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Leah Feiger

How Twitch Streamers Could Shape the 2024 Elections

WIRED talked to political streamer Hasan Piker about Joe Biden, the youth vote, and his advocacy for Gaza.

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Chris Welch

Google’s making it easier for people with low vision to find objects using their phone

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Coinciding with Global Accessibility Awareness Day, Google is highlighting a number of new accessibility features across its software and enhancements to others that were already part of Android. First is a significant upgrade to Android’s Lookout tool, which helps people who are blind or have low vision find out more information about their surroundings. Google is leveraging AI and adding the ability for Lookout to search for specific objects, including seating,...

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Gaby Del Valle

Two brothers accused of stealing $25 million worth of crypto

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Two brothers were taken into federal custody Tuesday for allegedly stealing about $25 million worth of cryptocurrency in just a few seconds in a “first-of-its-kind manipulation” of the Ethereum blockchain. The brothers — Anton Peraire-Bueno and James Peraire-Bueno — studied math and computer science at MIT and used the skills they had acquired “at one of the most prestigious universities in the country” to exploit “the very integrity of the...

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Mookie Alexander

Aaron Rodgers, Houston Texans, and the biggest takeaways from the 2024 NFL schedule

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The Houston Texans are getting all of the national attention. The Carolina Panthers? Not so much.

The 2024 NFL regular season has been unveiled, including over 70 national broadcasts between the league’s myriad of television and streaming partners. It’s a bit silly to deeply analyze these games in mid-May knowing how unpredictable the sport is, but that’s never stopped anyone before.

Having combed through the primetime matchups and other...

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Savannah Leigh Richardson

Rory McIlroy’s “scrappy” PGA Championship round produces strong results 

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Rory McIlroy brought out the heavyweights at the PGA Championship, opening with an aggressive 66 to put him right in contention.

Rory McIlroy looks strong after his Thursday round at the 2024 PGA Championship. McIlroy, who won this event in 2012 and 2014, fired a 5-under 66 to sit four behind leader Xander Schauffele on day one.

He played a solid round of golf, collecting six birdies and one bogey. The momentum he picked up with his win in Charlotte...

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Mark Schofield

F1 pauses to remember Ayrton Senna and Roland Ratzenberger at Emilia Romagna GP

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Before the racing begins, F1 took a moment to reflect

Thursday was media day at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, as the paddock buzzed with journalists and reporters, and hospitality spaces were turned into press conference venues. Soon, Imola will roar to life with the sound turbocharged engines powering drivers around the historic track.

But before that happens today, the Formula 1 world took a moment to pause, and reflect.

This week marks 30...

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Jeff Carlisle

Messi wages, $20.4M, more than 25 MLS payrolls

Inter Miami forward Lionel Messi is Major League Soccer's highest paid player with a total guaranteed compensation of $20.44m.

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Mark Schlabach

Tiger falters late in PGA Championship 1st round

Tiger Woods faltered late in his opening round at the PGA Championship and finished with a 1-over 72.

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Jeff Passan

Suit: Bad Bunny's agency hit with 'death penalty'

Rimas Sports, the agency founded by recording artist Bad Bunny, is accusing Major League Baseball's Players Association of "placing a death penalty" on the agency, according to a federal lawsuit the company filed Thursday.

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Jack Milko

Scottie Scheffler insane hole-out to open PGA Championship breeds astonishing reactions

Scottie Scheffler during a practice round ahead of the 2024 PGA Championship. | Photo by Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images

Scottie Scheffler opened the PGA Championship with a bang, which produced some incredible fan reactions.

Speechless.

That is how Scottie Scheffler left the golf world after playing his first hole at the PGA Championship on Thursday.

After finding the fairway off the tee, Scheffler had 170 yards left on Valhalla’s opening par-4 1st hole. He pulled out his 9-iron for his...

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Mark Schofield

Lando Norris addresses his mental health journey ahead of the Emilia Romagna GP

Ahead of the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, Lando Norris discussed his mental health journey

Lando Norris has opened up about his mental health journey before, such as talking about his struggles during his rookie season in Formula 1, or looking back ahead of last year regarding his willingness to discuss such topics. But Thursday at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix Norris did so again, albeit on different footing.

He did so for the first time as an F1 race winner.

Norris was asked about...

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Jack Milko

Tiger Woods frustrating PGA Championship finish leaves him out of contention

Tiger Woods walks off the 9th green after the first round of the 2024 PGA Championship. | Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images

Tiger Woods showed flashes of brilliance but a frustrating end to his opening round has him nowhere near the top of the leaderboard.

Tiger Woods fought his way around Valhalla for the first 16 holes on Thursday at the PGA Championship, making putts when he needed to while avoiding big mistakes.

He sat at 1-under for the championship when he arrived at the par-3...

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Emilia David

A quantum-entangled photon traveled 35 kilometers under the streets of Boston

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Amazon and Harvard University have created a “quantum network” that transmitted an entangled photon from one quantum computer to another over 35 kilometers of fiber-optic cable.

Researchers from Harvard and Amazon’s AWS Center for Quantum Networking put a set of nodes around the Boston area to build a network capable of “efficiently catching, storing, and transferring information initially stored in light.” Like the internet we know,...

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David Gilbert, Morgan Meaker

Russian Disinfo Campaign Blames Ukraine for Shooting of Slovakia's Prime Minister

A seemingly coordinated campaign playing out across X, Telegram, and state-run media, blames Ukraine for the attempted assassination of Robert Fico—something for which there is no evidence.

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Morgan Meaker

Tesla’s Controversial Factory Expansion Is Approved

After anti-Tesla activists clashed with police in Germany last week, local councillors today backed Elon Musk’s plan to make Tesla’s only European gigafactory even bigger

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Paolo Uggetti

Schauffele matches major record again with 62

Xander Schauffele broke the PGA Championship scoring record and tied the mark for any major, seizing on the rain-softened conditions at Valhalla with a 9-under 62 to set the early target.

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