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England's two-man show - Tongue and Robinson take five wickets each

Ollie Robinson and Josh Tongue have a day to remember as they both take five-wicket hauls, as England bowl Pakistan out for 171 on day one of the first Test at Headingley.

2026-08-19 · 17:34 UTC
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Crypto

FalconX, Ethena bring USDe backing assets into $1B institutional credit facility

2026-08-19 · 17:34

The $1 billion facility will deploy assets backing USDe into overcollateralized institutional loans, expanding Ethena’s…

Tech

Openrouter is joining Stripe

2026-08-19 · 17:32

OpenRouter, the largest AI model marketplace processing over 10 trillion tokens daily from 400+ models, is joining…

Crypto

Crypto Utility Faces New Regulatory Focus

2026-08-19 · 17:30

The ranking places XRP first, followed by XDC and LINK, based on payments, settlement, data, and tokenization use cases.

Tech

Meet the startup helping Wall Street put a price on AI compute

2026-08-19 · 17:26

The AI buildout shows no signs of slowing.

Tech

T-Mobile ‘chopped a cable’ to expel Chinese hackers from its network

2026-08-19 · 17:26

The U.S. phone provider escaped a large-scale breach of its network after identifying Chinese-backed hackers early on.

Crypto

X Suspends Bitcoin Accounts Over Alleged $250K Revenue Scheme

2026-08-19 · 17:21

X suspended Bitcoin-focused accounts over alleged $250,000 in creator revenue after Nikita Bier raised concerns about…

Crypto

X Suspends Major Crypto Accounts Over Alleged $250K Content Scheme

2026-08-19 · 17:20

The social media platform X wiped out a cluster of high-volume bitcoin and crypto-related accounts after an alleged…

Sports

Kane plays down returning to Premier League in future

2026-08-19 · 17:14

Harry Kane says "the itch isn't there as much anymore" to one day return to England from Germany and try and break the…

Crypto

Shiba Inu Sees 110 Billion In Outflows As Burns Go Hard

2026-08-19 · 17:10

The stupendous amount of token burns this week hasn’t pushed SHIB’s price considerably higher: here’s the missing detail.

Tech

Show HN: Frugal Tokens – explore costs and usage across coding agents

2026-08-19 · 17:07

I wanted to share a project I’ve been working on called Frugal Tokens.

Other

A fantastical journey unfolds in gorgeous Wildwood trailer

2026-08-19 · 17:06

"I will tear apart this forest and bring back what it took from me."

Crypto

OCC head promises final GENIUS rules by November

2026-08-19 · 17:00

The US banking regulator released a 376‑page proposal in February, calling for public comment on rules to implement the…

Science

What size of planet would prevent space travel due to gravity? Part 2

2026-08-19 · 17:00

Our readers continue to grapple with this question, coming at it from different angles – and also considering how big a…

Other

Don’t be an archaeologist in a movie if you want to survive

2026-08-19 · 17:00

# Summary A retired archaeologist writes to a humor column observing that archaeologists have an exceptionally high…

Science

Tom Gauld on popularity in the lab

2026-08-19 · 17:00

Tom Gauld's weekly cartoonTom Gauld's weekly cartoon

Other

Twisteddoodles on distribution graphs (with added cats)

2026-08-19 · 17:00

This week's cartoon from Twisteddoodles

Science

Stunning image of a polar bear with an outsized snack wins major award

2026-08-19 · 17:00

Roie Galitz's breathtaking shot is one of the winners of the 2026 World Press Photo Contest, praised for its unusual…

Other

This sci-fi novel is a riveting tale of an oppressive galactic empire

2026-08-19 · 17:00

A rich widow, a disillusioned cop and a dim hypersled driver are caught in the machinations of the oppressive party…

Science

It is finally time to talk about the impact of fluctuating hormones

2026-08-19 · 17:00

For decades, women have felt the need to hide the impact of changes in their hormones, while scientists have excluded…

Science

The wild, gripping story of the psychedelic secreted by desert toads

2026-08-19 · 17:00

Kimon de Greef's The Ego Trip chronicles the rise of a potent psychedelic drug, from the toads that secrete it to the…

Crypto

Are Cardano & Ondo Drowning? BlockDAG’s Live Stablecoin Beta Triggers Mass Buying 

2026-08-19 · 17:00

Crypto market analysts continually examine technical structures to formulate a realistic Cardano price prediction while…

Science

Are flies following a strategy when they keep hitting windows? Part 4

2026-08-19 · 17:00

Answers continue to pour in as New Scientist readers ponder this question, with one reader widening it out to consider…

Science

This week’s new questions

2026-08-19 · 17:00

Why do humans have a common sense of beauty for things like sunsets, and do other animals share this appreciation?