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Image: Fubo Fubo has raised its English-language streaming plan prices by $5 each, with a Fubo spokesperson citing “rising costs from our programming partners,” reported The Streamable yesterday. Fubo’s Essential and Pro plans now start at $85 a month, while its Elite plan has gone up to $95 monthly.“We only make adjustments when necessary,” a Fubo spokesperson said to The Streamable, “and we’re committed to keeping Fubo competitive while ensuring our su

Photo by Tom Warren / The Verge The next generation of Nvidia GPUs is almost here. Nvidia’s RTX 50-series GPUs are just around the corner, with the first releases — the RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 — dropping on January 30th. The RTX 5070 Ti and RTX 5070 will follow that with their own releases in February, but some are already getting a sneak peek at the GPUs’ software benefits through DLSS 4.
Tom Warren’s Verge review of the $1,999 RTX 5090 indicates it’s expectedl

Social platform X is "barely breaking even," owner Elon Musk emailed employees, the Wall Street Journal reported."Our user growth is stagnant, revenue is unimpressive, and we're barely breaking even," Musk reportedly said. In a story about banks preparing to sell billions of dollars in debt borrowed by X, WSJ printed other parts of the email: "Over the last few months, we've witnessed the power of X in shaping national conversations and outcomes...We are also seeing other platforms begin to adop

Meta platforms Instagram and Facebook blocked and hid posts by abortion pill providers, the New York Times reported. The company confirmed to the Times that it blurred some posts and suspended some providers' accounts. The actions have reportedly ramped up this week following Trump's inauguration. SEE ALSO:Report: Meta's fact checking program failed to spot most disinformation
This month, before the inauguration, Meta made several major changes to its platforms, including removing fact-checks an

On Friday, Mark Zuckerberg announced a $60-65 billion investment into Meta AI. "This will be a defining year for AI," Zuckerberg wrote in a Facebook post detailing the investment. "In 2025, I expect Meta AI will be the leading assistant serving more than 1 billion people, Llama 4 will become the leading state of the art model, and we'll build an AI engineer that will start contributing increasing amounts of code to our R&D [research and development] efforts."SEE ALSO:Mark Zuckerberg wants mo

The day after Inauguration Day, Oklahoma Senator Dusty Deevers introduced a slate of legislation to "restore moral sanity" to the state, including criminalizing pornography.The bill, SB593, would prohibit pornography, and those who produce, distribute, or possess porn in the state would face up to 10 years in prison. Project 2025 (the conservative policy wishlist for Trump's second term) calls for exactly this: a ban on pornography and the imprisonment of its creators.Oklahoma already has a

Image: Second Dinner Mobile card game Marvel Snap is coming back to app stores, starting with Google Play. That’s according to Developer Second Dinner, which announced yesterday it was starting the process of restoring the game to Google’s Android app store at 6PM PT / 3PM ET that day. The developer said in another post it expects the game to return to both Google’s and Apple’s app stores “as early as next week.”Marvel Snap was caught up in the TikTok outage l

It’s all about the vibes. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge There are a lot — and I mean a LOT — of fitness trackers out there, many of which can provide a surprising amount of insight into your health and fitness. That being said, the bare-bones Casio WS-B1000, which is currently on sale at Amazon and Walmart for an all-time low of $39.10 (about $17 off), is not exactly one of them.At its core, the WS-B1000 is a lightweight wristwatch with some basic smarts, retro

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: Letibus Design and Icedrop Games At a glance, Lok Digital seems like another cute and clever word game, a perfect distraction to keep on your phone for idle moments. But look closer, and it’s clear something just isn’t right. Yes, it’s a game about creating words to fill out a puzzle board. Except those words aren’t actually real — and they all have special powers. Think of it like an alien take on Scrabble. It takes a while to wrap your head around, but Lok&

An uncrewed spacecraft just snapped an iconic portrait of the blue marble from space. Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander, a private spacecraft hired by NASA to take experiments to the moon, is flying laps around Earth right now as it gears up for its first attempt at a lunar touchdown. Blue Ghost captured the Earth image, shown below, during its second engine burn — the first that must be successfully achieved in order to get to the moon, some 239,000 miles away. The spacecraf

The car-sized Curiosity rover has spotted evidence of once quite hospitable environs on Mars.As shown in the imagery below, the NASA robot investigated dried-up lake beds and captured views of ripple formations on their ancient shorelines. Like on Earth, these ripples were almost certainly formed by small waves on open-air (not ice-covered) lakes, planetary scientists say. It provides evidence that Mars was warm, wet, and habitable at a time some research suggests the planet started cooling and

On its surface, Pee-wee as Himself is a loving two-part documentary looking at the life of the late Paul Reubens, the brilliant comic mind behind the iconic Pee-wee Herman. However, even from the film's opening moments, the battle is clear between subject and director. Reubens sits before a camera, looking straight down the lens, and speaking to his annoyance that his perspective may not be the dominant one in the finished product. "It turns out you're not supposed to control your own documentar

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TL;DR: Live stream Washington Wizards vs. Phoenix Suns in the NBA with FuboTV, Sling TV, or YouTube TV.The Washington Wizards head to Footprint Center to face the Phoenix Suns in a non-conference matchup. The Wizards are 6-36, which puts them in last place in the Eastern Conference. The Suns are 22-21, which puts them in 10th place in the Western Conference.The Wizards have lost 11 consecutive games. The last time the team won a game was against the Chicago Bulls on Jan. 1. The Suns have won thr

