sports.yahoo.com
The 18 Stats That Explain Russell Westbrook’s Polarizing NBA Careerhttps://sports.yahoo.com/articles/18-stats-explain-russell-westbrook-163427570.htmlRussell Westbrook's 18-year NBA career made him one of the most statistically decorated players ever. Yet high turnovers and no title keep his legacy fiercely debated.Aug 19, 2026 4:34 PM

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Trump picks Dr. Heidi Overton for top FDA jobhttps://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-picks-dr-heidi-overton-top-fda-job/story?id=135777387Trump nominated Overton to be the next commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration.Aug 19, 2026 4:31 PM

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Tongue takes back-to-back wickets but misses out on hat-trickhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/videos/c9q9znn2rd2o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rssJosh Tongue removes Salman Ali Agha and Ali Usman in back-to-back balls but falls just short of the hat-trick as Khurram Shahzad hits the third delivery emphatically for four on day one of the opening Test between England and Pakistan at Headingley.Aug 19, 2026 4:31 PM
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Caitlin Clark Shared Why Indiana Fever Teammate is the ‘Best’https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/caitlin-clark-shared-why-indiana-163027975.htmlThe Indiana Fever are loaded with talent on the roster, and everyone knows about the greatness of three-time All-Star Caitlin Clark.Clark has rolled through the 2026 season and is putting up the best numbers of her young WNBA career. This season, Clark has averaged 22.1 points, 8.3 assists, and 3.8 rebounds per contest in 32 […] The post Caitlin Clark Shared Why Indiana Fever Teammate is the ‘Best...Aug 19, 2026 4:30 PM
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Show HN: nanoAlphaZero – Train a grandmaster-level chess model in 24h with TPUshttps://github.com/wtedw/nanoAlphaZeroHello HN,I built a complete, game-agnostic implementation of AlphaZero in JAX.repo: https://github.com/wtedw/nanoAlphaZerodemo (NN + MCTS run locally in your browser): https://nanoalphazero.wtedw.comIt uses no human data, can train grandmaster-level chess models, and supports a variety of games: Chess, Go 3x3 - 9x9, Hex 4x4 - 9x9, Connect FourYou can also use this repo to train AlphaZero on any custom 2-player, perfect-information game.How does it work?At a high level, the entire AlphaZero algorithm gets compiled into a single jitted run_fn that repeatedly performs self-play and model updates: state = make_alphazero() def run_fn(state): games = selfplay(state) # using Gumbel MuZero # Move active games into the self-play buffer # Move completed games into the replay buffer state = train(state, replay_buffer.sample()) return state while True: state = run_fn(state) There are no threads, queues, or distributed workers to manage. It is just one large JAX function.The repo is primarily focusAug 19, 2026 4:26 PM

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Kane Parsons Drops A New ‘Backrooms’ Upload Linked To The Filmhttps://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2026/08/19/kane-parsons-drops-a-new-backrooms-upload-linked-to-the-film/After a year and a half Kane Parsons has uploaded a new 'Backrooms' YouTube video, this one connected to the film.Aug 19, 2026 4:23 PM
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World's top-ranked racehorse Ombudsman beaten into 4th in Juddmonte International won by Itemhttps://sports.yahoo.com/articles/worlds-top-ranked-racehorse-ombudsman-161719677.htmlA surprise result in one of Britain’s most prestigious horse races Wednesday saw the world’s top-ranked thoroughbred Ombudsman finish fourth behind 10-1 winner Item. Item is a son of unbeaten great Frankel, who also won the Juddmonte International at York in the 2012 edition. Item won a first prize of 850,000 pounds ($1.16 million) for his owner, and also the race sponsor, the Juddmonte racing o...Aug 19, 2026 4:17 PM

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Time’s running out! Save $300 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 pass until August 21 https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/19/times-running-out-save-300-on-your-techcrunch-disrupt-2026-pass-until-august-21/If you’ve been circling around Disrupt, then now’s the best time to lock in your pass and start getting ready to join the rest of the startup community gathering in San Francisco from October 13-15 at Moscone West! Aug 19, 2026 4:16 PM
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Manchester United’s Joshua Zirkzee: Juventus await sales before moving for strikerhttps://sports.yahoo.com/articles/manchester-united-joshua-zirkzee-juventus-161500977.htmlAs reported by La Gazzetta dello Sport, Juventus are eyeing Man United forward Joshua Zirkzee as they look to strengthen their attack line in the final days of the transfer window.Whether the Biancone...Aug 19, 2026 4:15 PM

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Soccer Players Jump Into Booming Chess Worldhttps://www.forbes.com/sites/beaudure/2026/08/19/soccer-players-jump-into-booming-chess-world/Erling Haaland is among the soccer players who have invested in one of their favorite pastimes, chess. The game is booming online.Aug 19, 2026 4:12 PM

