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Launch of Boeing's Starliner spaceship gets scuttled. Yes, again.

Boeing's Starliner spaceship did not launch as planned on Saturday, its second scuttled attempt to blast off with test pilots in the past month.

NASA Commander Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Sunita "Suni" Williams deboarded the craft, following a problem that surfaced with less than four minutes remaining on the countdown clock. Starliner's first crewed test flight was supposed to lift off at about 12:25 p.m. ET from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

A ground launch computer that...

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Off Indy 500 win, Newgarden gets multiyear deal

Josef Newgarden, six days after winning the Indianapolis 500 for the second straight year, has signed a multiyear extension with Team Penske.

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Tim Bontemps

Tatum views return to Finals as second chance

Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum said Saturday that he views his return to the league's championship round as a second chance at achieving his ultimate goal as a player.

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Padres place starters Darvish, Musgrove on IL

The Padres' starting rotation took a pair of hits Saturday with right-handers Yu Darvish and Joe Musgrove both being placed on the 15-day injured list.

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Clark, Fever edge Reese, Sky for 1st home win

Caitlin Clark and the Fever held off a late charge by Angel Reese and the Chicago Sky as Indiana earned its first home win of the season, 71-70.

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Wes Davis

OpenAI’s ‘Sky’ sounds a lot like ScarJo, according to voice researchers

Scarlett Johansson at Cannes in 2023. | Photo: Laurent Koffel / Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images

Researchers at Arizona State University found that Scarlett Johansson’s voice does indeed sound like “Sky,” OpenAI’s currently discontinued GPT-4o voice, according to NPR, which commissioned the comparison. After using AI models developed to analyze vocal similarities to compare Sky to roughly 600 other actresses, the lab reportedly found Johansson’s voice was “more similar to Sky...

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Sora-created short films to screen at Tribeca Film Festival

The Tribeca Film Festival is gearing up for an AI takeover this year, dedicating an entire section to films created by OpenAI's Sora.

SEE ALSO: OpenAI halted five political influence ops over the last three months

On Friday, the Tribeca Festival announced that it would play host to Sora Shorts, a series of films created by the AI text-to-video-model. For this endeavor, the festival has tapped five filmmakers to make original films with the...

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Hawk-Eye: Chair ump saves bird at French Open

Chair umpire Damien Dumusois rescued a pigeon that landed on the court during Daniil Medvedev's third-round win over Tomas Machac at the French Open.

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Triple-A catcher hit by backswing out of hospital

Catcher Payton Henry of the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons was released from the hospital Saturday, a day after he was struck by a batter's backswing and carted off the field on a stretcher.

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Jays place closer Romano (elbow) on 15-day IL

The Blue Jays have placed closer Jordan Romano on the 15-day injured list due to right elbow inflammation.

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Andrew Webster

Netflix’s Tomb Raider anime starts streaming in October

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Lara Croft’s next adventure — well, one of them, anyway — will start streaming this fall. Netflix announced that its animated Tomb Raider adaption will hit the service on October 10th. The show is called Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft, and it picks up right after the most recent video game trilogy, which culminated with Shadow of the Tomb Raider in 2018. Hayley Atwell (Peggy Carter in the MCU) will star as Croft.

Here’s the setup:

Following the events of...

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Savannah Leigh Richardson

Canadian Open: Joel Dahmen endorsed Harry Higgs' ways, pays off

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Dahmen put himself in contention for the RBC Canadian Open after a strong second round as he used Harry Higgs mindset to help.

Joel Dahmen sits at 8-under ahead of the third round of the RBC Canadian Open. He fired off a bogey-free 5-under 65 to sit two off the leaders Robert MacIntyre and Ryan Fox.

One of the many PGA Tour pros highlighted on Netflix’s Full Swing series, Dahmen has become a fan favorite. This past season, he shared his struggles...

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Juventus moves to oppose Super League plan

The so-called European Super League has been dealt a blow with Juventus deciding to rejoin the body of clubs opposing the controversial breakaway competition.

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Jonathan Givony

Projected '25 lottery pick Traore staying in France

One of the top players in the NBA's 2025 draft class, French guard Nolan Traore, has spurned offers from around the world to remain in his home country, he told ESPN.

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What We Know About Israel’s Cease-Fire Proposal Backed By Biden

President Biden outlined a road map put forward by Israel that would begin with an immediate, temporary cease-fire and work toward a permanent end to the war and the reconstruction of Gaza.

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How a Samsung Washing Machine Chime Triggered a YouTube Copyright Fiasco

When YouTube’s Content ID system goes wrong, it goes very, very wrong.

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