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The NFL is selling a Christmas game package to a brand new broadcast partner in Netflix.
The NFL has already announced it will have games on Christmas Day in 2024 despite the holiday falling on a Wednesday. In advance of the NFL’s schedule release, set for mid-May, word has now leaked that those games will be on a streaming platform new to the NFL. Netflix is the reported home for NFL games on Christmas, per John Ourand of Puck Sports.
Netflix will...
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Now that the Hades II early access period has started, opening up a more complete but still early build of the game, I’ve been fighting against the urge to gorge myself on it — and losing. To be fair, I have a weak spirit since I loved the first Hades, which introduced me to the concept of roguelikes, a genre I avoided out of disdain for repetition. Also, and this is the biggest factor in my spiritual war against the game: I have a Steam Deck, which makes...
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People seem to like Apple’s new iPad Pro, with its better screen and impressive design. People also seem to really hate Apple’s new ad in which the company crushes centuries of creative tools because, in the future, there is only iPad. And after all the iPad stuff this week, people are still asking the same question: what is the point of the iPad?
On this episode of The Vergecast, we talk about the week in Apple news: the iPad Pro, the iPad Air, the...
Cardiovascular age is a proxy for how “stiff” your arteries are. | Image: Oura
Oura’s been busy this past year launching several new features — and folks with the Gen 3 version of the smart ring are about to get two more. At the end of May, the company will roll out cardiovascular age and cardiovascular capacity metrics for gauging long-term heart health. Emphasis on long-term.
“The thing about cardiovascular age and cardiovascular capacity is that these are both metrics...
The state hopes that AI tools will improve public service functions such as road safety and call wait times.
Generative artificial intelligence tools will soon be used by California’s government.
Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration announced Thursday the state will partner with five companies to develop and test generative AI tools that could improve public service.
California is among the first states to roll out guidelines on when and how state agencies can buy AI tools as...
Toronto has been awarded a WNBA franchise that will start play in 2026, according to multiple reports, when it will become the league's first team outside of the United States.
Ditch the dongles. These multiport adapters maximize your laptop’s options.
Psychologist Jonathan Haidt warns that social media harms children but definitive evidence is hard to find. Whatever your views on kids and technology, digital connectivity is now part of childhood.
The carmaker’s only European gigafactory has become the target of increasingly radical protests since announcing expansion plans.
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Who should the NFL put against the Kansas City Chiefs on opening night? Here’s the best options.
The NFL will release the full schedule for the 2024-2025 season on Wednesday. But ahead of its release, the league will start to unveil some of the key games for the upcoming campaign.
One of those key games? The traditional “NFL Kickoff Game” which historically features the defending Super Bowl champions, as a night to honor their accomplishments...
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Luka Doncic clearly hasn’t been in peak physical condition for the 2024 NBA Playoffs. The Dallas Mavericks star is playing through a knee sprain that he admitted would have sidelined him if it was the regular season. Instead, Doncic is out there giving the Mavs all he has, even if he hasn’t been nearly as efficient offensively.
On Thursday, Doncic put in one of his better performances of the playoffs and got plenty of help...
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Ferrari is testing the upgraded SF-24 today, and here is a first look at the new elements
Friday is a big day in the Formula 1 world.
While the grid will be silent this weekend, as the schedule allows for a week off between last weekend’s Miami Grand Prix and next weekend’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, that does not mean the teams are taking the week off. One team hard at work? Ferrari, as the Scuderia are using Thursday and Friday as filming days at...
The Riffgat offshore wind farm, around 15 kilometers north of the island of Borkum. | Photo: Getty Images
Data centers and offshore wind farms could prove to be a perfect pair as AI grows increasingly energy-hungry.
Many of the companies racing to roll out new generative AI tools have also made big commitments to rein in their greenhouse gas emissions. A rush of new AI data centers could throw those climate goals off — unless they find a clean source of energy.
Conveniently, some...
Apple’s noise-canceling AirPods Max are $100 off for the first time since December. | Photo by Becca Farsace / The Verge
Not too long ago, it seemed like every retailer was offering a steep discount on Apple’s AirPods Max. Then, suddenly, they all stopped. For the past few months, we’ve rarely seen the AirPods Max drop below $500 — that is, until this week. Now, for the second time this year, you can grab Apple’s on-ear headphones at Amazon for $449.99 ($100 off), which...
House of the Dragon Season 2 is fast approaching, and what better way to get in the mood for it than by reminding ourselves just how gory Season 1 was?
The Game of Thrones' prequel's body count hasn't caught up with that of its eight-season origin show quite yet, but it's certainly on track. As we prepare for another outing in George R.R. Martin's brutal continent of Westeros, here's a breakdown of all the key deaths so far in House of the Dragon — from least to most gruesome.
SEE..."Exploding Kittens" — the popular, crowdfunded card game — is coming to streaming with a new Netflix series.
Brazil floods: Drone footage shows the deadly scale of destruction
Josh Margolin's feature debut "Thelma" sees June Squibb and Richard Roundtree tracking down a phone scammer in LA. Trailer.
A "horror-comedy with bite and heart", Ariane Louis-Seize's film follows a teen vampire who refuses to feast on humans.
From the Met Gala to the Apple Event that could have been an email, host Josh Burstein takes us on a comedic journey through the week's top stories.