Fourth Test, day one: Australia 152 & 4-0; England 110 Bowlers feast on green-tinged pitch on day one at MCG A record 94,199 spectators turned up to the MCG on Boxing Day and none will forget what they witnessed. An extraordinary 20 wickets tumbled on a pitch offering lavish movement...
John Robertson, Nottingham Forest and Scotland legend, dies aged 72
Winger was described by Clough as ‘Picasso of our game’ Scored in Scotland’s 1981 win over England at Wembley John Robertson, the Nottingham Forest and Scotland legend, has died at the age of 72. Robertson was a hugely important part of the great Forest team that under Brian Clough rose...
Premier League and EFL to hold talks over ending Saturday 3pm blackout
Leagues eager to sell all games in next rights cycle Auction for televised rights expected in 2027 The Premier League and EFL will hold talks early next year about combining to permit 3pm Saturday kick-offs to be broadcast live each week for the first time. The UK is the last...
Nosy researcher’s quest to map the world’s ‘smellscapes’
We can share images and sounds, so why not smells? Dr Kate McLean-MacKenzie hopes her new atlas will make scents Christmas may be associated with the aromas of oranges and mince pies but our towns and cities also boast special scents during the rest of the year. Now, one researcher...
Blood test could predict who is most at risk from common inherited heart condition
Exclusive: Scientists find a way to forecast hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, which affects millions worldwide Scientists are developing a simple blood test to predict who is most at risk from the world’s most common inherited heart condition. Millions of people worldwide have hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), a disease of the heart muscle where...
This Windows registry hack can boost NVMe SSD performance by up to 80%, but there’s a catch
One developer who successfully activated the feature in Windows 11 (version 25H2) claims it works "pretty good" on his computer. He shared a step-by-step guide on how to activate the feature on Windows 11 devices. Read Entire Article
Lost Unix v4 source code from 1973 recovered from decades-old magnetic tape
Archivist Al Kossow of Bitsavers, who led the technical recovery, described the process as "easy" as such efforts go. The tape, he explained, had "a pretty good chance of being recoverable." It held up well for a medium that relies on a thin, coated film and precise magnetic signal integrity......
Intel’s Granite Rapids Xeon CPUs spotted with up to 86 cores, 336MB cache, and $9,300 pricing
Granite Rapids comprises several server and workstation CPUs, led by the Xeon 698X. The flagship is expected to feature 86 cores and 172 threads – substantially more than the 60 cores found in the W9-3595X Sapphire Rapids Refresh CPU, but still fewer than AMD's Zen 4-based Threadripper Pro 9995WX, which......
Winning numbers drawn in Tuesday’s Mega Millions
The winning numbers in Tuesday evening’s drawing of the "Mega Millions" game were: 15-37-38-41-64, Mega Ball: 21, Megaplier:
Judge green lights New York’s driver’s license law, rejecting a Trump administration challenge
A federal judge has given a green light to New York’s so-called Green Light Law, rejecting the Trump administration’s bid to stop the state from giving people driver’s licenses without having them prove they're in the country legally