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Threads is exploring games in chats, beginning with a basketball game. A spokesperson for Meta confirmed to TechCrunch that the company is internally prototyping the game and that it’s not available to the public. The game was first spotted by reverse engineer Alessandro Paluzzi, who often finds unreleased features while they’re still under development. Paluzzi shared a screenshot of the basketball game, which appears to let users virtually shoot hoops by swiping their finger. The idea behind the game is likely to allow friends to compete to see who can score the most baskets, similar to other mobile basketball games. Launching…

Chelsea managerial situation takes shape as interim plan continuesChelsea’s short term leadership arrangement remains in place, but behind the scenes momentum is building toward a permanent appointment. Reporting from Sky Sports has outlined a clear sequence of events that suggests clarity may arrive sooner rather than later, even if the next fixture still falls under interim control.AdvertisementCalum McFarlane will once again take charge of the first team when Chelsea face Fulham on Wednesday. It is a continuation rather than a surprise, following his calm stewardship during the 1-1 draw at Manchester City on Sunday, a result that earned quiet approval…

Mario Götze will go down in soccer history as the player who scored the winning goal that made Germany the 2014 FIFA World Cup champion. But he is also an increasingly seasoned angel investor. Companion M, Götze’s personal investment vehicle, now has a portfolio of more than 70 companies, two of which became unicorns in 2025 — Danish fintech Flatpay and German AI startup Parloa. But the athlete also learned some lessons along the way about vetting opportunities. “I only agree to invest if the startup and its founders check all the boxes,” he told TechCrunch. The boxes can be…

Hampton Inn, Lakeville, MN.Google EarthHilton Hotels said Tuesday that it will sever ties with a franchise hotel in the Minneapolis area after a new video showed a desk clerk there refusing to book rooms for a person claiming to be a Department of Homeland Security agent.Hilton’s statement came a day after the company that owns the location, Everpeak Hospitality, apologized for canceling a prior reservation for real DHS agents because of their work on immigration enforcement, and said that such a ban was not consistent with its policy of “being a welcoming place for all.””The independent hotel owner had assured…

At CES 2026, smart home pool cleaning robot company Beatbot has announced a new, self-cleaning pool robot system, called the AquaSense X, that it says uses AI to identify up to 40 common types of pool debris, from the bottom of a pool up to the water’s surface. It’s available to preorder now. The AquaSense X is a two-part system. First there’s the cleaning bot itself, called the AquaSense X AI Robotic Pool Cleaner. The company says the pool cleaner uses cameras along with infrared and ultrasonic sensing to navigate and identify and clean debris, as well as identify steps,…

Want more posts like this in your life? Join the Tiny Buddha list for daily or weekly insights. “You can’t add more to your life until you first let go of what weighs you down.” ~Unknown I used to think being busy meant being successful. My days were a blur of meetings, notifications, and commitments. My calendar looked impressive, but at night I lay awake wondering why I felt so exhausted and strangely unfulfilled. One rainy Tuesday, stuck in traffic between two appointments I didn’t really want to attend, it hit me: I wasn’t living my life. I was managing…

Cooper Flagg may be on track to have the NBA’s most clutch rookie season ever. Well, at least since the league has been tracking clutch stats going back to the 1996-97 season. The No. 1 overall pick in last summer’s draft is living up to expectations in terms of having a standout rookie campaign with the Dallas Mavericks, but I don’t think anyone expected him to be this impactful so early on in clutch situations.The Mavericks lead the league in clutch games played (27), which is defined by any game in the final five minutes of the fourth quarter or…

Welcome to your first CES edition of TMA, attempting (almost futilely) to distill the biggest product reveals and announcements. Despite two days of briefings and conferences, today is merely day one. However, we’ve already seen Sony Honda reveal its next car — and the Afeela 1 isn’t yet on sale. We’ve got a deep dive on what we’ve seen so far, right here.AMD announced new Ryzen AI 400 laptop processors and updated desktop chips, including the Ryzen 7 9850X3D, with a new focus broadly on AI processing improvements. NVIDIA had a lengthy, dense press conference showing off its dominance in…

He may be Parisian to the core, but Pierre Mahéo has one arguably un-French trait: even when the headlines are grim, he somehow still manages to see the glass as half-full. “You have to know when to stop listening to the news and focus on the task at hand,” he offered during a showroom presentation of his fall pre-collection. “I suppose I’m a bit American in that way, because I tend to look for the positive. It’s the only way to keep moving forward. You fight with what you have because we are lucky enough to live in the most…

Eric Migicovsky has been thinking a lot about friction. Specifically, he’s been thinking about how too much friction in the way of using a device can put people off wearing it altogether. The founder of Pebble is here at CES 2026 with a few new devices from the company he recently started to bring back the beloved smartwatch brand, including the Pebble Round 2 and the Index 01. That second one is a simple ring with a button on it that you push down to talk to Pebble’s AI whenever you want it to help you remember something.In the sea…