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Emily Mullin

There’s New Hope for an HIV Vaccine

A trial vaccine has succeeded in generating low levels of antibodies needed to target HIV. It’s a first but much-needed step toward preventing infection.

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Associated Press

Famous Messi napkin sells for $965K at auction

The famous napkin that linked a young Lionel Messi to Barcelona sold for £762,400 ($965,000) on Friday, British auction house Bonhams said.

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Slot confirms he will be next Liverpool coach

Feyenoord coach Arne Slot has confirmed he will be appointed to succeed Jürgen Klopp as Liverpool manager from next season.

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Bruins' Marchand game-time decision for Game 6

Bruins captain Brad Marchand participated in Boston's morning skate and is a game-time decision for Game 6 of the Eastern Conference second-round series Friday night against the visiting Florida Panthers, coach Jim Montgomery announced.

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Savannah Leigh Richardson

LPGA: Rose Zhang not alone; multiple players withdraw from Liberty National event

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Multiple players joined Rose Zhang and withdrew from the Mizuho Americas Open at Liberty National due to suspicious illness.

Rose Zhang, the Mizuho Americas Open defending champ, withdrew on Thursday, but many others have joined her in doing so.

Six other players pulled out of the tournament on Friday morning.

Then, on Thursday, Maja Stark, Lindsey Weaver-Wright, and Caroline Masson joined Zhang in pulling out early, bringing the total to 10...

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Chris Greenberg

The Knicks vs. Pacers rivalry, explained by Reggie Miller trash talk, a John Starks headbutt, and more

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The Pacers and Knicks are apparently forever destined for chippy series’ in the NBA playoffs.

Nobody can ever get the last word if the trash talk never stops.

NBA Hall of Famer Reggie Miller is still running his mouth, and New Yorkers are still giving it right back to him as if it’s 1994. The rivalry between the New York Knicks and the Indiana Pacers resumed in the 2024 NBA Playoffs, but the echoes of the franchises’ epic confrontations in...

Fast Company

Joe Berkowitz

Taylor Swift gave the NFL brand a boost. Will a kicker’s offensive speech throw it all away?

The Chiefs kicker’s viral commencement speech upset many people. A lot is riding on how the NFL deals with the fallout.

If Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker set out to offend as many people as possible with his recent commencement speech, he succeeded wildly. During the 20-minute speech at Benedictine College on May 11, he railed against reproductive rights, DEI, women in the workplace, the LGBTQ community, COVID protocols, the current president, and as if all that weren’t...

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Robert Safian

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky on keeping a startup vibe as his company grows

The Airbnb CEO talks about working with Apple legend Jony Ive, the trouble with most companies’ structure, and how he’s emulating Robert Oppenheimer on the latest episode of the ‘Rapid Response’ podcast.

Don’t bet on chat or voice as the future of AI, argues Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky. Chesky gives an inside peek at his partnership with legendary Apple designer Jony Ive to explore a new interface for engaging with tech. Chesky also shares details of how he operates Airbnb—like...

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Reuters

Microsoft to release next ‘Call of Duty’ game on subscription service

The video game is among the most successful entertainment properties and has generated more than $30 billion in lifetime revenue.

Microsoft plans to release the coming installment of the “Call of Duty” videogame to its subscription service, in a departure from its longtime practice of only selling the title independently, a source familiar with the matter said on Friday.

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Louise Matsakis

The Race to Buy TikTok Is On—but There Might Not Be a Winner

Investors are interested in buying TikTok so that it can avoid a US ban. But even if ByteDance accepts, a takeover will be far from simple.

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Mark Schlabach

Police: Officer dragged trying to stop Scheffler

The police officer who tried to stop Scottie Scheffler from entering Valhalla Golf Club on Friday morning was dragged to the ground and suffered "pain, swelling, and abrasions" to his left wrist and knee after the car accelerated, per the incident report

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Mark Schofield

Alpine F1 announces new mental health partnership with JAAQ

Ahead of the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, Alpine announced a new mental health partnership with digital provider JAAQ

A newfound appreciation for mental health struggles is working through the entire sporting world, and Formula 1 is no exception. Just yesterday at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix Lando Norris, speaking at the FIA Press Conference following his win at the Miami Grand Prix, discussed his own mental health journey. The British driver has never been shy about opening up...

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Joseph Acosta

The EA College Football 25 trailer is perfect

Everything that stood out about the EA College Football 25 trailer

At long last, the EA College Football 25 trailer is here.

After a decade of waiting for another college football game, EA is releasing a new version, and the trailer looks like it nails everything we love about college football.

Bring Glory Home.

Coming July 19. Pre-Order Now
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— EASPORTSCollege (@EASPORTSCollege) May 17, 2024

Let’s get some of the...

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Jeanna Kelley

Even nuns think Harrison Butker’s commencement speech sucked

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Butker’s commencement speech at Benedictine College was bigotry disguised as religion, and these nuns weren’t going to let that slide.

The NFL world has never, and I mean never, talked about Harrison Butker as much as we have this week.

The commencement speech he gave at Benedictine College in Kansas was bad in myriad ways, and I hated it. But I’m actually not here to talk about why I hated it. I’m here to tell you that the Benedictine...

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Savannah Leigh Richardson

John Daly pulls out of PGA Championship after brutal opening round

John Daly plays a shot during the first round of the 2024 PGA Championship. | Photo by David Cannon/Getty Images

John Daly, who won the 1991 PGA Championship, withdrew from the 2024 edition at Valhalla, citing an injury.

Among the chaotic news revolving around Scottie Scheffler on Friday morning, former PGA Championship winner John Daly withdrew from the tournament.

The PGA of America, which organizes this event, announced in a statement that Daly pulled out because of a thumb...

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Scott Christ

Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk is no boxing circus act, it’s the real deal

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Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk may be the ultimate “styles make fights” matchup in heavyweight boxing.

Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk are set to meet for boxing’s undisputed world heavyweight championship on Saturday in Riyadh, and the encounter will make a bit of history, as it is the first time in boxing’s “four-belt era” that the heavyweight division will see one man holding the WBC, WBA, IBF, and WBO titles at the same...

The Verge

Victoria Song

Single-tap passkeys are coming to Android 15

Signing in is about to get more convenient in Android 15 and Wear OS 5. | Screenshot: Google

AI was the main focus of the Google I/O keynote this year, but there are still a bunch of new feature updates hidden in the various developer sessions. Case in point, 9to5Google spotted that Android 15 and Wear OS 5 are going to get some convenient passkey updates.

In its “Passkeys and identity best practices” dev session, Google announced that Android 15 is going to get a single-tap...

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Emilia David

ChatGPT lets users upload from Google Drive and OneDrive directly

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A note from OpenAI says that you may no longer have to download files you have on Google Drive or OneDrive if you want to use ChatGPT to analyze your data. You will be able to add those files directly to the chatbot. The feature, rolling out to paying ChatGPT users over the next few weeks, will save people from the annoyance of having to first download a file and then upload it again on the chatbot.

Once they’ve got access to the feature, ChatGPT Plus,...

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