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Savannah Leigh Richardson

Presidents Cup 2024: 5 rare Team USA moments that will make you laugh out loud

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Team USA is full of big personalities and these are five of the funniest moments from their win at the Presidents Cup.

No one beats Team USA at partying after a Ryder Cup or Presidents Cup win.

Remember in 2021 when the Americans beat the Europeans at Whistling Straits? Those guys partied hard afterward.

When Team USA beat the Internationals 18.5 to 11.5, no one should have expected less from them to start the party immediately. It quickly began...

The Verge

Justine Calma

How Hurricane Helene became a monster storm

This aerial picture taken on September 27th, 2024, shows a flooded street after Hurricane Helene made landfall in Steinhatchee, Florida. | Photo by Ricardo Arduengo / AFP via Getty Images

The Southeastern United States is reeling from Hurricane Helene, a monstrous storm that made landfall in Florida on Thursday before cutting a terrifying path all the way up to Tennessee. How did it get this bad?

The storm has killed more than 100 people, and hundreds more are still missing. Power...

The Verge

Andrew Liszewski

Is this Anker’s first 140W wall charger with a screen?

An unboxing video reveals what appears to be the first Anker wall charger with a status screen. | Screenshot: YouTube

An unboxing video shared on YouTube last week has our first hands-on look at a new 140W wall charger from Anker. It appears to be the first from the company featuring an integrated display that shows how much power is being drawn from each of its four USB ports.

Earlier this month, leaked details and an image of the charger were shared to the Anker subreddit by user...

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Helene Cooper

Pentagon Sends Additional Troops to the Middle East

The additional forces, which one official placed at between 2,000 and 3,000, will bolster security for the 40,000 U.S. troops already in the region and help defend Israel, officials said.

NYT > Home Page

Alissa J. Rubin, Ben Hubbard and Lazaro Gamio

What to Know About the Axis of Resistance, the Iran-backed Militia Network

The alliance is under scrutiny after the recent Israeli strikes in Lebanon.

Fast Company

Sam Becker

Employees see benefits of AI and automation but want their bosses to prioritize upskilling: MIT study

New research funded by Amazon but conducted independently by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology looks at AI from the worker’s perspective.

Is AI going to take your job? Getting replaced by automation may be a common fear for many employees, but perhaps surprisingly, many also see the potential benefits—and they feel it may benefit them in the long run.

Fast Company

Associated Press

Dockworkers strike is set to begin at midnight

The coming work stoppage threatens to significantly snarl the nation’s supply chain, potentially leading to higher prices and delays for households and businesses if it drags on for weeks.

The union representing U.S. dockworkers has signaled that 45,000 members will walk off the job at midnight, kicking off a massive strike likely to shut down ports across the East and Gulf coasts.

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Kiley McDaniel

Lindor 2-run blast in 9th sends Mets into playoffs

Francisco Lindor hit a two-run homer in the ninth to cap a wild 8-7 win vs. the Braves in which the Mets clinched a playoff spot with all of their runs over the final two innings.

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Kiley McDaniel

Braves scratch ace Sale ahead of must-win game

Braves ace Chris Sale was a late scratch ahead of a must-win Game 2 vs. the Mets due to back spasms.

The Verge

Umar Shakir

YouTube’s missing hits will come back now that it has a deal with SESAC

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YouTube has reached a deal with the music licensing organization SESAC that will bring back songs that were removed over the weekend. Many hit songs from artists such as Adele, Nirvana, and others disappeared, which YouTube blamed on the lack of an agreement to renew its existing deal.

SESAC stands for the Society of European Stage Authors and Composers, and its website says that it “currently licenses the public performance of more than 1.5...

Mashable

TikTok bad actors harness AI to reanimate Hitler's hate

Generative artificial intelligence is reviving the terrifying legacy of bigots, including former German dictator Adolf Hitler, as TikTok users harness the app's AI tools to reanimate xenophobic speeches from long-dead leaders.

The phenomenon was recently documented in two different reports, one by nonprofit watchdog group Media Matters for America and another in an investigation by the Institute for Strategic Dialogue and the SITE Intelligence Group, published by the Washington Post. Both...

Mashable

Verizon outage phone stuck on SOS: What to do

Verizon customers across the country have reported a network outage that has left their phone stuck in SOS mode. There might not be an immediatet fix — that will likely require Verizon's network resolving its issue — but there are some steps you can take to try to get your phone working again.

Mashable's Kimberly Gedeon has all the details on the outage, but the gist of it is that many iPhones are stuck in SOS mode. That's the feature from Apple that allows you to call or text emergency...

Fast Company

Sarah Bregel

How to help in Asheville: 4 things you can do right now for Hurricane Helene victims in hard-hit North Carolina

The disaster in Asheville, a mountain town 300 miles from the coast, was unexpected for many, leaving residents without power, cell service, or water as the death toll rises.

Days after Hurricane Helene tore through North Carolina, residents are facing immense challenges. Homes and businesses have been left torn apart and officials are struggling to get supplies to people in need. It’s a gargantuan task given roads and highways are still flooded, and some sections of highways going into...

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"It Is Not Socially Acceptable To Express This": Guys Are Revealing The Little Things That Keep Them Up At Night

"It's very hard to find a woman who is content doing this."

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Noa Dalzell

The Golden State Valkyries expansion draft could send your favorite WNBA player to the Bay

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The expansion draft will take place on December 6th — and each WNBA team can protect up to six of their players from getting drafted.

The WNBA is growing, and a 13th team — the Golden State Valkyries — is coming to the league in time for the 2025 season. But, the Valkyries don’t currently have anyone on their roster, and in order for them to actually have bodies next season, an expansion draft will be held on December 6th on ESPN. Each of...

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Ricky O'Donnell

NBA media day’s best and worst moments ahead of 2024-25 season

The best and worst moments from NBA media day

NBA media day signals the beginning of training camp and the unofficial start of the new season. The Boston Celtics are reigning champions, but there’s no shortage of contenders coming from their crown in 2025 after an offseason loaded with big name players changing teams.

Karl-Anthony Towns and Mikal Bridges are now members of the New York Knicks. Paul George is on the Philadelphia 76ers, Alex Caruso and Isaiah Hartenstein have joined...

The Verge

Sheena Vasani

The Echo Hub smart home controller is down to a new all-time low price

The Echo Hub offers an intuitive interface, making it easy for the whole household to control the smart home. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge

Amazon offered some pretty good deals ahead of its Prime Big Deal Days sale last week and continues to do so, but admittedly, we’ve seen most of these discounted prices before. Today’s deal on the Echo Hub is the exception, though, as Amazon is now selling it at a new all-time low price of $124.99 ($55 off). That’s a deal...

Mashable

'Nosferatu' trailer teases Bill Skarsgård's take on the iconic vampire

Robert Eggers's "Nosferatu" stars Bill Skarsgård, Nicholas Hoult, Lily-Rose Depp, and Willem Dafoe. The horror film hits theaters on December 25.

Mashable

Massive Verizon outage: Customers nationwide left without service, phones in 'SOS mode'

A massive Verizon outage has caused widespread, nationwide connectivity issues for customers across the U.S.

Based on Google Trends, there's been an uptick of people searching for, "Why is my phone in SOS?" This captures the experience many Verizon users are reporting; many have claimed that their phones are now limited to SOS service.

Verizon Down: Widespread outage disrupts customers across U.S.

As of 12:00 p.m. ET, DownDetector (a site that shares the same parent company as Mashable) shows...

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