the hundred

London Spirit has unveiled a new blue kit for the hundred, incorporating the MCC's iconic "egg and bacon" colours to honour Lord's heritage. This tribute aligns with the franchise's majority ownership by the MCC, the owner of the "Home of Cricket." The team aims for a title challenge with a star-studded squad and new coaching additions.

Hundreds of Wikipedia editors are threatening a potential strike after the Wikimedia Foundation disbanded its Community Tech team. Volunteers fear this move will leave community-requested tools and technical support neglected, potentially impacting the platform's daily operations and content maintenance.

After the Supreme Court recently upheld the Election Commission’s SIR exercise, senior advocate Colin Gonsalves explains why the ruling is unsettling, what it means for deleted voters, and why he believes the poor will bear the heaviest burden

Hundreds of homes in Kent and Sussex faced water outages over the bank holiday weekend due to a technical fault and soaring demand from hot weather. South East Water struggled to maintain supplies, with villages like Charing severely impacted. The company urged customers to conserve water as pressure dropped across the network.

A ferocious storm, packing winds up to 100 kmph, ravaged Barmer and Jaisalmer, claiming two young lives and leaving families homeless. Widespread destruction hit homes, power grids, and renewable energy projects. Hundreds of villages plunged into darkness, facing a severe water crisis. Authorities are assessing the extensive damage and initiating relief efforts.

India and the US witnessed a significant disruption in Anthropic's AI chatbot, Claude, on June 2. Hundreds of users faced access issues, with Claude Chat being the most affected. While Anthropic acknowledged a partial outage across multiple products, including Claude.ai and its API, the exact cause and recovery timeline remain unclear. This follows similar incidents in April.

Rajasthan Royals' 15-year-old sensation, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, is IPL 2026's breakout star, leading the Orange Cap race. Despite narrowly missing centuries twice, his focus remains on team victory, a lesson learned from his father. His selfless approach, prioritizing team success over personal milestones, has earned widespread admiration throughout the tournament.

Artist Giovanni Guida redefines painting by meticulously removing pigment, transforming Surrealist grattage into a spiritual act. His work, often featuring sacred Lapis Lazuli blue, aims to reveal an underlying divine light, moving beyond psychological excavation to an ontological quest. Guida's pieces, placed beside relics in cathedrals, become devotional objects, bridging the visible and invisible realms.

University of California faculty are urging the reinstatement of SAT/ACT math requirements for STEM applicants, citing a significant decline in student math skills since the tests were dropped. They argue current admissions practices fail to ensure readiness, forcing instructors to reteach basic math and jeopardizing the quality of STEM education.

GitLab is laying off 14% of its workforce and exiting 22 countries as part of a restructuring to focus on the "agentic era" of software development. CEO Bill Staples stated that savings will be reinvested into AI products, particularly the Duo Agent Platform, to position GitLab as the enterprise platform for AI-driven software creation.

Discover Ōkunoshima, Japan's "Rabbit Island," where hundreds of friendly, free-ranging rabbits greet visitors arriving by ferry. This unique destination offers an extraordinary experience of interacting with fearless wildlife amidst beautiful coastal scenery and hiking trails. Beyond its adorable inhabitants, the island also holds a somber history as a former chemical weapons production site, now home to a museum.