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Pentagon says US industry still years from matching Ukraine’s wartime output

Today at 21:26 PM, via Daily Maverick

WASHINGTON, July 27 (Reuters) – The Pentagon official tasked with building a domestic drone industry said on Monday the United States is still in the earliest, hardest phase of that effort, acknowledging output remains a fraction of Ukraine’s production even as the government tightens rules requiring drones be built with American-made parts.

Sport

Brave hold on to beat MI London in thrilling finale

Today at 20:02 PM, via BBC News

Lauren Bell restricts MI London to six runs in the final over to give Southern Brave a nervy one-run victory in the 2026 Women’s Hundred at the Utilita Bowl in Southampton.

Sport

Bell stays cool as Brave win last-ball thriller

Today at 19:24 PM, via BBC News

Lauren Bell holds her nerve as Southern Brave win a last-ball thriller against MI London to maintain their 100% start to this year’s edition of The Hundred.

Education

New York school district halts plan to use humanoid robot amid backlash

Today at 19:03 PM, via The Guardian

Salamanca City Central says it is pausing project with Realbotix as it addresses concerns including data privacy

A New York school district has walked back plans to introduce a humanoid robot at its high school after the proposal sparked backlash from educators and community members.

The Salamanca City Central school district announced on 24 July in a social media post that its pilot project...

Science/Tech

China Begins Mass Production of Homegrown DUV Chip Tools

Today at 21:00 PM, via Slashdot

According to The Information (paywalled), a state-backed Shanghai company has begun mass-producing China’s first homegrown immersion DUV lithography machines, with about five units expected this year for SMIC, Hua Hong, and CXMT. Roughly 20 more units are expected in 2027. Tom’s Hardware reports: The Information didn’t name the manufacturer, but its sources described the operation as having...

Science/Tech

ChatGPT Starts Blocking Direct Requests To Copy an Author’s Style

Today at 20:10 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: OpenAI’s ChatGPT is now refusing requests to generate text that directly mimics the style of famous authors. When asked to do so, the popular LLM instead offers a response that draws on the “broad qualities” of those authors “while remaining distinct in its own voice,” for example. This morning, Ars received the following response to a test...

Science/Tech

Astroline Offers Two Free Astrology Calculators for Self-Reflection

Today at 19:28 PM, via Tech Financials

Nicosia, Cyprus – Astroline, an astrology app for personalized self-reflection, offers two free calculators on its website: an astrocartography tool that maps a user’s birth chart onto global locations, and a love compatibility tool that compares two birth charts for relationship patterns. Both tools are available without an account or payment. The astrocartography calculator asks […]

Science/Tech

The Guardian view on ancient DNA: a female shaman exposes our flawed assumptions about the past | Editorial

Today at 19:25 PM, via The Guardian

Thanks to new technology we are are acquiring insights into earlier times, and realising how little we truly know

Archaeologists believe the Upton Lovell Shaman, who lived in what is now Wiltshire 4,000 years ago, was an important religious leader and metalworker because of the artefacts and tools buried with the body. Until very recently it was also believed, on considerably slimmer evidence,...

Health

Should We Make Daylight Saving Time Permanent?

Today at 16:22 PM, via New York Times

More light at the day’s end comes at a price: much later winter sunrises across much of the U.S. Scientists have documented consequences for public health and the economy.