"I've had sushi a thousand times, and never once have I seen sushi behave in that way."
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It’s officially playoff season for high school football and there are plenty of Top 25 matchups to catch.
It’s officially playoff season for high school football, as this week’s slate of games involves a number of Top 25 teams and some intriguing matchups across the country, with teams looking to make a push for a state title.
Let’s break down the top five matchups of the week, with the top pair coming from the CIF Division in...
The announcer absolutely lost it.
LaMelo Ball is on an unbelievable tear this season. On Thursday night it was another ludicrous night at the office in which Ball finished with 35 points and 9 assists — including this off-balance deep three to beat the shock clock in the most absurd way imaginable.
LAMELO. LAFRANCE. BALL.@MELOD1P | @Lowes | @FDSN_Hornets pic.twitter.com/lKGaIXM34J
— Charlotte Hornets (@hornets) November 22, 2024It’s worth watching with the sound on, just...
The Giants cut Daniel Jones, and now have to live with a huge mistake for the franchise.
On Thursday following practice, benched quarterback Daniel Jones stood in front of the New York Giants media, called playing for the organization “a dream come true” and said that he was “100 percent accountable” for his role in New York getting off to a 2-8 start.
On Friday Jones asked for, and was granted, his release from the team.
In a statement posted on social media, the Giants...
The SonarPen 2 includes upgraded features like USB-C and finer pen tips. | Image: Greenbulb
In 2018, the SonarPen debuted as a cheaper alternative to the Apple Pencil by using audio signals transmitted to the iPad over a cable instead of Bluetooth. Its creators are back with an upgraded USB-C version that introduces additional functionality, including tilt detection and an improved tip that now closely resembles the Apple Pencil’s.
The SonarPen 2 is currently available for preorder...
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The young streamer behind a viral meme coin called Quant was doxxed by the crypto community after he ripped off investors, as reported by Decrypt and The Crypto Times. During a livestream earlier this week, the kid giddily watched the price of his meme coin go up before selling his stake for $30,000 and flipping off viewers, causing its price to plummet.
The young investor, who reports claim is 13 years old, started gaining attention after his...
The NBA is urging its players to take additional precautions to secure their homes following reports of recent high-profile burglaries of dwellings owned by Bucks forward Bobby Portis and Timberwolves guard Mike Conley Jr.
SAVE $1,400: As of Nov. 22, you can snag a 100-inch Hisense TV at Best Buy for $1,599.99. That's $1,400 off the list price.
Opens in a new window ...I completely forgot Commodus did this to Maximus right before the final battle in the Colosseum.
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The Wolves were pointing fingers at each other as they melted down vs. the Raptors.
The Minnesota Timberwolves enjoyed one of the finest seasons in franchise history last year, winning 56 games and advancing to the Western Conference Finals. The Wolves were seen as a young and ascendant team behind 23-year-old superstar Anthony Edwards, but with a big luxury tax bill mounting, Minnesota decided to trade franchise pillar Karl-Anthony Towns to the New...
The cope is real with this one.
George Pickens had himself a night on Thursday Night Football, and not in a good way. The Steelers receiver is coming under fire on Friday morning for his lack of focus what would have been the game-winning Hail Mary, then in the locker room he took a massive dose of copium before blaming the weather for the loss.
#Steelers WR George Pickens on the loss to the #Browns:
“The conditions played a huge, huge part in today’s game. I don’t really...
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A tentative proposal to tax cryptocurrency mining to raise funds for climate action took off during a United Nations climate conference that’s set to come to a close today.
A levy on energy-hungry crypto mining, at $0.045 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) of electricity used, could generate $5.2 billion in revenue annually, according to a report released last week by the Global Solidarity Levies Task Force, led by Kenya, Barbados, and France.
The Bitcoin...
The new Paperwhite is bigger, and the base Kindle comes in a new color. | Photo: David Pierce / The Verge
It’s about that time of the year to turn on the heat, warm up some cocoa, and curl up in your reading nook. If you’re running out of space for physical books to enjoy, Amazon’s newest Kindle ebook readers can hold thousands of digital ones, and some are on sale for the first time in the retailer’s Black Friday sale.
That includes the 2024 Kindle that’s dropped to...
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Amazon announced today that it’s pumping another $4 billion into Claude AI maker Anthropic, bringing its total funding amount to $8 billion. This latest round follows $1.25 billion last September and another $2.75 billion in March.
Along with the money, Amazon wrote in its blog post that Amazon Web Services (AWS) would be named Anthropic’s “primary training partner” and that the OpenAI rival would use Trainium and Inferentia chips for...
Audi RS E-tron GT Performance starts at $167,000 before destination charges. | Image: Audi
Audi is giving its all-electric E-tron GT sports sedan higher performance, more battery range, and faster charging speeds for the 2025 model year. It’s also increasing its starting price.
The lineup now includes a new entry S E-tron GT model that starts at $125,500 before destination charges, a far cry from the already expensive $100,000 base it previously sold since the beginning in 2022....
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Meta is promising “long-overdue improvements” to its X competitor, Threads, including more precise search features and expanded trending topics.
First, users will be able to search for posts within a specific date range or from a single account — similar to what X’s search allows. Threads is also testing a new trending page in the US that includes additional topics to follow as well as AI-generated summaries of what other users are talking about.
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Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have laid out their plans for the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a currently nonexistent entity they say will “cut the federal government down to size.” Though DOGE isn’t a real department — and may in fact just be President-elect Donald Trump’s way of placating Musk by giving him the appearance of a real job — it represents a long-running right-wing attempt to gut the civil service,...
A UAPB player informed the coaching staff that he was told by a Jackson State player that Tigers defensive players were in their team facility watching practice film of UAPB ahead of their matchup earlier this month, sources told ESPN.
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