Namibia defeated Oman in a Super Over victory in their T20 World Cup opener, with David Wiese starring with bat and ball. The game was forced to the extra over after both sides made 109, Namibia smashing 21 from their six balls with Wiese hitting a six and a four, captain Gerhard Erasmus adding two…
Do you have a headache or is it a sinus infection? What does a stress fracture feel like? Should you be worried about the pain in your chest? If you Google those questions now, the answers may be written by artificial intelligence. In May, Google rolled out a new feature called A.I. Overviews that uses…
Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre recovered from a shaky start and held off a host of challengers to win his first PGA Tour title at the RBC Canadian Open. MacIntyre carded a two-under final round of 68 at Hamilton Golf and Country Club to finish 16 under par, a shot ahead of Ben Griffin. Griffin had piled on…
Good morning. Julie Powell famously learned to cook by making her way through all of Julia Child’s “Mastering the Art of French Cooking,” an endeavor she chronicled in a blog that became a book and then a movie. I tried a similar march with Chris Schlesinger and John Willoughby’s “Let the Flames Begin” when I…
Co-hosts West Indies began their bid for a third Men’s T20 World Cup title with a nervy five-wicket victory over a spirited Papua New Guinea in Guyana. West Indies, champions in Sri Lanka in 2012 and India in 2016, restricted Papua New Guinea to 136-8 in Providence but then slipped from 61-1 in the ninth…
A confession: I almost always pull back the sugar in a dessert recipe. (I’m sharing this here because I don’t think I’m alone.) I do this because 1) I come from a home where “not too sweet” is the highest praise a dessert can get; 2) I get cavities just by thinking about sweets; and…
MMA legend Dustin Poirier is considering retirement after pound-for-pound king Islam Makhachev retained his UFC lightweight title at UFC 302 in New Jersey. The Russian won his 14th straight fight under the UFC banner with a D’arce choke in the third minute of the fifth round to consign Poirier to his third defeat when challenging…
Wendy Mazur said her “jaw hit the floor” when she saw her favorite pop singer, Goldford, walk out with his guitar during her first dance with Jerry Bedwell at their wedding in April 2022. The couple considered the ballad “Upside Down” their song and had made it the theme of their reception at City Winery…
Defending champion and world No 1 Novak Djokovic survived a five-set near five-hour epic against Lorenzo Musetti in the latest-ever finish to a match in French Open history. The reigning champion showcased the iron will that has made him one of the game’s greatest players to avoid defeat in a thrilling contest that got underway…
When Frank Pine searched Google for a link to a news article two months ago, he encountered paragraphs generated by artificial intelligence about the topic at the top of his results. To see what he wanted, he had to scroll past them. That experience annoyed Mr. Pine, the executive editor of Media News Group and…
