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Tuesday, 10 November 2026

Education

DUP tables petition of concern to block Irish-medium schools workforce bill

Stormont's cross-community veto is being used against a bill on staffing Irish-medium schools, as fallout from the Drumcree dispute. The final stage vote is due on 10 Nov.

BBC News NI

Tech

Researcher decodes Apple's hidden iPhone keyboard blocklists in 28 languages

Derik Kauffman recovered the lists from iOS 27 keyboard files and the Guardian reported them on 6 Nov; Apple says any phrase can still be typed letter by letter. Predictive text has become an unannounced layer of language policy on every iPhone.

Swipeblocked (Derik Kauffman)

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