Jul 30, 2025, 09:03 AM ET SINGAPORE — Léon Marchand broke the world record in the 200-meter individual medley Wednesday at the world championships in Singapore, clocking 1 minute, 52.61 seconds, to surpass the 1:54.00 set in 2011 by American Ryan Lochte. The Frenchman set the mark swimming in the semifinals and, in theory, could break the record again in …
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Since November 2022, the world of AI has been near-synonymous with one tool and one tool alone: ChatGPT. Last week, we discovered that users pepper OpenAI’s chatbot with 2.5 billion prompts every day, according to newly released data from the company, while a staggering half a billion people every week interact with the chatbot. If social media was the marker …
Read More »It’s not a surprise that France’s Léon Marchand is one of the best swimmers in the world. Marchand won four gold medals at the 2024 Olympics, destroying the competition and announcing himself as a dominant force in the sport. He took that a step further Wednesday. Marchand set a new standard in the 200m individual medley Wednesday, not only beating …
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Solar Eclipse Rumors NASA Clarification is available. When will the next total solar eclipse happen, on August 2, 2025 or 2027? See the truth. A viral message has sparked fear and curiosity online, claiming the world will go dark on August 2, 2025, due to a total solar eclipse. Many posts suggest this rare event won’t repeat for a century. …
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A new version 1.2.1 update is now rolling out for Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury. Nintendo says some issues have regarding how the game plays on Switch 2 have been fixed. Nothing specific though, as usual. Regardless, here’s the official notice: Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury version 1.2.1 update patch notes General Fixed issue with the …
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Image: Nintendo Nintendo’s been updating games non-stop since the Switch 2 arrived in June and following multiple other updates this week, we’ve now got another patch for Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury. This bumps this Switch title up to Version 1.2.1 and follows on from a Switch 2 game update at the beginning of last month. Here’s the …
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Nintendo just reversed course on one of its most controversial changes to Mario Kart World, sorta. The Switch 2 maker just buffed the appearance rate of three-lap courses after previously nuking a sneaky workaround players had been exploiting to avoid the new game’s in-between driving sections. Somehow that’s not even the biggest change in the game’s first major update since …
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