Ahead of the second Maha report, grassroots Defend Public Health warns that everything HHS is doing is ‘horrifying’ A grassroots organization of health professionals has released a report outlining major health challenges in the US and calling for the removal of Robert F Kennedy Jr from the US Department of...
Triumph and disaster for you, soft power for the Premier League: fantasy football is back | Jonathan Liew
Celebrities play it. Footballers play it. Gradually, insidiously, fantasy football has seeped into the way we consume the game Perhaps you’re a template kind of guy. Perhaps, by contrast, you’re spurning the triple Liverpool consensus and stacking your team with handy differentials like Jarrod Bowen and Donyell Malen. Perhaps even...
‘Very, very proud’: Thomas Frank hails Tottenham players after PSG defeat
Spurs take PSG to penalty shootout in Super Cup ‘They gave everything – it’s the smallest of margins’ Thomas Frank described himself as “very, very proud” of a Tottenham team that came within two minutes of a famous Uefa Super Cup win over Paris Saint-Germain. They were ultimately defeated on...
British sports teams and bodies ‘failing to safeguard’ women from online abuse
Study finds organisations ‘shirking their duty of care’ Issue raised again this week by England’s Jess Carter Most of Britain’s leading sports teams and governing bodies still have no specific safeguarding policies to protect women from online abuse, research has found. The study, which analysed the public policies of 52...
Staying cool in Europe’s record-breaking heat – podcast
Europe is suffering from another heatwave as deadly temperatures of up to 44C hit the continent and wildfires blazed across the Mediterranean. To find out why Europe is heating faster than anywhere else, Madeleine Finlay speaks to the Guardian’s Europe environment correspondent, Ajit Niranjan, and to Adam Taylor, professor of...
ADHD medication linked to lower risk of suicidal behaviours, study suggests
Research also suggests the medication lowers risks of substance misuse, transport accidents and criminality Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder medication is linked to significantly lower risk of suicidal behaviours, substance misuse, transport accidents and criminality, according to a study of the wider outcomes of treatment. The research, based on the medical...
‘Social apnoea’: sleep disorder could worsen at weekends, research suggests
Lifestyle factors such as drinking and smoking could contribute to increased severity of obstructive sleep apnoea Letting your hair down at the weekend might be a well-known recipe for a hangover, but researchers say it might also increase the severity of a common sleep disorder. Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) involves...
Getting self-electrocuted is one effective way to beat anti-cheat and improve your shooter skills
Two YouTubers recently showcased experimental aimbots that hack elements of online games that exist outside of the operating system, thus evading anti-cheat security. One modder manipulated the mouse and mousepad, and the other manipulated his arm's electrical signals. Read Entire Article
White House says chip revenue deals could extend beyond Nvidia and AMD
Earlier this week, the White House confirmed that US semiconductor giants Nvidia and AMD will pay 15 percent of their revenues from sales of certain advanced chips to China directly to the US government. Reuters reports the unprecedented agreement, brokered by President Donald Trump, clears the way for the companies......
AMD’s Threadripper Pro 9995WX can run 400 copies of Doom and 8 instances of Crysis
YouTube channel Level1 Techs recently put AMD's monstrous new Threadripper Pro 9995WX processor through its paces. On a whim, host Wendell Wilson launched multiple instances of Doom to see how many the 96-core beast could handle – ultimately hitting a jaw-dropping 400 copies across four virtual machines (watch the video...