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Attempted Assassination of Slovakia’s Robert Fico Puts Europe on Edge

Prime Minister Robert Fico of Slovakia, an ally of Vladimir V. Putin and Viktor Orban, was shot multiple times on Wednesday, stoking fears that Europe’s polarized politics were tipping into violence.

Samsung’s customizable Music Frame speaker is receiving its first discount

Like its Frame TVs, Samsung’s art-inspired speaker is designed to complement your home decor more naturally. | Image: Samsung

Samsung’s art-inspired Frame TV has been a runaway hit over the last several years — so much so that everyone from Amazon to Hisense has begun cribbing some of its more popular features for their latest sets. It came as no surprise, then, that Samsung announced a speaker version during CES 2024. Enter the Samsung Music Frame, which is on sale at Amazon...

The US Election Threats Are Clear. What to Do About Them Is Anything But

A Senate Intelligence Committee hearing today saw broad agreement on how AI and other threats loom ahead of the US election—and uncertainty about how to respond.

Injured Messi out for Miami's game at Orlando

Lionel Messi will miss Inter Miami's match against Orlando City on Wednesday night at Inter&Co Stadium, after suffering a knee injury during his team's 3-2 MLS win over Montreal on Saturday.

Rory less confident PGA Tour, LIV near merger

Recent developments have Rory McIlroy less confident about the PGA Tour and LIV Golf working out a merger.

Sources: Steelers DL Heyward sitting out OTAs

Steelers defensive lineman and reigning Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Cameron Heyward has not attended voluntary offseason workouts and does not plan to attend OTAs as he seeks a contract extension, sources told ESPN's Jeremy Fowler.

Mitchell among 3 Cavs out for must-win Game 5

The Cavaliers will be without three of their top six players -- led by star guard Donovan Mitchell -- for Game 5 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Celtics on Wednesday night.

Follow live: Celtics try to close out series vs. Cavaliers in Game 5

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Google Sheets’ new formatting feature has Excel switchers excited

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Google has now added a way to create easily formatted tables in Sheets with one click, something Excel has had for years. Now, if you have a block of data that you’d like to quickly turn into its own little island of filters and sorting rules, that’s fully possible (or will be soon, depending on where you are in Google’s rollout queue). Hooray!

As a person who’s maintained a shared budget spreadsheet in Google Sheets for about a decade...

How did each of these 16 LIV golfers get into 2024 PGA Championship field

Jon Rahm during a Wednesday practice round ahead of the 2024 PGA Championship. | Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images

Sixteen LIV Golf stars will tee it up at Valhalla, so here is how they gained entry into this year’s PGA Championship.

For only the second time this season, PGA Tour and LIV Golf professionals will tee it up side-by-side at the PGA Championship.

Golf fans everywhere welcome that, as golf’s great schism has accomplished only one goal to date: elevate the importance...

Sorry, But There’s Zero Chance Anyone Under 22 Is Going To Pass This Early 2000s

Okay, homeskillets, it's time to chillax and totes take this off the chain quiz.

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Android 15’s second beta release lets users lock down access to private apps

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Alongside Google’s ongoing developer-focused I/O conference comes the latest release of Android 15, which is now in its second beta. It’s got some cool new features, like the ability to now hide a collection of apps inside a “private space,” customizable vibrations so you can notice different types of notifications just by feeling, and also richer widget previews.

The new private space function is the most interesting of the bunch: it can hide apps you don’t...

Arizona accuses Amazon of being a monopoly and deceiving consumers with ‘dark patterns’

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Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes filed two new lawsuits against Amazon on Wednesday, bringing similar complaints to those the company is already facing from the Federal Trade Commission.

Both of the lawsuits are brought under Arizona’s own state statutes in the Superior Court of Arizona. One of the lawsuits accuses Amazon of engaging in deceptive business practices that violate the state’s Consumer Fraud Act by allegedly using design...

Sophie Turner Made Rare Comments On Her Friendship With Taylor Swift In A New Interview

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CNN and ABC Snag the Presidential Debates

In a matter of hours, two networks outmaneuvered their rivals and landed a coveted pair of Biden-Trump prime-time debates.

LeBron attends draft combine to watch Bronny

LeBron James showed up at the NBA draft combine and sat in the second row for son Bronny's second and final scrimmage on Wednesday.

Astros' Blanco gets 10-game ban for sticky glove

Astros pitcher Ronel Blanco was suspended 10 games and fined an undisclosed amount after he was ejected by umpires Tuesday for a foreign substance in his glove.

'These young kids, they have no fear': Kyrie Irving, the last of the NBA playoffs' old guard

The older generation of superstars is gone, bounced from the postseason -- with one exception.

'He wasn't scared': How Chet Holmgren became a perfect fit for SGA and an OKC team built for a dynasty

There's Jokic and Murray in Denver, Tatum and Brown in Boston, KAT and Luka and Kyrie in Dallas. Then there's OKC's Chet and SGA, the youngest and most tantalizing duo of them all.