Java 26 with JVM optimizations, HTTP/3, and finally no Applet API

The current OpenJDK 26 is strategically important and not only brings exciting innovations but also eliminates legacy issues like the outdated Applet API.

Supply-chain attack using invisible code hits GitHub and other repositories

Researchers say they’ve discovered a supply-chain attack flooding repositories with malicious packages that contain invisible code, a technique that’s flummoxing traditional defenses designed to ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Quadratic Regression with SGD Training Using JavaScript

Quadratic regression is a classical machine learning technique to predict a single numeric value. Quadratic regression is an extension of basic linear regression. Quadratic regression can deal with ...

New laws to help speed up soccer will be in effect at the World Cup

An adjusted version of an off-field treatment rule that Lionel Messi complained about in 2024 has been adopted in time for the World Cup by the International Football Association Boardy.
Sports Illustrated

VAR Decisions in Chaotic Liverpool Finale at Nottingham Forest Explained

In the space of eight minutes at the end of Liverpool’s trip to Nottingham Forest’s City Ground on Sunday afternoon, Alexis Mac Allister enjoyed and endured the full gamut of emotions which ...
Sky Sports

VAR absence in FA Cup intensifies debate around technology: Should we keep, reform or remove it?

The officiating in Newcastle's FA Cup fourth-round win at Aston Villa should have been the perfect argument for VAR, yet the technology, not in use until the next ...

Officials need VAR after FA Cup mistakes - Rooney

Wayne Rooney says "referees need help" after big mistakes were made during an FA Cup weekend with VAR. READ MORE: The big VAR debate: with, without or change its scope?
The Guardian

VAR use becoming too ‘microscopic’, warns Uefa’s director for refereeing

‘We need to speak about this at the end of the season’ Roberto Rosetti, Uefa’s managing director for refereeing, has warned video assistant refereeing is becoming too “microscopic” and fears use of ...
The Independent

Uefa refereeing chief issues VAR warning as he admits use of technology may have gone too far

UEFA’s referees’ chief has issued a stark warning that the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system risks becoming overly "microscopic" in its analysis of subjective decisions, straying from its original ...
The Mirror

VAR has sucked the joy out of football - but there is no going back

This week the VAR controversy is around the events at Anfield. Last week it was over Tottenham’s draw with Manchester City and whether Dom Solanke’s first goal should have stood. And in between, we ...
ESPN

VAR review: Liverpool right about missed red card? Man City penalty fair?

Video assistant referee causes controversy every week in the Premier League, but how are decisions made and are they correct? This season, we take a look at the major incidents to examine and explain ...