]

Science/Tech

Valve Releases Native Steam Link App For Apple’s Vision Pro

Today at 18:00 PM, via Slashdot

Valve has released a native Steam Link beta for Apple Vision Pro, letting users stream their existing Steam games onto a large virtual screen in visionOS. It supports up to 4K resolution and will let you dynamically adjust the curve of the display. The Mac Observer reports: Steam Link does not support VR titles in this beta, and Valve clearly states that the app is limited to 2D game streaming,...

Science/Tech

Apple and Lenovo Have the Least Repairable Laptops, Analysis Finds

Today at 17:00 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Apple earned the lowest grades in a report on laptop and smartphone repairability released today by the consumer advocacy group Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) Education Fund. The report, which looks at how easy devices are to disassemble and how easy it is to find repairability information, gave Apple a C-minus in laptop...