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Iran warns US Navy against entering Strait of Hormuz
Financial Times · Mon 04 May, 12:17
Oil surrenders some gains after Washington denies claim that Tehran had struck an American warship
Financial Times
Iran’s covert war on opponents abroad
Experts say Tehran is likely to eventually seek retaliation against senior figures over the US-Israeli war
Financial Times
Who are Reform UK’s voters?
Six Britons tell the FT about what attracts them to Nigel Farage’s populist party, which is ahead in opinion polls
Financial Times
How the UK’s ‘King of Trainers’ ran into trouble
The athleisure boom turned JD Sports into a global powerhouse but slowing sales have led to conflict in the boardroom
Financial Times
America’s retail army now rules the stock market
Unbowed by the Iran war and other shocks, individual investors are buying their way to new heights of influence
BBC News
The threat to summer holidays looming from jet fuel shortages
What impact might shortages have on our summer holidays - and what could be done about it?
BBC News
Some Iranians fear the regime is now more entrenched - and ready for revenge
Ordinary Iranians tell of worry about increased repression by authorities after the war is over.
BBC News
Three dead in suspected virus outbreak on Atlantic cruise ship
The World Health Organization said one case of hantavirus infection had been confirmed, with five more suspected...
BBC News
Thousands could benefit from cancer jab that cuts treatment time to minutes
Thousands of patients will be offered a new injectable form of an immunotherapy drug that takes minutes.
The Economist
Friedrich Merz’s ill-timed tussle with Donald Trump
Friedrich Merz’s ill-timed tussle with Donald Trump The Economist
The Economist
Global carmakers desperately want to be more Chinese
Global carmakers desperately want to be more Chinese The Economist
NYT Europe
Rubio to Visit Rome, Vatican Says, After Trump’s Feud With Pope and Meloni
Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s trip will come after President Trump criticized Pope Leo XIV and then turned on...
NYT Europe
Drone Hits a Moscow High-Rise Days Before a Major Military Parade
Air defenses in the Russian capital were breached as Ukraine expands long-range strikes.
The Telegraph
Marlborough racing tips and best bets for today’s races
Welcome to our racing tips and best bets service provided by Telegraph Sport’s champion tipster – updated here every day
The Telegraph
De Zerbi has Spurs believing again as Villa win moves them out of drop zone
De Zerbi has Spurs believing again as Villa win moves them out of drop zone
Wales
BBC Wales
Tourist hotspot with UK's worst phone signal 'frustrating' locals and visitors
Tenby is a “dead zone” for mobile signal, a business owner said, with the issue driving away customers.
BBC Wales
'Politics is for everyone' - Disabled candidates on the barriers they face standing for election
Disabled election candidates speak about their own personal experiences of disability and politics.
BBC Wales
Will an M4 relief road ever be given the green light?
Wales' Senedd election has seen the potential for an M4 relief road return as a political issue.
BBC Wales
Reform candidate brands Banks' comment racist
Arron Banks posted "Welsh lad?" on X in response to a Plaid Cymru video fronted by a black community organiser.
Sport
Formula 1
Race
Miami GP
1. Antonelli 2. Norris 3. Piastri
Sun 03 May
BBC Sport · Formula
Antonelli steps up his level in dramatic fashion
Kimi Antonelli's first season in F1 showed occasional promise, but nothing that suggested this was going to come...
BBC Sport · Football
'Premflix' and tourist fans - future of football predictions
Former broadcasting executive Neil Duncanson and author Alex Fynn, who made remarkably accurate predictions about...
BBC Sport · Football
What happened to Everton's £40m signing Dibling?
The curious case of Tyler Dibling - BBC Sport chief football writers asks what has happened to Everton's £40m...
BBC Sport · Football
Unacceptable season cannot be repeated - Van Dijk
Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk says his side's season has been "unacceptable" following an 18th defeat in all...
The Race
The answer to Norris and McLaren's 'F**k...how did we not win?'
When Lando Norris wondered aloud: "F**k's sake, how did we not win this?" after F1's Miami GP, it reflected the fact...
The Race
Winners and losers from action-packed Miami GP
It really was an embarrassment of riches when it came to choosing our Miami GP winners and losers, given the...
The Race
Leclerc given 20-second penalty for repeated cuts after spin
Charles Leclerc has been given a 20-second penalty that drops him to eighth in the Miami Grand Prix classification,...
The Race
Our verdict on dramatic Miami Grand Prix's big flashpoints
The Miami GP had a little bit of everything, even without the weather interfering. So we asked our F1 team for their...
Formula 1 Official
What could Verstappen have achieved in Miami without his spin?
Despite showing promising improvement in Miami, Max Verstappen struggled to place higher than fifth after spinning...
Formula 1 Official
Hadjar laments ‘very silly mistake’ in Miami GP crash
Red Bull driver Isack Hadjar crashed into the wall on Lap 6 of the Miami Grand Prix.
ESPN Cricinfo
Varun slows it down to keep his, and KKR's, comeback on track
Varun Chakravarthy "is now using the crease very well and also the angles well and also his pace," says Ambati Rayudu
ESPN Cricinfo
Salt returns home for scans after being sidelined with injured finger
RCB are expecting Phil Salt to rejoin them for some part of IPL 2026, with Jacob Bethell likely to get an extended...
