News for nerds
Former 76ers president Bryan Colangelo bought a share of the Illawarra Hawks, an Australian team. Which means revisiting the infamous burner scandal. Colangelo resigned in Philadelphia in 2018 after his wife, Barbara Bottini, admitted to operating several burner Twitter accounts Read more
Matti Elliot is only 17 but he wants to take his drag queen alter ego Amber Lynne to the big stage – and his mum Claire is helping him every step of the way. The 49-year-old lets him practise his Read more
Browsing online during lockdown, Jessica Friend spotted a pair of Ray-Ban sunglasses she liked, but the price tag made the 30-year-old Ohio resident think twice. What persuaded her to click ‘buy’, Friend said, was the short-term credit offered by Afterpay Read more
Deepfakes are when one person’s face is superimposed on the face and body of an other, using deep learning algorithms. There are already a few convincing techniques in use, mainly for making fake porn videos and satire. However, one company Read more
An 18-year-old man has been charged with murdering two sisters in a London park. Sisters Bibaa Henry, 46, and Nicole Smallman, 27, were believed to have been stabbed to death in Fryent Country Park, Wembley, north-west London, on June 6 Read more
Don’t sleep on the defending champions. Yes, Kawhi Leonard went home (and Danny Green went West, too), but Toronto proved to be no one-man show. The Raptors are the two seed in the East with a 46-18 record, a +6.4 Read more
Jayne Fowler, 59, was house sitting for a friend when she walked past an estate agent’s window and spotted an old chapel up for sale. She decided to put in an offer of £155,000 and turn it into her dream Read more
Around one fifth of German companies (21%) believe their survival is threatened by the coronavirus crisis, Germany’s Ifo institute said on Monday, with travel agents, hotels and restaurants particularly concerned. “We could see a wave of insolvencies in the coming Read more
PUBG Mobile update 0.19.0 update is just a day away and to build the excitement, the official patch notes have been released. The new update brings a brand new map called ‘Livik’ which was earlier available in beta as ‘Secret Read more
Terrifying dashcam footage caught the moment a thief screamed ‘I am Jesus!’ before he stole another car and killed an 87-year-old at a bus stop. Gavin Collins, 39, had been released from prison just days before his 30-minute rampage, which Read more