Mikel Merino scored in stoppage time to give Spain a 1-0 win over Portugal, sending Spain to the World Cup quarterfinals and ending Cristiano Ronaldo's World Cup career. Merino, a substitute, finished…
Portugal released Amalia, the first open large language model for European Portuguese, on July 1. Developed by a consortium led by NOVA University Lisbon with over 60 researchers and funded by the cou…
Lenovo built an AI tool called Football AI Pro that gives all 48 teams at the 2026 FIFA World Cup equal access to tournament data, potentially leveling the playing field and contributing to surprise r…
Margaret Atwood criticized AI chatbot Claude's accuracy at the Babell Literary and Cultural Festival, recounting how it gave her a wrong spoiler about the TV series Father Brown. She attributed the er…
Despite fears that an expanded 48-team World Cup would lead to more lopsided matches, the first 24 games show a goal differential unchanged from the 2022 tournament in Qatar. Smaller teams like Cape V…
Goldman Sachs has released updated World Cup forecasts, predicting Spain as the favorite to win with a 20.4% chance, followed by France at 20% and Argentina at 18%. The model, based on historical perf…
Portugal coach Roberto Martínez defended keeping 41-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo on the field for the full 90 minutes of a 1-1 World Cup draw with DR Congo, despite Ronaldo's ten-match goal drought in m…
In the first quarter of 2026, government-directed Internet shutdowns were prominent, including prolonged nationwide blackouts in Uganda during its presidential election and in Iran, contrasting with n…