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Savannah Leigh Richardson

Kevin Kisner predicts Russell Henley’s sensational play ahead 2nd point at Presidents Cup

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Team USA assistant captain Kevin Kisner gave fans an incredible live-tweet thread where he predicted Russell Henley’s hot streak.

Kevin Kisner is one of Team USA’s assistant captains, and he provided a brilliant thread on social media during the middle of the first session at the Presidents Cup.

He predicted Russell Henley would get hot down the stretch of his and Scottie Scheffler’s match, and the fellow Georgia Bulldog did just that....

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Jack Milko

Xander Schauffele closes out opening Presidents Cup match thanks to clutch genes

Xander Schauffele plays a shot during Thursday’s Fourball Matches while Jason Day watches. | Photo by Harry How/Getty Images

Xander Schauffele flexed his clutch genes down the stretch on Day One, as his spectacular play gave the U.S. its first Presidents Cup point.

Xander Schauffele and Tony Finau had a ball during Thursday’s opening Fourball match at the Presidents Cup.

They even called their 1 up victory over Byeong Hun An and Jason Day a “party,” as Schauffele closed out...

The Verge

Andrew Liszewski

Zillow will now show climate risks for property listings in the US

Zillow will now display climate risks and make insurance recommendations for listings in the US. | Image: Zillow

Zillow has announced that its real estate property listings in the US will soon feature details about climate risks, including the potential for wildfires, flooding, extreme temperatures, high winds, and poor air quality. Buyers will also see what types of insurance are required or recommended for a property.

The climate risk data, provided through a partnership with First...

Mashable

'The Last of Us' Season 2 teaser is here to bring you to tears

"The Last of Us" Season 2, starring Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey, hits HBO and Max in 2025.

Fast Company

Sarah Bregel

Why the baby aisle is the newest hot spot on TikTok

It might just be the luckiest spot in the supermarket, as a new trend has social media users giving back to new moms.

Moms know that sometimes, parenting goes hand-in-hand with self-sacrifice. That was the thought that struck DeNaesha Gonazalez when she saw a cute silver purse abandoned in the baby aisle of Target—seemingly evidence that a mom, shopping for her children, had a choice to make.

Fast Company

Grace Snelling

Everything we know so far about Southwest’s new assigned-seating policy

Southwest revealed how its going to change its signature open-seating policy to let passengers pick their own seats.

In July, Southwest Airlines announced that it would be ditching its signature open-seating model for a more standard assigned-seating system—leading some to wonder whether Southwest is losing its most defining brand features. Today, the company shared more details about how the switch will impact ticket-buying, boarding, and the in-flight experience. 

Fast Company

Associated Press

Parents, here’s how to use Instagram’s new teen account settings

First, you’ll need your teen to set up family supervision on his or her account.

Worried about your teen’s Instagram use? Faced with growing pressure to do more to stop online harm, the social media platform has rolled out a major new update to protect young people and give parents more control.

Fast Company

Reuters

California claims Exxon created a public nuisance. Here’s what it means

Many recent public nuisance lawsuits have not been tested at trial, but some have ended in large settlements.

California’s lawsuit on Monday accusing Exxon of fueling global plastic waste pollution by misleading the public about the limitations of recycling is the latest in a line of recent cases based on a centuries-old legal theory known as public nuisance. Here is a look at how public nuisance claims work, how such claims have fared and what it might mean for California’s effort.

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"They Completely Scammed Us": This "Bridgerton Ball" Is Going Mega Viral For Being A Complete Fail

"You know, these tickets weren't cheap. We were sold on a Bridgerton experience, so I'm expecting something amazing, right? Then one performer comes out and just starts pole dancing in a G-string."

