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Reddit will start requiring people to be logged into Reddit to use old.reddit.com. The new requirement will take effect “over the next month,” a Reddit employee going by the username boat-botany announced on the social media platform today. The person claimed that the change is part of an ongoing effort to “tighten how automated systems access Reddit.” The Reddit employee wrote: Old Reddit’s logged-out experience is a significant source of abusive scraping and automated traffic on the platform. It’s also an important interface for many long-time mods and Redditors. To strike the right balance between preserving your access to Old…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says nine registered political parties have collected access codes to upload their candidates’ particulars for the presidential and National Assembly elections ahead of the 2027 general elections. The INEC National Commissioner in charge of Voter Education and Publicity, Malam Mohammed Haruna, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja. ”As of close of work on Monday, nine politicians have collected the access code for the national elections,” he said. According to Haruna, the nine political parties are Accord (A), Action Alliance (AA), African Democratic Congress (ADC), All Progressives…

No black hole could ever be described as small. Even the most diminutive are many times the mass of the sun. But there is a now talk of a variety that throws shade on all others: the stupendously large black holes, otherwise known as SLABs. These dark monsters could be as massive as whole galaxies or even bigger. The idea of SLABs first cropped up a few years ago, partly as a by-product of astronomers’ desperation to unmask dark matter, the mysterious substance that makes up 85 per cent of all matter in the universe. Since then, they have looked…

Key eventsGerman investigators search DFB HQ over Euro 2024 ticketingThis just in from Reuters: double quotation markGerman ⁠investigators launched nationwide searches including ⁠at ⁠the offices ​of the DFB soccer association, ⁠the sport’s national governing body, ⁠over suspected ticket ​allocation ‌violations, ‌the Bild newspaper ‌reported on Wednesday. The raid was prompted by investigations into a German national ‌and a French national among ​others, Bild said. A statement by police ⁠and prosecutors said ​searches were ​being conducted ​in several ​locations ‌in Germany, ​without ​mentioning the DFB. ShareOn this day in World Cup history: 1990 and England faced an African side in the…

Beloved Australian comedy Colin from Accounts is soon back for Season 3 on Binge and Paramount+, and trailer has dropped. The third season with the addition of new cast including Thomas Cocquerel, Nikki Shiels and Mark Trevorrow will launch July 27. Watch trailer above. Season 3 reveals the aftermath of Gordon’s ill-fated proposal, but while he and Ashley are determined to move on from past embarrassments, they can’t seem to shake their collective baggage. And even as life moves relentlessly on, with challenges at work, ongoing family battles and new friendship dramas, something keeps pulling this flawed, funny pair back…

I’ve always thought of myself as a good person: a good citizen and a good member of my community – at least in the ethical sense of the word. I presumed being good required refraining from harming the world and the people within it. An example of this being that I never litter.However, when I moved home to Staffordshire after graduating in the summer of 2025, my understanding of what it means to be a good citizen – what it means to be “good” altogether – changed significantly.It began earlier this year. I was on a walk with my dog…

Airlines and airports have called for the new EU biometric border check system to be suspended during the peak summer holiday period, warning that some flights are leaving half full and passengers are struggling in queues of up to five hours.In a letter to Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, airlines and airports asked for an option to suspend checks under the system over fears the situation will get much worse during the busy summer season.“We have reached a critical point,” said the industry groups ACI Europe, which represents airports, and Airlines 4 Europe and the…

The MP for Lincoln and the Middle East minister, Hamish Falconer, and the Reform MP Robert Jenrick have voiced anger at the cancellation or delay of key transport infrastructure projects to fund the defence investment plan.Falconer and Jenrick were among MPs who have had cuts to road improvements in their constituencies, with savings contributing towards the increase in defence spending. Two roads in the East Midlands are among those where investment cuts have been made to fund a £15bn uplift in defence.The mayor of the East Midlands, Claire Ward, said she had been unaware of the forthcoming cuts until Keir…

Mary Nnah The 9th edition of the Lagos Leather Fair opened on Saturday, June 27, with Hon. Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr. Jumoke Oduwole, commending the fair for driving industrialisation, creating jobs, and aligning with the federal government’s economic diversification agenda. She reaffirmed the government’s commitment to scaling local value chains, supporting artisanal craftsmanship, and creating an enabling environment for micro, small, and medium enterprises to compete internationally.   Founder of the Lagos Leather Fair, Mrs. Femi Olayemi, said the platform was launched in 2017 out of frustration with the structural gaps holding the sector back and belief…

Nature Communications, 2026. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-72566-7. How did Botticelli’s model really die? Credit: Sandro Botticelli/Public domain Credit: Sandro Botticelli/Public domain One of 15th-century painter Sandro Botticelli’s most famous works is the Birth of Venus, depicting the naked goddess, newly birthed, standing in a giant scallop shell. The model for the painting (disputed by some historians) was allegedly Simonetta Vespucci (nee Cattaneo), a renowned beauty in Florentine high society whom Botticelli greatly admired. He painted her five times before her untimely death in her early 20s. Her open coffin was carried through the streets of Florence. The poet Poliziano dubbed her “the…