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Africa

Zaha omitted from Ivory Coast World Cup squad

Friday at 18:43 PM, via BBC News

Former Crystal Palace forward Wilfried Zaha is left out of Ivory Coast’s World Cup squad, but four current Premier League players are included.

Politics

Mathjabeng in financial freefall

Yesterday at 09:30 AM, via Mail & Guardian

The Free State municipality is facing severe fiscal distress, with liabilities exceeding R5.8bn and a R871.6 million deficit, says Auditor General Tsakani Maluleke

Sport

Should Cunha’s goal have been disallowed?

Today at 00:58 AM, via BBC News

BBC Sport pundits Mark Schwarzer and Dion Dublin believe Bryan Mbeumo using his arm to trap the ball to his side to help better control Diego Dalot’s cross in the build-up to Matheus Cunha’s goal, gave Manchester United an “unfair advantage” in their 3-2 win over Nottingham Forest in the Premier League.

Sport

Chelsea keen on Aston Villa’s Rogers – Monday’s gossip

Yesterday at 23:33 PM, via BBC News

Chelsea could make move for Aston Villa’s Morgan Rogers, Barcelona aware of Villa interest in Manchester United’s on-loan forward Marcus Rashford, Manchester City’s Rodri coy on future, plus more.

Education

Sons of jailed Saudi scholars urge Cambridge to drop plans to train Riyadh staff

Yesterday at 17:13 PM, via The Guardian

Exclusive: Families of men facing death penalty add to internal opposition to seeking deal with Saudi defence ministry

The families of two scholars facing the death penalty in Saudi Arabia have appealed to the University of Cambridge to drop proposals to run staff training courses for Riyadh’s defence ministry.

The Guardian revealed last week that Cambridge’s Judge business school has been...

Education

Good Luck, Grads!

Yesterday at 13:26 PM, via New York Times

Is the post-college job market as bad as it seems?

Education

My Classmate, ChatGPT

Yesterday at 07:00 AM, via New York Times

Lessons from the first graduating A.I. class.

Education

Canvas hack: is it ever a good idea to pay a ransom, and what happens to the data?

Saturday at 20:00 PM, via The Guardian

Businesses are advised against paying – but as the Canvas platform hack shows, many are prepared to deal to protect users’ privacy

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After a week of outages, hundreds of millions of students’ data stolen, delayed assignment due dates, and school login pages being defaced by hackers, US tech firm Instructure – which operates the...

Science/Tech

America’s Library of Congress Officially Inducts… the Soundtrack for the Videogame ‘Doom’

Today at 03:34 AM, via Slashdot

America’s Library of Congress “is preserving a little piece of Hell,” jokes Engadget, “by inducting the soundtrack to the original Doom into the National Recording Registry.” The album of demon-slaying tracks is joined by several other notable 2026 additions to the registry, like Weezer’s self-titled debut album (colloquially known as “The Blue Album”), Taylor Swift’s “1989,” Beyonce’s “Single...

Science/Tech

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt Booed During Graduation Speech About AI

Today at 01:46 AM, via Slashdot

Today former Google CEO Eric Schmidt “was booed multiple times,” reports NBC News, “while discussing AI during a commencement speech at the University of Arizona.” Schmidt had started by remembering how computer platforms “gave everyone a voice” but also “degraded the public square… They rewarded outrage. They amplified our worst instincts. They coarsen the way we speak to each other, and that...

Science/Tech

Small Town Fights Over Flock’s AI-Enhanced Network of License Plate-Reading Cameras

Today at 00:39 AM, via Slashdot

160 miles north of New York City, a man was convicted of manslaughter “with the help of license plate reader technology,” reports a local news station. In the small town of Troy (population: 51,000), the mayor described the cameras as “a critical tool” in that investigation. But locals and city officials “have raised concerns about who can access the data collected locally, along with data...

Health

How a Nature Cruise Turned Into a Nightmare

Yesterday at 04:32 AM, via New York Times

The hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius set off alarms for a world still traumatized by Covid. For those on board, the danger was much closer.