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Cameron Menzies stuns world number two Humphries in World Matchplay first round
Cameron Menzies produced one of the biggest upsets of the darts season, beating 2024 champion Luke Humphries 10-7 in the first round of the World Matchplay at Blackpool's Winter Gardens, ending the world number two's title defence before it truly began.
Second death reported in New York City legionnaires' disease outbreak
A second person has died in a legionnaires' disease outbreak that has sickened dozens of people in New York City, health officials say, even as they report evidence the source of the bacteria has likely been eliminated.
Why did Henry VIII boil his cook alive? Grisly tales from Tudor England
Tudor England is remembered for its palaces and portraits, but its criminal codes could be startlingly brutal. Historians point to the case of a royal cook sentenced to death by boiling as one of the era's strangest, and most revealing, punishments.
Agent swarms explained: how running many AI models at once is reshaping cost economics
A growing number of AI coding tools now dispatch dozens of AI agents to work on a task in parallel rather than relying on a single model. Here is what an 'agent swarm' actually is, why it changes the cost calculus of building software with AI, and what tradeoffs it introduces.