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Cesar Hernandez

Source: Wrexham owners invest in Liga MX team

Hollywood stars and Wrexham owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney have bought a minority stake in Liga MX's Necaxa, a source has confirmed to ESPN.

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Dan Murphy

UAB becomes first D-I football team to join PA

The UAB football team became the first in Division I to sign on with Athletes.org, a budding players' association.

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Jeff Borzello and Jonathan Givony

UConn lands Saint Mary's transfer Mahaney

Saint Mary's transfer Aidan Mahaney, one of the best available guards in the portal, has committed to UConn, he told ESPN.

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Alexa Philippou

All-Pac-12 guard von Oelhoffen commits to USC

Talia von Oelhoffen, a graduate transfer from Oregon State and two-time All-Pac-12 guard, told ESPN Monday she has committed to USC.

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Brian Windhorst

Why no NBA team has been as devoid of options as the Phoenix Suns

On the heels of a sweep, the present and future are bleak in Phoenix. Where do the hampered Suns possibly go from here?

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Savannah Leigh Richardson

Paige Spiranac opens up “emotionally,” finds love of golf again as her grind is back on

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Spiranac detailed her hardships when it came to playing golf and how she is finally overcoming them.

Paige Spiranac is one of the most well-known names on golf social media. Most people know she played in college and professionally, but her primary focus has been growing her brand.

Last year Spiranac shared her anxiety journey throughout her golf career. She often keeps it light on social media, but one of her latest posts was more serious and clearly came...

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Savannah Leigh Richardson

LPGA: Hannah Green defends JM Eagle LA Championship in dominating fashion

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Green won her second straight JM Eagle LA Championship on the LPGA Tour as she finished strong in Hollywood.

Australian golfer Hannah Green went low on Sunday at the JM Eagle LA Championship in Hollywood to defend her title and earn her fifth career LPGA win.

She fired off a 5-under 66 to finish at 12-under for the tournament. Green pulled away and beat Maja Stark by three shots to take home the trophy.

Green was treading water on the front nine,...

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Wes Davis

The UK beefs up smart home security by going after bad default passwords

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The UK is doing away with bad default passwords. With updates to the country’s Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act (PSTI) that came into force today, regulators say that tech gadgets that can connect to the internet or a local wired network must either have a unique default password or be definable by the person who owns it.

Under the update, manufacturers will have to make it easy for people to report security issues....

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Andrew Webster

All the news from Xbox’s spring indie game showcase

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ID@Xbox has put together its own indie showcase to show off a host of indie games coming to console and PC.

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Tom Warren

Microsoft starts rolling out OneDrive’s offline mode on the web

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Microsoft is starting to roll out a new offline mode for OneDrive on the web for work and school users. It’s part of an ongoing overhaul to OneDrive that’s also seen the cloud storage service updated with an improved UI, folder colors, and much more.

The new OneDrive offline mode will let users of the web side of the service open files that have been marked available as offline and navigate to favorite files and the home section of OneDrive without an internet...

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Emma Roth

Razer made a million dollars selling a mask with RGB, and the FTC is not pleased

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Razer will have to fork over $1.1 million in refunds to customers who purchased its RGB-clad Zephyr face mask, according to a proposed settlement announced by the Federal Trade Commission on Monday. The company claimed the face mask used N95-grade filters, but the FTC alleges Razer never submitted them for testing and only “stopped the false advertising following negative press coverage and consumer outrage at the deceptive claims.”

Razer first released its Zephyr...

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The iPad Air is $200 off — its lowest price ever

Save $200: The Apple iPad Air is available for its lowest price ever at Best Buy. This limited time deal saves you 33% off the 5th generation tablet.

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iOS 18 tipped to redesign 4 apps — 'Photos' is one of them

The iOS 18 hype train is building up speed.

Apple's next iteration of iPhone software is set to be announced at WWDC 2024 in June, but as always, we're learning a lot about it ahead of time. The latest scoop comes from Mark Gurman at Bloomberg, who claimed in his latest Power On newsletter that four key iOS apps are getting revamped or redesigned for iOS 18.

Which iOS 18 apps are getting big changes?

According to Gurman, the following built-in apps are getting significant...

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Sharon Otterman

Columbia Tells Protesters to Clear Out Encampment or Face Suspension

University officials have given students, who have occupied a central lawn on campus for nearly two weeks, until 2 p.m. to leave.

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Ronen Bergman and Patrick Kingsley

Israeli Officials Believe ICC Is Preparing Arrest Warrants Over Gaza War

The officials said they thought that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and others could be charged by the International Criminal Court and that the court was also considering warrants for Hamas leaders.

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Nilay Patel

Mercedes-Benz CEO Ola Källenius on not using Apple’s next-gen CarPlay and why EVs are still the future

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The all-EV future might not land in 2030, but it’s coming — and a new slate of challenges is coming with it.

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Quentyn Kennemer

Google’s Pixel Watch 2 is matching its lowest price with $50 off

If you’re not a Samsung user, this is the best Android smartwatch you can buy. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge

Google I/O is right around the corner, and if history repeats itself, the company will likely use its annual keynote to announce new software features across all of its various platforms, including Android, Chrome, and Search. Google also sometimes brings a surprise device announcement to the party, but we wouldn’t bet on a new flagship smartwatch...

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Andrew J. Hawkins

Mercedes-Benz won’t let Apple CarPlay take over all its screens

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Mercedes-Benz doesn’t have any plans to adopt Apple’s immersive, next-generation version of CarPlay, the German automaker’s CEO said in an episode of Decoder.

“The short answer is no,” Ola Källenius told The Verge’s Nilay Patel in response to a question about whether Mercedes-Benz will enable Apple CarPlay to take over all the screens inside its vehicles. Instead, he touts the need for a “holistic software architecture” to meet the...

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Emma Roth

Amazon says its Prime deliveries are getting even faster

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To me, Prime’s promise of two-day shipping is more of an added bonus to Prime Video and stuff like Fallout. But it’s become an expectation, leading other retailers like Walmart and Target to roll out faster shipping options of their own.

Now, Amazon says its deliveries are getting even faster, announcing that it delivered over 2 billion items the same or next day to Prime members during the first three months of 2024, breaking its record...

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