Here’s why sneakers squeak on the basketball court
Tiny, repeating detachments between sole and floor — thousands of times a second — create the distinctive squeak heard on the court, data show.
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New York sues Valve, alleging its loot boxes are ‘quintessential gambling’
New York Attorney General Letitia James is suing Valve for “illegally promoting gambling” through the loot box systems it has built for video games like Counter-Strike 2, Team Fortress 2, and Dota 2, according to a press release. The attorney general seeks to “permanently stop Valve from promoting gambling features in its games, disgorge all…
Suns owner Mat Ishbia offers $1 million to 2027 All-Star 3-point, dunk winners
Getty Images Phoenix Suns owner Matt Ishbia has a plan to help improve the star quotient when his team hosts the NBA‘s All-Star weekend in 2027, and it’s a proposal that comes with a big financial boost. Ishbia joined The Pat McAfee Show at the NFL combine Wednesday, during which McAfee announced Ishbia’s idea: $1 million…
David Bowie’s daughter says she missed dad’s death when forced into rehab centre – National
David Bowie’s daughter, Alexandria “Lexi” Zahra Jones, claims she was sent away to a treatment centre when she was younger after her father was diagnosed with liver cancer. In a video posted to her Instagram, Jones, 25 — the daughter of the late singer and supermodel Iman — spoke about growing up with two famous parents….
Inside Tapalpa, the Town in Mexico Where El Mencho Made His Last Stand
Times reporters visiting Tapalpa found a serene town in shock after Sunday’s raid on its outskirts left dozens dead and people fleeing. And, surprisingly, no police or military presence where the battle took place.
Trump’s State of the Union speech made no mention of Make America Healthy Again
February 25, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Trump’s State of the Union speech made no mention of Make America Healthy Again On Tuesday the U.S. president largely steered clear of his administration’s health care agenda amid a broader push to downplay antivaccine efforts ahead of upcoming midterm elections By Tanya Lewis…
8 billion tokens a day forced AT&T to rethink AI orchestration — and cut costs by 90%
When your average daily token usage is 8 billion a day, you have a massive scale problem. This was the case at AT&T, and chief data officer Andy Markus and his team recognized that it simply wasn’t feasible (or economical) to push everything through large reasoning models. So, when building out an internal Ask AT&T…
How Dodgers’ Roki Sasaki looked in his first Cactus League start
p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Roki Sasaki took the mound Wednesday, looking to build off the success he enjoyed late last season, as he enters his second year with the Dodgers. It did not go smoothly, with Sasaki struggling to find the strike zone and getting hit hard by the Arizona Diamondbacks when he did….
Two marriage ceremonies for Rashmika Mandanna and Vijay Deverakonda
The Big Fat South Indian Wedding of Rashmika Mandanna and Vijay Deverakonda on February 26 promises to be special on many counts. A guest from the Udaipur venue revealed that the couple intends to go through two separate ceremonies. “The first wedding will be in the Telugu tradition while the second ceremony will be in…
AI’s Big Payoff Is Coordination, Not Automation
The technology can dramatically reduce the “translation” costs that keep teams, tools, and data from working together.