Emma Raducanu is playing ‘right kind of tennis’ ahead of the US Open, believes Billie Jean King Cup captain | Tennis News

Emma Raducanu must try to remain “injury free” but she is playing the “right kind of tennis” ahead of the US Open, believes Billie Jean King Cup captain Anne Keothavong. The 22-year-old has been looking back to her best so far this season, having reached the semi-finals of the Citi Open in Washington last week. … Read more

Flights grounded as Russia’s largest airline Aeroflot hit by cyberattack

Flights across Russia have been grounded after a cyberattack hit the country’s largest airline, Aeroflot, on Monday.  Details of the cyberattack remain limited, but a pro-Ukrainian hacker group known for targeting Russian organizations called Silent Crow took credit for the cyberattack alongside Belarusian hackers, citing Russia’s occupation of Ukraine.  The group said in a Telegram … Read more

DOGE has built an AI tool to slash federal regulations

The Department of Government Efficiency hopes to use a new AI tool to eliminate half of the federal government’s regulatory mandates, according to The Washington Post. Citing a PowerPoint presentation dated July 1, The Post reports that the DOGE AI Deregulation Decision Tool is supposed to analyze around 200,000 federal regulations and identify the ones … Read more

‘Wizard of Oz’ blown up by AI for giant Sphere screen

The massive Las Vegas venue known as Sphere will be screening its first classic movie, “The Wizard of Oz,” starting on August 28. And as detailed in a segment on CBS Sunday Morning, this isn’t just a matter of taking the existing movie and projecting it on Sphere’s 160,000 square foot, wraparound LED screen. Instead, … Read more

Itch.io is the latest marketplace to crack down on adult games

Indie video game marketplace Itch.io announced this week that it has “deindexed” adult and not-safe-for-work games, removing them from its browse and search pages. The move, the company said, was in response to a campaign by Collective Shout (an advocacy group that has previously criticized video games, rap music, and lingerie commercials) targeting both Itch.io … Read more

Women’s World Matchplay: Lisa Ashton stuns Beau Greaves and beats Fallon Sherrock in final-leg thriller to win Blackpool title | Darts News

Lisa Ashton claimed a shock victory the Betfred Women’s World Matchplay after surviving 11 match darts to defeat Fallon Sherrock in a final-leg thriller in Blackpool. The fifth seed saw off Ireland’s Robyn Byrne in her quarter-final and then dumped out back-to-back champion Beau Greaves in the semi-final, before coming through a thrilling contest against … Read more