Artist behind prize for winner of New Zealand v England series explains emotional process of fusing cricketers’ bats In the moments before the first Test started in Christchurch last week the television cameras alighted on the new Crowe-Thorpe Trophy, the prize that awaits the winners of the ongoing series between...
Sports quiz of the week: scoring streaks, goalkeeping heroics and reality TV
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Nick Kyrgios will be in Australian Open draw with No 21 ranking
Fans favourite is one of 10 Australian men in main draw Olivia Gadecki is the only direct women’s entrant Fan favourite Nick Kyrgios will play his first grand slam tournament since 2022 at the Australian Open in January. Organisers announced on Friday that Kyrgios, who has been plagued by injuries...
Chelsea’s Kerr remains out for at least two more months after ACL recovery
Striker not expected to feature until February or March Lauren James could return at turn of the year The Australia striker Sam Kerr will not return to play for Chelsea until February or March, the club’s manager, Sonia Bompastor, has said. The 31-year-old underwent anterior cruciate ligament surgery in January...
Harry Brook’s ‘favourite hundred’ puts England in charge against New Zealand
Yorkshire’s player eighth Test ton is 123 off 115 balls Tourists score 280 before reducing hosts to 86-5 Harry Brook hailed a game-changing century against New Zealand as his best yet after taming a tricky Wellington pitch and rescuing England on day one of the second Test. The bowlers from...
Saving ‘old and wise’ animals vital for species’ survival, say scientists
Hunting bigger, more experienced animals eradicates memories and knowledge crucial to group survival, research suggests It’s not just humans who get wiser as they age – animals do too, according to a growing body of research. The bigmouth buffalo fish can reach 127 years old, the Greenland shark 392, and...
Google’s Genie 2 creates playable 3D worlds from text prompts and sample images
Genie 2 is a new foundation model capable of generating an "endless" amount of 3D environments that can be controlled by the user, Google said. The generative AI can sprout out an entire virtual world based on a single textual prompt and sample image, which can be either user-made or......
AWS refreshes AI story with new Trainium 2 chip, Bedrock upgrades, and SageMaker Studio
At their annual re:Invent conference in Las Vegas, Amazon's Web Services (AWS) exemplified this trend with a series of product and service announcements primarily focused on enhancing their existing offerings rather than introducing completely new ones. Read Entire Article
How period poverty is affecting players in Ghana’s Premier League | Moving the Goalposts
Luxury tax on foreign sanitary pads is tainting the experience of some players and harming their progress Portia Prempeh believes being comfortable brings out the best in every player, especially women – which is why she is particularly wary of how period poverty has tainted her experience as a footballer...
OpenAI partners with Palmer Luckey’s defense firm, paving the way for AI-driven military technologies
On Wednesday, Oculus founder Palmer Luckey's Anduril Industries defense technology company announced a "strategic partnership to develop and responsibly deploy advanced artificial intelligence (AI) solutions for national security missions." Read Entire Article