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Jeff Borzello

Claude, Big East's Most Improved, to join USC

Xavier transfer Desmond Claude, winner of the Big East's Most Improved Player award, has committed to USC.

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Kristen Shilton

Facing elimination, Leafs rule out Matthews for G6

Maple Leafs forward Auston Matthews has been ruled out for Game 6 of the first-round Stanley Cup playoff series against the Bruins on Thursday.

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ESPN

MLB Power Rankings: Is your team soaring -- or falling -- in our first May edition?

The Orioles are dominating and the Twins are rolling, while an AL East team continues to tumble.

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Leah Feiger, Tess Owen

How Far-Right, Extremist Militias Organize On Facebook

In the aftermath of the Capitol riot, far-right militia groups are using Facebook to organize—and they're not worried about getting banned by Meta.

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Will Knight

Nick Bostrom Made the World Fear AI. Now He Asks: What if It Fixes Everything?

Philosopher Nick Bostrom popularized the idea superintelligent AI could erase humanity. His new book imagines a world in which algorithms have solved every problem.

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Mark Schofield

Nico Hülkenberg addresses his move to Sauber

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Speaking with the media ahead of the Miami Grand Prix, Nico Hülkenberg discussed his future move to Sauber

MIAMI — The 2024 Formula 1 season is just a few races in, and the Miami Grand Prix is yet to get underway.

But one of the major storylines in Miami this week continues to be the upcoming driver transfer market, which will set the grid for 2025 and beyond.

The latest big move? The announcement from Nico Hülkenberg that at the end of...

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Savannah Leigh Richardson

Will Zalatoris back injury flares up, joins fellow Byron Nelson favorite to withdraw

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Zalatoris and another heavy hitter withdrew from the CJ CUP Byron Nelson event, which left an very few top rated golfers.

Two of the betting favorites for the CJ CUP Byron Nelson have withdrawn. Will Zalatoris and Sungjae Im will both miss the tournament.

The field for this week’s tournament already lacked star power, but with these two pulled out, it becomes even weaker. Zalatoris came in with the third-best odds to win at 22-1 following...

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Emma Roth

Spotify’s shortform videos could spread to more parts of the app

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Spotify could soon bring shortform video clips to more areas of the app. A test spotted by Music Ally shows clips surfacing on playlist pages, allowing you to swipe through a vertical feed with videos less than 30 seconds long.

Spotify first introduced clips last year as a way for artists to communicate with fans and promote their music, but the platform only showed clips on artist profiles, album pages, and album countdown pages. However, that...

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David Pierce

Rabbit R1 review: nothing to see here

Artificial intelligence might someday make technology easier to use and even do things on your behalf. All the Rabbit R1 does right now is make me tear my hair out.

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The Verge

Mia Sato

Google is getting even worse for independent sites

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An article in HouseFresh, a site dedicated to air quality, hit a nerve in February: it outlined how independent publishers have been gradually bumped out of Google search results, with big media companies taking their place. Months later, the situation has only gotten more dire, according to a follow-up published by HouseFresh.

In February, HouseFresh managing editor Gisele Navarro called out publishers like BuzzFeed and Rolling Stone as some of the culprits...

Mashable

Spotify starts hiding song lyrics behind paywall

Spotify's free tier has just gotten a little worse.

The company recently put yet another popular feature behind its Spotify Premium paywall: song lyrics. As noticed by numerous users on Reddit (via Android Authority), to see song lyrics you now need to have a Spotify Premium subscription, which starts at $10.99 ($5.99 for students).

Some users are reporting that song lyrics aren't completely unavailable on the free tier; instead, there's a monthly limit on lyrics for non-Premium subscribers....

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The Shark FlexStyle is $60 off — don't blow off this deal

SAVE $60: The build-your-own Shark FlexStyle system is available for $219.99. That's a savings of 21% on your sleekest at-home hair styling.

Build Your Own Shark FlexStyle system $219.99 ...

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Get 'Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order' for just $3.99 on Xbox right now

SAVE 91%: As of May 2, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is on sale for just $3.99 at the Microsoft Store. That's $36 off of its usual price of $39.99.

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Star Wars Day sales 2024: All the best deals and drops you can shop this May the 4th

Intricate new LEGO sets. Dirt-cheap video games. Stormtrooper-shaped squeaky toys. Washable rugs patterned with tiny Grogu heads. A Jedi craves these things.

And those are exactly the types of things we're getting for Star Wars Day 2024. The brand-driven holiday that celebrates the beloved space saga every year on May the 4th has ushered in an exciting lineup of limited-time deals and new product releases across retailers.

Below, we've put together a running list of all the offers you...

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Jordan Pearson

The Breach of a Face Recognition Firm Reveals a Hidden Danger of Biometrics

Outabox, an Australian firm that scanned faces for bars and clubs, suffered a breach that shows the problems with giving companies your biometric data.

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James Dator

4 NFL teams who could shock the world in 2024, and 2 who could disappoint

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Who could take a big step forward in 2024, and who could could fall back?

NFL teams are largely locked for 2024. Outside of some small, post-draft free agency signings we’ve reached the point where the majority of work has been done. Now, as we hurtle towards OTAs and training camp we have a better sense of where these teams stand, and the remarkable thing about the NFL picture is how much a lot of the worst teams in the league improved.

Solid...

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Jack Milko

PGA Tour winner, Ryder Cup stalwart Peter Oosterhuis passes away at 75

Peter Oosterhuis during the 1984 Masters Tournament. | Photo by Augusta National/Getty Images

Englishman Peter Oosterhuis, a fixture in professional golf for decades, has sadly died at the age of 75.

The golfing world lost a legend on Thursday morning.

Peter Oosterhuis, who played on six Ryder Cup teams, won the 1981 Canadian Open, and served as a broadcaster for CBS Sports for nearly two decades, has passed away.

He died one day shy of his 76th birthday.

Known colloquially as...

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Charles Pulliam-Moore

I Saw the TV Glow is a tribute to the transformative power of fandom

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A24’s I Saw the TV Glow from writer / director Jane Schoenbrun is a brilliant exploration of how people can find and lose themselves in the media they love.

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