News for nerds
A couple in their early thirties have become two of Britain’s youngest grandparents – and say strangers often mistake the newborn girl for their child. Jenni Medlam, 34, and husband Richard, 35, were delighted by the birth of baby Isla-May Read more
Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady was glad to get a win on his Sunday Night Football return to New England, and he called it an emotional week that meant a lot to him. “It was great. Great night of football. Obviously Read more
I’m aware there’s a degree of misplaced optimism in writing about wine for students. There always was, but it’s worse nowadays, when there are so many other rival attractions – craft beer, cocktails (especially in cans), gin (rather than vodka Read more
OPEC and its allies meet on Monday to debate how much oil to release into the red hot market, where supply disruptions and recovering demand from the coronavirus pandemic have pushed oil above $80 per barrel. The oil price rally Read more
Remember when mining software NBMiner managed to unlock 70% of the Ethereum mining performance of Nvidia’s Lite Hash Rate (LHR) series? Another piece of software has managed a similar trick, but this one could be more appreciated by crypto fans Read more
A gang of vigilante thugs who left a man brain damaged after beating him with a baseball bat have been put behind bars for a combined total of nearly 38 years. The victim was left unconscious and close to death Read more
Down by two with 59 seconds left in Sunday night’s game against the Buccaneers, the Patriots faced fourth-and-3 from the Tampa Bay 37. Quarterback Mac Jones‘ third-down pass had just been batted down by linebacker Lavonte David to set up Read more
Name: Turkey. Appearance: Bootiful! Eh? You’re probably too young. It was an 80s thing. Chap named Bernard Matthews, with a mansion, in Norfolk. Age: Nearly 500 years, in the UK. The engineer and landowner William Strickland is generally credited with Read more
Switzerland’s economic affairs secretariat (SECO) has filed a criminal complaint in relation to collapsed financier Greensill Capital for alleged violations of the law against unfair competition, it said. The Swiss NZZ am Sonntag newspaper said police searched Credit Suisse offices Read more
According to Grist, Microsoft plans to study how increasing access to information and parts for repairing its devices can reduce its carbon footprint. It intends to act on its findings before the end of 2022. That means making repair instruction Read more