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John Kell

Bartenders are betting on low-proof spirits for better nights (and mornings)

Gen Z drinkers and industry vets alike are driving demand for mid-strength spirits.

Leo Robitschek says he loves gin-based martinis and negronis. Unfortunately, they don’t always love him back.

ESPN.com

Adam Rittenberg

Notre Dame's Carr, Minchey to vie for top QB

With Steve Angeli having entered the transfer portal, Notre Dame's QB competition is down to CJ Carr and Kenny Minchey.

SBNation.com

Ricky O'Donnell

Why college basketball players out of eligibility keep entering the transfer portal

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So many players without eligibility are in the college basketball transfer portal right now. Here’s why.

The transfer portal is closed in men’s college basketball, and programs around the country are still catching their breath after the madness of the last month. The days of slowly developing high school recruits over four years of college is over. Nearly every roster in the sport has been upended by defections to the portal, with major...

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25 Target Products That’ll Make You Pat Yourself On The Back Every Time You Use Them

It's not bragging if you're just talking about your smart shopping choices... okay, fine, it's still bragging, but you have earned the right, my friend.

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Wired Top Stories

Zoë Schiffer, Zeyi Yang

Is Tesla on the Outs in China?

Despite being the biggest electric vehicle market in the world, China might decide it's had enough of Tesla. In this episode of Uncanny Valley, we break it all down.

Wired Top Stories

Jacob Kleinman

Star Wars’ 'Andor' Season 2 Depicts the Banality of American Fascism

The franchise’s Disney era has been defined by toothless politics, but Andor Season 2 is a vivid metaphor for America’s descent into authoritarianism.

ESPN.com

Fredette, BYU great to 2024 Olympian, retires

Jimmer Fredette, a star at BYU who went on to become an NBA lottery pick and then played for the U.S. in 3x3 basketball at last year's Paris Olympics, announced his retirement Wednesday.

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Chris Low, Max Olson and Adam Rittenberg

Why Nico Iamaleava soured on Tennessee and ended up at UCLA

What really went down in Nico Iamaleava's split with Tennessee and move to UCLA? We go inside the drama months in the making.

SBNation.com

RJ Ochoa

DeMarcus Ware is celebrating 20 years since he was drafted by honoring veterans in Green Bay

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DeMarcus Ware’s career officially began 20 years ago.

DeMarcus Ware is experiencing some anniversaries this year.

2025 marks the 10-year anniversary of the Denver Broncos last winning a Super Bowl. That Denver defense was a formidable front that mitigated an incredible Carolina Panthers offense led by Cam Newton and Ware, along with Von Miller and Co., stopped it outright in the game of all games.

At that point DeMarcus had been in the NFL for a...

Mashable

The Soundcore Anker Life Q20 hybrid ANC headphones are back down to their record-low price

SAVE 33%: As of April 23, you can get the Soundcore Anker Life Q20 hybrid ANC headphones for just $39.99, down from $59.99 at Amazon. That's a 33% discount and a savings of $20.

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WhatsApp’s latest feature blocks exports and AI use in chats

WhatsApp just launched a new level of privacy: Advanced Chat Privacy.

WhatsApp has always had end-to-end encryption, a feature on many messaging apps, including Signal and Facebook Messenger, that ensures your message can't be read while it's being sent. WhatsApp also has other privacy features, like disappearing messages and chat locks. But on Wednesday, the app launched "Advanced Chat Privacy."

SEE ALSO: WhatsApp video calls now have backgrounds and...

Mashable

Character AI reveals new AI video maker, bringing us one step closer to video chatbots

Imagine an AI video chatbot you can interact with in real-time. Or if you could generate a custom "skin" for Siri, Gemini, or ChatGPT, anthropomorphizing these chatbots in a whole new way. This week, the internet moved one step closer to that reality.

On Monday, April 21, Character.AI revealed AvatarFX, a new AI video generation tool that will allow users to create realistic, long-form video from 2D images, the company said in a blog post. Character.AI users can apply for early access to...

Mashable

Heads of State trailer teases action-packed survival comedy with Idris Elba and John Cena

Politics takes a turn for the entertainingly ridiculous in the trailer for Heads of State, an action-comedy about U.S. president Will Derringer (John Cena) becoming stranded with UK prime minister (and rival) Sam Clarke (Idris Elba) in hostile territory.

With the help of MI6 agent Noel Bisset (Priyanka Chopra Jonas) the pair find themselves fighting for their lives with minimal allies, but guns and explosions aplenty. Carla Gugino (The Fall of the House of Usher), Jack Quaid (Companion),...

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Buy a Samsung Frame Pro art TV, get a $399.99 Music Frame for free

$399.99 VALUE: As of April 23, buying any of the three sizes of the 2025 Samsung Frame Pro unlocks a free Samsung Music Frame (a digital picture frame turned Bluetooth speaker).

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Pee-Wee as Himself trailer: Meet Paul Reubens, the genius behind your favorite playhouse

As Pee-Wee Herman, Paul Reubens delighted generations of children through his series Pee-wee's Playhouse, and movies like Pee-Wee's Big Adventure. Big Top Pee-Wee, and Pee-Wee's Big Holiday. Meanwhile, on late night talk shows and his sold-out stage show, The Pee-Wee Herman Show, he awed adults, by making them feel like kids again. But who was the man behind the bowtie?

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OpenAI would buy Chrome if Google is forced to sell it

As the fate of Chrome hangs in the balance of the Google antitrust trial, one thing is clear: OpenAI wants to buy it.

During the ongoing remedy phase of the Department of Justice's case against Google, OpenAI executive Nick Turley testified on Tuesday that his company would be interested in buying Chrome if Google was forced to sell it. Selling the Chrome web browser is one of the DOJ's proposed remedies for breaking up Google's search monopoly.

Turley, head of product for ChatGPT, was a DOJ...

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Intel is reportedly planning to lay off 20 percent of its workforce, feeding recession fears

There's been a lot of talk online about "recession indicators" over the past few months. Now, we have a big one.

Intel is reportedly preparing for its largest round of layoffs ever.

According to a new story from Bloomberg, Intel is set to announce a massive 20 percent reduction in its workforce. This would mark the second time in less than a year that the company laid off employees. In August 2024, Intel cut 15,000 workers. After that round of layoffs, the computing giant had roughly 108,900...

Wired Top Stories

Reece Rogers

AI Is Spreading Old Stereotypes to New Languages and Cultures

Margaret Mitchell, an AI ethics researcher at Hugging Face, tells WIRED about a new dataset designed to test AI models for bias in multiple languages.

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Associated Press

International students whose visas were revoked are winning cases in U.S. courts

The Trump administration’s crackdown has impacted the academic careers of over 1,000 foreign students in the United States.

Anjan Roy was studying with friends at Missouri State University when he got an email that turned his world upside down. His legal status as an international student had been terminated, and he was suddenly at risk for deportation.

“I was in literal shock, like, what the hell is this?” said Roy, a graduate student in computer science from Bangladesh.

At first, he...

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