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On Wednesday, Audible launched a new “immersion reading” feature that could help readers concentrate on their audiobooks by allowing them to read along with the ebook version. While listening to an audiobook in the Audible app, users can tap the “Read & Listen” button above their book’s cover art to see the text version of what they’re listening to. As the audio plays, the text is highlighted in sync.The option to read and listen at the same time could help improve reading comprehension for readers who struggle to stay focused on their books. It could also be useful for people…

MLS is back this weekend, kicking off Saturday with a full slate headlined by LAFC and Inter Miami meeting at the Coliseum in Los Angeles.Those two teams in particular are increasingly representing what MLS is about. Both are led by international megastars using league play in the U.S. to prepare for this summer’s World Cup here. Lionel Messi led his Miami team to the league title last year, while Son Heung-Min arrived in the summer and, after a sensational half-season, is now hoping to knock Messi and Miami from that throne.But lining up next to that duo are a bunch…

Google has given Gemini the ability to spit out AI-generated music, courtesy of DeepMind’s latest audio model. Beta access to Lyria 3 is rolling out in the Gemini app, enabling users to generate 30-second tracks based on text, images, and videos, without having to leave the chatbot window.The new music-making tool is available globally starting today in English, German, Spanish, French, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, and Portuguese, with plans to expand in the future. Access is limited to Gemini app users who are 18 years or older.Lyria 3’s text-to-music capabilities allow Gemini app users to make songs by describing specific genres,…

Shilpa Uskokovic: What is your typical bagel order, Jesse?Jesse Szewczyk: My dream bagel order, I live in New York, so you got to keep price in mind, but it would be a bagel with cream cheese, lox, tomatoes. And maybe that’s it.SU: Oh, of course.JS: But that lox in New York, yeah. That’s going to be like a $20 bagel. What about you?SU: Scallion cream cheese on an everything bagel and then tomatoes and bacon.JS: That sounds nice.SU: Yeah.JS: The bacon’s crazy, but it sounds nice.SU: I’m Shilpa Uskokovic.JS: And I’m Jesse Szewczyk.SU: We’re both senior test kitchen editors at…

The world is finally catching up to Tíscar Espadas.This month, the Madrid-based designer’s eponymous label was announced as a 2026 shortlister for the LVMH Prize, but her characterful designs have been building momentum for a while. A graduate of the Royal College of Art, the 32-year-old Spaniard worked under Henrik Vibskov before launching her own label in 2019 and won the Vogue Fashion Fund in Spain in 2024.The designer and her partner Kevin Kohler held an intimate showroom in Paris this season, showcasing the brand’s delightful, tightly edited spread of unique shapes that are intended to be unisex. Working mostly…

Marketing is one of the few operations no industry can afford to ignore, which is why we have a veritable host of AI-powered marketing tools being shoved into marketers’ faces today. All the social platforms, from Facebook and Instagram to TikTok, and major incumbents like Microsoft and Google, to content-generation startups like Jasper and Copy.ai, offer AI tools that claim to make marketers’ lives easier in uncountable ways. That was partly why I was confused to see yet another marketing AI startup entering the fray: San Francisco-based Kana just came out of stealth with a suite of AI agents that…

The Miami Dolphins are in full rebuild mode this offseason. The team has cleaned house from top to bottom and we are already getting word of the team making roster cuts to free up salary cap space and get a a fresh start with the roster. We put together a new seven-round mock draft for the Dolphins based on some of these moves along with the notion that plenty more are on the way.First round – EDGE David Bailey – Texas TechBradley Chubb is out and David Bailey is a massive upgrade at edge defender.AdvertisementSecond round – CB Keionte Scott…

Those are the kinds of refinements Google has made on the Pixel 10a. The pOLED display is nearly identical, except it can now reach 3,000 nits of peak brightness versus 2,700 nits on the 9a. The glass covering the display uses Corning’s Gorilla Glass 7i instead of the aging Gorilla Glass 3, for better scratch resistance.The battery capacity remains 5,100 mAh, but Google has upped charging speeds to 30 watts when plugging in, and 10 watts for wireless charging. Google skipped the Pixelsnap magnetic Qi2 charging here, a feature the company debuted on its flagship Pixel 10 series. Apple is…

White House economic advisor Kevin Hassett said Wednesday that the authors of a recent New York Federal Reserve paper that found U.S. companies and consumers are shouldering most of the tariff burden should be “disciplined.”In a CNBC interview, the National Economic Council director ripped the report, saying that central bank researchers ignored key aspects of how the duties worked and instead simply focused on prices. Hassett said the research also should have included the upward impact on wages and benefits that U.S. companies see by bringing more production onshore.”I mean, the paper is an embarrassment,” Hassett said during the “Squawk…

Why was I so obsessed with Pokémon Pinball as a child? I went back to the original Game Boy Color game from 1999 and found it was not as packed with creature-catching action as my pubescent brain remembers. There’s a tactile nature to a thrumming, strobing game of pinball that can’t be replicated without a real machine. I finally had the chance to catch a digital Pokémon with a real silver ball. And it was more glorious, and more pricey, than I thought it could be. Stern Pinball brought out its recently announced Pokémon pinball machine to Toy Fair 2026, giving…