Wafcon 2026: Malawi’s Tabitha Chawinga sees ‘big push’ from expansion

Wafcon 2026: Malawi’s Tabitha Chawinga sees ‘big push’ from expansion

๐Ÿš€ Explore this insightful post from BBC Sport ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ Category: โœ… Main takeaway: Football Kenya Federation executive member Kirobo Momani is similarly excited about the added benefits the expansion brings to teams and the message it sends about women's football on the continent."[It] โ€œThis comes at a time when we are trying to show women that their sport is taken as seriously as men,โ€ she told BBC Sport Africa.โ€œThe expanded format will result in more exposure, more participation and more resources reaching the participating teams.โ€Kenya's only previous World Cup appearance was in Cameroon in 2016, where they were eliminated…
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OpenAI’s Sora loses its top App Store ranking to Dave’s Hot Chicken

OpenAI’s Sora loses its top App Store ranking to Dave’s Hot Chicken

๐Ÿš€ Discover this must-read post from WIRED ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ Category: Business,Business / Computers and Software,Free Bird โœ… Hereโ€™s what youโ€™ll learn: Since its launch On September 30, OpenAI's Sora app dominated the iOS App Store listings, thanks to easy-to-use AI-powered video creation and an initially loose interpretation of copyright laws. On Friday, his sentence ended. Your new hero is... Dave's Hot Chicken.Yes! Not ChatGPT, Gemini, Threads, or any of the other usual suspects. Dave's Hot Chicken now rules the App Store, with the mascot's slack-billed, bug-eyed icon expressing appropriate surprise as he ascends. How did you do that? How did…
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Rising rates of online abuse leaving Premier League players ‘numb’

Rising rates of online abuse leaving Premier League players ‘numb’

๐Ÿ”ฅ Read this insightful post from BBC Sport ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ Category: โœ… Key idea: The Premier League is also holding 'No Room for Racism' rounds of matches, which end this weekend, with players taking a knee before matches.Port Vale boss Darren Moore is part of the league's Black Participants Advisory Group which looks to guide coaches from minority backgrounds throughout their careers. Along with Moore, West Ham United's Nuno Espirito Santo, Blackburn Rovers' Valerien Ismail and Huddersfield Town's Lee Grant are the only black coaches in the top four divisions.โ€œI look at myself and in this position, and I hope…
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Find out which states offer the most affordable in-state college tuition

Find out which states offer the most affordable in-state college tuition

๐Ÿ”ฅ Discover this must-read post from Investopedia | Expert Financial Advice and Markets News ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ Category: Budgeting & Savings,Personal Finance,Family Finances ๐Ÿ’ก Hereโ€™s what youโ€™ll learn: Key takeaways College has become more expensive over the decades, but there are still many U.S. states where the average in-state tuition at public colleges is less than $10,000 per year.In Florida, North Carolina, Utah and Wyoming, tuition to attend a public college will cost $8,000 or less in the 2024-25 school year.On the opposite end of the spectrum, four northeastern states โ€” Connecticut, New Hampshire, New Jersey and Vermont โ€” had average…
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What Is Intelligence?

What Is Intelligence?

๐Ÿ”ฅ Discover this must-read post from Hacker News ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ Category: ๐Ÿ“Œ Key idea: What intelligence really is, and how AIโ€™s emergence is a natural consequence of evolution.It has come as a shock to some AI researchers that a large neural net that predicts next words seems to produce a system with general intelligence. Yet this is consistent with a long-held view among some neuroscientists that the brain evolved precisely to predict the futureโ€”the โ€œpredictive brainโ€ hypothesis.In What Is Intelligence?, Blaise Agรผera y Arcas takes up this ideaโ€”that prediction is fundamental not only to intelligence and the brain but to…
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News Wrap: Canada’s tariff announcement was withdrawn after Trump cut off trade negotiations

News Wrap: Canada’s tariff announcement was withdrawn after Trump cut off trade negotiations

๐Ÿ”ฅ Explore this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ Category: news wrap ๐Ÿ’ก Key idea: In our news cover on Friday, President Trump said he was ending trade negotiations with Canada over a television ad opposing U.S. tariffs, Secretary of State Rubio expressed confidence that the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas would hold, and the Pentagon said it had accepted a $130 million donation from a private donor to help pay military salaries during the government shutdown. Jeff Bennett: We start today's other headlines in Canada.Ontario Premier Doug Ford says his province is pulling a television…
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Field of Roses by Philip Pullman โ€“ a thrilling conclusion to the Northern Lights series | imaginary

Field of Roses by Philip Pullman โ€“ a thrilling conclusion to the Northern Lights series | imaginary

๐Ÿš€ Check out this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ Category: Fiction,Philip Pullman,Books,Culture,Fantasy books โœ… Main takeaway: TThe hinges fall apart in the final volume of The Book of Dust, the second part of Philip Pullman's brilliant trilogy set in a world that appears here more than ever as a skewed, skewed version of our own. Institutions fail, or reassemble themselves on new and troubling foundations. There is an invisible force that "destroys the air and the seasons"; Meanwhile, โ€œmoney is going bad, and no one knows why.โ€ Power flows away from governments, gathering in the offices…
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DHS wants a fleet of AI-powered surveillance trucks

DHS wants a fleet of AI-powered surveillance trucks

๐Ÿ”ฅ Read this insightful post from WIRED ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ Category: Security,Security / National Security,Security / Security News,Vision Quest โœ… Key idea: US Ministry The Department of Homeland Security is seeking to develop a new mobile surveillance platform that integrates artificial intelligence, radar, high-power cameras and wireless networks into a single system, according to federal contracting records reviewed by WIRED. The technology will be installed on four-wheel drive vehicles capable of reaching remote areas and transforming into rolling, autonomous surveillance towers, expanding the scope of border surveillance beyond its current fixed locations.The proposed system surfaced Friday after U.S. Customs and Border…
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Daily Football – A Commentator’s View: Postman Pat, the disheveled and chunky Burrow

Daily Football – A Commentator’s View: Postman Pat, the disheveled and chunky Burrow

๐Ÿš€ Read this must-read post from BBC Sport ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ Category: ๐Ÿ“Œ Key idea: Available for over a yearJohn Murray, Ian Dennis and Ali Bruce Ball talk football, travel and language. They discuss a goal-heavy week in the Champions League, what jobs they'd be doing if they weren't suspended, and their unintentional pub crawl gets even longer! Suggestions are welcome for our fantastic glossary of football commentary and unintentional pub names from football commentary - voice notes via WhatsApp to 08000 289 369 and emails to TCV@bbc.co.uk 00:40 Ian was destroyed by Herr Chapman 04:25 Reflections on the Champions League…
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Premier League Predictions: Chris Sutton vs. The Charlatans guitarist Mark Collins and A.I

Premier League Predictions: Chris Sutton vs. The Charlatans guitarist Mark Collins and A.I

โœจ Discover this insightful post from BBC Sport ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ Category: ๐Ÿ’ก Main takeaway: United were lucky with their first goal against Liverpool last week because the game should have been stopped, and we've all seen the problems Liverpool's backline has had this season too.So, while I understand why any United win over their rivals at Anfield is a massive result, it doesn't mean they've overdone it and turned the corner.They have just made it two consecutive league wins for the first time since Ruben Amorim took over last November, but I don't look at them and think they will…
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