Tkachuk, Pastrnak trade punches in confrontation

The Panthers defeated the Bruins 6-1 on Wednesday to even their series 1-1, but the highlight was the fight between stars Matthew Tkachuk and David Pastrnak.

Brunson fights injury, sparks Knicks to 2-0 lead

Out for much of the first half with a sore right foot, Jalen Brunson returned to score 24 of his 29 points in the second half as the Knicks won 130-121 to take a 2-0 series lead over the Pacers.

Josh Hart made sure Reggie Miller heard Knicks fans chanting ‘f--- you’ in NBA Playoffs

Josh Hart delivered a special message to Reggie Miller from Knicks fans into a hot mic during the NBA Playoffs.

The New York Knicks are running out of healthy bodies, but they still have their fighting spirit. Without Julius Randle, Mitchell Robinson, and Bojan Bogdanovic, the Knicks lost two more key players in Game 2 of their first round series against the Indiana Pacers. Jalen Brunson didn’t play in the second quarter after suffering a foot injury, and OG Anunoby left the game...

NYT Connections today: See hints and answers for May 9

Connections is the latest New York Times word game that's captured the public's attention. The game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle.

If you just want to be told today's puzzle, you can jump to the end of this article for May 9's Connections solution. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, keep...

'Wordle' today: Here's the answer hints for May 9

Oh hey there! If you're here, it must be time for Wordle. As always, we're serving up our daily hints and tips to help you figure out today's answer.

If you just want to be told today's word, you can jump to the bottom of this article for May 9's Wordle solution revealed. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you.

Originally created by engineer Josh Wardle as a gift for his partner, Wordle rapidly spread to...

Business Travelers Swear By These 27 Products

The ultimate flex is being able to fall asleep on a plane.

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"He Ejaculates On Walls And Doors" — Women Are Sharing The Secretly Gross Things Their Partners Do At Home And I Am Sickened And Speechless

They go from bad to worse.

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Kim Kardashian Revealed Why She Couldn’t Walk At The Met Gala, And She’s Honestly Lucky She Didn’t Hurt Herself

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13 Celebrity Homes That Truly Live Rent-Free In My Head — From Marvelously Modern To Extremely Eccentric

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How Not to Get Brain-Eating Worms and Mercury Poisoning

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had both a brain parasite and mercury poisoning at the same time. Just how rare is each condition?

Biden Says the U.S. Will Not Supply Israel With Weapons to Attack Rafah

The president’s remarks underscore the growing rift between the United States and its closest Middle East ally over the war in Gaza.

26 Little Additions That Will Make A Huge Difference In Your Makeup Routine

You're already a 10/10, but with these little things, you're an 11/10.

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It's That Time Again, Time To Treat Yourself — So Take A Peek At These 44 Options

The devil on your shoulder is gonna be chanting "add to cart" throughout this entire list.

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Follow live: Knicks try to extent lead vs. Pacers in Game 2 of East semifinals

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Microsoft’s ‘air gapped’ AI is a bot set up to process top-secret info

Image: The Verge

Microsoft Strategic Missions and Technology CTO William Chappell announced that it’s deployed a GPT-4 large language model in an isolated, air-gapped environment on a government-only network. Bloomberg first reported the setup, citing an unnamed executive who claimed that the Azure Government Top Secret cloud-hosted model represents the first time a “major” LLM has operated separated from the internet.

Chappell announced the AI supercomputer on Tuesday afternoon...

Intel and motherboard makers disagree on how to stabilize your crashing i9 CPU

Photo by Tom Warren / The Verge

Recently, motherboard makers have issued BIOS updates to improve the stability of Intel 13th and 14th Gen i9 chips in crashing games. But Intel, which announced last month that it was investigating these issues, is now asking gamers not to implement those settings.

The companies now seem to be at odds on how to adjust your CPU. Motherboard makers like Asus are recommending an “Intel Baseline Profile” with “basic functionality” and “lower power...

Microsoft says it needs games like Hi-Fi Rush the day after killing its studio

Image: Tango Gameworks

Today, one day after Microsoft announced that it would shut down four of its games studios, Matt Booty, head of Xbox Game Studios, held a town hall to discuss the division’s future goals. “We need smaller games that give us prestige and awards,” Booty told employees, according to internal remarks shared with The Verge.

For some listeners on the call, it was a surprising goal: Microsoft had just shut down the Japanese developer Tango Gameworks, which was...

Nuggets' Jokic claims third MVP in four seasons

Nuggets star Nikola Jokic won his third NBA MVP trophy Wednesday, topping the Thunder's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Mavs' Luka Doncic.

Biden’s Pause on Weapons Tests Ties to Israel

President Biden hopes the decision to withhold the delivery of 3,500 bombs will prompt Israel to change course in its war in Gaza.

OpenAI’s Model Spec outlines some basic rules for AI

Illustration: The Verge

AI tools behaving badly — like Microsoft’s Bing AI losing track of which year it is — has become a subgenre of reporting on AI. But very often, it’s hard to tell the difference between a bug and poor construction of the underlying AI model that analyzes incoming data and predicts what an acceptable response will be, like Google’s Gemini image generator drawing diverse Nazis due to a filter setting.

Now, OpenAI is releasing the first draft of a...