Sun hire coach Meziane of Belgian national team

Rachid Meziane, who has long coached professionally in France and led the Belgian women's national team, is the new coach of the WNBA's Connecticut Sun.

Oregon flips 5-star Ohio State CB pledge Offord

Oregon completed the flip of five-star Ohio State cornerback pledge Na'eem Offord Wednesday afternoon, gaining a stunning commitment from the nation's top-ranked defender hours into the early signing period.

Sources: Durant out at least 1 week due to ankle

Suns All-NBA forward Kevin Durant will be re-evaluated in one week after suffering a left ankle sprain, sources told ESPN.

You can try Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s excellent character creator for free

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Dragon Age: The Veilguard has an incredible character creator, and starting today, you can mess around with it without having to buy the full game. EA will be releasing a free, standalone version of the character creator for all platforms the game is available on (PS5, Xbox Series X / S, and PC), and you’ll be able to bring the character you make in the free creator over to the full game if you decide to buy it.

If you have any interest at all in The Veilguard, I really...

Donald Trump picks billionaire Jared Isaacman to lead NASA

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President-Elect Donald Trump has nominated billionaire Jared Isaacman to head up NASA, he announced on Wednesday. Isaacman funded and partook in the Polaris Dawn mission, in which he and SpaceX engineer Sarah Gillis performed the first commercial spacewalk.

Isaacman is set to replace former Florida Senator Bill Nelson as NASA Administrator, who President Joe Biden tapped to lead the agency when voted into office. Aside from Polaris Dawn,...

Dune: Prophecy’s showrunner wants you to think beyond the hero / villain binary

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Alison Schapker sees Dune: Prophecy as a story about the ebb and flow of institutional power.

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Nokia’s classic Snake game is now a Nothing widget

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Nothing has released a new Android app called Nothing Community Widgets that will highlight home screen tools and games co-created by its users. The first widget it includes is a recreation of Snake which was the most memorable of the three games pre-installed on the Nokia 6110 when it launched 26 years ago.

Although the original game was played by pressing buttons as cellphones...

Threads takes an important baby step toward true fediverse integration

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You can now follow fediverse accounts on Threads, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced. Threads rolled out fediverse users’ likes and replies in a very limited way at first, and it’s the same here — fediverse posts won’t appear in your feeds, and you can only follow those accounts if they’ve interacted with a post on Threads.

While fediverse posts won’t show in feeds, Instagram head Adam Mosseri says their profile and posts do appear on Threads,...

98% Of Harry Potter Fans Won't Be Able To Name All Of These Characters

Time to prove you're more wizard than muggle.

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Is Spotify Wrapped underwhelming this year? The internet thinks so.

The internet loves Spotify Wrapped while simultaneously loving to poke fun at it. If you use Spotify, you're pretty much obligated to share your Wrapped on social media. Needless to say, Spotify Wrapped Day — which happens to be today, Wednesday, Dec. 4 — is a big day online.

There's lots to check out in 2024's version of Spotify Wrapped. Mashable's Crystal Bell has all the details, but in short, Spotify users got their "music evolution" for the year, details on their top listening...

Cyber Week continues: Were still seeing kitchen deals on Vitamix, Instant Pot, Keurig and more

SAVE UP TO 33%: As of Dec. 4, you can get up to 33% off select Vitamix, Instant Pot, and Keurig appliances at Amazon.

Best kitchen deals as of Dec. 4 Best air fryer deal Instant Pot Vortex Plus 6-Quart Air...

Give the gift of gaming with three months of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate for under $50

SAVE $16: As of Dec. 4, get a 3-month Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription for $33.99, down from $49.99, at Woot. That's a discount of 32%.

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When does Spotify Wrapped start tracking for 2025? What we know.

Now that you've had time to digest your Spotify Wrapped 2024 results — maybe you even shared your top artists to your Instagram Story or posted your top songs on your FYP — it's time to start thinking ahead. With the arrival of Wrapped comes the inevitable question: When does Spotify Wrapped start tracking for 2025?

SEE ALSO: You can probably guess Spotify's most-streamed artist of 2024

Spotify’s year-end roundup has become a cultural...

Amazon deal of the day: Snag the Sony ULT Wear headphones while theyre still at Cyber Monday pricing

Check out the best Amazon deals of the day as of Dec. 4: OUR TOP PICK Sony ULT Wear headphones $148 ...

Celebrate National Cookie day with these delicious baking deals at Amazon

SAVE OVER 40%: Celebrate National Cookie Day by saving over 40% on baking deals at Amazon including the KitchenAid stand mixer and a great countertop oven from Ninja.

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OpenAI is definitely, maybe thinking about ads for ChatGPT

OpenAI might bring ads to ChatGPT, emphasis on might.

Chief Financial Officer Sarah Friar told the Financial Times on Monday that the AI company was considering an ad model, adding that it plans to be "thoughtful about when and where we implement them."

However, Friar backtracked a little in a follow-up statement to the outlet, saying "while we’re open to exploring other revenue streams in the future, we have no active plans to pursue advertising."

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This might be your last chance to grab the Fitbit Charge 6 at its Cyber Monday price

SAVE $60: As of Dec. 4, you can snag a Fitbit Charge 6 for just $99.95, down from $159.95. That's 38% off the list price. Plus, more Fitbit deals.

Best Fitbit deals as of Dec. 4 Best deal overall Fitbit Charge...

Ja Morant stopped trying to dunk, and it’s the smartest thing he could have done

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Ja Morant saying he won’t do poster dunks anymore is another sign of maturity

Ja Morant’s aerial acrobatics made him one of the most exciting young players in basketball ever since the Memphis Grizzlies selected him with the No. 2 overall pick in the 2019 NBA Draft. Morant’s fearless approach to attacking the rim produced some of the most spectacular highlights in the league, but they also came with a treacherous downside.

Morant was putting...

The Connecticut Sun’s new head coach hire is an unorthodox one, but it just might work

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The Sun hired Rachid Meziane, a French professional basketball coach who also coached the Belgium national team at the Paris Olympics.

After Stephanie White departed the Connecticut Sun for an Indiana Fever head coaching job, the Sun became one of a whopping six WNBA teams searching for a head coach.

There were a number of viable candidates who were fired from other WNBA franchises this offseason, like the Sparks’ Curt Miller, the...

Leonard Williams saved the Seahawks’ season

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The defensive lineman has been a monster in the middle for the Seahawks.

Over the last two weeks, Seahawks’ DL Leonard Williams has played incredible football. He has 4.5 sacks, 10 tackles for loss, two pass deflections and a partridge in a pear tree, helping to keep Seattle’s playoff hopes alive. Mike MacDonald’s defense has played really well recently, and getting star play from Williams has been a major part of that. He singlehandedly flipped the...