Tennis is going on offense to stop 'obnoxious' pickleball's rise

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A man in a purple shirt kneeling down to hit a backhand while playing in a pickleball tournament in Ohio in May.
A pickleball tournament in May.

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  • 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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Apple earnings: What investors should know about recent revenues, profits

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Tim Cook talks legacy with Marques Brownlee

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

NASA’s Pioneering Solar Sail Mission Is Stuck

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NASA's Solar Sail

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.

Jack Smith hits Trump with revised January 6, 2021 indictment that's narrowed to avoid presidential immunity trouble

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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 Apple Watch Ultra 2 is $100 off ahead of Apple’s next hardware event

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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

Meet the ex-Goldman Sachs partner behind the scenes of the Skydance-Paramount deal

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Gerry Cardinale at RedBird's Manhattan office.

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  • 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.

After months of negotiations and fending off

Tesla investor Ross Gerber says he can't get rid of his used Tesla. Here's why Musk's cars aren't retaining value like they used to.

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A Tesla Model 3 on the assembly line at the Tesla factory in Fremont, California.

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  • 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.

Longtime Tesla investor Ross Gerber has sold about half his stake in the

Google Meet’s automatic AI note-taking is here

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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