Amid growing buzz on social media about a “global blackout” tied to a total solar eclipse on August 2, 2025, astronomers have clarified that the much-anticipated celestial event will in fact occur on August 2, 2027, when the Moon will briefly plunge parts of Earth into darkness during what experts call the longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century. …
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Image: Nintendo Following three updates in June, Mario Kart World‘s first (and probably last) update for July 2025 is now live. This might just be the biggest one yet, as it includes a whole bunch of general updates as well as multiple bug fixes. One, in particular, mentions how the frequency of “lap-type courses” has been increased. Another note mentions …
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Mario Kart World just received a big update with version 1.2.0. One of the takeaways is that Nintendo has increased the frequency of lap-type courses that appear when choosing the next course in “VS Race” and wireless races. This was previously changed, and saw some controversy. Nintendo seems to have swung things back a bit in response. There’s plenty of …
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First Vlad Tenev blew up the brokerage industry’s fee model. Now, thanks in part to his full-on crypto embrace, he has increased his fortune sixfold to $6 billion as he embarks on a global financial services takeover with tokenized stocks, AI-powered investing and a bid to own the rails of the looming $124 trillion generational wealth transfer. Crypto financiers might …
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Tuesday was the third day of the World Junior Summer Showcase to help determine the rosters for the United States, Canada, Finland and Sweden at the 2026 IIHF World Junior Championship, to be held in St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, from Dec. 26-Jan. 5. MINNEAPOLIS — There’s moments Finland goalie Petteri Rimpinen (Los Angeles Kings) still has flashbacks of the …
Read More »Nobody swims the 1500m freestyle better than Katie Ledecky. The American turned in yet another dominant performance Tuesday, winning the event at the World Aquatics Championships with one of her best times. Ledecky finished the race in 15:26:44. That was five seconds better than Simona Quadarella, who took silver Tuesday. Lani Pallister finished third. Advertisement Ledecky trailed Pallister early in …
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The boss of World Rugby has rejected Australia coach Joe Schmidt’s claim that the decision at the end of the second Test against the British and Irish Lions contravened the sport’s player welfare drive. The officials decided not to overturn Hugo Keenan’s series-winning try after reviewing a clearout in the build-up from flanker Jac Morgan as the Lions snatched a …
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Spain composed themselves, waited for the right moment, and then calmly passed between England’s lines. But this isn’t an analysis of the tactical battle. It was the scene at 9pm at St Jakob Park when England formed a guard of honour, clapping Spain through to receive their runners-up medals. Somehow, England had done it again. “We were better,” said Spain …
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Monday was the second day of the World Junior Summer Showcase to help determine the rosters for the United States, Canada, Finland and Sweden at the 2026 IIHF World Junior Championship, to be held in Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, from Dec. 26-Jan. 5. MINNEAPOLIS — Matthew Schaefer had a jump in his step and a twinkle in his eye …
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Gretchen Walsh won her first individual long course world title by nearly breaking her own 100m butterfly world record. Walsh clocked 54.73 seconds at the World Swimming Championships, just off her own record of 54.60 from May 3. She owns the top eight times in history. She prevailed Monday over Belgian Roos Vanotterdijk (1.11 seconds behind, the second-largest margin in …
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