‘Halving’ arrives for bitcoin miners on April 21, 2024The bitcoin market on Friday engineered the “halving” of the reward for operating the cryptocurrency, a much-anticipated step designed to limit production and boost the digital money. “The 4th #Bitcoin halving is complete!,” announced cryptocurrency exchange Binance on X, the former Twitter. “The countdown has been reset — see you in 2028.” Bitcoin is created […]
‘Harvesting data’: Latin American AI startups transform farming on April 21, 2024For centuries, farmers used almanacs to try to understand and predict weather patterns. Now, a new crop of Latin American startups is helping do that with artificial intelligence, promising a farming revolution in agricultural giants like Brazil, the world’s biggest exporter of soybeans, corn and beef. Aline Oliveira Pezente, a 39-year-old entrepreneur from the Brazilian […]
Chinese swimmers failed doping tests ahead of Tokyo Olympics: NY Times on April 21, 2024Twenty-three Chinese swimmers tested positive for a banned substance ahead of the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 but were allowed to compete after world governing bodies secretly accepted China’s findings that they had ingested it unknowingly, The New York Times said Saturday. The athletes included nearly half of the swimming team that China sent to Japan, […]
Rohit says India-Pakistan Test cricket would be ‘awesome’ on April 20, 2024India captain Rohit Sharma has thrown his support behind any resumption of Test cricket against arch-rivals Pakistan, saying it would be “awesome.” The South Asian neighbors are bitter political adversaries and have fought three wars against each other since they were partitioned at the end of British colonial rule in 1947. Their cricket teams have […]
Defending champion Swiatek motors into Stuttgart quarter-finals on April 20, 2024World number one and defending champion Iga Swiatek progressed to the quarter-finals of the WTA Stuttgart clay-court tournament by beating Elise Mertens in straight sets on Thursday, her ninth win in nine career matches at the French Open warm-up event. Swiatek beat the unseeded Belgian 6-3, 6-4 to maintain her bid to capture a third […]
Morikawa takes Masters form to Hilton Head bid on April 20, 2024Collin Morikawa bounced back from his final round disappointment at the Masters, shooting a six-under 65 first round at the PGA Tour’s RBC Heritage tournament on Thursday. J.T. Poston held the first round lead at Harbour Town Golf Links at Hilton Head in South Carolina after shooting an eight under-par 63. Morikawa, who sat just […]
Martinez penalty heroics take Villa to Conference League semis on April 20, 2024Emiliano Martinez starred in a drama-filled penalty shootout as Aston Villa squeezed past Lille and into the Europa Conference League semi-finals on Thursday following a late Matty Cash goal in normal time. Villa led 2-1 from last week’s first leg but their quest for a first European trophy since 1982 looked doomed when goals from […]
Barca women’s quadruple bid faces Chelsea Champions League challenge on April 20, 2024Dominant European champions Barcelona aim to keep their quadruple quest on track when they face Chelsea in the Women’s Champions League semi-finals on Saturday. Jonatan Giraldez’s side, who lifted the trophy for the second time last season, host the Blues in the first-leg clash at the Olympic Stadium on the city’s Montjuic hill. They met […]
Sixers beat Heat to book playoff date with Knicks, Bulls rout Hawks on April 19, 2024The Philadelphia 76ers, fueled by 23 points from NBA Most Valuable Player Joel Embiid, rallied to beat the Miami Heat 105-104 on Wednesday and book a first-round playoff clash with the New York Knicks. Embiid, still struggling for peak form after missing two months following knee surgery, stepped it up in the second half for […]
Impact subs add lower order firepower as IPL smashes scoring records on April 17, 2024Better use of the Indian Premier League’s impact substitute rule has been the big factor behind this season’s run spree in the high-octane Twenty20 competition which has seen multiple scoring records smashed, say experts. Sunrisers Hyderabad broke their own IPL all-time record score by bludgeoning 287-3 on Monday against Royal Challengers Bengaluru, only three weeks […]