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• John was first player to undergo pioneering operation

• New York Yankees pay tribute to four-time All-Star

Tommy John, the namesake of a ligament-replacement surgery that paved a path to recovery for injured baseball players, has died. He was 83.

TMZ.com reported that the pitcher died at his home in Florida, surrounded by his family, including his wife, Cheryl. John ⁠had recently been in hospice ⁠care.

Efforts of emergency services and military in Blaenavon appear to be working but there are fears for the future

More than three weeks after it began burning and two days after the military deployed to the area, there is hope that the huge wildfire on the hillside above the Ebbw valley village of Blaenavon may finally be coming under control.

Emergency workers and soldiers described a gruelling battle against the deep-seated peat fire that has spread over 4,000 hectares (9,800 acres), putting lives, farmland and property at risk.

• Hunt, Duplantis and Hunter Bell in action in final session

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Women’s long jump: Sawyers stands at the top of the runway with a pink and purple starry blanket wrapped round her legs to keep warm. She thrusts it aside and launches herself to an opening jump of 6.95m to go ahead of Mihambo!

Women’s long jump: Malaika Mihambo is the favourite to defend her European title, although the German had a nervous time in qualifying – after two poor jumps, she had to rely on a third and final attempt … and jumped 7.10m. Great Britain’s Jazmin Sawyers, who won Commonwealth gold for England a couple of weeks ago, would do very well indeed to challenge for a medal.

• Belgian is the first non-Scot in role since Berti Vogts

• SFA welcomes ‘aggressive, front-foot style of play’

The Scottish Football Association has appointed the Belgian Sébastien Pocognoli as the successor to Steve Clarke as manager. The 39-year-old, who was sacked by Monaco in June, will become the country’s first non-Scottish manager since Berti Vogts, who was in charge from 2002 to 2004.

Clarke’s abrupt departure came after Scotland were knocked out of the World Cup at the group stage. He had signed a four-year contract extension immediately before the tournament. It quickly became clear the SFA would turn towards a foreign manager with the Danes Jon Dahl Tomasson and Kasper Hjulmand being linked with the position.

Всем привет и добро пожаловать на подкаст Mindscape. Я ваш ведущий, Шон Кэрролл. Постоянные слушатели знают, что в последнее время мы довольно много обсуждаем здесь квантовую механику. Мы подробно поговорили с Дэвидом Альбертом о его скептическом отношении к многомировой интерпретации. У меня был подкаст с перевернутыми ролями с Робом Ридом, где уже он задавал мне вопросы о многомировой интерпретации. Мы немного поговорили с Адамом Беккером об истории квантовой механики в XX веке и, конечно же, затрагивали квантовую механику в беседах с такими людьми, как Леонард Сасскинд и Роджер Пенроуз. И всё это делалось не просто так. Как вы, возможно, знаете, у меня выходит книга. Более того, этот выпуск подкаста я публикую за день до выхода новой книги. Она будет называться «Нечто глубоко скрытое: квантовые миры и возникновение пространства-времени» (Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime) и появится в продаже 10 сентября 2019 года.

• Riders’ union expresses fury about Volta a Portugal

• Tarling died after collision with non-race vehicle

The professional cycling community has reacted with fury to the death of the teenage Welsh rider, Finlay Tarling, in the Volta a Portugal, with a leading former professional describing the race’s safety measures as “catastrophic”.

Tarling, the younger brother of the Netcompany Ineos professional Josh Tarling, was in collision with a non-race vehicle driving towards the peloton while he competed in the Portuguese race’s eighth stage. The 19-year-old’s death on Friday has led to a surge of anger, with the riders’ union, the Cyclistes Professionnels Associés (CPA), describing itself as “furious”.

Andy Burnham’s doubts about Zoom interviews apply more widely to a hiring process being transformed by AI

Almost half of UK jobseekers have found themselves pitching to an AI bot, according to recent research, leading many to give up in frustration. As one despairing applicant lamented in the pages of the Guardian a few months ago: “The hiring process has become so mechanised, both figuratively and literally, that it’s hard to believe that the people who end up getting hired aren’t merely the best at gaming the system.” For young people especially, experiencing repeated rejection without interacting with a single human being is alienating as well as disappointing.

It was encouraging, therefore, to hear Andy Burnham voice concerns about online recruitment processes on a recent employment-focused podcast. Describing the jobseeking environment for young people as “harsh”, the prime minister criticised the widespread use of interviews on Zoom and Microsoft Teams, and questioned whether applicants could properly convey their personal qualities without a face-to-face meeting.

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There are many good reasons why Burnley and West Ham are performing as Premier League tribute acts, slumming it in the Championship with the hope of a shot at the limelight once more. They are two flawed teams, relegated because of chronic defects, and plenty were on show as West Ham blew a two-goal lead to start life on the second-tier circuit with an entertaining draw.

Zian Flemming’s late double secured a thoroughly deserved point for the hosts, who showed promise going forward but took far too long to find a clinical finish. Despite going two goals ahead through Maximilian Kilman and Manor Solomon, West Ham rarely looked comfortable as they sat back, something that eventually cost them.

Senator Ruben Gallego calls carrier’s months-long deployment a ‘deep problem’ as wellbeing concerns mount

Democrats on Sunday intensified their demands for answers from the Trump administration over conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln as the aircraft carrier’s nearly nine-month deployment continued fueling concern over crew morale, mental health and living conditions.

