Tesla’s troubled electric pickup is illegal in Europe, yet somehow a barely modified model has found a way to get licensed. A group of European transport organizations claim this ride could spell disaster.
A mid-cycle refresh of the company’s gaming console offers extra storage and a slightly lower price. But is an Xbox even worth it in 2024?
DC has cut a deal with GlobalComix, a company that optimizes comics to be scrolled vertically. Everyone from Batman to The Joker is headed to this platform with big designs on the TikTok generation.
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Everything in the world is topsy-turvy, but it’s nice to know we always have the Washington Wizards to fall back on for some hilarity. On Monday night the Wizards and Nets met in NBA preseason, giving up the battle we never knew we needed: Kyle Kuzma vs. Ben Simmons.
KYLE KUZMA DROPPED BEN SIMMONS WITH A HESITATION… THEN AIRBALLED pic.twitter.com/itoYXpAemy
— Courtside Buzz (@CourtsideBuzzX) October 15, 2024We finally got an answer to the age of question...
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The Indiana Fever guards stole the show as they sat courtside for a Pacers preseason game — a relatively mundane moment that highlighted the skyrocketing momentum for women’s basketball.
Over the past few years, it’s become customary for NBA players to show up to WNBA games in support, sitting courtside and receiving a massive ovation when they’re shown on the in-arena Jumbotron. During the New York Liberty’s 2023 Finals run, then-Brooklyn...
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How all the rookie signal callers who have seen time have done this year, and where they can improve?
If we’ve learned anything watching the NFL this season, it’s that playing QB at this level is really f****** hard. From the various blitz paths and simulated pressures defenses can throw at you, to the continued usage of post-snap rotation, even to the overall speed of defense now, the margin for error for NFL signal callers is...
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Roku is making your TV more like a surveillance center. It’s rolling out a carousel of all your Roku security camera feeds that will automatically rotate when cameras detect activity or during timed intervals.
In addition to this update, Roku is expanding TV notifications to include alerts from all your cameras — not just your video doorbell. This can give you a heads-up when your baby’s waking up in another room or if your dog is getting into trouble outside. You...
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Google Shopping is rolling out a personalized feed that shows you a stream of products you might like. The new feature, which is coming to mobile devices first, shows up when you head to shopping.google.com.
At the top of the page, you’ll see a carousel of products you’ve recently shopped for, allowing you to jump back into your search. But once you scroll down, Google will surface recommended products and in-line videos related to items you might be...
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YouTube is getting a bunch of small but handy new features, like the ability to more finely tune your playback speed, new tools to collaborate on playlists, a sleep timer, and more.
For me, a person who has written multiple times about video playback speeds, YouTube’s new speed controls are definitely the highlight. With the updated controls, you can select playback speeds in .05 increments instead of .25 increments, giving you a lot more...
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Apple just announced, in a somewhat understated fashion via a press release, a new iPad Mini. It’s the first upgrade for Apple’s smallest tablet since 2021. The new Mini starts at $499. It’s up for pre-order now and goes on sale next Wednesday.
The new Mini is mostly a spec bump: it runs a new A17 Pro chip, which Apple says has a 30 percent faster CPU, 25 percent faster GPU, and a Neural Engine twice as fast as the previous model. The device also supports the new...
Sonos apparently believes its mobile app has reached a good enough place to resume product launches: today the company has announced the Arc Ultra and Sub 4. The $999 Arc Ultra is a more powerful take on the original Arc, and it’s the first Sonos product to feature unique transducer technology from Mayht, a startup that Sonos acquired in 2022. Sonos refers to this as “Sound Motion” and says it allows the Arc Ultra to produce richer, even more immersive sound than the original....
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Google plans to buy electricity from next-generation nuclear reactors. It announced the deal yesterday, which it says is the world’s first corporate agreement to purchase electricity from advanced small modular reactors (SMRs) that are still under development.
Google inked the deal with engineering company Kairos Power, which plans to get its first SMR up and running by 2030. Google agreed to purchase electricity from “multiple” reactors that would be...
An eBay listing that’s no longer active included packaging photos of the 12th-gen Kindle Paperwhite e-reader. | Image: Reddit
A handful of specs for the 12th-gen Amazon Kindle Paperwhite have leaked via an eBay listing, which shared images of the new e-reader’s packaging before it was pulled, reports Good e-Reader. Those images, still available on Reddit, reveal a slightly larger seven-inch E Ink screen, up from 6.8 inches on the previous model.
Other features of the 12th-gen...
It’s the fourth round of closures announced by the retailer in recent court documents. Big Lots says it will hold closing sales at the shuttering locations.
Big Lots is continuing to downsize its physical footprint as part of an ongoing Chapter 11 bankruptcy process, with plans to close an additional 56 stores across 25 states. This marks the fourth round of closures that the company has announced in court documents since it filed for bankruptcy in September.
With the temperatures ~falling,~ now is the time to buy all those cute chunky sweaters and coats you've been eyeing.
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A new type of smart glasses from Emteq Labs have cameras pointed inwards, aiming to track your life and quantify how you’re feeling—and what you’re eating.
Many software and hardware updates to the latest Oura ring make it more accurate, useful, and easier to wear.
American-based Haas will have a major upgrade package this week at the United States Grand Prix
Formula 1 returns this week after an extended three-week absence, with the United States Grand Prix. One of the major storylines to follow down the final six race weekends of the season? The battle between Haas and Visa Cash App RB F1 Team for sixth place in the F1 Constructors’ Championship. At the moment VCARB holds a three-point lead in that fight, but with six Grands Prix remaining,...
The F1 and Indiana Jones crossover you never knew you needed has arrived
The Formula 1 crossover you never expected is coming to the United States Grand Prix.
On Tuesday, Alpine unveiled a special theme livery for this weekend’s United States Grand Prix, a special edition Indiana Jones livery in advance of the upcoming Indiana Jones and the Great Circle videogame, set to be released in December. In Indiana Jones and the Great Circle players step into the shoes of Indiana Jones in a...
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The New York Liberty and Minnesota Lynx face off in a pivotal Game 3 on Wednesday.
MINNEAPOLIS — A back-and-forth WNBA Finals heads to Minnesota on Wednesday, with Game 3 slated between the New York Liberty and the Minnesota Lynx. The Lynx jumped out to a stunning 1-0 lead thanks to heroics from Courtney Williams and Napheesa Collier, while Betnijah Laney-Hamilton enjoyed her best game of the postseason in helping the Liberty tie the series....