/Top Stories/ Last Updated: Wed, Nov 13th, 2024 @ 3:15pm EST

ESPN.com

Cesar Hernandez

Pulisic: USMNT given 'reset' by Pochettino arrival

AC Milan star Christian Pulisic praised a "reset" for the United States in a new era under recently hired manager Mauricio Pochettino.

SBNation.com

Jack Milko

WNBA Superstar Caitlin Clark shined brightest, attracted massive gallery to LPGA event

Caitlin Clark signs autographs for fans at The ANNIKA. | Photo by Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Images

Fans showed up in droves to The Pelican Golf Club to watch Caitlin Clark play in the Wednesday Pro-Am.

The hype surrounding WNBA superstar Caitlin Clark knows no bounds.

And time and time again, she continues to shine brighter than the buildup and deliver a rewarding experience for fans. Wednesday was no different.

Thousands of fans flocked to The Pelican Golf Club in Bellair, Florida,...

Wired Top Stories

Matt Burgess, Lily Hay Newman

These Guys Hacked AirPods to Give Their Grandmas Hearing Aids

Three technologists in India used a homemade Faraday cage and a microwave oven to get around Apple’s location blocks.

Wired Top Stories

Zeyi Yang

The Chinese Queen of Cottagecore Has Suddenly Reappeared After Three Years

After quietly settling a dispute with her management agency, the massively popular Chinese influencer Li Ziqi has started posting again, gaining her millions of new followers overnight.

The Verge

Justine Calma

Can the US triple its nuclear energy capacity?

Vogtle, a nuclear power plant located in Burke County, near Waynesboro, Georgia. | Photo: Getty Images

The US has a new roadmap for massively ramping up how much electricity it gets from nuclear reactors.

The Biden administration released the document on Tuesday, but with President-elect Donald Trump heading back into the White House, there’s no telling whether the plan will ever become a reality. That said, the nuclear industry has gained a fair amount of bipartisan support —...

The Verge

Jay Peters

The YouTube app on Quest will let you co-watch videos with friends in VR

Image: Meta

The YouTube app on Meta Quest is getting a nice upgrade: instead of only being a way to watch videos by yourself, the app will now let you co-watch videos with up to seven other people.

To turn on the feature, which is launching in beta, make sure you have the latest version of the YouTube app and look for the “Co-watch” icon at the top of the screen (it looks like three people grouped together). Select that, and then in the window that pops up, select “Invite...

The Verge

Emma Roth

Threads might get ads early next year

Image: The Verge

Meta could bring ads to Threads as soon as next year, according to a report from The Information. As part of its plan, Threads will reportedly allow a small number of advertisers to make and publish ads in January.

That tracks with what my colleague Alex Heath reported about the rollout of ads in July. Instagram head Adam Mosseri has also confirmed that Meta is “definitely” planning to bring ads to Threads. “I get why people have concerns, but at the end of the...

The Verge

Wes Davis

Warcraft I and II get a new remaster that’s available now

Blizzard just released Warcraft Remastered Battle Chest, which collects remasters of realtime strategy classics Warcraft I and II, as well as a 2.0 update for Warcraft III: Reforged. The company announced the collection, which is $39.99 on Battle.net, during today’s Warcraft 30th Anniversary Direct livestream.

The first two games have been updated much the same way that Starcraft was in 2017, replacing the original game sprites and maps with more detailed, high-res artwork. Both...

The Verge

Alex Heath

Spotify will start paying creators for popular videos

Cath Virginia / The Verge

Spotify is going all in on video.

The company will soon begin paying creators based on how much engagement their videos receive from paid subscribers. Automated ad breaks in videos will also be turned off for paid Spotify subscribers to encourage more consumption. Both of these changes go into effect starting January 2nd, 2025 in the US, UK, Australia, and Canada.

Paying video creators directly based on engagement puts Spotify on more of a collision course...

