The Sweden striker’s goals had inspired Sporting for two years but in Colombian Luis Suárez they have found an equally prolific target man In Portugal, two of the most familiar sayings claim that “green is the colour of hope” and that “hope is the last thing to die”. For Sporting,...
The Masters is a welcome oasis in golf’s fractious world, despite its stuffy foibles | Ewan Murray
No phones, no littering, no cheering bad shots – ‘patrons’ face strict rules at Augusta, but what a contrast to last year’s disgraceful Ryder Cup It is easy to poke fun at the prissy traditions of the Masters. Golfers, never mind spectators, enter a state of panic over what horrible...
‘Something you only see in films’: Czech case yet another example of sexual abuse crisis
Petr Vlachovsky’s non-contact sexual abuse has had long-term effects and could finally be the catalyst for safeguarding policy change for women and girls in the sport Kristyna Janku answered the phone to a police officer, not sure what she was going to hear. She had heard the rumours, the gossip,...
Artemis II swings back around after completing record-setting moon flyby
Astronauts become Earth’s farthest travelled and exceed a 1970 record on the fifth day of the mission Blackouts, broken records and a message from the past: five key moments from Artemis II’s lunar flyby Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox Artemis...
Boötes the herdsman rises to prominence in the northern sky
How to watch the spring constellation defined in ancient Babylon, where it was associated with the god Enlil Several weeks past the equinox, the northern spring constellation of Boötes, the herdsman, is rising to prominence in the eastern sky after dusk. The chart shows the view looking east from London...
Scientists identify ‘neural fingerprint’ of psychedelic drugs in the brain
Analysis of more than 500 brain scans finds LSD, psilocybin and other psychedelics increase cross-talk between brain systems Scientists have identified a hallmark signature produced by psychedelic drugs in the human brain when users experience their mind-altering effects. The “neural fingerprint” of the psychedelic trip was spotted among hundreds of...
AI is now taking over game servers, and Stormgate is the first casualty
Stormgate, a free-to-play, StarCraft-style RTS developed by Frost Giant Studios, relies on a third-party "game server orchestration partner" to run its online modes. Frost Giant told players on Discord that the provider had been acquired by an AI company, forcing a planned outage that will take Stormgate's multiplayer modes offline......
Russia’s attempt to block VPNs is causing widespread banking outages
According to Telegram CEO Pavel Durov, the Kremlin's increasing efforts to control and censor the global internet are causing widespread problems for Russian users. The Russian-born entrepreneur confirmed that Telegram is now banned in the country, yet more than 50 million Russians continue to use it daily via VPNs. Read...
Microsoft now has 80 different “Copilot” products, and counting
That figure comes from Tey Bannerman, an AI strategy and design consultant, who undertook the challenging – but rewarding – task of counting all the Copilot products now embedded across Microsoft's ecosystem. He explained that he decided to do this after trying to describe Copilot to someone and realizing he......
Windows 11 will be force-updated to version 25H2 using machine learning
According to Microsoft's latest timeline, Windows 11 25H2 will soon be rolled out to all devices running the Home and Pro editions of Windows 11 24H2. The latter is set to reach the end of official support on October 13, 2026, and Redmond is clearly aiming to move as many......