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Amid a surge of political misinformation across the internet, X (formerly Twitter) CEO Elon Musk has taken to his own platform to share a manipulated video of Kamala Harris' presidential campaign video. The Tesla founder and billionaire reposted the video Friday afternoon featuring an AI voice of Vice President Harris calling herself the "ultimate diversity hire."Tweet may have been deletedThe video, a "parody" created by right-wing YouTuber Mr. Reagan, is a re-edited version of Harris' "We Choo

Robert Downey Jr. is returning to Marvel — this time as an MCU villain.Marvel and RDJ revealed the surprise at the end of the franchise's panel at Comic-Con on Saturday, Deadline and others reported. Previously, Downey Jr. played Iron Man from 2008's Iron Man to 2019's Avengers: Endgame (when, not to spoil a five-year-old movie, but he died). Now, he'll play villain Victor Von Doom aka Doctor Doom in Avengers: Doomsday.Tweet may have been deletedAs Polygon reported, in 2022 Marvel announce

Image: Samar Haddad for The Verge It’s one of the most common low-stakes annoyances in modern life: you flop down on the couch at the end of the day, finally with a few minutes to watch one of the dozens of incredible shows or movies you have access to thanks to the peak TV era and the advent of streaming, and you start scrolling. Instead of actually watching anything, you spend an interminable evening opening apps, aimlessly scrolling through endless rows of same-looking tiles. You eventu

The Mini is a bite-sized version of The New York Times' revered daily crossword. While the crossword is a lengthier experience that requires both knowledge and patience to complete, The Mini is an entirely different vibe.With only a handful of clues to answer, the daily puzzle doubles as a speed-running test for many who play it.So, when a tricky clue disrupts a player's flow, it can be frustrating! If you find yourself stumped playing The Mini — much like with Wordle and Connections &mdas

Image: David Pierce / The Verge Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 47, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, so psyched you found us, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.)This week, I’ve been reading about Skibidi Toilet and the future of mall brands and the legacy of Bell Labs, watching Dirty Pop and catching up on Cobra Kai, downloading every single podcast episode mentioned in this excellent Redd

TL;DR: Live stream Coco Gauff at Paris 2024 for free on BBC iPlayer. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.Coco Gauff has become the American sweetheart of women's tennis — a hugely exciting fan favorite. She's won big on home soil, having captured the 2023 US Open, but hasn't yet won a major prize overseas. Is Paris 2024 the event that changes that?Gauff is competing in both the women's singles, as well as teaming with Jessica Pegula in the women's

TL;DR: Live stream Andy Murray at Paris 2024 for free on BBC iPlayer. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.Paris 2024 is a major moment for British tennis star Andy Murray. The Scot has announced that he will be retire after the event, marking the end of a career that saw him win two Wimbledon men's titles and the US Open. Murray has also withdrawn from singles competition at Paris and will concentrate solely on the men's doubles with partner Dan Evans.

TL;DR: Live stream LeBron James at Paris 2024 for free on BBC iPlayer. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.LeBron James has done it all in basketball. The Lakers forward is a four-time NBA champion, a four-time NBA MVP, and a two-time gold medalist (among other achievements). But can "King James" do it again as part of Team USA at Paris 2024? USA are favorites to win overall, having taken the gold medals nine times previously. An incredible feat on the

TL;DR: Live stream the USA's basketball games at Paris 2024 for free on BBC iPlayer. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.If you're one of many hooked by all the action at Paris 2024, we know basketball is one sport you won't want to miss. With many talented players competing from around the world, one team you'll want to watch is the USA.There are plenty of games to keep track of, so if you want to watch all of the USA's basketball games at Paris 2024 f

If you're reading this, you're looking for a little help playing Strands, the New York Times' elevated word-search game.By providing an opaque hint and not providing the word list, Strands creates a brain-teasing game that takes a little longer to play than its other games, like Wordle and Connections.SEE ALSO:Wordle today: Here's the answer hints for July 28 SEE ALSO:NYT Connections today: See hints and answers for July 28
If you're feeling stuck or just don't have 10 or more minutes to figure

Connections is the latest New York Times word game that's captured the public's attention. The game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle.If you just want to be told today's puzzle, you can jump to the end of this article for July 28's Connections solution. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, kee

TL;DR: Live stream Spain's basketball games at Paris 2024 for free on BBC iPlayer. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.Paris 2024 is now well underway, and there's plenty to keep track of. If you're a basketball lover, you won't want to miss any of the matches. Spain is just one of the many teams competing, and to help you keep on top of games, we've made a list of all of their games to watch.So, if you want to watch Spain's basketball games at Paris 20

TL;DR: Live stream Serbia's basketball games at Paris 2024 for free on BBC iPlayer. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.Paris 2024 is well underway, and there's, plenty to keep track of. For basketball fans, there are a number of fantastic teams competing, and a long list of great matches to tune in to. One of the many teams competing is Serbia, and to help you keep on top of games, we've made a list of all of their games to watch.If you want to watch S

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TL;DR: Through July 28, get a Microsoft Visio 2021 lifetime license for Windows on sale for £15.51 (save 92%). Once you set this up on your device, your license will never expire.While we all love the classic suite of Microsoft Office apps — Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and their siblings — you might be missing out on other tools if you’ve never expanded your Microsoft repertoire. We’d like to introduce you to Visio, an app that helps you build diagrams and flowcha

Photo by Tristan Fewings / Getty Images Following reports that the Russo brothers were in talks to helm more features for Marvel, the studio confirmed at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con that the pair will be directing two newAvengers films.
During Marvel’s Hall H panel at San Diego Comic-Con, the studio announced that the Russo brothers have signed on to direct Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars — the former of which will see Robert Downey Jr, return to the MCU as Doc

Image: Apple The end of the world just got a little closer. Apple confirmed that the much-anticipated second season of its postapocalyptic series Silo will start streaming on November 15th.
Silo premiered last May and was renewed before the first season finished. Apple first teased season 2, alongside the return of Severance, at WWDC 2024. (Severance’s second season will start streaming in January.)
Based on the trilogy of novels by Hugh Howey, Silo is set in the distant future and follows