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It’s unlikely there’ll ever be another snooker player quite like Ronnie O’Sullivan. The Englishman, who turned 50 on Friday, is widely regarded as the sport’s greatest-ever player, having broken almost every record in the game since turning professional in 1992. ‘The Rocket’ has an all-time record total of 23 Triple Crown titles – seven world crowns, eight Masters wins and eight victories at the UK Championship.He has also compiled more century breaks and more maximum 147s than anyone else.On top of that, he has a record 41 ranking titles to his name, five more than Stephen Hendry’s previous mark of…

WIRED’s Big Interview series prides itself on being the place for engaging conversations with political leaders, creators, executives, and scientists moving the world forward. In 2024, we brought those talks to a stage in San Francisco for the very first time. This year, we did it again, bringing together AMD CEO Lisa Su, Wicked director Jon M. Chu, Anthropic cofounder Daniela Amodei, Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince, and many more.What Is It?The Big Interview, a one-day, in-person event held at The Midway in San Francisco on December 4, featured a series of in-depth, illuminating Q&As with some of the biggest names…

Discover Google’s top travel search trends for 2025.Travelers sought beautiful places to visit (particularly outdoors), destinations where they could work remotely, state parks, and bookstores at a higher rate than they did for the same period in 2024, according to the search engine Google. Travelers seemed fully interested in vibes to drive what types of travel they sought out (at least on the internet) this year, with many focusing on natural beauty or life-escape travel forms. The 10 Digital Nomad LocationsThe equatorial Americas, New Zealand, Eastern Europe, and Southeast Asia topped the list of searches for digital nomad locations in 2025.…

SSP Group stock rebounded strongly today. (Photo Illustration by Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesShares in travel food retailer SSP Group rose sharply today after the company posted solid FY25 results, highlighting good growth in two of its four regional divisions, and a decision to review its under‑performing Continental European rail business.The food and beverage (F&B) company’s stock closed 11.3% up in London on the back of a revenue rise of 7.8% (at constant currency) to £3.6 billion ($4.8 billion) in the 12 months to September. Operating profit jumped by 12.7% to £223 million ($298 million).…

As Australia rides the AI boom with dozens of new investments in datacentres in Sydney and Melbourne, experts are warning about the impact these massive projects will have on already strained water resources.Water demand to service datacentres in Sydney alone is forecast to be larger than the volume of Canberra’s total drinking water within the next decade.In Melbourne the Victorian government has announced a “$5.5m investment to become Australia’s datacentre capital”, but the hyperscale datacentre applications on hand already exceed the water demands of nearly all of the state’s top 30 business customers combined.Technology companies, including Open AI and Atlassian,…

Young women say they were taught how to open a bank account in school, but not about their own health.

Whether it’s literally bringing Panamanian soil to Miami, or subverting the messages of Mexican religious cults by appropriating their iconography into tile murals dripping with sexual innuendo, Latin American artists at Art Basel Miami Beach this year are finding ways to reinvent their cultural heritage as surprising and fantastic pieces of art.The Mexican artist Renata Petersen, originally from Guadalajara, has outfitted her Art Basel booth with three collections that may at first appear disconnected – intricate murals made from tiles and covered slogans and iconography, 80 chrome-blown glass works that look slightly like chess pieces but are actually derived from…

TORONTO — LeBron James knew his record streak of double-digit scoring efforts was in jeopardy. And in the moment, he didn’t care.The right play was to pass the ball — so he did. And with that, his streak ended.James’ run of 1,297 consecutive double-digit regular-season scoring efforts ended Thursday night, when the NBA’s career points leader was held to eight points in the Los Angeles Lakers’ 123-120 win over the Toronto Raptors. He had the game-winning assist, setting up Rui Hachimura’s 3-pointer as time expired.Afterward, he was asked what thoughts he had about the streak ending.”None,” James said. “We won.”Editor’s…

America’s top vaccines official promised, in a long and argumentative memo to staff on Friday, to revamp vaccine regulation after claiming that at least 10 children died from Covid vaccination – but he offered no evidence for that allegation and scant details on the new approach.The top-down changes, without input from outside advisers or publication of data, worry experts who fear vaccines such as the flu shot may quickly disappear and that public trust will take a major hit.“The ultimate outcome will be fewer vaccines and more vaccine-preventable illness,” said Dan Jernigan, former director of the National Center for Emerging…

Taiwan says it will block access to popular Chinese social media app RedNote or Xiaohongshu for one year following concerns over online shopping scams.The island’s Criminal Investigation Bureau said Thursday it detected more than 1,700 fraud cases on the app since last year, with total losses worth more than NT$247m (£5.9m; $7.9m), local media report.The app is a TikTok-like platform with built-in shopping features. Taiwan’s internet service providers have been ordered to block access to the app, affecting at least three million domestic users, according to local reports.The BBC has contacted Xiaohongshu and Taiwanese authorities for comment.BBC checks in Taiwan…