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The newly verified X account for Iran’s supreme leader could be putting the company on the wrong side of US sanctions, according to a watchdog group. The Tech Transparency Project, which last month published a report on X granting premium perks to sanctioned officials in Iran, now says that the verified account for the country’s new leader raises fresh questions about the issue.The TTP notes that the X account for Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, appears to be paying for an X premium subscription despite being on the US government’s list of sanctioned individuals since 2019. As the group…

Imagn Images Kansas State is closing in on hiring Belmont’s Casey Alexander to be its next coach, CBS Sports’ Matt Norlander reports. Alexander is set to succeed Jerome Tang, who was fired last month after less than four seasons on the job.Alexander, 53, took over at Belmont in 2019. The Bruins finished with a 26-6 record (16-4 Missouri Valley Conference) and won the MVC regular season title before an upset loss to Drake in the quarterfinals of the conference tournament last week.The former Stetson and Lipscomb coach began his career as an assistant at Belmont in 1995 after playing for the…

Looking for a great set of computer speakers that still sound awesome? You can grab a pair of the IK Multimedia iLoud Micro Monitor desktop speakers in either black or white from Amazon for just $250, a $100 discount from their usual price. They’re a perfect pick for aspiring music producers, audiophiles, or anyone who just wants a premium audio experience while scrolling YouTube videos.IK MultimediaiLoud Micro MonitorOne thing that both our computer speaker reviewer and audio expert agree on is that these speakers sound awesome, particularly for their size and power. Because they’re intended to work as studio monitors,…

A US Air Force Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker aerial-refuelling aircraft flies over Tel Aviv on March 4, 2026. Jack Guez | Afp | Getty ImagesThe U.S. military said Thursday that a KC-135 military refueling plane was lost while flying over Iraq in an incident that was “not due to hostile or enemy fire.” The U.S. Central Command said in a statement that the incident involved two aircraft and occurred in friendly airspace. One of the aircraft went down in western Iraq, and the second landed safely, it added. “The incident occurred in friendly airspace during Operation Epic Fury, and rescue efforts…

Well, gang, now that we’ve had our fun with CBK’s minimalist little outfits, Ethel Kennedy being mean as hell, and the Narciso Rodriguez wedding dress, it’s time for the inevitable bummer sequence of John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette’s relationship: the part where paparazzi insanity drives a wedge between the lovebirds and basically keeps Carolyn confined to their loft, which is really giving The Yellow Wallpaper. (I recently read Once Upon a Time: The Captivating Life of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, the book that Love Story was based on, so I can vouch that this did really happen to some degree,…

A bipartisan privacy coalition in the United States Congress introduced legislation on Thursday that would impose a strict warrant requirement on the FBI’s backdoor searches of Americans’ communications, aligning federal law with a 2025 federal court ruling that found the warrantless practice unconstitutional.The bill, the Government Surveillance Reform Act of 2026, repeals controversial expansions of the government’s warrantless wiretapping authority while overhauling key aspects of federal surveillance law—setting up a showdown with the US intelligence community and its congressional allies weeks before a sweeping global spy program sunsets on April 20.Senators Ron Wyden and Mike Lee are leading the legislative…

Marc RaimondiCloseMarc RaimondiESPN Staff WriterMarc Raimondi’s first year covering the Falcons was 2024, but it wasn’t his first year at ESPN. He joined the company in 2019 and was a top combat sports reporter. He also covered professional wrestling and wrote the book “Say Hello to the Bad Guys: How Pro Wrestling’s New World Order Changed America,” which was published by Simon & Schuster in 2025. Raimondi also worked for the New York Post and Newsday, beginning in 2009, covering high school and college sports, plus the NFL, NFL, MLB and NHL. and Michael RothsteinCloseMichael RothsteinESPN Staff WriterMichael Rothstein, based in Atlanta,…

There’s a fun new way to watch YouTube: by channel surfing like a boomer with cable TV. This creative idea comes from London-based developer Steven Irby, who has just launched a web app called Channel Surfer, which presents interesting YouTube videos in an interface resembling a retro-looking TV guide. In the app, you can browse through different, topic-focused channels and click to tune in as if you were watching live TV. At launch, there are 40 of these custom-built “channels” to choose from, including those focused on general topics like news, politics, sports, and lifestyle content, as well as a…

Get ready to get even more K-pop, demonier, and as huntery as possible. Netflix’s smash-hit, Oscar-nominated animated film KPop Demon Hunters is returning for a sequel, with the fictional Korean girl group HUNTR/X coming back to lay down pop hits and smash evil boy bands (and/or other demons).Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans will once again direct this one, their first project in an “exclusive multiyear writing and directing partnership” with Netflix.Seeing as the first movie was Netflix’s self-reported most-popular film of all time, the company’s widest theatrical release and first ever box office No. 1, nominated in both the Best…

Sometimes the hardest part of the journey is simply believing you’re worthy of the trip. “Life hasn’t been the easiest on me lately. I won’t get into all the details now, but the tough times I’ve been living through have left me with many cracks. And although I’ve still managed to be a reasonably successful person, on most days I struggle desperately with my self-confidence. I just don’t feel good enough. I feel flawed. I feel like my cracks make me undesirable…” Those are the opening lines of an email I received recently from a new reader of our blog.…