Science
New Scientist
The greatest David Attenborough documentaries you really need to watch
To mark David Attenborough turning 100, New Scientist staff have been set a tricky task: pick your favourite of his...
New Scientist
Prebiotic chewing gum could be helpful for gum disease
A small trial found that chewing gum containing nitrate can ease the symptoms of gum disease by favouring the growth...
New Scientist
Long covid reveals the harm of one-size-fits-all medical treatment
While exercise and diet are frequently recommended as a universal way to improve your health, some conditions...
New Scientist
Smart underwear detects lactose intolerance by tracking your farts
A device you attach to your underwear reveals how often you really break wind – and it’s probably more frequently...
Nature
Powerful tools are revealing the ‘control knobs’ of the genome
Nature, Published online: 04 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01410-1By accelerating the identification of DNA...
Nature
Author Correction: Titration of RAS alters senescent state and influences tumour initiation
Nature, Published online: 01 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10601-9Author Correction: Titration of RAS alters...
Nature
Briefing Chat: Stressed mitochondria spawn new 'organelles' in cells
Nature, Published online: 01 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01439-2Nature staff discuss some of the week's top...
Nature
The imperfect legacy
Nature, Published online: 01 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01075-wNot a bug, but a feature.
Technology
The Verge
Reggie Fils-Aimé says Amazon once asked Nintendo to break the law
Way back in the DS days, Nintendo decided to stop selling to Amazon. During a recent lecture at NYU, former Nintendo...
The Verge
Shokz’s bassy OpenRun Pro 2 are $40 off thanks to a new Mother’s Day promo
If you’re looking to pick up a pair of open-ear headphones for yourself — or your mom — Shokz is running a Mother’s...
The Verge
These reusable digital Polaroids are a clever way to cover a fridge in memories
I love when my friends have their fridges covered in Polaroids. It’s often a visual crash course of what’s been...
The Verge
How the internet’s favorite squirrel dad made the hottest camera app of 2026
It's not hyperbole to call DualShot Recorder an overnight sensation. It took only 12 hours from the time it was...
Techcrunch
Ouster’s new color lidar is coming to replace cameras
A sensor that can simultaneously capture depth and image data has long been a "holy grail," Ouster CEO Angus Pacala...
Techcrunch
Nicolas Sauvage is betting on the boring parts of AI
The portfolio he has assembled since 2019 is dotted with technologies that have become more widely interesting to...
Techcrunch
We’ll take it: a TikToker rallies pledges to buy Spirit Airlines after its abrupt weekend collapse
Within hours he'd thrown up a website — a janky, one-hour job, by his own admission — and by Sunday, 36,000...
Techcrunch
‘This is fine’ creator says AI startup stole his art
The ad comes from Artisan, the AI startup behind billboards urging businesses to "stop hiring humans."
Wired
RFK Jr.’s New Podcast Is as Weird as You’d Expect
The first two episodes of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new podcast feature him discoursing on food with a reality-TV chef...
Wired
Do Lightsaber Blades Have Mass?
On Star Wars Day, we put to rest a question that has bedeviled sci-fi nerds for years.
Hacker News · 193 pts
GameStop makes $55.5B takeover offer for eBay
Hacker News · 52 pts
ASML's Best Selling Product Isn't What You Think It Is
Hacker News · 243 pts
Trademark violation: Fake Notepad++ for Mac
Hacker News · 272 pts
Using “underdrawings” for accurate text and numbers
Hacker News · 78 pts
Texico: Learn the principles of programming without even touching a computer
Hacker News · 400 pts
BYOMesh – New LoRa mesh radio offers 100x the bandwidth
Reading List
1993 communal internet shaped me: https://sive.rs/netizen
Derek Sivers
1993 communal internet shaped me: https://sive.rs/netizen
Google Earnings, Meta Earnings
Stratechery
Wall Street loved Google's earnings, and hated Meta's, even though the latter's core business...
Scientific Papers
Computer science
Cloud Is Closer Than It Appears: Revisiting the Tradeoffs of Distributed Real-Time Inference
FedACT: Concurrent Federated Intelligence across Heterogeneous Data Sources
Exploring LLM biases to manipulate AI search overview
Economics
JFR-rg Part II: Dynamic Extensions, Time Constraints, and Investment Design in High-Debt, Low-Growth Economies
RSDM: The Consensus Honest Money in the AI Era
Estimation of random coefficients logit demand models with interactive fixed effects
Congenital Heart Block
Comorbidities in parents of individuals with congenital heart block: a Swedish nationwide study
Diagnostic Yield of Serial PR Interval Screening for Fetal Heart Block in Anti-SSA/SSB Pregnancies
The Prevalence of Fetal Complete Heart Block and the Role of Positive Autoantibodies in Pregnant Women with Rheumatologic Diseases
Maternal and fetal outcomes in pregnancies affected by mixed connective tissue disease
Prenatal Diagnosis of Immune-Mediated Fetal Complete Heart Block Revealing Maternal Systemic Lupus Erythematosus