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Dave McMenamin

Wolves' Gobert fined $75K for gesture to referee

The NBA has fined Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert $75,000 for making the money-sign gesture toward officials during Minnesota's Game 4 loss to the Denver Nuggets.

The Verge

Chris Welch

Google Photos is getting its own ‘Ask Photos’ assistant this summer

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Google Photos already has impressive search capabilities, but Google is using Gemini to dial those powers up to the next level. During today’s I/O keynote, CEO Sundar Pichai announced “Ask Photos,” a new feature coming this summer that should make the service much smarter when it comes to understanding what it is you’re looking for, using artificial intelligence to connect the dots for more sophisticated requests.

Pichai asked the app, “What’s my license...

Fast Company

Associated Press

These states found ways to pay for daycare costs

States have expanded free preschool and early education and helped more families pay for childcare, making it low-cost or even free for many.

Across the country, the story for families is virtually the same: Child care is unaffordable for many, hard to find for those who can pay, and financially precarious for day care operators and their employees.

Fast Company

Claire Zhao

Glamping is on the rise in the age of hybrid work

A new report from Kampgrounds of America finds more people are seeking the outdoors, but not necessarily to fully disconnect.

The COVID-19 pandemic, which led to the confinement of small indoor spaces and a reliance on virtual communication methods, undoubtedly obscured our relationship to the physical world around us. Unsurprisingly, the pandemic era saw a surge in popularity of outdoor travel experiences.

Wired Top Stories

Dell Cameron

Secrecy Concerns Mount Over Spy Powers Targeting US Data Centers

A coalition of digital rights groups is demanding the US declassify records that would clarify just how expansive a major surveillance program really is.

NYT > Home Page

Jeanna Smialek

Fed Chair’s Confidence in Slowing Inflation Is ‘Not as High’ as Before

Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, said that the central bank was poised to leave interest rates on hold after surprisingly stubborn inflation.

ESPN.com

Tim Keown

The will and weariness of Tom Thibodeau and his Knicks

New York has stunned foes with ferocity that mimics its coach's mindset. But will fatigue finally catch up?

The Verge

Umar Shakir

Jeopardy! is making its first-ever streaming spinoff for Prime Video

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The classic competitive game show Jeopardy! is getting a spinoff series on Prime Video. Sony Pictures Television is producing Pop Culture Jeopardy!, which turns the classic academic quiz show with three challengers into a team-based trivia game that touches on music, movies, culture, sports, celebrities, entertainment, and more.

The new series marks the first time the company’s game show division is expanding the Jeopardy! brand to a streaming platform with a...

The Verge

Ash Parrish

Amazon follows Fallout with live-action Tomb Raider show

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In addition to announcing a second season of Mr. And Mrs. Smith and a fifth season of The Boys, Amazon is adding another new series to its television lineup: a live-action Tomb Raider series. The series will be produced in collaboration between Crystal Dynamics and Amazon MGM Studios, with Phoebe Waller-Bridge serving as the show’s writer and executive producer, confirming rumors reported earlier last year.

The Tomb Raider series is no stranger to live-action...

The Verge

Victoria Song Alex Heath Kylie Robison Sean Hollister Allison Johnson

Google I/O 2024 live blog: it’s AI time

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Welcome to Google I/O 2024. Google is kicking off its annual developers conference in Mountain View, California, today at 10AM PT / 1PM ET — and, as usual, we’re bringing it to you with a world-class Verge live blog.

What will we witness? One thing’s for sure: Sundar will say “AI.”

While we argued that last year’s Google developers conference was all about artificial intelligence, the AI arms race has only accelerated since then. 2024 is the year that...

Mashable

'House of the Dragon' Season 2 trailer: Westeros prepares for war

Season 2 of "House of the Dragon" premieres June 16 on HBO and Max.

Fast Company

Reuters

Amazon AWS chief Adam Selipsky to step down

He will be replaced by Matt Garman, a senior vice president who has overseen sales and marketing at AWS.

The chief of Amazon.com’s wildly profitable Amazon Web Services cloud computing unit will step down next month after a three-year term.

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Shane Goldmacher

How Has Trump Changed the G.O.P.? His Criminal-Trial Guest List Tells the Tale.

The former president’s trial has become a staging ground for aspiring allies to prove their fealty, the latest litmus test in a party increasingly defined by loyalty to Donald Trump.

SBNation.com

K Doss

Everything you need to know about the 2024 NCAA softball championship

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We break down every regional of the 2024 NCAA softball championship, which begins on May 16.

The 64 teams have all heard their names called and are preparing for regionals in the 2024 NCAA softball championship. In a year when there were few bid-stealing teams, there’s not a lot of controversy about who made the field. Seeding? Well, that’s another story.

Duke and its No. 3 RPI was slotted in as the No. 10 national seed,...

SBNation.com

James Dator

Hurricanes vs. Rangers is heading towards mutually assured NHL destruction

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Whoever wins, they lose.

The Carolina Hurricanes and New York Rangers are putting on a damn show. In what’s become the best series of the Stanley Cup Playoffs so far, the Canes clawed back on Monday night at Madison Square Garden to bring the Rangers’ series advantage to 3-2. Now both teams return to Raleigh where the Rangers are desperate to just shut the door on this series and escape, while the Canes are surging back with a belief they can...

SBNation.com

Jack Milko

Max Homa offers hilarious analysis on professional golf at PGA Championship

Max Homa speaks to the media ahead of the 2024 PGA Championship. | Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images

Max Homa, perhaps the funniest guy in professional golf, offered more comedy ahead of the PGA Championship.

Amidst professional golf’s chaotic drama between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf, Max Homa and his wit have served as a beacon of light.

His comedy shined brightly again Tuesday when he spoke to the media before the PGA Championship.

“I do feel like the internet probably makes...

The Verge

Justine Calma

US to raise tariffs on EVs, batteries, solar cells, and computer chips from China

Workers are producing structural components of EV batteries at a production workshop in Qingkou Automobile Industrial Park in Fuzhou, Fujian province, China, on February 23rd, 2024. | Photo by Costfoto / NurPhoto via Getty Images

The Biden administration announced much higher tariffs today on key goods from China that the US will need to meet its climate goals. The move targets transportation, clean energy technologies, raw materials, and more.

“To encourage China to eliminate its...

The Verge

Justine Calma

Ancient trees show how hot summers have gotten

The annual rings on the trunk of a conifer tree. | Photo: Getty Images

A summer marked by deadly heatwaves across Asia, Europe, and North America last year turns out to have been the hottest in the Northern Hemisphere in at least 2,000 years, according to a new study published in the journal Nature.

Officially, 2023 went down in history books as the hottest on record for the planet — but those records only started in 1850. To see how drastically the climate has changed over...

Mashable

Sauron slays in 'The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power' Season 2 trailer

Sauron slays in Prime Video's fantasy hit "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power," which returns Aug. 29.

Mashable

OpenAI reveals its ChatGPT AI voice assistant

OpenAI has unveiled the company's new AI voice assistant.

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