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Shannon Cudd

WNBA live stream: How to watch women’s basketball without cable, including limited free options

Excitement is extra high with rising stars Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese joining the league this season. Here’s how to catch them in action.

Women’s basketball is keeping the momentum going from March Madness.

Fast Company

Chris Morris

GameStop’s stock price plunges about 20% after meme stock surge

The video game retailer’s GME stock dropped back to Earth after the company announced plans to sell new shares and lowered its sales forecasts.

Roaring Kitty‘s meme stock revival may have come to an end. Shares of GameStop, after surging for the past week following the breaking-of-silence by investor Keith Gill, fell back to Earth Friday, losing close to 20% of their value.

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Reuters

VW doesn’t want Renualt’s help to make an affordable EV

The collapse of negotiations could mean the German carmaker may have to go it alone in developing its own affordable electric vehicle.

Volkswagen has walked away from talks with Renault to jointly develop an affordable electric version of the Twingo car, three sources familiar with the situation said, in a setback for the EU carmakers’ efforts to fend off Chinese rivals.

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Emily Price

Forget Ozempic: There could be an even more effective weight-loss drug on the way

A groundbreaking new study in ‘Nature,’ from a Novo Nordisk-funded research lab, boasts a drug that works better on mice than existing GLP-1s.

A new paper released in Nature this week discusses a new therapy for obesity that researchers say leads to more weight loss in mice than existing GLP-1 weight-loss medications, such as Ozempic, Wegovy, and Zepbound, alone.

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Larraine Segil

Why Americans are hungry for transparent, reliable, and timely election information

An interview with the honorable Ellen McCarthy, founder of Trust in Media Cooperative.

At the Exceptional Women Alliance (EWA), we enable high level women to mentor each other to enable each leader to achieve personal and professional happiness through sisterhood. As the nonprofit organization’s founder, chair, and CEO, I am honored to interview and share insights from some of the thought leaders who are part of our peer-to-peer mentoring. 

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How AI is supercharging work right now

It could be the most transformative technology of the next decade and beyond—but AI is also having an immense impact on businesses today.

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21 Very, Um, "Creative" Life Hacks From “Extreme Cheapskates” That I'm Not So Sure Were Worth The Money Saved

Someone actually found roadkill and then cooked it for dinner.

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Aces sell out WNBA-record 15 of 20 home games

The Las Vegas Aces have sold out 15 of their 20 home games -- the most in WNBA history -- and are the first team to sell out its allotment of season tickets.

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19-year-old Siegel catches air in Indy qualifying

Nolan Siegel, 19, brought the Indianapolis 500 practice to a halt on Friday when the rookie spun coming out of Turn 2 and hit the outside wall, sending his Dale Coyne Racing entry flying through the air before it landed on its side.

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Ohtani Day to be annual celebration in L.A.

The City of Los Angeles has declared May 17 Shohei Ohtani Day, with the city council passing a resolution to make this an annual observance for the duration of Shohei Ohtani's Dodgers career.

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Mike Coppinger

Fury in better shape at weigh-in for Usyk fight

Tyson Fury dropped some weight and appeared to be in good shape at the weigh-in for his heavyweight fight with Oleksandr Usyk.

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Jesse Rogers

Skenes strikes out first seven Cubs, 11 overall

Paul Skenes struck out the first seven Cubs hitters he faced Friday, setting a record for a Pirates pitcher and tying the major league record for a rookie.

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Jack Milko

“Big Misunderstanding:” Scottie Scheffler describes surreal PGA Championship round

Scottie Scheffler during the second round of the 2024 PGA Championship. | Photo by Andrew Redington/Getty Images

Scottie Scheffler had an unbelievable day at the PGA Championship, both on and off the golf course.

Scottie Scheffler’s head kept spinning, and he could not stop shaking after his early morning arrest at the PGA Championship.

And who could blame him? Scheffler only wanted to get to Valhalla in advance of his early morning tee time to warm up, get loose, and prepare for...

The Verge

Ash Parrish

Valve’s next game may have just leaked

Image: Tyler McVicker

Valve’s next game appears to be a multiplayer hero shooter known as Deadlock. This is according to leaks from playtesters posted on social media earlier today, with some of the details verified by known Valve data miner Tyler McVicker.

“Since testers started sharing Deadlock screenshots all over the place, here’s ones I can verify, featuring one of the heroes called Grey Talon,” McVicker posted on X.

The post included four screenshots allegedly from the...

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Eric Lipton

New Star Wars Plan: Pentagon Rushes to Counter Threats in Orbit

Citing rapid advances by China and Russia, the United States is building an extensive capacity to fight battles in space.

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Donald Wine II Sean Golden

MLS Rivalry Week hits its final crescendo this weekend

Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports

More rivalries to keep you entertained this weekend.

MLS Rivalry Week continues this weekend, as several more rivalries get their time in the spotlight. With several matches this weekend, there are a few teams that really need a win to keep pace with the leaders in the Eastern Conference, while others are hoping to seek the answers they need to keep afloat in the playoff race. Let’s take a look at which matches should keep you thoroughly...

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Kylie Robison

OpenAI researcher resigns, claiming safety has taken ‘a backseat to shiny products’

Illustration: The Verge

Jan Leike, a key OpenAI researcher who resigned earlier this week following the departure of co-founder Ilya Sutskever, posted on X Friday morning that “safety culture and processes have taken a backseat to shiny products” at the company.

Leike’s statements came after Wired reported that OpenAI had disbanded the team dedicated to addressing long-term AI risks (called the “Superalignment team”) altogether. Leike had been running the Superalignment...

The Verge

Ash Parrish

Your guide to this year’s summer video game events

Illustration: Cath Virginia / The Verge

As the corpse of E3 lies a-mouldrin’ in its grave, its spirit marches on in the form of a bevy of video game showcases and events. There’s a hefty number of them — some notable, some not (but they should be) — and they encompass a wide range of games and genres. Here’s your guide to the whats, wheres, and whens of this year’s summer of games.

Access-Ability Summer Showcase 2024

Accessibility has become a major feature of games,...

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Richard Lawler

‘iPhone 17 Slim’ rumors point to a redesigned model in 2025

Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge

Since the iPhone X’s introduction of OLED and Face ID in 2017, Apple’s phones haven’t changed their look significantly, but now The Information reports a major redesign is underway for a new “Slim” iPhone. The outlet says it could arrive in 2025 as part of the iPhone 17 refresh, with a price even higher than Apple’s current most expensive model, the iPhone Pro Max.

9to5Mac reported on a rumor from Haitong International analyst Jeff...

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