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Two teams with less-than-intelligent records face off on day three of the 2026 Nations Championship as Australia host Italy in Perth. Joe Schmidt takes charge of the Wallabies for the final time, with both teams desperate to avoid finishing the Southern Hemisphere series with three defeats from three. Schmidt is more than a little proud […]

Watch T20 Blast 2026 Finals Day on Willow TV via Sling (WE) / Aerial sports (UNITED KINGDOM) Unblock your stream with NordVPN (save up to 75%) T20 Blast Finals Day 2026: Saturday July 18 from 11pm BST / 6pm ET Edgbaston once again hosts the T20 Blast Finals Day, where four former champions who know

Figures prove CD sales grew more than record sales so far in 2026 The data was presented amid a boom in physical media Is it time to buy a CD player or portable CD player again? In another statistic that seems to confirm that “Sony ending PlayStation discs is not what we want”, new data

Just a few years ago, the All Blacks v Ireland match was the most important match in rugby. Despite having each won their two 2026 Nations Championship matches so far, neither team has convinced – and against lesser opponents at that. Saturday’s shock in Auckland therefore seems to be an opportunity to silence certain skeptics.

Two British men sentenced to 5 years and 6 months for 2024 cyberattack on Transport for London linked to Scattered Spider group Police seized devices showing evidence of TfL breach; Flowers was also in the midst of an attack on US healthcare companies SSM Health and Sutter Health at the time of his arrest. TfL

GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen says Sony’s decision to end physical game production has “no significance” to the company. This claim is supported by physical and digital games, which contribute only 18% to overall revenue. Cohen’s comments likely won’t help gamers keep physical game discs The backlash against Sony continues after its controversial choice to stop

Anthropic has a new “tough questions” commercial for Claude and AI Reactions to the short clip were mixed OpenAI boss Sam Altman says ad looks like satire Anthropic has released a new ad for its Claude AI chatbot, and it ties into its Hard Questions project – an attempt to draw attention to some of

Forrester analysts warn about four in five executives and IT leaders plan to have bigger budgets in 2027. Consumption-based AI pricing makes it harder to predict spending Targeted investments to improve data quality are essential Forrester predicts that software budgets could increase, with more than four in five executives expecting an increase in overall budgets

It’s officially summer vacation season in the northern hemisphere (sorry, Australia and New Zealand readers), and that means it’s time to turn on the TV for the kids before heading off on a family vacation. However, you won’t want to stick any of the following new movies or TV shows on them. None of them

Want a different day? A new NYT Connections puzzle appears every day at midnight for your time zone – which means some people are still playing “today’s game” while others are playing “yesterday’s.” If you are looking for the Friday puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections Tips and Answers for Friday, July 17 (Thu