Ruben Gallego, a Democratic senator from Arizona, said on Sunday that problems aboard the Lincoln had kept mounting – and he blamed the carrier’s prolonged deployment on the unresolved war that Donald Trump started in February with Iran as well as lackluster leadership in general from the Republican president’s administration.

Senator Ruben Gallego calls carrier’s months-long deployment a ‘deep problem’ as wellbeing concerns mount

Democrats on Sunday intensified their demands for answers from the Trump administration over conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln as the aircraft carrier’s nearly nine-month deployment continued fueling concern over crew morale, mental health and living conditions.

Ruben Gallego, a Democratic senator from Arizona, said on Sunday that problems aboard the Lincoln had kept mounting – and he blamed the carrier’s prolonged deployment on the unresolved war that Donald Trump started in February with Iran as well as lackluster leadership in general from the Republican president’s administration.

В 2024 году мы боялись, что ChatGPT заменит нас, и мы не будем больше перекрашивать кнопки и писать очередной CRUD. Но оказалось всё прозаичнее — ChatGPT, увы, не заменил нас, но постепенно нужда в разработчиках как в «крудошлёпах» стала ниже.

И так получилось, что среднестатистические разработчики — уже звери редкие. ИИ-агенты пишут код быстрее, дешевле (или примерно столько, но зато без страховых отчислений). Но работу теряет не инженеры, а исполнители. В итоге, как в эталонном капитализме, вверху пирамиды останутся управленцы — те, кто понимает архитектуру, управляет контекстом и берёт на себя ответственность, что напакостила машина в кодовой базе.

В этой статье мы наконец поставим точку (или длинное тире) в разговорах про ИИ и замену разработчиков на основе новостей и известных движений в мире IT.

• Al-Nassr and Portugal forward expects to retire soon

• Ronaldo has more than 950 goals for club and country

Cristiano Ronaldo believes this year is “probably” his last as a professional footballer, the 41-year-old Portugal captain said in an interview with Vogue magazine published on Sunday.

Ronaldo, who has established his place among football’s all-time greats with more than 950 goals for club and country, had previously spoken of retiring “soon” or within “one or two years”.

Suppliers could factor water scarcity into charges as part of Ofwat proposal to reduce consumption

Water companies could be allowed to raise bills for customers during periods of drought under proposals being considered by the sector’s regulator for England and Wales.

Suppliers would be permitted to factor “water scarcity” into bills as part of efforts to reduce consumption under Ofwat’s plans, which are being likened to surge pricing – the practice where private hire firms raise taxi fares at times of higher demand.

US attorney general says no one in his role ‘should ever’ make this vow amid concern over Trump steering DoJ

US attorney general Todd Blanche on Sunday declined to assure that the federal justice department he helms would always act independently of the White House and Donald Trump.

“No, I’m not going to pledge that,” he said when asked about the topic by NBC’s Meet the Press host, Kristen Welker. “And no attorney general should ever pledge that.”

В марте 2025 года Gartner сделал то, чего индустрия ждала несколько лет: официально переименовал категорию AIOps в Event Intelligence Solutions. Причина — ИИ-хайп, из-за которого слово «AIOps» превратилось в бессмыслицу: вендоры называли искусственным интеллектом всё подряд, ИТ-директора разочаровались, а инженеры получили ещё один слой непредсказуемой автоматики.

Но потребность никуда не делась. Когда в три часа ночи падает коммутатор, а мониторинг за пару минут высыпает три сотни алертов во все каналы, вам не до «глобальных ИИ-стратегий» — нужен инструмент, который прямо сейчас отделит сигнал от шума и покажет, куда прикладывать руки.

Разбираем реальные, а не маркетинговые возможности ML и LLM в эксплуатации: что уже работает, где границы и с чего начать на своём стеке без дорогих платформ.

On Friday, Italian police said they'd recovered three paintings stolen from a museum near the city of Parma. By Saturday night, thieves in Sicily had made off with four more masterpieces.

(Image credit: Gregorio Borgia)

Что, если нужную книгу больше не нужно искать — её можно собрать под собственный вопрос?

Я проверил эту идею на реальном корпусе: 206 длинных видео, 160 часов 56 минут и 2,15 млн слов транскриптов.

Вместо сотен summary я построил конвейер, который выделяет сущности, схлопывает дубли, отслеживает происхождение выводов, проверяет важные утверждения и понимает, когда оставшиеся источники уже не нужно читать подряд.

По ходу выяснилось, почему 9 URL могут оказаться одним источником, почему векторная кластеризация не решила задачу смысловых дублей, чем такой подход отличается от RAG и почему длинная работа ИИ-агента неожиданно начинает напоминать разработку обычной программной системы.

Но главный вывод оказался шире самого проекта: единицей работы с информацией может становиться не источник, а наш вопрос.

В прошлой статье я показал, что три ИИ-модели разных разработчиков выдают дословно совпадающие списки источников, потому что веб-поиск им делает один плагин. В комментариях сказали, что стенд собран на устаревших версиях — я перемерил на свежих, и общий корпус рассыпался: пересечение между Gemini и двумя другими моделями упало до 0.02. Заодно выяснилось, что от поколения зависит не только состав источников, но и то, видит ли движок ваш город: на запрос про Иркутск свежая Gemini дала 8 местных сайтов из 13, а прошлое поколение — ноль из 42. Внутри цифры по двум городам, ловушка с редиректом, на которой споткнётся любой повторяющий замер, и разбор, где эта метрика врёт.