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The Verge

Umar Shakir

Ford’s BlueCruise 1.4 update lets you keep your hands off the wheel much longer

Image: Umar Shakir / The Verge

Ford is releasing a new version of its BlueCruise hands-free driving software, version 1.4, which it claims will let you keep your hands off the wheel twice as long. In fact, the company tells us it can now run an average of five times longer compared to last year’s version 1.2 and double that of 1.3, which started rolling out more recently. The company doesn’t specify exactly how long, on average, a vehicle can be driven using BlueCruise.

The...

The Verge

Elizabeth Lopatto

X blocks links to hacked JD Vance dossier

Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images

X is preventing users from posting links to a newsletter containing a hacked document that’s alleged to be the Trump campaign’s research into vice presidential candidate JD Vance. The journalist who wrote the newsletter, Ken Klippenstein, has been suspended from the platform. Searches for posts containing a link to the newsletter turn up nothing.

A search with the result “No results for...

The Verge

Emma Roth

Google’s NotebookLM can help you dive deeper into YouTube videos

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge

NotebookLM, Google’s AI note-taking app, can now summarize and help you dig deeper into YouTube videos. The new capability works by analyzing the text in a YouTube video’s transcript, including autogenerated ones.

Once you add a YouTube link to NotebookLM, it will use AI to provide a brief summary of key topics discussed in the transcript. You can then click on these topics to get more detailed information as well as ask questions. (If...

The Verge

Sean Hollister

Sony’s Horizon Zero Dawn remaster may cost $20 more than we thought

Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered. | Image: Sony

If you thought you’d buy a new copy of Horizon Zero Dawn on Sony’s digital storefront for a smooth $20 and just pay an extra $10 for the new remastered version when it arrives on October 31st, think again. Sony has quietly doubled the price of Horizon Zero Dawn: Complete Edition on the PlayStation Store.

While Sony has long sold the game for $20 online — as far back as 2018, it seems — it upped that price to $40 on September 25th,...

NYT > Home Page

David E. Sanger and Julian E. Barnes

Crunchtime for Election Interference: October Is the Month of Mischief

U.S. officials are stepping up their warnings about foreign interference in the election, focused on three main adversaries: Russia, China and Iran.

NYT > Home Page

Emma G. Fitzsimmons and Jeffery C. Mays

Can Eric Adams Survive a Foreign Bribery Scandal?

Mr. Adams is the first sitting mayor in modern New York City history to be charged with a crime.

Mashable

Google Maps is cracking down on fake business reviews

Businesses are trying to game Google Maps with fake reviews and Google has had enough.

Google has started restricting profiles of businesses that are found to have hosted fake reviews. On its support website, Google laid out what exactly can happen to such businesses. Some of the possible punishments include, but are apparently not limited to, the following:

Businesses won't be able to receive new reviews for a set period of time

Existing reviews will be unpublished for a period of time

Business...

Fast Company

Chris Morris

Video game maker Ubisoft in chaos after anti-DEI backlash

The ‘Assassin’s Creed’ game maker delayed its biggest launch of the year, reduced forecasts, and is facing calls to sell, in what is being called an ‘incel victory.’

On September 24, Ubisoft abruptly canceled its appearance at the Tokyo Game Show and postponed all press previews of the upcoming Assassin’s Creed Shadows. Wednesday, we learned why. Anti-DEI backlash has sent the company spinning.

Fast Company

Chris Stokel-Walker

The chaos at WordPress revolves around a clash of egos

A dispute over a trademark claim threatens to jeopardize four in 10 websites worldwide.

Millions of websites worldwide are unable to update thanks to an ongoing dispute that has bubbled over between a core backbone of the internet and a popular hosting platform that brings it to many users.

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What Percent Annalise Keating Are You?

"Think carefully. Everything after this moment will not only determine your career, but life."

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ESPN.com

Dan Hajducky

Lawsuit filed over ownership of Ohtani 50/50 ball

A fan who says he is the rightful owner of the Shohei Ohtani 50/50 home run ball has filed a civil lawsuit seeking to stop the scheduled auction of the ball.

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