Yes sport is about effort, sweat and inclusivity – but it also turns elite athletes into magnificent specimens of humanity where the aesthetic is part of the appeal Have you seen the 40-second video that will change the way you think about women’s sport, women’s bodies, just, you know, women?...
Sports quiz of the week: records, hazards, complaints and boring events
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Chess: Nigel Short to play at south pole in event criticised over climate impact
The former world title challenger, 61, will take on representatives from five other continents in a tournament rated by the global chess body Fide Nigel Short, the 1993 world title challenger, will head to the Antarctic for his next tournament as the 61-year-old, formerly of Bolton but resident for many...
‘A map is never neutral’: meet the cartographers who took on centuries of western bias
Equal Earth projection, adopted by the UN last week, provides an alternative to 16th-century Mercator display Three cartographers have spoken of their astonishment at the UN’s near-universal adoption of a map they created to more accurately show the sizes of Africa and Europe, even though they have received a few...
Improved air quality linked to better mental development in toddlers, study finds
Long-term research in New York shows efforts to reduce air pollution associated with higher cognitive test scores Improvements in air pollution are leading to brighter, smarter toddlers, according to a new study from Columbia University in New York. For more than two decades, Prof Frederica Perera and a team from...
‘Very messy eaters’: scientists solve the mystery of when black holes ‘burp’
The astronomical bodies fire off powerful jets in two distinct phases in their feeding cycle, researchers discover Scientists have solved the mystery of when black holes “burp” – when the astronomical bodies launch jets after feeding on stars, blasting material enormous distances in space. Black holes are objects so densely...
Razer’s new $100 Kraken headset adds physical haptic feedback to over 100 supported games
Razer has a new headset for players interested in feeling some "real" haptic feedback during their gaming sessions. The Kraken V4 X Sensa HD Haptics Edition employs the same Sensa HD Haptics technology used by Razer in previous products, vowing to provide deeper integration across the wide range of games......
Apple Watch Series 12 reviews: two-day battery life and better health tracking
The latest Apple Watch brings meaningful upgrades to battery life, health tracking, and everyday performance while keeping the same starting price. Reviewers praise the new health sensors, improved Siri, and battery life that can now stretch to two days. Read Entire Article
US-Iran war permanently damaged Amazon’s AWS infrastructure in the Middle East
Amazon recently confirmed that Iran's threats against US tech corporations were all but real. The company provided a few updates on the health of its AWS services in the Middle East, stating that some of its facilities have been damaged to the point of becoming completely inoperable for the foreseeable......
A judge ruled Google broke antitrust law, then let it keep its entire ad-tech business
US District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema concluded that divestiture was "neither realistic nor needed," even after finding last year that Google had violated antitrust law in its handling of the ad-tech market. Instead, the ruling calls for changes to how Google's advertising tools operate. Google must make its products interoperable......