Vivi Ornitier has had a hell of a ride these past few months. It was easily one of the most hyped cards from Final Fantasy during preview season. On release, it proved to be even better than anyone expected. The card has had an iron grip on Standard ever since, and still sits comfortably at the top of the metagame. …
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While players like Lamar Jackson, Derrick Henry and Brock Bowers looked like the stars that they are in Week 1, others like Dak Prescott, Ja’Marr Chase, T.J. Hockenson and Joe Burrow underperformed. While the latter group should still find its way into Week 2 Fantasy football lineups, one hopefully picked up on some trends and tendencies in the opener that …
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On Tuesday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics published a revision of its latest job numbers, a report that shows just how far off its estimates of overall employment were from reality. The latest data just confirms what many already suspected—that the situation is worse than we thought. There’s something incredibly wrong at BLS, and for the sake of our economy, …
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One of the areas where Lions defensive coordinator Kelvin Sheppard thought his defense played particularly well last week after watching the tape was keeping Packers quarterback Jordan Love in the pocket and not allowing him to make plays with his legs. “I want to give credit to our guys of not letting this guy out of the pocket,” Sheppard said …
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A renowned biochemist has identified what she calls the “gold standard” exercise routine that could turn back the clock on your heart by up to two decades, taking less than an hour to complete and needing to be performed just once or twice weekly. Dr. Rhonda Patrick, a prominent researcher with a Ph.D. in Biomedical Science from the University of …
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A new particle detector has passed a crucial test that shows it is ready to detect the “ashes” left over from a unique primordial soup that filled the universe immediately after the Big Bang. The sPHENIX detector is the latest experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) ring accelerator located at Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, New York. The …
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Dolby has announced the features of Dolby Vision 2, its successor to the popular Dolby Vision HDR format. Whereas the original Dolby Vision was meant to give creators the ability to finely tune exactly how TVs present content in HDR, Dolby Vision 2 appears to significantly broaden that feature to include motion handling as well—and it also tries to bridge …
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One of the mantras in Detroit Lions 2025 training camp has been: “The standard is the standard.” We’ve heard that phrase repeated multiple times throughout camp, from both coaches and players. On Thursday, Lions General Manager Brad Holmes spoke with the media about the Lions’ recent cutdowns and why the team made the decision to keep only 50 players on …
Read More »Microsoft brings Xbox Cloud Gaming to Game Pass Standard and Core TrueAchievements Microsoft expands Xbox Cloud Gaming to Game Pass Core and Standard subscribers The Verge Xbox Game Pass users on cheaper tiers may be getting this big feature soon Windows Central Xbox Insiders On Cheaper Game Pass Tiers Can Now Stream More Cloud Games And Access PC Versions of (Some of) the …
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Microsoft is expanding its Xbox Cloud Gaming technology to Xbox Game Pass Core or Standard subscribers, dropping the requirement for the highest tier Xbox Game Pass Ultimate for access to cloud games. As part of an Xbox Insider test, Microsoft is also providing access to some PC games for Game Pass Core and Standard subscribers. Microsoft currently restricts access to …
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