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Noa Dalzell

New Unrivaled partnership prioritizes both the player and fan experience

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Samsung is the latest major company to join forces with the new professional women’s 3-on-3 basketball league.

Unrivaled — the new professional women’s 3-on-3 basketball league launching next week — has added another impressive partner to its collection.

Samsung, one of the world’s largest technology companies, will serve as its official technology and presenting partner — which means that Unrivaled will use all Samsung technology to power the league. That will...

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Mark Schofield

NFL moves Vikings-Rams playoff game to Arizona as LA fires rage

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Monday night’s Wild Card game between the Vikings and the Rams has been moved to Arizona

As wildfires continue to rage in Los Angeles County, the NFL has decided to move Monday night’s Wild Card game between the Los Angeles Rams and the Minnesota Vikings to State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, the home of the Arizona Cardinals.

The game was scheduled to take place at SoFi Stadium, but on Wednesday the league indicated that a...

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Megan Farokhmanesh

The Nintendo Switch 2 Rumors and Leaks Won’t Change Anything

New information about the handheld seems to spring up every day, but it’s unclear when the Switch successor will make its appearance. It also doesn’t matter.

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Just 31 Ways To Make Your Kitchen Cabinets Look Better And Work Harder For Your Needs

Because we'd all love brand new, custom-built cabinets, but that home upgrade is just not in the budget.

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Umar Shakir

Apple’s weird iPhone alarm problems are still happening

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Apple acknowledged issues with the reliability of the iPhone’s built-in alarm feature last April after a report by NBC’s Today morning show and said it was working on a fix, but some people are still having trouble. Android Authority points out this Reddit post by bryanlolwut in the r/iPhone subreddit from Wednesday with a picture of an iPhone with an Alarm set for 10:30, but the alarm goes off at 12:42 instead — the time displayed on an Apple Watch.

Late into...

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Kate Knibbs

Meta Secretly Trained Its AI on a Notorious Piracy Database, Newly Unredacted Court Docs Reveal

One of the most important AI copyright legal battles just took a major turn.

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Max G. Levy

These Newly Identified Cells Could Change the Face of Plastic Surgery

Cartilage cells that contain fat explain why some skeletal tissues are less rigid than others, and could one day be grown in labs to produce better materials for performing reconstructive surgeries and rhinoplasties.

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Andrew J. Hawkins

The Honda Zero EVs look even more compelling up close

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I’m not saying I want to buy one. I’m just very curious to see where this is going.

Honda released one of the more interesting concepts at last year’s CES with two Honda Zero prototypes: the Saloon and the Space-Hub. It promised to come back in a year with something a little closer to production. But rather than temper those space-age design elements, Honda leaned into them. Way in.

The Honda 0 Saloon and Honda 0 SUV retain a lot of what made...

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Emma Roth

Google launches a ‘neutral’ Chromium development fund

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Google is partnering with The Linux Foundation to launch an initiative meant to “fund open development and enhance projects” in the Chromium ecosystem, according to an announcement on Thursday. The fund, called Supporters of Chromium-Based Browsers, is billed as a “neutral” space to support Chromium projects.

Google launched Chromium alongside its Chrome web browser in 2008. It’s the open-source infrastructure that powers Chrome and many other...

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Thomas Ricker Andrew J. Hawkins

Microlino’s ‘anti-pickup truck’ is designed for Americans

Hot dog and eagle, sold separately. | Image: Micro

Micro — maker of those electric bubble cars found in some European cities — has a new Microlino especially for Americans. The all-electric Microlino Spider is dubbed the “anti-pickup truck” and is meant to be a golf cart replacement. No, not for use on fairways, but at expansive resorts and so-called golf cart communities where well-heeled urbanites can retire in the relative safety of walkable villages with low-speed...

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34 Products That Will Make You Feel A Little Happier Whenever You Need A Pick-Me-Up

Sometimes you're just one set of glitter highlighters or rainbow bath fizzes away from having a really, really good day.

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How to check the air quality near you amid the Los Angeles wildfires

The Southern California wildfires continue to rage on, devastating areas around Los Angeles, including the Pacific Palisades, Hurst, and Pasadena.

Over 180,000 people have had to evacuate their homes, and over 2,000 buildings have been destroyed. The fires, which are widespread and windy, have yet to be contained and have been stretching the limits of firefighting resources. However, according to the Los Angeles Times, California Governor Gavin Newsom has recruited more firefighters and...

Mashable

Protect your digital life: Key strategies for online safety

We all know how ingrained the internet has become in day-to-day life. However, as the world becomes more connected, online threats grow more and more sophisticated. This means protecting your personal and financial data is more critical than ever, but also more complicated than ever.

Here are some key strategies to help you stay secure and maintain your peace of mind online:

Use strong, unique passwords for every account

Passwords are the first line of defence against unauthorised access to...

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Zach Montague

Judge Rejects Biden’s Title IX Rules, Scrapping Protections for Trans Students

The decision threw out the administration’s proposed regulations, which prohibited discrimination based on gender identity.

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Javier C. Hernández and Benjamin Malapris

The Conductor Daniel Harding Moonlights as a Pilot for Air France

Daniel Harding scaled the heights of classical music. Then he set out to conquer the skies.

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Annie Karni

Fetterman Accepts Trump’s Invitation to Meet

The Pennsylvania Democrat is the first senator in his party to announce a meeting with President-elect Donald J. Trump, a sign of the political times as the Republican trifecta is about to begin.

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Karoun Demirjian

Senate Moves Forward Bill to Expand Deportations of Migrants Accused of Crimes

Most Democrats joined Republicans in voting to take up the measure, which would require the detention and deportation of undocumented immigrants charged with minor crimes.

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Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Hamed Aleaziz

Inside Trump’s Search for a Health Threat to Justify His Immigration Crackdown

President-elect Donald J. Trump’s advisers have spent months trying to identify a disease that will help them build their case for closing the border.

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Jack Milko

Why Kevin Na’s take on LIV Golf winners gaining direct access to majors is wrong

Kevin Na at LIV Golf’s UK event in 2024. | Photo by Bradley Collyer/Getty Images

Kevin Na said that anyone who wins a LIV event should then receive an invite to all four majors. Here’s why he’s wrong.

LIV Golf’s Kevin Na wants to guarantee all LIV winners secure a spot in the four major championships, similar to how PGA Tour winners automatically receive invites to Augusta National each year.

Na explained his reasoning in a recent interview with Golf Monthly.

“Winners should...

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Grist

California overhauled its troubled insurance system. Then Los Angeles caught on fire

The Palisades Fire could cause more than $10 billion in damages, further straining the state’s fragile insurance market.

On Tuesday, after a ferocious Santa Ana windstorm blew through Southern California, a severe brush fire broke out in the wealthy Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, burning more than 1,000 structures and forcing tens of thousands of residents to evacuate as of Wednesday afternoon. Another large brush fire broke out near Pasadena around the same time; at least...

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