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Soccer Players Jump Into Booming Chess Worldhttps://sports.yahoo.com/articles/soccer-players-jump-booming-chess-161243061.htmlErling Haaland is among the soccer players who have invested in one of their favorite pastimes, chess. The game is booming online.Aug 19, 2026 4:12 PM

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Google Pixel 11 series review: Is the magic fading?https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/08/google-pixel-11-series-review-is-the-magic-fading/Google's new Pixels make some compromises but still manage to be good phones.Aug 19, 2026 4:11 PM
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Jorge Polanco to undergo season-ending ankle surgery, placed on 10-Day ILhttps://sports.yahoo.com/articles/jorge-polanco-undergo-season-ending-161026742.htmlPolanco, who “played through significant pain”, is done for the year.Aug 19, 2026 4:10 PM
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AWS new AZ in eu-west-2 - beware of unexpected resultshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49363466It seems as though AWS have brought a new AZ online in eu-west-2 (London) today with very little fanfare or indeed without telling their support staff. It appears as eu-west-2d. No AWS docs yet reflect this change.Wanted to give anyone who uses this region a heads up just in case - at a client site it has caused a widespread bunch of issues as a result of Terraform failures etc. Depending on your codebase resources might be torn down and recreated unexpectedly. You can argue the case for whether this should cause you issues or not given this is the cloud etc but I just wanted to try and save someone else some hours of head scratching.aws ec2 describe-availability-zones --region eu-west-2 --all-availability-zones --query 'AvailabilityZones[].[ZoneName,ZoneID,ZoneTYpe,State,OptInStatus,Messages]' [ [ "eu-west-2a", null, null, "available", "opt-in-not-required", [] ], [ "eu-west-2b", null, null, "available", "opt-in-not-required", [] ], [ "eu-west-2c", null, null, "available", "opt-in-notAug 19, 2026 4:09 PM

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2016 WNBA MVP Nneka Ogwumike announces she's retiring after this season, her 15th in leaguehttps://sports.yahoo.com/articles/2016-wnba-mvp-nneka-ogwumike-160930980.htmlNneka Ogwumike says she is retiring after this season, her 15th, putting an end to one of the most decorated careers in WNBA history. The 36-year-old eight-time All-WNBA forward, who is back with the Los Angeles Sparks this season after two years in Seattle, announced her intentions Wednesday in an interview with Boardroom Talks. “I feel very fulfilled with the 15 years that I’ve been able to pl...Aug 19, 2026 4:09 PM

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US ally on Putin’s doorstep braces for war as Russia tensions take ominous turnhttps://www.foxnews.com/politics/us-ally-putins-doorstep-braces-war-russia-tensions-take-ominous-turnRussia's embassy in Britain threatened "consequences" over reported British drone use in Ukraine as Moscow escalates rhetoric against NATO allies.Aug 19, 2026 4:09 PM
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Chris Buescher's worst financial decision is hilariously relatablehttps://sports.yahoo.com/articles/chris-bueschers-worst-financial-decision-160735709.htmlEveryone has put too much money into a car that probably didn't deserve it at some point in their lifeAug 19, 2026 4:07 PM

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Texas GOP Senate candidate Ken Paxton works to overcome fundraising woeshttps://abcnews.com/Politics/texas-gop-senate-candidate-ken-paxton-works-overcome/story?id=135741397Paxton's fundraising numbers are dwarfed by both his predecessor's and his opponent's.Aug 19, 2026 4:06 PM

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‘Insidious: Out of the Further’ Review: Latest Entry in the Franchise Serves Up Genuinely Terrifying Setpieces Despite a Convoluted Final Acthttps://variety.com/2026/film/reviews/insidious-out-of-the-further-review-1236837868/If you’ve always been terrified of dental work and the idea of someone poking around your pearly whites with sharp tools, you’re not alone. With “Insidious: Out of the Further,” the sixth entry in the infinitely inventive “Insidious” horror franchise, writer-director Jacob Chase is unashamed to declare that he shares your fears, while having some […]Aug 19, 2026 4:04 PM
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Well-traveled CB Edmond finds comfort at Hawaiihttps://sports.yahoo.com/articles/well-traveled-cb-edmond-finds-160400261.htmlCover skills? Hawaii cornerback Jaylon Edmond’s seven-year football journey has covered five locations and 12,087 miles. All of which led back to his comfort zone. “It’s crazy,” said Edmond, whose enrollment at UH reunited him with several former Bishop Gorman High School teammates. “I love it here. My boys are here.” Edmond, who joined the Rainbow Warriors in January, excelled during spring ...Aug 19, 2026 4:04 PM