BOTW: Supermassive alien upstarts; The Guardian does the right thing on betting ads (what took so long?)

Welcome to Best of the Week, mostly written on a wildly windy night at Sisters Beach, with England opening up the batting in the background. Jeez, I love The Ashes, although all the sports betting ads are spoiling it a bit. More on that shortly.

Today: What lies behind the new burst of startup energy; The Guardian takes the high ground on betting ads; an…