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Buttler breaks all-time T20 run record in win over Fire

Jos Buttler becomes the all-time leading run scorer in T20 cricket, hitting an explosive 51 off 20 balls to give Manchester Super Giants a nine-wicket win over Welsh Fire to move up to third in the…

2026-08-05 · 17:18 UTC
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Tech

AI is a bubble, just like dot-com

2026-08-05 · 17:17

The author explores the tension between AI skepticism and enthusiasm by comparing it to the dot-com bubble, where…

Crypto

Bitwise CIO: Crypto Can Survive CLARITY Act Failure, Not the Wait

2026-08-05 · 17:14

Bitwise chief investment officer Matt Hougan says crypto can absorb a Clarity Act defeat this week, but warned recently…

Tech

After jacking up prices, Disney+ and Netflix consider offering free alternatives

2026-08-05 · 17:12

Disney is interested in "price-sensitive" streaming customers.

Sports

Rockets ease past Phoenix to take top-spot

2026-08-05 · 17:07

Sophia Dunkley spearheads an assured batting performance with 65 runs for Trent Rockets, who comfortably defeat…

Crypto

Russia: Vladimir Putin Signs Law Legalizing Cryptocurrency Transactions

2026-08-05 · 17:05

Russia takes a new step in the regulation of digital assets with the adoption of a highly anticipated law on crypto…

Tech

Meet the eight startups pitching at Startup Battlefield Australia

2026-08-05 · 17:02

The applications are in, and the TechCrunch Startup Battlefield team made their decisions!

Tech

EVgo starts building Tesla Superchargers under license

2026-08-05 · 17:00

The V4 Superchargers will show up in the Tesla nav app and have NACS and CCS1 plugs.

Science

What is life? A provocative new book sets out to redefine it

2026-08-05 · 17:00

Melanie Challenger's Alive aims to describe the living world very differently – by insisting on agency and purpose…

Science

Dive into an in-depth history of the realities of space exploration

2026-08-05 · 17:00

Out of This World by Peter Bond lays out the successes and failures of space exploration.

Science

At what point does my family tree stop doubling and start decreasing?

2026-08-05 · 17:00

Readers debate how the introduction of bicycles and trains will have led to less closely related prospective partners…

Science

How does my energy use differ if I walk, jog or run for 1 kilometre?

2026-08-05 · 17:00

A reader weighs in on this one – and finds it will depend on how far you’re travelling

Science

This week’s new questions

2026-08-05 · 17:00

Humans can see water but not air. So can fish see air?

Other

Tom Gauld visits the entomology department

2026-08-05 · 17:00

Tom Gauld's weekly cartoon

Other

Twisteddoodles: ‘Will you take the red pill or the blue pill?’

2026-08-05 · 17:00

This week's cartoon from Twisteddoodles

Science

We must adapt to climate change while also tackling the root cause

2026-08-05 · 17:00

The devastating wildfires in Europe demand urgent measures to make landscapes more resilient, but without action to…

Science

The mathematics of balloon animals

2026-08-05 · 17:00

Feedback is delighted to be pointed towards an old but still vital piece of research that presents “a general…

Science

Why don’t dogs look up when a low-flying plane passes overhead? part 2

2026-08-05 · 17:00

Readers continue to give their examples of dogs who do notice passing aircraft – but also put forward some ideas as to…

Tech

I'm Scared a Stranger Will Call My Novel AI, So I Built GitHub for Words

2026-08-05 · 16:58

A fiction writer concerned about AI plagiarism accusations built VellumProof, a word-based version tracking system…

Tech

Your model already knows the answer: how benchmark answers leak into LLMs

2026-08-05 · 16:56

Large language models frequently achieve high benchmark scores not through genuine reasoning but by having encountered…

Tech

PSA: Apple’s Private Relay can leak your real IP address

2026-08-05 · 16:52

A bug in how Apple implements its Private Relay feature, which in theory masks users’ IP addresses from the sites they…

Crypto

Crypto-backed Michigan House incumbent loses primary despite $2M PAC support

2026-08-05 · 16:51

A Midwest Democratic primary that raised accusations of payback from the cryptocurrency industry ended with the…

Tech

Celld: Self-hosted, distributed Durable Objects

2026-08-05 · 16:50

Celld is an open-source daemon that enables self-hosted deployment of Cloudflare Workers and Durable Objects on your own…

Tech

Launch HN: HyperProbe (YC S26) – Agents that do read-only debugging in prod

2026-08-05 · 16:47

HyperProbe is an AI agent backed by Y Combinator that automates incident debugging in production by placing read-only…