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New York City shoppers lined up in Greenwich Village on Thursday for the grand opening of The Polymarket, a free grocery store. The market — perhaps a nod to New York mayor Zohran Mamdani’s proposed city-run grocery stores — is only operating through 7 p.m. on Sunday. But its namesake sponsor, a prediction market that allows users to trade binary “yes” or “no” contracts on the outcome of real-world events, from the Super Bowl coin flip to Federal Reserve rate cuts, appears to be here to stay. That didn’t always appear to be the case. In 2022, the Commodity Futures…

When a company releases a new AI model, it’s become customary for it to make a splash by pissing off an intellectual property owner or some other entity speaking up on behalf of copyrights, preferably spurring some form of legal action or warning. OpenAI’s ChatGPT has been the target of lawsuits galore—most famously from the New York Times. Stability was sued, largely unsuccessfully by a consortium of image copyright holders in the UK. OpenAI received a note from Japan when Sora 2 was released, asking it to refrain from what it considers the infringement of anime and manga copyrights. Suno…

Beth LindopFeb 14, 2026, 07:09 PM ETCloseBased in Liverpool, Beth Lindop is ESPN’s Liverpool correspondent and also covers the WSL and UWCL.Multiple AuthorsLIVERPOOL — It is a sight the Anfield crowd will never grow tired of. For almost nine years, it has been something of a matchday custom for Mohamed Salah to salute the Kop after dispatching a decisive Liverpool goal — and so it proved again on Saturday night as the Egypt international helped Arne Slot’s side to an impressive FA Cup fourth round victory over Brighton & Hove Albion.In the pantheon of Salah’s extraordinary Liverpool seasons, 2025-26 has…

If you’ve spent more than five minutes on TikTok, you’ve probably heard someone rave about Lola Blankets. They’re draped over couches in Get Ready With Me videos, folded at the foot of perfectly made beds, and name-dropped in podcast ads.I wanted to be skeptical, but the hype is sadly real; we tested the blankets at WIRED and have included them in multiple gift guides and roundups, from the Best Weighted Blankets to the Best Housewarming Gifts to the Best Gifts for Mom.From February 14 through February 16, Lola Blankets are 45 percent off with code WINTER45. No exclusions. This is…

Like it or not, artificial intelligence is here to stay. While there is controversy galore about how the new technology will impact creative industries, Stacey Bendet is all aboard the AI train. Last season, she cited recent technological innovations as an “inspiration revolution.” This time it was the basis of her collection, which she dubbed “The Gilded Age.”“I feel like the moment we’re in with AI, and how it’s transforming everything in the world, is similar to the Industrial Revolution and how the Gilded Age came to be,” Bendet said at her fall 2026 presentation, again held at the Surrogate’s…

Disney is going after another generative AI tool, accusing ByteDance and its recently released Seedance 2.0 of using its copyrighted material without permission. As first reported on by Axios, the Walt Disney Company sent a cease-and-desist letter to ByteDance, claiming the Chinese company developed its Seedance tool “with a pirated library of Disney’s copyrighted characters from Star Wars, Marvel, and other Disney franchises, as if Disney’s coveted intellectual property were free public domain clip art.”The letter, which was obtained by Axios, included examples of Seedance videos featuring copyrighted Disney characters, including Spider-Man, Darth Vader, Peter Griffin and more. Even though…

Welcome to Wrestling Inc.’s coverage of “AEW Collision: Grand Slam Australia” on February 14, 2026, coming to you from the Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, Australia!On “Dynamite”, Wheeler Yuta cut a lock of Mina Shirakawa’s colorful hair while Marina Shafir had her locked in Mother’s Milk. Yuta and Shafir will face Shirakawa’s “wife”, “Timeless” Toni Storm and Orange Cassidy in a Mixed Tornado Tag. Loser of the fall will have their head shaved.AdvertisementAfter winning a Tag Team Eliminator Match, MegaBad will challenge Babes of Wrath for the tag titles in Harley Cameron’s home country.Following weeks of feuding between their respective…

The Department of Homeland Security has been increasing pressure on tech companies to identify the owners of social media accounts that criticize Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to The New York Times. This echoes other recent reporting, with Bloomberg pointing to five cases in which Homeland Security sought to identify the owners of anonymous Instagram accounts, with the department withdrawing its subpoenas after the owners sued. And a Washington Post story described Homeland Security’s growing use of administrative subpoenas — which do not require the approval of a judge — to target Americans. Now the NYT says a practice…

Dating is full of tiny money moments: choosing a restaurant, talking about travel, splitting a check, and deciding whether a gift is “too much.” You don’t need to ask someone how much they make, what their net worth is, or how much student loan debt they carry to learn how they approach money and what kind of financial partner they might be.Talking about money with a potential partner is never just about money. It’s about values, habits, and expectations around how someone thinks a “team” should work. What not to ask early onOn your first few dates with someone, can you…

Samsung will unveil its next flagship smartphone lineup on February 25 at its Galaxy Unpacked event in San Francisco. The company sent out invites earlier this week. The event will begin at 10 am Pacific (1 pm Eastern), and it’ll be livestreamed here.Rumors abound that suggest the Galaxy S26 series—which will include the Galaxy S26, Galaxy S26+, and Galaxy S26 Ultra—won’t have any major changes from their predecessors. They’ll likely be powered by the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, with some minor charging speed improvements and minor upgrades to the camera hardware.Courtesy of SamsungArtificial intelligence features will likely…