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Fans who want to see the NBA Finals in person will have to pay steep prices.
  • NBA Finals tickets are averaging $4,150, the highest since TicketIQ began tracking in 2011.
  • Big cities and star players like Luka Dončić and Jayson Tatum appear to be pushing prices higher.
  • This year's prices are 79% higher than 2023.

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United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivers a special address on climate action at the American Museum of Natural History on World Environment Day in New York on June 5th, 2024. | Photo: Getty Images

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres called for an end to fossil fuel advertising yesterday in a fiery call to action following the release of



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Netflix is testing a big homepage redesign on its TV app. The new look replaces the static tiles containing the shows and movies you want to watch with boxes that extend as soon as your remote lands on them.

It’s a change from how Netflix’s existing homepage works, which currently surfaces a title’s trailer and other information at the very top of its



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A particular type of bird flu has now killed its first human. On Wednesday, Mexican health officials and the World Health Organization announced a confirmed case of H5N2 avian influenza in a 59-year-old man, who subsequently died from complications of the infection. The incident is the first lab-confirmed case and…

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Niantic's skating sim Skatrix Pro just got a beefy update for Apple Vision Pro that adds room-scale mixed reality gameplay, among other features. This means that the little skater boi avatar is free to roam the living room, doing gnarly tricks on your furniture.

Skatrix Pro was a day-one release for Apple Vision Pro and was co-developed with Reality Crisis, but the full mixed reality gameplay wasn



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A Ukrainian naval drone approaches a Russian tugboat in the Black Sea.
  • Ukrainian special forces on Thursday used naval drones to hunt down a Russian tugboat near Crimea.
  • Kyiv in recent weeks has been forced to go after smaller Russian vessels in the Black Sea.
  • Moscow has pulled back its larger warships to reduce their vulnerability to



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The Tesla Cybertruck might be little more than a punchline after six months on the road, but that hasn’t stopped people from celebrating Elon Musk’s vision for the future. So we shouldn’t be surprised that some folks want to turn the Cybertruck into a cop car and have even designed modifications to make that a…

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The "Home Alone" house listed for $5.25 million and sold in less than a week.
  • The house from the 1990 movie "Home Alone" has found a buyer in less than a week.
  • The owners bought the five-bedroom home for $1.6 million in 2012 and listed it for $5.25 million.
  • The house's iconic exterior is unchanged, but the interior has been



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Flat-top griddles are insanely popular. Even if an aspiring grill master prefers charcoal or pellets for their main machine, chances are they’re packing a griddle for smash burgers, breakfast and other items that need an even surface. Or, at the very least, they have an insert that transforms a grill into a flat top. Griddles are versatile and they keep a lot of the mess of cooking things like