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Africa

South Africa chase record 359 to beat India

Wednesday at 20:27 PM, via BBC News

South Africa complete the joint highest chase in the history of one-day internationals in India as they passed a target of 359 to win by four wickets in Naya Raipur.

Business

Major win for South Africa’s middle class

Yesterday at 17:00 PM, via BusinessTech

South Africans consumers are getting better at paying off their credit debts, with the country’s middle class experiencing a shift and improvement in repayment habits.

Business

Another sign pointing up for South Africa

Yesterday at 16:14 PM, via BusinessTech

Sentiment among South Africa’s agricultural businesses rose for the first time in three quarters as favorable weather conditions and strong exports supported a more positive outlook.

Sport

Stokes gets early breakthrough on day three

Today at 06:48 AM, via BBC News

Ben Stokes dismisses Michael Neser for 16 to give England an early breakthrough leaving Australia on 383-7 on day three of the second Ashes Test in Brisbane.

Education

My Somali Role Models in Minnesota

Yesterday at 20:16 PM, via New York Times

Readers react to President Trump’s disparaging comments about Somalis in the U.S. Also: Academic censorship; a prejudice against psychiatric medication.

Science/Tech

OpenAI Has Trained Its LLM To Confess To Bad Behavior

Today at 05:03 AM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from MIT Technology Review: OpenAI is testing another new way to expose the complicated processes at work inside large language models. Researchers at the company can make an LLM produce what they call a confession, in which the model explains how it carried out a task and (most of the time) owns up to any bad behavior. Figuring out why large language models...

Science/Tech

Blackest Fabric Ever Made Absorbs 99.87% of All Light That Hits It

Today at 04:02 AM, via Slashdot

alternative_right shares a report from ScienceAlert: Engineers at Cornell University have created the blackest fabric on record, finding it absorbs 99.87 percent of all light that dares to illuminate its surface. […] In this case, the Cornell researchers dyed a white merino wool knit fabric with a synthetic melanin polymer called polydopamine. Then, they placed the material in a plasma chamber,...

Health

Chuck Kesey, Probiotic Yogurt Pioneer, Dies at 87

Today at 00:40 AM, via New York Times

The younger brother of Ken Kesey, the novelist and counterculture luminary, he turned a defunct creamery into what is now Nancy’s Probiotic Foods.

Health

An End to Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns

Yesterday at 17:44 PM, via New York Times

A federal panel voted on Friday to recommend halting the at-birth shots for all infants, in a step toward Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s goal of upending the nation’s vaccine policy.