-
Trinity Rodman says NWSL record-crowd game in NY should not have been played amid poor air
A National Women’s Soccer League match between Gotham FC and the Washington Spirit at Citi Field on Wednesday night drew a record 42,175 spectators, the largest crowd ever for a women’s sporting event in New York City. However, the game went ahead despite poor air quality caused by smoke drifting south from wildfires in Canada,…
-
OnePlus ends phone releases in US and Europe, further reducing smartphone choice
OnePlus promises to continue supporting the phones it’s already released.
-
Disney’s most ambitious fantasy adventure is a #1 streaming hit for a brutally obvious reason
John Musker and Ron Clements original animated musical Moana has become a streaming hit, surpassing its dud of a live-action remake.
-
‘It’s not like natural intelligence is always all that great either’: Linus Torvalds addresses anti-AI sentiment in Linux development
‘We make decisions primarily based on technical merit. Not fear of new tools.’
-
“We’re grateful Capcom gave us that chance”: Securing classic Resident Evil and Dino Crisis “did more for GOG’s visibility than almost anything else in recent years”
GOG, the DRM-free games platform owned by CD Projekt, has spoken about the significance of securing classic Resident Evil and Dino Crisis titles from Capcom for release on its storefront. A representative said the deal did more for GOG’s visibility than almost anything else in recent years, underlining how much demand there is among PC…
-
Trump made $1.4bn from crypto in one year. Is Justin Sun the man who helped him do it?
Donald Trump earned at least $2.2bn in personal income last year, with $1.4bn of that coming from his crypto ventures, according to a Guardian analysis. The scale of this dwarfs historical presidential corruption scandals, such as the 1920s Teapot Dome affair, and has focused attention on Justin Sun, a Chinese crypto billionaire widely seen as…
-
“It was this far from his tennis shoe!” Jason Newsted says that a Metallica fan once threw darts at the band during a show
Former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted has recounted an incident from a late-1980s Canadian arena show in which a fan threw darts at the band during their performance, one of which narrowly missed frontman James Hetfield. The anecdote highlights the sometimes chaotic touring conditions the band faced early in its career, when shows in smaller markets…
-
Navy bosses open probe after Blue Angels team flew terrifyingly low over Florida beachgoers
The US Navy has launched an investigation after its Blue Angels flight demonstration squadron was reported to have flown at a dangerously low altitude over a crowded beach in Florida, alarming onlookers. The incident has raised questions about flight safety protocols for the elite aerobatic team, which regularly performs at air shows and events across…
-
How bad are Canadian and US wildfires, and what is the air quality risk?
Hundreds of wildfires burning across Canada have sent thick smoke across north-eastern Canada and the eastern United States, with Toronto, New York and Washington DC recording some of the world’s worst air quality on Saturday and health authorities urging people to limit time outdoors. Many blazes remain out of control, forcing evacuations and destroying property,…