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In the middle again – but Mourinho says Alexander-Arnold ‘not a midfielder’
Trent Alexander-Arnold started in central midfield for Real Madrid’s 2-1 Champions League win over Inter Milan on Tuesday, reviving a long-running debate about whether the former Liverpool right-back can succeed in a more central role. Manager Jose Mourinho praised his performance but was quick to dampen expectations, stating plainly that “he is not a midfielder”…
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OpenAI admits it cannot exclude rivals’ research from Navier-Stokes proof
OpenAI has claimed a solution to the Navier-Stokes problem, one of the seven unsolved Millennium Prize Problems, but has been unable to fully dispel concerns that its work drew on unpublished research from a rival team. The dispute centres on New York University mathematician Tristan Buckmaster and Anthropic researcher Levent Alpöge, who published their own…
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Bruce Davis, Longtime AMPAS Executive Director, Dies at 83
Bruce Davis, who served as Executive Director of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for over two decades, has died at the age of 83 in Los Angeles on 5 September. He was a pivotal figure in film preservation during his tenure, helping establish two of the Academy’s most significant institutions: the Margaret…
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Paramount Argues That the States Post a $1.88 Billion Bond to Cover Warner Bros. Bills
Paramount is pressing California, eleven other states and the Writers Guild of America to post a $1.88 billion bond to cover the financial fallout of their lawsuits delaying its $111 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery. The studio argues the litigation has already pushed the deal months past its planned late-September closing date, forcing it…
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Weekly PC reboots clear clutter and improve Windows performance
Engadget addresses a long-running piece of PC folklore: whether you really need to restart your computer regularly, or whether this is outdated advice. The general consensus, the article says, is that rebooting does still matter, though how often depends on your operating system and device type, with Windows machines generally needing more frequent restarts than…
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Hear Whethan’s Set From Splash House 2026, Including a Glitchy ‘Levels’ Edit & New Music With Subtronics
Whethan brought a heavier, bass-and-hip-hop-leaning DJ set to SoCal’s Splash House festival, which returned to Palm Springs, California, across back-to-back weekends in mid-August 2026. The producer used the poolside party, usually associated with lighter electronic music, to showcase harder-edged sounds, and Billboard has now released his full 90-minute set for fans to listen to online.…
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Anyma Concert Cancellation in Istanbul Appealed by Promoter Over Satanic Content Claims
Anyma’s promoter in Turkey has appealed the cancellation of the artist’s Istanbul concert after Turkish authorities revoked its permits following religious groups’ claims that show visuals were satanic. Anyma, whose real name is Matteo Milleri, says the footage circulating online had been manipulated with AI to distort clips from a previous performance, creating a false…
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Baker Mayfield and Buccaneers go from being at odds at start of camp to a monster contract to start season
Baker Mayfield has agreed a three-year, £165 million ($165 million) contract extension with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, ending months of uncertainty over his future with the team. The deal marks a sharp turnaround from the start of training camp in July, when Mayfield and the Buccaneers were at odds over contract terms, and he had…
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SpaceX’s recovered Starship 40 will take months to get back to Texas
SpaceX’s Starship 40, launched from Starbase in South Texas on 24 July, unexpectedly survived splashdown in the Indian Ocean after a roughly 65-minute suborbital test flight, giving engineers a rare intact upper stage to examine rather than relying on telemetry and debris. Recovery has proved a slow, multi-stage process: after 24 days at sea, crews…