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Apple is reportedly doing away with its Major League Soccer Season Pass and including next season’s soccer matches as part of its normal Apple TV subscription. That’s according to reports of a new MLS partnership agreement from The Athletic that’s similar to a deal the company made in October to bring F1 races to all subscribers.First announced in 2022, the MLS Season Pass remains one of Apple’s most significant forays into sports programming to date. As part of its original agreement with MLS, Apple became the exclusive way soccer fans streamed MLS games globally, eliminating any kind of regional blackout,…
The most recent Switch 2 software update looks to have bricked many third-party docks and related accessories, according to users across the internet and a report by Kotaku. We don’t know if this was an intentional move by Nintendo or simply an accident. Engadget has reached out to the company for clarification.The Switch 2 update 21.0.0 brings some much-needed quality-of-life features, like the ability to turn off autoplaying videos in the eShop and new icons that indicate whether a game is digital or physical. However, it also brought along the aforementioned dock hiccup.Switch 2 owners have reported that these docks…
The Kim Kardashian co-founded shapewear brand has fresh capital to grow its retail footprint and expand in apparel and activewear, with beauty and skincare also on deck Skims has added fresh capital to fuel to its global takeover plan, closing out a year where the brand is expected to exceed $1 billion in net sales. The shapewear brand, founded by Kim Kardashian and Jens Grede, has completed a $225 million capital raise, valuing the company at $5 billion. Goldman Sachs Alternatives led the financing round with participation from BDT & MSD Partners’ affiliated funds. Skims says the capital will go…
British actress Jameela Jamil slammed the rise of artificial intelligence, especially the emergence of AI “actor” Tilly Norwood, in the entertainment industry, calling the technology “deeply disturbing.” Jamil appeared at the Web Summit in Lisbon and took a hard line against the burgeoning AI threat to entertainment, according to Deadline. “I can’t understand it in the television and film space because the whole point of acting is to emulate the human experience and so having something that is not human trying to emulate our experience is not possible,” she insisted. “I find it deeply disturbing and troubling and shame on…
The XRP market just hit a historic milestone as the first U.S. spot XRP ETF, Canary Capital’s XRPC, officially debuts on Nasdaq, sending bullish shockwaves for the XRP price and other assets in the market. Related Reading The launch gives traditional investors direct exposure to XRP through regulated brokerage accounts, and analysts say this could be the spark that propels prices sharply higher in the coming weeks. XRP’s price moving sideways on the daily chart. Source: XRPUSD on Tradingview First Spot XRP ETF on Nasdaq Unlocks New Demand Nasdaq has certified the Canary Capital XRP ETF for trading under the…
During Disney’s latest earnings call, CEO Bob Iger spoke about next steps for the Disney+ streaming service, and he noted that the entertainment giant has had “productive conversations” with potential AI partners. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Disney+ might soon play host to user-generated short-form AI videos.”The other thing that we’re really excited about, that AI is going to give us the ability to do, is to provide users of Disney+ with a much more engaged experience, including the ability for them to create user-generated content and to consume user generated content — mostly short-form — from others,” Iger said. He…
In a recent interview, Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales was confronted about the site claiming Israel committed genocide in Gaza. Wales rejected this as biased and requested changes at the “Gaza genocide” article’s discussion page. Editors attacked Wales with some accusing him of ties to Israel or suggesting sanctions, such as removing his “founder” flag. Some sought action regarding a neutrality working group set up by the site’s owners, a working group he chairs. News media widely spread false claims Wales locked the page with this falsehood even repeated on Wikipedia itself. Wales was supported in his criticism of the page…
The business of living longer (including health tech, biotech, wellness and financial planning) is on track to become an $8 trillion market by 2030, UBS analysts predict We can’t turn back the hands of time (at least not yet), and in the age of Bryan Johnson, biohacking, GLP-1s and the growing list of anti-aging experiments, getting older is still inevitable, but it’s beginning to look less like decline and more like opportunity. Just ask Roy Drinkard, a 105-year-old Marine veteran who was honored this week as the nation’s oldest living Marine, a reminder that longevity isn’t some far-off idea, but proof…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House is speeding toward a vote next week on releasing files related to the sex trafficking investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, a step that comes after months of resistance from Republican leaders.They have no choice but to allow consideration of the bill after a petition on the measure reached the necessary 218 signatures. It comes at a time when new documents are raising fresh questions about Epstein and his associates, including a 2019 email that Epstein wrote to a journalist that said President Donald Trump “knew about the girls.” The White House has accused Democrats of selectively…
They say journalists never truly clock out. But for Christian, that’s not just a metaphor, it’s a lifestyle. By day, he navigates the ever-shifting tides of the cryptocurrency market, wielding words like a seasoned editor and crafting articles that decipher the jargon for the masses. When the PC goes on hibernate mode, however, his pursuits take a more mechanical (and sometimes philosophical) turn. Christian’s journey with the written word began long before the age of Bitcoin. In the hallowed halls of academia, he honed his craft as a feature writer for his college paper. This early love for storytelling paved…