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If You Think 100% Of These Movies Are Are Scary For Kids, You're A True Millennial

Let's see if you're still having nightmares over these films from your childhood.

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Andrew Webster

How to watch today’s Xbox Developer Direct

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A busy January of gaming news continues. Last week it was the reveal of the Nintendo Switch 2, and now it’s a showcase of upcoming Xbox games. Microsoft’s latest Developer Direct takes place today, and it’s meant to provide a “deep dive” look at some of the biggest upcoming games for Xbox. That includes Doom: The Dark Ages (which might release in May, according to leaks) as well South of Midnight and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.

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Emma Roth

Comcast launches a $70 sports streaming bundle with NFL, NBA, and MLB games

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Comcast is launching a $70 per month “Sports & News TV” streaming bundle featuring live games from the NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB, and NCAA. The package, which marks the latest attempt to build out the sports streaming industry, is available to Xfinity Internet subscribers and lets you tune into over 50 news and sports channels, including ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, ESPN, and CNN.

It also comes with a subscription to Peacock, 300 hours of cloud DVR storage, and...

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Nilay Patel

How Meta’s MAGA heel turn is a play for global power

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Law professor Kate Klonick explains what Big Tech’s Trump appeasement is really about.

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David Gilbert

The Global Far Right Is Celebrating Trump’s New World Order

Far-right lawmakers and extremist influencers the world over are celebrating Trump’s early days in office and advocating for similar efforts in their own countries.

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James Dator

3 reasons Washington Commanders will go to Super Bowl by beating Eagles in NFC title

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The Commanders feel a lot like a team of destiny.

The Washington Commanders are the sweetheart team of the NFL Playoffs. A long-suffering franchise that also was never supposed to be here. What began as a new era hoping for incremental progress quickly pivoted to the realization that the Commanders have a shot of doing the dang thing.

Before the Commanders can celebrate too much, they first need to get past their biggest test of the season. A...

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John Keim

Poise, unreal game prep and poking a GOAT: How Washington knew Jayden Daniels was special from the start

As early as the spring, Washington had a feeling the rookie QB would excel. By the end of training camp, the Commanders were sure.

Mashable

2025 Oscar nominations: See the full list

The 97th Academy Awards are coming this March, and will boast Conan O'Brien as their hilarious host. But the Oscars got off to a thrilling step this morning, with a pair of comic stars, Bowen Yang (Wicked) and Rachel Sennott (Saturday Night), announcing the nominations live from the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

Last year saw Barbie and Oppenheimer face off, with the latter scoring Best Picture. This year, what will the Academy declare very best films of 2024? The Golden Globes...

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“Too Distracting”: Jon M. Chu Refused To Give Lin-Manuel Miranda A Small-But-Important Cameo In “Wicked”

The news comes after Lin revealed that he was present at the intimate first-ever cast dinner between Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, and Jon M. Chu.

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Ismaeel Naar and Qasim Nauman

Saudi Arabia Says It Will Increase U.S. Trade and Investment by $600 Billion

The Saudi media reported that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had spoken with President Trump, who made the kingdom the first stop on his first overseas presidential trip in 2017.

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Tom Warren

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 review: a new king of 4K is here

The next-gen GPU battle begins with Nvidia alone at the top.

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Sean Hollister

I fit the world’s most powerful graphics card in my aging miniature SFF PC

The Nvidia RTX 5090 Founder’s Edition in an Ncase M1.

The Nvidia RTX 5090 FE barely fit my 12.7-liter small form factor case, but using it was a dream.

In 2022, I wrote that GPUs were headed in the wrong direction — their price, size, and power consumption were off the charts. And while I still believe that’s true, I can now confirm Nvidia has at least made one phenomenal exception in the size category: the two-slot “Founder’s Edition” of its RTX 5090 graphics card, on...

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Charles Pulliam-Moore

Pokemon TCG Pocket’s next expansion launches on January 30th

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The latest batch of new Pokémon TCG Pocket cards finally has a concrete release date, but it seems like you won’t be able to trade them right off the bat.

The Pokémon Company announced today that Space-Time Smackdown, Pokémon TCG Pocket’s latest expansion, is set to debut at the end of the month right after the game’s trading feature launches on January 29th. While cards from the last set could all be obtained from a single type of pack, Space-Time...

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Joseph Acosta

Xavier Worthy trade comes under microscope in Chiefs-Bills AFC Championship Game

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Xavier Worthy can break open the AFC Championship Game.

It feels like everything that’s happened in this season has led us to this moment in the AFC. It had to be this way, as if fate was pulling the two together on a collision course. Once again, the Buffalo Bills will face the Kansas City Chiefs with a shot to finally slay the giant. Most of the attention is going to be on both QBs and playcallers on both sides (whichever team can defend the...

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Shiffrin, healed from puncture, to race next week

Mikaela Shiffrin has recovered from her ski crash two months ago and tells The Associated Press that she plans to return to racing next week at a World Cup slalom in Courchevel, France.

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Keys regroups, upsets Swiatek in 3rd-set tiebreak

Madison Keys saved a match point and came back to upset No. 2 Iga Swiatek 5-7, 6-1, 7-6 (8) in a high-intensity, high-quality Australian Open semifinal to reach a Grand Slam title match for the second time in her career.

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Allen, Saquon, Lamar among AP NFL MVP finalists

Josh Allen, Saquon Barkley, Joe Burrow, Jared Goff and Lamar Jackson are finalists for The Associated Press 2024 NFL Most Valuable Player award.

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Brad Bourque

Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 5090 Review: A Video Card With AI

This super premium graphics card might not be cheap, but it offers a glimpse into Nvidia’s AI-powered future.

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28 Fun Purchases That Are Technically Practical And Therefore A Good Idea

Just because it's shaped like a bunny doesn't mean it's not a smart, responsible purchase.

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Face (Nearly) Any Homeowner Problem Like A Pro With These 49 Essential Solutions

Fixing up your place can feel overwhelming, but these products will make sure you'll handle issues with ease.

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