The funnest car I ever drove was the original Tesla Roadster. This was in 2011, back when Elon Musk’s EV company was courting press instead of denigrating us, and they offered me a test drive. I took the car up I-280 — a beautiful, mostly deserted highway with perfectly banked curves that seemed designed for Silicon […]
Have Brazil ever failed to qualify for the World Cup? Most successful FIFA nation holds rare record
As the world’s most most successful nation, Brazil are thought of as football royalty. The Selecao have won five FIFA World Cups, one more than Germany and Italy and two more than reigning champions Argentina. From the days of Pele to the modern teams of Ronaldo and Neymar, and all the superstars in between, Brazil […]
The ‘Mozart of Math’ isn’t worried about AI replacing math nerds — ever
Terence Tao, a UCLA professor considered to be the “world’s greatest living mathematician,” last month compared ChapGPT’s o1 reasoning model to a “mediocre, but not completely incompetent” graduate student that could correctly answer a complex analysis problem with “a lot of hints and prodding.” AI might never beat its human teachers, he now tells The […]
'One of the best I've ever seen' — watch David Raya's stunning Champions League double save vs. Atalanta that left Arsenal boss Arteta beaming
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta was in no doubt as to the quality of David Raya’s performance against Atalanta as the Gunners claimed a Champions League point, hailing his stunning double wonder save as “one of the best I’ve ever seen”. Raya had to produce heroics to preserve an unlikely 0-0 draw in Italy, with two […]
Was There Ever Any Doubt? Kirk Cousins, Falcons Stun Eagles in Primetime
Kirk Cousins earned every cent of his $ 180 million contract as he went five-for-six on the final drive to go 70 yards, putting the Atlanta Falcons up for good and stunning the Philadelphia Eagles 22-21 in their home opener. The Eagles will be haunted by the third-down decision from Eagles offensive coordinator Kellen Moore […]