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'Mini-Rodri' Gonzalez shown he will be loved at Newcastle

Nico Gonzalez is given a rapturous welcome before Newcastle's Carabao Cup win against West Brom following the £52m midfielder's arrival from Manchester City.

2026-08-26 · 22:52 UTC
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Tech

Meta’s $18B child-safety deal hinges on age verification tech that doesn’t work well

2026-08-26 · 22:47

The historic settlement reignites ongoing concern around how age-verification technology puts privacy at risk.

Tech

Russian Influence Network Used ChatGPT to Masquerade as Academic Experts

2026-08-26 · 22:46

The operation promoted a purported Israeli think tank that published copied scholarship under academics’ names and…

Science

Worst-case glacial lake flood scenarios in a transboundary Himalayan basin 2022

2026-08-26 · 22:44

Researchers assessed glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) risks in a transboundary Himalayan basin, examining both current…

Sports

Slovan Bratislava through in Champions League after extra-time brilliance

2026-08-26 · 22:37

A brilliant flick over the keeper from Cristian Martinez in extra time is enough to get Slovan Bratislava past Celje and…

Tech

Progress Linux 7.2 – Asahi Linux

2026-08-26 · 22:35

Asahi Linux released version 7.2 and made progress on power management for Apple Silicon, a complex challenge involving…

Other

Europe's last regular standard-gauge steam passenger service

2026-08-26 · 22:32

Europe's last regular standard-gauge steam passenger service operates from Wolsztyn, Poland, running weekdays between…

Tech

Bill Gates Wants a Robot Tax and Jobs Humans Can't Be Fired From

2026-08-26 · 22:16

Gates is calling for AI tokens and robots to be taxed so firms think twice before swapping out workers, plus a bracket…

Other

RIP, Tim Curry: Ars remembers his top 10 iconic performances

2026-08-26 · 22:13

A dashing pirate, a butler, a killer clown, an alien mad scientist in drag—the man had range.

Crypto

Defillama’s New Crypto Ratings Put 128 Tokens Under the Lens

2026-08-26 · 22:09

On Wednesday, the decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Defillama and the Web3 investment bank Forgd announced the…

Sports

How to follow Thursday's Champions League draw - and who is in each pot?

2026-08-26 · 22:05

BBC Sport's Ask Me Anything team explains when the league phase draw for the 2026-27 Champions League is, as well as…

Science

US drug agency approves breakthrough treatment for pancreatic cancer

2026-08-26 · 22:02

Experts have hailed the drug, daraxonrasib, as a game changer for one of the world's deadliest cancers.

Sports

AEK Athens ease past Levski Sofia with dominant 4-0 win

2026-08-26 · 21:50

AEK Athens are through to the Champions League with a comfortable 4-0 win against Levski Sofia.

Tech

Nvidia Shares Surge in After-Hours Trading After Record $96.2 Billion Revenue

2026-08-26 · 21:42

The chipmaker doubled quarterly revenue while disclosing $366 billion in future commitments and up to $108.5 billion in…

Tech

Anthropic continues compute-gobbling streak in $45 billion deal with Nscale

2026-08-26 · 21:37

The new deal with the infrastructure provider is the latest example of Anthropic's white-hot compute-gobbling streak.

Sports

Viking reach Champions League for first time with victory over Dinamo Zagreb

2026-08-26 · 21:34

Viking shock Dinamo Zagreb with a 3-1 win to book their place in the Champions League.

Sports

Liverpool v Spurs & Man Utd v Brighton - full EFL Cup third-round draw

2026-08-26 · 21:33

Liverpool face Tottenham in the third round of the EFL Cup, Manchester United play Brighton and Manchester City draw…

Sports

Fenerbahce back in the Champions League after 18 years

2026-08-26 · 21:26

Goals from Vedat Muriqi and Archie Brown prove to be enough for Fenerbahce to get past Olympique Lyonnais and in to the…

Tech

AI agents meant to replace Meta workers made “large-scale, disruptive actions”

2026-08-26 · 21:25

Reuters report shows Meta's challenges replacing people with AI agents.

Sports

Al-Hilal closing in on Watkins - Thursday's gossip

2026-08-26 · 21:25

Al-Hilal close in on a £50m deal for Ollie Watkins, Chelsea line up Bournemouth's Alex Scott, Sunderland make a loan…

Crypto

Mastercard Joins XRP Ledger Hackathon in New York

2026-08-26 · 21:10

Mastercard will sponsor an upcoming XRP Ledger hackathon in New York, bringing major payments expertise into the…

Tech

Clerky Is Joining Stripe

2026-08-26 · 21:09

Clerky, an online legal service platform for startup formation and paperwork, has agreed to join Stripe.

Crypto

Moody’s Backs Treasury Task Force as Quantum Threats Put Crypto on Alert

2026-08-26 · 21:05

Over the last year, people have been urging the financial sector to prepare quantum readiness and this week, the U.S.

World

Uefa to push to remove Infantino after dropping boycott

2026-08-26 · 21:04

Uefa dropped their plans to boycott Fifa tournaments on Wednesday, but will still move forward with efforts to remove…