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TL;DR: Live stream rugby at Paris 2024 for free on BBC iPlayer. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.Rugby might not seem like the kind of competition you'd expect to watch at Paris 2024 but the type of rugby played — rugby sevens — is a faster, more exciting version.Twelve nations in both men's and women's categories will take part. Nations who dominate at rugby union will be at Paris 2024 — the squads from Great Britain, France, New Z

TL;DR: Live stream Japan vs. Paraguay at Paris 2024 for free on BBC iPlayer. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.Group D teams Japan and Paraguay are up next in the Paris 2024 matches, and it's set to be a great game. If you want to watch Japan vs. Paraguay at Paris 2024 for free from anywhere in the world, we have all the information you need.When is Japan vs. Paraguay at Paris 2024?Japan vs. Paraguay at Paris 2024 takes place at 1:00 p.m. ET on July 2

TL;DR: Live stream France vs. USA at Paris 2024 for free on BBC iPlayer. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.The Group stages of football are well underway at Paris 2024, and there's another match of the Group A teams up next. This time, it's France vs. USA, which is a strong pair-up in Group A, which also includes Guinea and New Zealand. This is set to be another exciting game.If you want to watch France vs. USA at Paris 2024 for free from anywhere in

TL;DR: Live stream Argentina vs. Morocco at Paris 2024 for free on BBC iPlayer. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.It's the first match of Paris 2024 and Argentina will be going head to head against Morocco. The first of many exciting games, it's set to be an incredible two weeks of football.If you want to watch Argentina vs. Morocco at Paris 2024 for free from anywhere in the world, don't go anywhere because we have all the information you need.When i

TL;DR: Live stream the football at Paris 2024 for free on BBC iPlayer. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.There are a lot of events to keep track of during the Paris 2024 Olmypics. From athletics to gymnastics, swimming to basketball, there's something for everyone to watch. And now that the Euros are over, football fans will be eagerly tuning into the Paris 2024 matches. Kicking off early on in the schedule, you won't want to miss your home country co

Illustration: The Verge Google made nearly $85 million over the past few months as revenue from its Search and cloud computing businesses soared. That’s according to the quarter two earnings report released by Google's parent company, Alphabet, on Tuesday, which says Search alone raked in $48.5 million.
Meanwhile, Google’s cloud division hit $10 million for the first time while also achieving $1 billion in operating profit. During an earnings call on Tuesday, Google CEO Sundar Pichai

Photo by Osmancan Gurdogan/Anadolu via Getty Images Tesla published its second quarter earnings report in which the company said it earned $1.48 billion in net income on $25.5 billion in revenue. That represents a 2 percent increase year over year compared to $24.9 billion in revenue in Q2 2023, but a 45 percent drop in net income.
Tesla’s gross margins were in the spotlight again, as bullish investors hoped to see improvements after years of steady decline. Rampant price cutting and cooli

You won’t need to stuff an AirTag inside ESR’s Geo Wallet to find it. | Image: ESR With its own integrated tracking module compatible with Apple’s Find My network and a traditional bifold design, ESR’s Geo Wallet can be located using an iPhone if it goes missing, and without the bulge of an AirTag stuffed inside.
There’s no shortage of wallets designed to accommodate an AirTag, or credit card-sized trackers such as the Chipolo, but by using its own tracking module w

Image: Kamala HQ On Sunday, President Joe Biden shocked the country with his announcement that he would not seek reelection in November. He threw his support behind vice president Kamala Harris. If elected, Harris would be the first Black and Asian American woman to become president, and her historic run is already creating excitement. Most Democrats are quickly falling in line. Some would say Harris is having a Brat summer.“Brat summer” is a phrase that’s become the defining p

Every Korean, Korean American, or K-pop fan you know probably has the KakaoTalk app. | Photo: Getty Images Kakao Corp. founder Kim Beom-su was arrested Tuesday in Seoul, South Korea. That might not mean much to Westerners, but the story is a bizarre tale of how a celebrated, self-made tech billionaire fell from grace... partly because he bought a scandal-ridden K-pop agency.
Kim, who also goes by Brian, stands accused of manipulating SM Entertainment’s stock price during a high-profile acq

