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MATTHEW LAMBWELL: Serena Williams has withdrawn from the doubles with her sister Venus after failing to recover from a knee injury suffered in her first-round singles defeat.

"The owner of AOL and other tech businesses hit Wall Street with a $1.7 billion initial public offering Wednesday," reports the Associated Press: The company is getting $1 billion in proceeds, while the rest is going to shareholders. The stock surged 39.7% in its first day of trading under the symbol "BSP" on the Nasdaq, giving it a market value of $25.2 billion. Among the company's well-known holdings are the event creation and ticketing company Eventbrite, and the video hosting service Vimeo... AOL itself went public in 1992 and was a vanguard of technology and communication. It reached a market value of $164 billion in 2000 shortly before merging with Time Warner. It then crashed along with the rest of the industry following the bursting of the dot-com bubble. It has been bought and sold several times over the last two decades... [Italy-based Bending Spoons] was founded by three friends in 2013 following the failure of their first attempt at building a technology startup. It has since grown by buying more than 50 companies. The acquired companies are reorganized, and AI technology is often a key tool in the redesign. The focus remains on subscription-based revenue from the portfolio of businesses. The company said it had net income of $27.5 million on revenue of $601 million during the first three months of 2026. It had more than 500 million monthly active users and 9 million monthly paying customers as of March. The company has debt of just under $4.4 billion. It plans to use proceeds from the offering to invest in new acquisitions. The article notes that in the company's prospectus, it says they chose the name Bending Spoons because "We were about to attempt to create a world-class company with $40,000, a team of five, and a track record that read 0 for 1. A touch of irony seemed appropriate."

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Pope Leo takes another shot at President Donald Trump's politics in his 'heartfelt congratulations' on America's 250th birthday.

A NASA whistleblower claimed that the space agency knowingly covered up proof of alien life captured in everyday photos.

Jamie Carragher has blasted Thomas Tuchel over his 'bizarre' decision to call up Trevoh Chalobah after Tino Livramento suffered an injury, insisting it has left England short at the World Cup.

Defending Wimbledon champion Iga Swiatek suffered a straight-sets defeat in the third round to leave the women's draw wide open in SW19. 

When he steps off the plane in Ankara for this week's NATO summit, it will be the president's first trip to Turkey since he regained the White House.

It's loved for its amazing roast dinners

Big sunglasses, even larger coffees, and casual fits are holding together Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding guests after a night of partying.

Swift's aunt Robin Gentry has spilled the beans on what the pop star's very private wedding to Kelce was really like.

The decision by the Sussexes - their children have not seen King Charles since 2022 - is the latest twist after ten days of fraught discussions which are said to have reduced Harry 'to tears'.

EchoStar's satellite pay-TV unit Dish DBS has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, reports Reuters. The move also applies to its wireless subsidiaries, according to the article, and "facilitates the wind-down of Dish Wireless's 5G network operations following an unexpected delay in a spectrum license sale to AT&T... under which EchoStar agreed to sell about 50 megahertz of its nationwide spectrum for $23 billion." Some context from Deadline.com: Charlie Ergen, who co-founded EchoStar and Dish, recently returned as chairman and CEO to steer the company through its recent challenges... Even prior to the merger, Ergen had been working to pivot from the pay-TV business, where Dish now has just 5 million subscribers and streaming sibling Sling TV has another 2 million, toward wireless telecom. With wireless spectrum hitting the market due to the Sprint-T-Mobile merger and then Elon Musk's Starlink looking to ramp up in the sector, it seemed more attractive than the cord-cutting-ravaged pay-TV business. But it is still entails plenty of risk, especially given how tightly regulated the spectrum is due to security concerns. Thanks to long-time Slashdot reader schwit1 for sharing the news.

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Two men who went 'fishing for Jews' in Stamford Hill, inner London, as they filmed anti-Semitic TikTok videos have been given suspended prison sentences.

Singer Lily Allen, 41, is another. She claims her 'adult ADHD' is why she limits her time on social media - because 'as soon as I look at it, it can be hours of my day gone'.

Have our brains turned into lasagna? I struggle all the time to work out which of the many wars now wrecking the world is good, and which is bad. How can you tell?

Witham Town Football Club player, Tom Stagg has entered ITV's Love Island villa as he swaps footy for finding love.

A round-up of selected recent cases heard at North Essex Magistrates’ Court in Chelmsford and Colchester.

It was praised for 'out of this world' food and 'beautiful' wines

A Fleetwood Mac tribute band is bringing classic rock magic to one of north Essex’s prettiest nature spots this summer.

Witham Town Football Club player, Tom Stagg has entered ITV's Love Island villa as he swaps footy for finding love.