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Joe Rennison

S&P Pushes Past Its Previous Record

Investors seized on the latest inflation report as another sign that interest rates could be cut his year, helping push the S&P 500 past its March record.

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Matthew Mpoke Bigg

Who Is Robert Fico, the Prime Minister of Slovakia?

Much of the focus on Mr. Fico’s leadership has focused on his ties to President Vladimir Putin of Russia and Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary.

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Rob Copeland

In About-Face, Wall Street’s Big Donors Warm to Trump

They may “hate the man,” as one put it, but major business players from coast to coast are increasingly on board for a second term after the first one alienated them.

ESPN.com

Netflix airs 2 Christmas games in '24 in new deal

No matchups for the two Christmas Day games that will air on Netflix were revealed, but the four teams involved will play rare Wednesday regular-season contests.

The Verge

Wes Davis

iPhone owners say the latest iOS update is resurfacing deleted nudes

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Apple appears to have a bug that’s dredging up data that iPhone owners thought was gone. Some iPhone owners are reporting that, after updating their phones to iOS 17.5, their deleted photos — some quite old — are popping up again, according to a Reddit thread that MacRumors spotted. iOS beta testers had the same complaints about the bug last week.

People reporting the apparent bug say that they’re seeing old photos appear in their Recents album...

The Verge

Tom Warren

Xbox Cloud Gaming now has mouse and keyboard support in 26 games

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Microsoft started to preview mouse and keyboard support for Xbox Cloud Gaming in March, and it’s now rolling out to everyone as a beta today. You’ll be able to start streaming and playing Xbox games with a mouse or keyboard in Edge or Chrome over at xbox.com/play.

In total, 26 games will be supported at the launch of this beta, including Fortnite, Sea of Thieves, and Halo Infinite. Microsoft is also planning to let PC owners use the Xbox app later this month to...

The Verge

Ash Parrish

The first Assassin’s Creed Shadows trailer shows off dual samurai / ninja action

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The next entry in the Assassin’s Creed franchise is almost here: Ubisoft debuted the first trailer for Assassin’s Creed Shadows, which launches later this year.

The trailer is decently meaty for a world premiere, taking its time to introduce the game’s two protagonists. One is the samurai Yasuke, an African man who became a retainer in service to Japanese warlord Oda Nobunaga. The second protagonist is Naoe, a shinobi character whose opposition to Nobunaga’s war...

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James Dator

The Giants are the first team on a brand new kind of ‘Hard Knocks’

From free agency, to the draft, and more.

Great news if you’re the kind of sicko who needs more Hard Knocks in your life. On Wednesday morning HBO announced that the New York Giants will be featured in a new version of the series titled Hard Knocks: Offseason with the New York Giants.

The show will chronicle the Giants’ moves from the end of the season in January, up through the conclusion of the NFL Draft — hopefully showing more of how the sausage is made away from training...

SBNation.com

Mark Schofield

Alpine targeting another step forward at F1 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix

After securing their first point in Miami, Alpine is looking for another breakthrough in Imola

Following an admittedly difficult start to the Formula 1 season, Alpine had been showing some progress with their 2024 challenger the past few weeks. Finally, the Miami Grand Prix gave the team something to show for all the hours of hard work in the factory, in the simulator, and on the track.

A point.

Esteban Ocon’s tenth place finish in the Miami Grand Prix saw Alpine get on the board...

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Jack Milko

Nelly Korda set for Liberty National debut after “frustrating” performance

Nelly Korda during the final round of the 2024 Cognizant Founders Cup. | Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images

World-number-one Nelly Korda will play at Liberty National for the first time this week, as she looks to return to the winner’s circle.

Nelly Korda’s winning streak came to a screeching halt at last week’s Cognizant Founders Cup, where Rose Zhang prevailed by two over Madelene Sagstrom.

Korda still played relatively well, finishing in a tie for seventh, but she fell short of...

Mashable

Upgrade to the Google Pixel 8a and get a $100 Amazon gift card

GET A $100 AMAZON GIFT CARD: As of May 15, you can snag the Google Pixel 8a for only $499 at Amazon (normally $599) and receive a bonus $100 Amazon gift card with your purchase.

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Mashable

'Dune: Prophecy' teaser: Witness the rise of the Bene Gesserit

Set 10,000 years before Paul Atreides was born, 'Dune: Prophecy' follows the two Harkonnen sisters who found the Bene Gesserit order. The 'Dune' prequel is coming soon.

Mashable

The latest Apple iPad Pro is already discounted at Amazon

SAVE $49.01: The new 11-inch Apple iPad Pro (256GB, WiFi) is on sale at Amazon for $949.99, down from the list price of $999. That's a 5% discount on the tablet.

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Mashable

Apple adds new accessibility features across the senses, including eye tracking

Apple's accessibility offerings continue to expand, as new features like device eye tracking, touch enhanced music listening, and settings for those with atypical speech come to on-the-go devices.

Announced in the midst of a month-long recognition of Global Accessibility Awareness Day (May 16), the lineup of customizability options to help users with physical disabilities better control and interact with their iPad or iPhone.

SEE ALSO: Google I/O: Google announces...

Mashable

Get 56% off Colleen Hoover's 'It Ends with Us' and read it before the movie comes out

SAVE $16.24: As of May 15, get the physical Special Collector's Edition of Colleen Hoover's It Ends with Us for $12.76, down from its normal price of $29. That's a discount of 56%.

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Mashable

Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo belt it out in 'Wicked' trailer

Glinda the Good Witch (Ariana Grande) and Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) belt it out in the "Wicked" trailer. Watch.

Fast Company

Reuters

A merger between Chinese EV maker Aiways and SPAC Hudson Acquisition would ring in a $400 million valuation

The SPAC merger is expected to close by the end of 2024.

Chinese electric vehicle maker Aiways will go public via a merger with U.S. special purpose acquisition company Hudson Acquisition Corp in a deal that should value the company around $400 million, the two companies said.

Fast Company

Janko Roettgers

Could Google’s AI push cause a rift with YouTube creators?

The company’s efforts to bring AI assistant features to Android and YouTube could anger creators—and impact one of its biggest cash cows.

Wasting time on YouTube could soon be a thing of the past. 

Fast Company

Jessica Bursztynsky

Here’s everything Uber just announced at its spring product event

The rideshare giant will start rolling out shuttle service, Costco delivery, and much more.

Uber is rolling out a new feature allowing users to reserve seats on a shuttle to get to and from high-traffic areas like an airport or sports stadium.

Fast Company

Associated Press

Meet the TikTok creators who are suing the DOJ over the potential ban of the platform

The lawsuit claims that the federal law violates First Amendment rights to free speech.

Eight TikTok content creators sued the U.S. government on Tuesday, issuing another challenge to the new federal law that would ban the popular social media platform nationwide if its China-based parent company doesn’t sell its stakes within a year.

Attorneys for the creators argue in the lawsuit that the law violates users’ First Amendment rights to free speech, echoing arguments made by TikTok in a...

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