Four years ago, Google made a surprising announcement: It was going to "phase out" cookies, which allow third parties to track users on Google Chrome.Even though Google shared it was going to take a few years to find a new middle ground to avoid a total disruption of the online advertising industry, this was seen as a pretty big win for user privacy advocates.Well, Google just announced on Monday that it was scrapping its cookie-ditching plans.According to Google, the search giant will not kill

Photo by David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images for Spotify The saga of Spotify HiFi has many twists and turns. First announced over three years ago, the music service’s higher-quality streaming tier has still yet to materialize. Recent reports have said lossless audio will be bundled together with other perks (like advanced library management, AI-powered playlists, and headphone sound quality optimization) as an add-on to Spotify’s premium subscription. And today, during Spotify&r

Image: Wooting Earlier this month Razer beat Wooting to a speedy new keyboard feature that lets players counter-strafe more quickly in a variety of competitive PC games. Now Wooting has implemented the same feature.
Normally, to switch strafe directions in a first-person shooter, you have to fully release one key before pressing the other. If both are pressed, they cancel each other, and you stand there like a dummy for a moment until you release one of the keys. Professional players have master

Most of the world has slowly recovered from the devastating CrowdStrike and Microsoft outages that hamstrung countless businesses and industries last Friday. One airline, however, is still struggling early this week. Delta Airlines is still dealing with numerous cancelled flights and delays. It's become clear the airline has had a much more difficult time getting back on its feet than other companies across nearly all sectors of the economy. Around midday Tuesday, more than 455 Delta flights had

Mattel's latest Barbieland Fashionistas are the stylish likenesses of a blind Barbie and her a mobility aid, and the line's first Black Barbie with Down syndrome, adding even more representative might to the toy brand's catalogue. The company's first Blind Barbie is the latest to come with both fashionable and functional accessories, including a white and red cane and sunglasses for eye protection, meant to embody the diversity of its real life friends. The company has released an array of simil

SAVE $60: As of July 23, get a pair of OnePlus Buds Pro 2 for $119.99 at Amazon. That's a 33% discount and the same price as their Prime Day discount.Opens in a new windowCredit: AmazonOnePlus Buds Pro 2$119.99 $179.99 Save $60.00Get DealLooking for a new pair of earbuds? You've got plenty of choices out there, including excellent picks from Apple and Bose. But if you want to go outside the box here and try something new, you could also opt for the OnePlus Buds Pro 2, another pair that offer noi

Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) plans to announce in a speech that he will bring the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) and the Children’s and Teens Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA 2.0) to the Senate floor this week for a procedural vote. This tees up the biggest step yet on the federal level to move forward with a law in the area of kids' online safety legislation.
“Over the past few months I’ve met with families from across the coun

Photo by Alex Wong / Getty Images Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) plans to announce in a speech that he will bring the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) and the Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA 2.0) to the Senate floor this week for a procedural vote. This tees up the biggest step yet on the federal level to move forward with a law in the area of children’s online safety legislation.
“Over the past few months I’ve met with families from acr

SAVE $60: The Amazfit GTR 4 smartwatch is on sale for just $139.99 at Amazon, down from the usual price of $199.99. That's a 30% discount and the lowest price we've ever seen at Amazon.Opens in a new windowCredit: AmazfitAmazfit GTR 4 smartwatch$139.99 at Amazon $199.99 Save $60.00Get DealWhile advances in technology continue to impress every day, the battery life on some essential gadgets can still feel lacking. If you've been sporting a smartwatch that can't make it through an entire day witho

Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge Apple continues to work on a foldable iPhone, which could arrive as early as 2026, according to a report from The Information. The phone is rumored to fold horizontally, like the clamshell-style Samsung Galaxy Z Flip.
In February, The Information reported that Apple was in the early stages of developing two folding iPhone prototypes. But now, it seems Apple may have settled on a design, as The Information says the device has an internal nickname, V68, indicating

The sun, in a heightened state of solar activity, has hurled a potent mass of material at Earth.This could mean glorious aurora, or Northern Lights, over parts of the U.S. on July 24, according to the federal government's Space Weather Prediction Center.The inciting event, which occurred on July 21, is intense but normal. It's called a coronal mass ejection, or CME. These occur when the sun ejects a mass of super hot gas (plasma). "It's like scooping up a piece of the sun and ejecting it into sp

Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge There’s a new name in charge of Netflix’s ongoing gaming efforts. As Variety reports, the streamer has hired Alain Tascan as the new president of its gaming division, after he previously served as executive VP of game development at Fortnite maker Epic games. The news comes as the game division’s former boss, Mike Verdu, moved into a different role at Netflix focused on a new team “on the cutting edge of game innovation.”
In

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Summertime is prime travel time, but jetting around from place to place means more opportunities to lose your wallet, keys, and lug

It’s a common saying that the eyes are the windows to the soul. Now, researchers claim that they can also reveal deepfakes with the help of tools that study galaxies  — by looking at eyeballs.  According to the research by Adejumoke Owolabi, master’s student at the University of Hull in the UK, it’s all about how the light is reflected in the eyes. Working together with Kevin Pimbblet, astrophysics professor and director of the Centre of Excellence for Data Sci

SAVE $100: Snag the Bella Pro Slim espresso machine for just $49.99, down from the usual price of $149.99, at Best Buy. That's a 66% discount.Opens in a new windowCredit: BellaBella Pro Series Slim espresso machine$49.99 at Best Buy $149.99 Save $100.00Get DealEspressos are delightful (and necessary for some of us), but if you want to get one on the daily from your local coffee shop, it can be quite an expensive habit. The alternative is to get an espresso machine, which is an economical way to

Image: Activision Microsoft is bringing last year’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III to Xbox Game Pass later this month. The announcement comes just weeks after Microsoft revealed price hikes for its subscription service. It’s the first time a Call of Duty game will be available on Game Pass, and it’s the last in Activision’s franchise to have PlayStation-exclusive content now that Microsoft owns Activision Blizzard.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III will be available for

PRE-ORDER NOW: On July 23, iRobot announced a new flagship robot vacuum and mop that finally comes with a self-cleaning station: the Roomba Combo 10 Max robot and AutoWash dock. It is available to pre-order now for $1,399.99 and will start shipping in early August.Opens in a new windowCredit: iRobotRoomba Combo 10 Max Robot + AutoWash Dock$1,399.99 at iRobot Pre-Order HereWe hope the likes of Roborock, Ecovacs, and Narwal fully enjoyed the peace of having a leg up on iRobot for the past year. Be

You can power up to six devices with Sharge’s new charging station. | Image: Sharge Sharge’s new 100W charging station falls somewhere between a compact multi-port USB charger and a plastic power strip. Designed with a small footprint so it can live on a desk and stay easily accessible, it delivers enough USB-C power to keep laptops charged while also accommodating hardware dependent on a three-prong plug.
The charging station can deliver up to 100W of power across four USB ports. If

You can power up to six devices with Sharge’s new charging station. | Image: Sharge Sharge’s new 100W charging station falls somewhere between a compact multi-port USB charger and a plastic power strip. Designed with a small footprint so it can live on a desk and stay easily accessible, it delivers enough USB-C power to keep laptops charged while also accommodating hardware dependent on a three-prong plug.
The charging station can deliver up to 100W of power across four USB ports. If

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If you missed out on Prime Day 2024, all hope is not lost. We were still able to wrangle a few great deals at Amazon a week after

Photo by Harun Ozalp / Anadolu via Getty Images On Friday morning, shortly after midnight in New York, disaster started to unfold around the world. In Australia, shoppers were met with Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) messages at self-checkout aisles. In the UK, Sky News had to suspend its broadcast after servers and PCs started crashing. In Hong Kong and India, airport check-in desks began to fail. By the time morning rolled around in New York, millions of Windows computers had crashed, and a global

SAVE $80: The Google Pixel Watch 2 (WiFi) is on sale at Amazon for just $269.99, down from the usual price of $349.99. That's a 23% discount and the lowest we've seen at Amazon. Opens in a new windowCredit: GoogleGoogle Pixel Watch 2 (black case, black band, WiFi)$269.99 at Amazon $349.99 Save $80.00Get DealPrime Day officially left us last week, but Amazon is still wowing us with epic discounts. Today's price drop includes a deal that'll appeal to Android users who are in need of a new smartwat

It’s a taunt that’s reiterated to the point of cliché: Europe is a good place to start a tech business, but a bad place to scale one up. The causes are contentious but their impact is undeniable. None of the 10 most valuable tech firms in the world are in Europe. The US, meanwhile, is home to eight of them. Inevitably, that builds dependencies on digital services from across the Atlantic. Our businesses, our public services, and our critical infrastructure all depend on