TL;DR: Live stream Sacramento Kings vs. New York Knicks in the NBA with FuboTV, Sling TV, or YouTube TV.The Sacramento Kings head to Madison Square Garden to face the New York Knicks in a non-conference matchup. The Kings are 23-20, which puts them in seventh place in the Western Conference. The Knicks are 29-16, which puts them in third place in the Eastern Conference. The Kings have won four of their last five games, and are coming off three consecutive wins over the Golden State Warriors, Was

TL;DR: Live stream Philadelphia 76ers vs. Chicago Bulls in the NBA with FuboTV, Sling TV, or YouTube TV.The Philadelphia 76ers head to United Center to face the Chicago Bulls in an Eastern Conference matchup. The Sixers are 15-27, which puts them in 11th place. The Bulls are 19-25, which puts them in 12th place.The Sixers have lost eight consecutive games. The Bulls have lost four of their last five games, but are coming off a win over the LA Clippers. When is Philadelphia 76ers vs. Chicago Bull

TL;DR: Live stream Milwaukee Bucks vs. LA Clippers in the NBA with FuboTV, Sling TV, or YouTube TV.The Milwaukee Bucks head to Intuit Dome to face the LA Clippers in a non-conference matchup. The Bucks are 25-17, which puts them in fourth place in the Eastern Conference. The Clippers are 24-19, which puts them in sixth place in the Western Conference. The Bucks have won five consecutive games. That run includes a game against the New Orleans Pelicans that was postponed. The Clippers have won thr

TL;DR: Live stream Miami Heat vs. Brooklyn Nets in the NBA with FuboTV, Sling TV, or YouTube TV.The Miami Heat head to Barclays Center to face the Brooklyn Nets in an Eastern Conference matchup. The Heat are 21-21, which puts them in ninth place. The Nets are 14-31, which puts them in 12th place. The Heat have lost four of their last five games, and are coming off a loss to the Portland Trail Blazers. The Nets have lost five consecutive games. When is Miami Heat vs. Brooklyn Nets?Miami Heat vs.

TL;DR: Live stream Los Angeles Lakers vs. Golden State Warriors in the NBA with FuboTV, Sling TV, or YouTube TV.The Los Angeles Lakers head to Chase Center to face the Golden State Warriors in a Western Conference matchup. The Lakers are 23-18, which puts them in fifth place. The Warriors are 21-22, which puts them in 11th place.The Lakers have won three of their last five games, and are coming off a win over the Washington Wizards. The Warriors have lost three of their last five games, and are

TL;DR: Live stream Cruz Azul vs. Puebla in Liga MX on FuboTV.Cruz Azul and Puebla have made poor starts to the Clausura, but there is still plenty of time to turn things around. And that starts with this matchup, with both teams looking to secure their first win of the campaign.If you're looking for the best way to live stream Cruz Azul vs. Puebla in Liga MX from anywhere in the world, we have all the information you need.When is Cruz Azul vs. Puebla?Cruz Azul vs. Puebla in Liga MX starts at 6 p

TL;DR: Live stream Boston Celtics vs. Dallas Mavericks in the NBA with FuboTV, Sling TV, or YouTube TV.The Boston Celtics head to American Airlines Center to face the Dallas Mavericks in a non-conference matchup. The Celtics are 31-13, which puts them in second place in the Eastern Conference. The Mavs are 23-21, which puts them in ninth place in the Western Conference. The Celtics have won three of their last five games, and are coming off back-to-back wins over the LA Clippers and Golden State

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A decapitated train conductor is said to prowl a section of railroad in Maco Station, North Carolina, illuminating the tracks with a lantern. But this ghost is far from the only reported rail sighting in the U.S. "There's a recurring theme. There are ghosts reported along railroad tracks holding lanterns," U.S. Geological Survey seismologist Susan Hough told Mashable.While investigating the 1886 quake in Charleston, South Carolina — a potent 7.0 temblor that collapsed buildings and killed

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This content originally appeared on Mashable for a US audience and has been adapted for the UK audience.Either you've got a Bluetooth speaker and it's time to upgrade, or you haven't got one and you're woefully behind the times. In either case, it's time to splash out on a decent Bluetooth speaker. In this world of synced devices and endless connectivity, it's a must-have device. Particularly if most of your music is streamed from a playlist.A Bluetooth speaker can integrate perfectly into a sma

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Oh hey there! If you're here, it must be time for Wordle. As always, we're serving up our daily hints and tips to help you figure out today's answer.If you just want to be told today's word, you can jump to the bottom of this article for today's Wordle solution revealed. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you.SEE ALSO:Mahjong, Sudoku, free crossword, and more: Play games on Mashable SEE ALSO:NYT Connections today: Hints and answers

If you're reading this, you're looking for a little help playing Strands, the New York Times' elevated word-search game.Strands requires the player to perform a twist on the classic word search. Words can be made from linked letters — up, down, left, right, or diagonal, but words can also change direction, resulting in quirky shapes and patterns. Every single letter in the grid will be part of an answer. There's always a theme linking every solution, along with the "spangram," a special, w