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- Comcast's NBCUniversal sued Group Black, a firm created to direct ad dollars to Black-owned media.
- The suit alleges Group Black owes NBCU $35.8 million, stemming from an ad partnership.
- "We dispute the claims made by NBCUniversal and intend to respond through the appropriate legal process," Group Black said.
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Netflix has been in the game adaptation business for a while now, but until recently most of its attention had been on adapting video games. That’s still very much happening, but the streaming giant is also now buying up rights for board game IP too, with the latest being Asmodee’s Ticket to Ride.
Netflix will look to greenlight a number of projects spanning TV, film and "additional formats," it
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- Ukraine's internal security agency carried out two drone attacks inside Russia on Monday night, an official said.
- The SBU attacks targeted a major Black Sea oil terminal and a plant making components for explosives.
- They mark Ukraine's latest long-range strikes as it continues to

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ExpressVPN is back on sale again, and its two-year plans are up to 81 percent off right now. You can get the Advanced tier for $88 for 28 months. This is marked down from the $392 that this time frame normally costs. On a per-month basis, it works out to roughly $3.14 for the promo period.
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- The NFL is one of the biggest businesses in the world.
- Jerry Jones' Dallas Cowboys are the most valuable sports team in the world, worth $13 billion.
- The New England Patriots have won six Super Bowls under owner Robert Kraft's tenure.
Jody Allen just presided over a Super Bowl victory with the Seattle Seahawks' win, but

There are some stories the internet collectively decides to care about.
This week, it's a little monkey named Punch.
Punch — or more colloquially, Punch-kun — is a baby macaque at Ichikawa City Zoo in Chiba, Japan, near Tokyo. Born in July 2025, he was rejected by his mother shortly after birth. In the wild, that would have meant certain death. At the zoo, where Punch was raised through hand-rearing
Web designers of the world: The Automattic-owned WordPress.com is further embracing AI on its platform. On Tuesday, it expanded its one-off AI site builder into a persistent AI assistant for editing and media creation.
In the site editor, the AI assistant can help with site-wide structure and design choices. For example, you can ask the chatbot to "give me more font options that feel clean and

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