In Serbia, Xi Underlines Close Ties With Ally That Shares Wariness of U.S.

Visiting friendly leaders in Eastern Europe, the Chinese president commemorated the 25th anniversary of a misdirected U.S. airstrike that destroyed China’s embassy in Belgrade.

NHL mock draft 2024: Macklin Celebrini gives Sharks what they’ve been missing

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The Sharks are getting a new star at the top of the 2024 NHL Draft. Here’s what happens after that.

The San Jose Sharks are the big winners after the NHL Draft Lottery on Tuesday night, landing the No. 1 pick and Macklin Celebrini with it. Celebrini is nowhere near as highly touted as Connor Bedard was a year ago, but nevertheless he’s an absolute lock to be the first pick — with a considerable fall off after that.

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Rory McIlroy won’t be joining PGA Tour board after all, feels unwanted

Rory McIlroy looking dejected during the final round of the 2023 Horizon Irish Open. | Photo By Ramsey Cardy/Getty Images

Rory McIlroy, who stepped down from the PGA Tour Policy Board in November and expressed interest in returning, will not re-join after all.

Rory McIlroy offered to lend a helping hand and return to the PGA Tour Policy Board after he resigned last fall.

But members of the board did not want the Northern Irishman’s input.

“It got pretty complicated and messy, I...

Miami Dolphins CEO Tom Garfinkel on the growth of F1, hot laps with Jaylen Waddle, and more

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SB Nation participated in an invitation-only media roundtable with Tom Garfinkel ahead of the Miami Grand Prix

MIAMI — Dawn breaks at Hard Rock Stadium on the day of the 2024 Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix. The campus around the stadi slowly comes to life, on a day that will see celebrities, the motorsport world, dignitaries, and thousands of fans descend on the location to see one of the greatest spectacles in motorsport. But...

Soccer players suspended in France for throwing lit flares into stands

A wild scene broke out in France.

Anarchy broke out in the closing minutes of Valenciennes vs. Troyes in France over the weekend when play had to be suspended in the 89th minute due to the pitch becoming littered in lit flares.

What happened next was unlike anything we’ve seen before. Frustrated Troyes players began picking up the lit flares, throwing them back into the crowd, and potentially creating a deadly scenario in the stands.

This all stemmed from frustration bubbling...

Dodgers no-hitter prediction gone wrong is definitive proof baseball jinxes exist

The timing is simply incredible, you can’t make it up

Sometimes, predictions made before a game can go horribly wrong. Charles Barkley’s guarantees on Inside the NBA almost always go poorly, and we always see pregame predictions go wrong in football. However, this poorly timed prediction on the MLB Network might take the cake. MLB Network’s Greg Amsinger predicted that Los Angeles Dodgers star pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto would throw a no hitter, putting the star on...

The new Sonos app is missing a lot of features, and people aren’t happy

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Last month, Sonos announced a complete overhaul of its mobile app for iOS and Android. It was supposed to meaningfully streamline the previous version, “bringing services, content, and system controls to one customizable homescreen.” Sonos wanted the app to feel more personalized and more modern and to make “tab to tab jumping a thing of the past.”

I didn’t get a chance to use the new app firsthand in April; Sonos...

Amazon Prime Video ads are about to get more intrusive

The new Prime Video ad formats will arrive sometime later this year. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge

It’s barely been four months since Amazon placed ads in its Prime Video streaming service, but the retail giant is already introducing more annoying promotional tactics — such as displaying ads whenever someone hits the pause button.

On Tuesday, Amazon announced it will roll out three new ad formats for Prime Video later this year to tempt subscribers to purchase...

Nintendo’s new NES collection is all about speedrunning

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Nintendo is embracing the world of speedrunning in its own way. The company announced a new collection of NES games for the Switch called Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition, but the twist is the bundle is built entirely around playing really fast.

The collection features 13 different games — including Metroid, The Legend of Zelda, and a whole lot of Super Mario Bros. — but instead of playing through the entire thing, players are tasked with completing...

The world’s largest carbon removal plant is here, and bigger ones are on the way

Climeworks’ Mammoth direct air capture plant in Hellisheiði, Iceland. | Image: Climeworks

Mammoth, the largest industrial facility yet built to filter carbon dioxide out of the air, just powered up in Hellisheiði, Iceland. It’s run by Swiss climate tech company Climeworks, whose clients include JPMorgan Chase, Microsoft, Stripe, and Shopify, among others.

It was the latest industrial plant built with the purpose of sucking carbon dioxide out of the air, a process called direct...

Stack Overflow is feeding programmers’ answers to AI, whether they like it or not

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Stack Overflow’s new deal giving OpenAI access to its API as a source of data has users who’ve posted their questions and answers about coding problems in conversations with other humans rankled. Users say that when they attempt to alter their posts in protest, the site is retaliating by reversing the alterations and suspending the users who carried them out.

A programmer named Ben posted a screenshot yesterday of the...

A new iPhone shortcut replicates Android’s best new feature

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One of Android’s best new features, Circle to Search, is unfortunately not available to iPhone users. But Google is throwing Apple fans a bone with a solution that essentially replicates the function.

Google’s design manager for Google Lens, Minsang Choi, shared a new iOS shortcut in a post on X that’s designed to leverage the Action button on iPhone 15 Pro devices. When activated, the shortcut takes a screenshot of whatever you’re...

We Asked Professional Organizers What Little Things We Should Do Each Day To Feel More Organized, And Here Are Their Best Tips

Small daily decluttering chores can make a big difference.

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Netflix Has Edited Out Kim Kardashian Being Booed On Stage At Tom Brady’s Roast, And Here’s Everything You Need To Know

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Rory: Other players balked over return to board

Rory McIlroy will no longer replace Webb Simpson on the PGA Tour policy board and the board of directors of PGA Tour Enterprises, saying there were some on the board "that were maybe uncomfortable with me coming back on for some reason."

Berkeley Schools Superintendent to Testify Today on Capitol Hill

Three leaders of major public school systems will appear before members of a House committee looking into claims of antisemitism in schools.

How David Banks, the New York City Chancellor, Prepared for a Congressional Grilling

As David C. Banks prepares to testify about antisemitism in the New York City schools, he said he wasn’t intimidated by congressional Republicans.

Podesta Meets With China’s Climate Envoy Amid Deep Economic Tensions

Beijing’s dominance raises economic and security concerns, and tensions will be on full display as top climate diplomats meet this week.

Biden Looks to Thwart Surge of Chinese Imports

The president has proposed new barriers to Chinese electric vehicles, steel and other goods that could undermine his manufacturing agenda.

F1 quiz: Do you know when each active driver won their first grand prix?

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Each active F1 driver’s first grand prix win, explained

In case you missed it, Lando Norris won his first Formula 1 grand prix this past weekend, holding off Max Verstappen to win the Miami Grand Prix. The victory was a long time coming for Norris, and praise quickly came in from around the paddock for the McLaren driver.

But that win got us thinking.

Can you recall when each active driver scored their own maiden F1 win? So we...