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TUESDAY, 20 JANUARY 2026, 02:48

Sport

Regulator report to review parachute payments

Today at 02:02 AM, via BBC News

English football’s independent regulator will review ‘parachute payments’ to relegated clubs as part of its report into the men’s professional game.

Education

Sudan: Education Minister Meets Turkish Humanitarian Relief Delegation

Today at 02:02 AM, via AllAfrica

[SNA] – The Minister of Education and National Orientation, Dr. Al-Tohami Al-Zain Hajar, met on Sunday with a delegation from the Turkish Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH), including Umra, IHH’s North and East Africa representative, and Bilal Bahji, the North Africa representative.

Education

UK ministers scrap foreign students target in shift to overseas hubs strategy

Today at 02:01 AM, via The Guardian

Government replaces recruitment goal with plan to increase ‘education exports’ to £40bn a year by 2030

Ministers are scrapping target numbers for international students in the UK and will instead focus on encouraging universities to open hubs abroad, as part of a plan to bring British education to people “on their own doorsteps”.

The government’s new international education strategy will set...

Science/Tech

Nvidia Contacted Anna’s Archive To Secure Access To Millions of Pirated Books

Today at 02:30 AM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: NVIDIA executives allegedly authorized the use of millions of pirated books from Anna’s Archive to fuel its AI training. In an expanded class-action lawsuit that cites internal NVIDIA documents, several book authors claim (PDF) that the trillion-dollar company directly reached out to Anna’s Archive, seeking high-speed access to the shadow...

Science/Tech

OpenAI CFO Says Annualized Revenue Crosses $20 Billion In 2025

Today at 01:50 AM, via Slashdot

According to CFO Sarah Friar, OpenAI’s annualized revenue surpassed $20 billion in 2025, up from $6 billion a year earlier with growth closely tracking an expansion in computing capacity. Reuters reports: OpenAI’s computing capacity rose to 1.9 gigawatts (GW) in 2025 from 0.6 GW in 2024, Friar said in the blog, adding that Microsoft-backed OpenAI’s weekly and daily active users figures continue...

Science/Tech

Threads Usage Overtakes X On Mobile

Today at 01:10 AM, via Slashdot

New data from Similarweb shows Threads has overtaken X in daily mobile users. However, X still dominates on the web with around 150 million daily web visits compared to Threads’ 8.5 million daily visits. TechCrunch reports: Similarweb’s data shows that Threads had 141.5 million daily active users on iOS and Android as of January 7, 2026, after months of growth, while X has 125 million daily...

Science/Tech

Congress Wants To Hand Your Parenting To Big Tech

Today at 00:22 AM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF): Lawmakers in Washington are once again focusing on kids, screens, and mental health. But according to Congress, Big Tech is somehow both the problem and the solution. The Senate Commerce Committee held a hearing [Friday] on “examining the effect of technology on America’s youth.” Witnesses warned about...