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Sabalenka and Norrie exit Canadian Open in last 16

World number one Aryna Sabalenka suffers a surprise defeat at the Canadian Open, while Britain's Cameron Norrie also bows out in the last 16 in Toronto.

2026-08-09 · 06:54 UTC
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Crypto

MARA Pledges 18,750 BTC for $600 Million New Bitcoin-Backed Loans

2026-08-09 · 06:30

MARA (NASDAQ: MARA) has secured $600 million of new debt after pledging 18,750 BTC, tapping its bitcoin reserves to help…

Sports

Money problems and broken dreams - why is it so hard to run a cycling team?

2026-08-09 · 06:28

The Hess women's cycling team was owned by a rich benefactor with a background in high finance - so how did they end…

Crypto

Russians Rush to Physical Wallets Before New Crypto Rules Take Effect

2026-08-09 · 06:05

The demand for cryptocurrency hardware wallets is rising in Russia ahead of new regulations.

Crypto

PEPE Whales Accumulate as Exchange Outflows Reach Nearly 2-Year High

2026-08-09 · 05:50

PEPE exchange outflows reached 4.54 trillion tokens, marking the largest withdrawal since November 2024.

Crypto

BTCPay restricts remote Lightning access after attackers steal funds

2026-08-09 · 05:46

Foundation and Citadel21 reported drained Lightning nodes, but the total amount stolen and number of affected operators…

Sports

Who am I? Guess Premier League star No 20

2026-08-09 · 05:36

Work out the identity of today's player in as few attempts as possible.

Crypto

Stolen Bitcoin at Center of Kidnapping Plot, 3 Face 20 Years

2026-08-09 · 05:30

Federal prosecutors charged three St.

Tech

Microsoft Word for Windows 1.1a, Native X64 Port

2026-08-09 · 05:23

A developer has created a fully functional native x64 port of Microsoft Word for Windows 1.1a (codenamed Opus),…

Sports

New season, new boss - will Alexander-Arnold be key figure at Real Madrid?

2026-08-09 · 05:18

Trent Alexander-Arnold faces a defining second season at Real Madrid as he looks to prove his worth under Jose Mourinho.

Other

Perez Hilton faces long recovery after self-harm livestream

2026-08-09 · 04:32

The US blogger is in a "serious but stable" condition in hospital, according to his family.

Sports

Wales must learn from Bosnia loss in Euros bid - Rush

2026-08-09 · 04:30

Ian Rush says reaching Euro 2028 is a must for Wales as they bid to put their 2026 World Cup qualifying heartbreak…

Tech

"The original URL for this prediction will no longer be available in 11 years." (2011)

2026-08-09 · 04:30

In 2011, web designer Jeremy Keith bet $1,000 against Matthew Haughey that a specific URL (www.longbets.org/601) would…

Tech

Why MySpace fans want it back as relaunch hinted

2026-08-09 · 04:24

MySpace, once the world's largest social network, is hinting at a relaunch under new ownership by brothers Tim and Chris…

World

Illinois Just Told Every Operating System to Start Reporting Your Kid's Age

2026-08-09 · 04:03

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed HB5511, the Children's Online Social Media Safety Act, requiring device makers and…

Crypto

67 Investors Paid $10M for NFT Tokens That Launched Worthless

2026-08-09 · 03:30

Federal prosecutors say Few and Far founder Taj Tarsha raised more than $10 million from 67 investors, then allegedly…

Crypto

While the Crowd Chases Hype, These 5 Cryptocurrencies Keep Building for What Could Be Crypto’s Biggest Rally Yet

2026-08-09 · 03:30

Injective, Tezos, Uniswap, Hedera, and Gigachad continue developing while market attention remains focused on short-term…

Tech

Retraction: The App Store Rejection of the Week That Was a Correct Rejection

2026-08-09 · 03:26

John Gruber retracted his previous article criticizing an Apple App Store rejection of an astronomy app called "Dark…

Tech

Real-time MCP interceptor that blocks .env reads and dangerous commands agents

2026-08-09 · 03:13

MarketNow is a marketplace offering 9,248 MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers for AI agents, with a real-time security…

Sports

How a schoolteacher's son became Kashmir's first India Test cricketer

2026-08-09 · 03:00

Auqib Nabi becomes Jammu and Kashmir's first cricketer to get India Test call-up, inspiring millions.

World

The phone book that led us to Assad's spy chief in hiding

2026-08-09 · 01:55

Following the fall of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad in December 2024, BBC journalists discovered a notebook in the…

Tech

"Coding is solved" misses the point

2026-08-09 · 01:50

Language models have made writing code faster, but declaring "coding is solved" misses the broader challenges of real…

Science

Incentives Are for Losers

2026-08-09 · 01:49

Research psychologist Adam Mastroianni argues that relying on external incentives to motivate behavior is fundamentally…

Crypto

Ripple Says EU Crypto Expansion Is Ready to Scale After MiCA Win

2026-08-09 · 01:30

Ripple says the regulatory groundwork for its European crypto business is now in place, shifting its focus from winning…