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UK Labour pressed on £6bn SEND gap as Starmer defends tax rise; EU sovereignty rattled by Canada data order; Scottish council still rebuilding after ransomware; Pa. anti‑bias law and election tiebreakers; Tech: DDR4 refuses to die, Chinese AI TPU touts A100 edge; Black Friday routers and 3D‑printer deals; Rescuers race in Alps avalanche
Pennsylvania News Quiz: New anti-discrimination law, election tiebreakers, and Thanksgiving traffic
Pennsylvania News Quiz: From a new anti-discrimination law and the coin-flip charm of election tiebreakers to the annual Thanksgiving traffic crawl, this week also brings a fresh tax credit, a bid to resurrect a retro license plate, and a Pittsburgh team actually hoisting a championship.
DDR5 transition hasn’t ended CPU upgrades: in-place DDR4 options remain available
DDR5 transition hasn’t ended CPU upgrades: in-place DDR4 options remain available, which means the industry’s rush to declare your rig obsolete isn’t quite complete. You can still drop a newer chip into a compatible DDR4 board and skip the pricey RAM swap—an unglamorous, perfectly sensible way to stretch a system while the upgrade lobby polishes its next upsell. In other words, let’s make the best of a bad situation: keep your memory, upgrade your CPU, and deny marketing its victory lap for one more cycle.
Black Friday deal: Elegoo Saturn 4 Ultra resin 3D printer 35% off, with precision 3.6 times finer than a human hair
Black Friday deal: Elegoo Saturn 4 Ultra resin 3D printer 35% off, with precision 3.6 times finer than a human hair—translation: a 12K resin machine that carves detail so crisp your pores will feel judged. It’s high-fidelity printing without the high-roller price tag, delivering the kind of miniature perfection that usually comes bundled with hype and regret—minus the regret.
Canadian data order could undermine EU sovereignty
Canadian data order could undermine EU sovereignty: A Canadian court has told French cloud provider OVHcloud to hand over customer data stored in Europe at investigators’ request, wedging the company between a subpoena and a server rack. The move puts those “digital sovereignty” promises on trial—if a foreign judge can reach into EU data centers, how sovereign is that cloud? OVHcloud now faces a conflicts‑of‑law bind: comply and puncture its pitch, or resist and risk penalties, while customers wonder if data localization is just geography with better PR.
Black Friday 2025 Wi‑Fi Router Deals: Wi‑Fi 7, Wi‑Fi 6E, Wi‑Fi 6, mesh, and more
Black Friday 2025 Wi‑Fi Router Deals: Wi‑Fi 7, Wi‑Fi 6E, Wi‑Fi 6, mesh, and more—score big savings on next‑gen routers and mesh systems across major retailers, with the picks refreshed all season so you can finally retire that fossilized ISP freebie without fossilizing your budget.
Labour under pressure to clarify how it will cover the £6 billion special needs funding shortfall
Labour under pressure to clarify how it will cover the £6 billion special needs funding shortfall, as the government offers no detail on how it will close the gap in the SEND sector. The OBR says there’s still no explanation of where central funding for special needs schooling will come from, even as the government takes on some of the burden—big promises, microscopic fine print.
Two years after ransomware attack, Scottish council still rebuilding IT systems
Two years after ransomware attack, Scottish council still rebuilding IT systems: Comhairle nan Eilean Siar is still piecing its network back together following the November 2023 hit, with auditors sympathetic to staff stretched to capacity but still worried about the council’s cyber resilience as some systems remain unrecovered—a reminder that ransomware gangs move faster than cash‑strapped councils and their procurement paperwork.
Keir Starmer Defends Tax Increase Despite Earlier Pledge, Citing Need to Fund Benefits
Keir Starmer Defends Tax Increase Despite Earlier Pledge, Citing Need to Fund Benefits: Challenged in Rugby by Beth Rigby after a Budget that lifted the two-child benefit cap and funded it with a £26 billion tax hike, an irritable Prime Minister barked that his priority was to “reduce child poverty.” Pressed on whether more tax rises are coming, he began, “We’ve done a…” and left the suspense hanging—apparently fiscal policy now comes with a dramatic pause.
Chinese startup founded by Google engineer claims custom AI TPU is 1.5x faster than Nvidia’s 2020 A100, 42% more efficient
Chinese startup founded by an ex-Google engineer claims its custom AI TPU is over 1.5x faster than Nvidia’s 2020 A100 and up to 42% more efficient. Impressive—on paper; now let’s see third-party benchmarks before we mail Nvidia a sympathy card.
Rescuers race to save three buried in Alps avalanche
Rescuers race to save three buried in Alps avalanche, with a major search underway at the Stubai Glacier in Tyrol, western Austria, after a slide struck the Red Piste 9 area around 9:25 a.m. local time. Local media say at least three people are trapped beneath the snow, and authorities fear others may be buried as police and mountain teams intensify the operation.
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