Mashable

Google's Gemini Live may let you talk to it about your uploaded files

Google’s Gemini AI might be on the verge of a major upgrade, bringing conversational capabilities directly to your files, photos, and recordings — similar to what we’ve seen from OpenAI's ChatGPT.

SEE ALSO: Google Gemini app may be coming to iPhone soon — here's what we know

Gemini is Google’s latest answer to multimodal AI, letting users upload various media types — images, audio, and video — for analysis and interaction. And like...

BuzzFeed - Latest

I Came To The United States At 3 Years Old. Now, As A Dreamer, My Future Is Uncertain.

"It’s unimaginable to me that I could be deported after having given so much to have what I have now, only for it to be stripped from me and consolidated into a duffle bag if I was sent back."

View Entire Post ›

NYT > Home Page

Catie Edmondson, Karoun Demirjian and Maya C. Miller

Trump Meets With Jubilant House G.O.P. and Jokes About a Third Term

“Isn’t it nice to win?” the president-elect asked to raucous applause by fellow Republicans. The influential billionaire Elon Musk joined him at the meeting and also received a standing ovation.

Fast Company

Sarah Bregel

More women are taking testosterone for mood, muscles, and sex drive. But is it safe?

Social media influencers are pushing the therapy as a miracle pill. But health experts are warning of the risks.

Social media does a very good job of introducing us to new trends, whether it’s Gen Z slang or a new health-focused tool that could make our lives better. But just because something goes mega-viral and accumulates a lot of praise doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a good habit or behavior that we should widely adopt.

Fast Company

Grist

Trump looms large over UN climate talks, where the U.S. is already taking a back seat

The Biden administration tried to project confidence in the early days of COP29, but all signs point to a reduced U.S. role.

As dozens of heads of state arrived in Azerbaijan for the annual United Nations climate talks this week, one absent world leader’s name was on everyone’s lips. At press conference after press conference, questions arose about the election of Donald Trump. The U.S. president-elect has threatened to pull the United States out of the landmark Paris climate...

Fast Company

Associated Press

How Wall Street is betting on Trump’s second term across 8 industries

Trump’s victory brings a big dose of uncertainty for the retail industry.

Wall Street is already making big bets on what take two for a White House led by Donald Trump will mean for the economy.

Fast Company

Jennifer Mattson

What is Lemon8? TikTok lets you log in to its ByteDance–owned sister app ahead of possible U.S. ban

TikTok users can share an account and photos with the Lemon8 platform, which launched in 2020 as a sort of cross between Instagram and Pinterest.

TikTok is launching an integration with social media app Lemon8, as the short-form video app faces a potential ban in the U.S. that could block its 170 million users from accessing the platform.

Fast Company

Chris Stokel-Walker

How long will Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s lovefest last?

Two massive egos and two idiosyncratic entrepreneurs have joined forces. That’s not always a recipe for success.

The bromance between Donald Trump and Elon Musk is one of the strangest outcomes of the 2024 presidential election cycle, with Musk stumping for Trump on the latter’s successful presidential campaign, and pushing Trump to voters through X, his social network. Postelection, the bromance has continued, with Musk sitting in on a call last week between Trump and Ukrainian...

ESPN.com

Shams Charania

Sixers sit Embiid, George for second leg of B2B

Sixers stars Joel Embiid and Paul George will miss Wednesday's game against the Cavaliers because of injury management.

ESPN.com

'Golf is hard': Clark draws crowd at LPGA pro-am

Caitlin Clark brought her golf game and a big buzz to the LPGA Tour on Wednesday when the basketball star played in a pro-am that attracted a bigger crowd than the tour often gets for its tournament rounds.

ESPN.com

Michael C. Wright

Spurs say Popovich's absence due to mild stroke

The Spurs provided a diagnosis and update on coach Gregg Popovich's status, saying he is continuing to recover after suffering a mild stroke Nov. 2.

The selection and placement of stories on this page were determined automatically by a computer program.
The time or date displayed (including in the Timeline of Articles feature) reflects when an article was added to or updated in LooksNeat.