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A pickleball tournament in May.
  • The president of the USTA called the sound of pickleball play "obnoxious."
  • He said its encroachment on tennis courts is concerning.
  • The USTA is seeding a new game called Red Ball Tennis to recapture buzz.

The president of tennis' national governing body in America is peeved by the rise of pickleball — and the association now plans to seed a


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Tim Cook talks legacy with Marques Brownlee
  • Apple releases earnings quarterly.
  • On calls with investors, CEO Tim Cook addresses Apple's results and trajectory.
  • The Q3 2024 call was dominated by discussions about Apple Intelligence.

Apple, the tech powerhouse behind the iPhone, iPad, Mac, and more, and services like Apple TV+, Apple Music, and the App Store, releases its earnings



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The mission launched in April to test a cost-effective form of space travel that relies on the Sun, but it's not going as planned.



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  • Special counsel Jack Smith filed a revised election interference indictment against Donald Trump.
  • The new indictment removes some of Trump's alleged conduct that risked presidential immunity challenges.
  • He still faces the same four charges that were in the first indictment against him.

Former President Donald Trump was hit with a revised


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The heavily rumored Apple Watch Ultra 3 might feature a faster processor, but the current model is no slouch. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge

Apple’s next hardware event is officially set for September 9th at 1PM ET / 10AM PT. The forthcoming iPhone 16 is widely expected to be the star of the show, although if the rumors are to be believed, Apple will also



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Gerry Cardinale at RedBird's Manhattan office.
  • Skydance, the film studio owned by David Ellison, will merge with Paramount in an $8 billion deal.
  • Skydance's biggest backer is private equity firm RedBird, a top player in sports and media.
  • Meet the mastermind behind RedBird, ex-Goldman Sachs partner and Yankees dealmaker Gerry Cardinale.

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A Tesla Model 3 on the assembly line at the Tesla factory in Fremont, California.
  • Used Tesla prices have been in a freefall since 2022.
  • Price cuts and a dump from Hertz hastened the decline in Tesla's resale values.
  • It's another sign Tesla's dominance in the EV market is slipping.

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You might not have to worry about taking meeting notes ever again. | Image: Google

Google Meet’s newest AI-powered feature, “take notes for me,” has started rolling out today to Google Workspace customers with the Gemini Enterprise, Gemini Education Premium, or AI Meetings & Messaging add-ons. It’s similar to Meet’s transcription tool, only instead of automatically