(Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) Getty Images The teams are ready, opening day is set. And no, I’m not talking about the NFL, though that matters a lot. I’m talking about the imminent arrival of two pricey, sports-focused streaming apps from ESPN and Fox that both launch Aug. 21. The bigger, and sports-only, entry will…
Astronomers have discovered the most distant black hole yet, an ancient quasar more than 13 billion light years from our own Earth, incredibly close to the limit of where scientists even expect supermassive black holes to form. The cosmic behemoth of a galaxy, known as CAPERS-LRD-z9, provides a wide-window echo back in time to one…
One of the Netherlands’ oldest clubs, Vitesse Arnhem, lost a final bid to save its professional licence on Friday and were effectively kicked out of the league, sparking fan protests. The Central Netherlands Court rejected the club’s appeal to overturn a decision by the Dutch Football Association (KNVB) to revoke their professional licence. Dutch media…
New York Mets fans, annoyed for decades by jet planes flying over their home ballpark, ironically cannot wait for Jett Williams to land there. Williams, 21, can play shortstop, second base and center field and has exciting offensive skills. All that would be much more welcome than the screeching of jets taking off or landing…
England beat Spain 3-1 via penalties to retain its Women’s European Championship and Chelsea goalkeeper Hannah Hampton rose to the occasion with key saves in the shootout. Hampton kept Aitana Bonmati and Mariona Caldentey’s penalties out before Chloe Kelly struck the decisive blow, once again in the EURO, to help the Three Lionesses clinch back-to-back…
New observational evidence from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), which has yet to launch, may change that. JWST astronomers have found tantalising hints of an orbiting gas giant around Alpha Centauri A, the closest Sun-like star to us. Located just four light-years away in the Alpha Centauri triple-star system, the potential planet sits within…
Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen hit back at suggestions he is to blame for the club’s inability to register new players, insisting on Friday that his back surgery and recovery timeline were fully approved by the Spanish champions. The 33-year-old German’s three-month rehabilitation schedule has created an unexpected headache for Barcelona, who had hoped to…
Former Texas governor and former Secretary of Energy Rick Perry, now a co-founder of Fermi America, has emphasized the importance of competing with China in energy-intensive technological advancement as a motivation for the HyperGrid project. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) Getty Images The Texas power grid, long isolated from the rest of the country’s interconnections…
Apple will have to allow third party browsers to function without relying on its WebKit engine on iOS, under a new law notified by Japan. The new mandate, which comes into effect in December, is the country’s attempt to thwart the tech giant’s alleged anti-competitive practices. Just like the EU, browsers like Firefox, Microsoft Edge, and…
Microsoft has stopped development on Contraband, a multiplayer co-op title that was in the works at Just Cause developer Avalanche Studios. The game, which was set to be published by Xbox Game Studios, was announced in 2021, but the developer had not shared any updates since the reveal. While Contraband follows a spate of game…