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If you’ve been busy dancing on the grave of Meta’s failed metaverse, I’m going to have to ask you to pause for a moment. In fact, you may just want to sit down and rest your non-virtual legs, because I have some things to tell you and they involve (sigh)… more metaverses. As Google and Epic come to a resolution on how the new app store policies will work (bye-bye 30% fee), they also appear to be interested in doing business—business that pertains to creating even more virtual worlds for people to not give a single sh*t about. As noted…

Getty Images This season of Big Ten women’s basketball has featured must-watch games and a deep pool of talent. The conference is now getting together for the Big Ten Tournament this week at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Action tipped off Wednesday afternoon, and Sunday’s championship game airs on CBS.UCLA was the outright champion of the conference regular season title after completing the first perfect Big Ten season in more than a decade. The Bruins are the No. 1 seed for the conference tournament and have likely already locked in a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament.Iowa is the No.…

If you were having issues shopping on Amazon or loading your playlists on Amazon Music on Thursday, you weren’t alone. For over three hours today, Downdetector showed a sizable spike in people reporting issues with checkout, search, and logging in. The problem seemed to be affecting both the site and the mobile apps. But an Amazon spokesperson tells The Verge that the issues are now fixed.“We’re sorry that some customers may have temporarily experienced issues while shopping,” Amazon spokesperson Jennie Bryant says in a statement. “We have resolved the issue, which was related to a software code deployment, and website…

A Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) soldier stands guard in front of the National Museum of China in Beijing on March 3, 2025, ahead of the country’s annual legislative meetings known as the “Two Sessions.”Pedro Pardo | Afp | Getty ImagesChina has set its lowest growth target in decades, acknowledging domestic challenges and pointing to global uncertainty, while keeping some stimulus measures in place to counter a possible ramp up in external shocks.Beijing on Thursday announced its GDP growth target for 2026 at 4.5% to 5%, the least ambitious goal since early 1990s. The lower target range leaves room for…

We independently select these products—if you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. All prices were accurate at the time of publishing.I love spending time in my kitchen, but I struggle with keeping it tidy. Specifically, my utility (or “junk”) drawer has always been a constant source of stress. It was a graveyard for bottle openers, scissors, mallets, meat thermometers, bottle toppers, scoops, metal straws, and more. I used to have a tough time finding anything, and I often got stabbed with sharp instruments while rummaging through the mess. Undoubtedly, these tools are too small for…

Today the US Senate unanimously passed proposed legislation known as COPPA 2.0. This measure, fully named the Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act, aims to create new protections for younger users online, such as blocking platforms from collecting their personal data without consent.COPPA 2.0 is a modernized take on the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998, attempting to address recent changes in common online activities, like targeted advertising, that could prove harmful to minors. Lawmakers have made several attempts to get this bipartisan bill through. While it has made varying amounts of headway in the Senate, none of…

 and Dan WetzelCloseDan WetzelESPNDan Wetzel is a senior writer focused on investigative reporting, news analysis and feature storytelling.Multiple AuthorsMar 5, 2026, 05:08 PM ETThe NCAA is appealing the preliminary injunction that a state court in Mississippi granted to Ole Miss quarterback Trinidad Chambliss that paved his way to be eligible for a sixth college season in 2026.In a filing in the Mississippi Supreme Court on Thursday, the NCAA is appealing the injunction, claiming that the organization “has final decision-making authority in the interpretation and application of its eligibility rules.”Editor’s Picks2 RelatedIn the 658-page filing on Thursday, the NCAA argues that it…

Zoë Schiffer: Emil Michael, you should turn off your views on LinkedIn because people can see when they look at your phone.Brian Barrett: Yeah, that’s a tip for Emil Michael if you’re listening. And then, if you listen to Uncanny Valley, which you should.Leah Feiger: And this is really the Trump official that’s kind of leading the war against Anthropic here. He has these deep ties to the tech world and he’s the Pentagon’s public enemy number one of anyone who’s trying to cross the Pentagon. So the fact that, one, he has not maybe the best op sec in…

If Ralph Lauren was a bartender, who could ever stay off the sauce? Happily for us his infinite flair for creative mixology is dedicated to crafting intoxicating new flavors in fashion. This season’s womenswear Polo collection was another example of his endless capacity for stimulating taste.“This was very much inspired by Ralph himself in the 1970s in New York City, and also by some of his very early womenswear collections,” said Karen Brown Brody, who works under Lauren’s direction as senior brand creative director for women’s Polo. Brown Brody reported that Lauren had been fine-tuning today’s lineup from New York…

On February 28, United States and Israeli forces launched a series of strikes on Iran, kicking off turmoil in the Middle East.Pete Hegseth, the secretary of the Department of Defense, said in a recent press conference that the operation could last as long as eight weeks. President Donald Trump himself said in a press conference on March 2 that the administration projected the operation would last four or five weeks but had “the capability to go far longer than that.”This week Iran has responded in turn, attacking Israel, regional US embassies and military bases, and other sites across the Middle…