Author: Vidya Saras

FRIDAY, JUNE 27 ■ As twilight fades, spot the thin crescent Moon in the west-northwest as shown below. Look for Mercury to its lower right by about a fist at arm’s length. Mercury has been fading and is now magnitude +0.2. A week from now it will be only +0.6. ■ This is the time of year when the two brightest stars of summer, Arcturus and Vega, shine equally high overhead shortly after dark: Arcturus toward the southwest, Vega toward the east. Both are magnitude 0. Arcturus and Vega are 37 and 25 light-years away, respectively. They represent the two…

David Campese has torched the British and Irish LionsWallabies legend is renowned for his brutal honestyLions preparing for first Test versus Wallabies on July 19By ANDREW PRENTICE FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA Published: 03:32 EDT, 27 June 2025 | Updated: 03:32 EDT, 27 June 2025 Rugby legend David Campese has slammed the British and Irish Lions squad over the number of ‘Australian Islanders’ on their books – and then dubbed Andy Farrell’s team ‘the British and Irish and Pacific Island Lions’.Never afraid to voice his opinion, Wallabies great Campese unloaded ahead of the Lions’ clash against the Western Force in Perth on Saturday…

Victoria Beckham is wishing her husband, David Beckham, a speedy recovery amid a recent hospitalization. The fashion designer, 51, shared a photo of David, 50, lying in a hospital bed with his arm in a sling via her Instagram Story early Friday, June 27. David appears in good spirits, smiling at the camera while wearing a hospital gown. Victoria wrote alongside the snap, “Get well soon, daddy.” In another photo, a close-up of David’s wrist shows the retired soccer star wearing a friendship bracelet that reads, “Get well soon.” While Victoria did not specify why David was hospitalized, Us understands…

Lyse DoucetChief international correspondentReporting fromTehran, IranWatch: BBC inside Iran state building in Tehran hit by Israeli missile strikeIn the heart of the Iranian capital, the Boof cafe serves up refreshing cold drinks on a hot summer’s day.They must be the most distinctive iced Americano coffees in this city – the cafe sits in a leafy corner of the long-shuttered US embassy. Its high cement walls have been plastered with anti-American murals ever since Washington severed relations with Tehran in the wake of the 1979 Iranian revolution and the hostage crisis – which still cast a long shadow over this tortuous…

While Puregold Channel’s digital series Si Sol at Si Luna keeps viewers riveted by its soulful storytelling and cinematic touch, fans of romantic dramas are fascinated by how it deals with the complex nature of love and relationships. Is right timing essential to romantic happiness? Will a strong attraction between two disparate personalities suffice when complications arise? In its fourth episode, “Signs,” Si Sol at Si Luna finally brings Sol (Zaijian Jaranilla) and Luna (Jane Oineza) together in a moment that feels both familiar and momentous. After days of quick glances and missed connections aboard their daily commute, the two finally…

Nike rallies on efforts to tackle tariff costs as turnaround takes shape

Edward “Big Balls” Coristine, one of the first young technologists brought on to Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), has returned to government shortly after resigning.“Edward Coristine joined the Social Security Administration this week as a special government employee,” Stephen McGraw, an SSA spokesperson, tells WIRED. “His work will be focused on improving the functionality of the Social Security website and advancing our mission of delivering more efficient service to the American people.”Multiple sources at the SSA tell WIRED that Coristine has appeared in person to work onsite at the agency’s Woodlawn, Maryland, headquarters. One SSA employee says…

UK-based web design and marketing firm The Smarter Web Company has raised 41.2 million British pounds ($56.59 million), days after it purchased 196 Bitcoin to add to its growing holdings.The firm said on Thursday that the raise came from institutional investors via accelerated bookbuild, a process where a company raises capital quickly, usually within one or two days, without any marketing push.The Smarter Web Company raised 36.27 million British pounds ($49.8 million) with the bookbuild and a further 4.97 million British pounds ($6.82 million) by subscription. The offer price was 2.9 British pounds ($3.98) per share.The company expects the stocks…

⭐ Introducing Ethereum Studio Today we’re excited to release v 1.0 of Ethereum Studio: a simple web-based IDE, which lives right on ethereum.org One of the most consistent suggestions we’ve received for Ethereum.org is to improve the developer experience. While the site pointed users to extensive third-party resources, it lacked a compelling path that would pull a developer towards immediately trying out Ethereum. Ethereum Studio’s purpose is to let developers get started building on Ethereum within minutes, with as little friction as possible. Studio lets users: Write and test smart contracts in the browserConnect smart contracts to a front-end web…

Tahini’s Restaurants, a Canadian fast-casual restaurant chain specializing in Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cuisine, integrated bitcoin into its business in 2020 and has been refining its strategy ever since. Today Bitcoin makes up over 70% of their reserves and has made a critical difference in their expansion to 62 restaurants in just over a decade. “We just kept putting more and more money into bitcoin.” Omar Hamam, CEO and co-founder of Tahini’s, told Bitcoin Magazine. Omar and his brother Aly Hamam founded the company in 2012, starting with one restaurant in London, Ontario. Tahini’s has since grown to 62 restaurants…