p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> Expectations around the Sparks are higher than they’ve been in some time. During Thursday’s media day, that was evident. The Sparks reloaded for this season, adding veterans Nneka Ogwumike, Erica Wheeler and Ariel Atkins to returners Kelsey Plum and Cameron Brink. After falling just two games short of the playoffs last season, this…
To distract myself on long runs, I often look at the shoes and clothes of other runners around me. More often than not, I see Hoka gear. The brand—founded in 2009 by Nicolas Mermoud and Jean-Luc Diard, both of whom previously worked at Salomon—is well-known for its running shoes and apparel, and can regularly be…
A big part of my job here at The Verge is to find deals on tech that readers will like. But in my personal life, I’m not spending anywhere near as much money on tech as I am on food, litter, and other supplies for our two cats. Sad, but true. If your life is…
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will testify before the Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday afternoon on the department’s fiscal 2027 budget request. Kennedy has faced questioning over leadership changes, updates to the childhood vaccine schedule and other initiatives under the Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” agenda in a series of……
On Location peels back the curtain on some of your favorite films, television shows, and more. This time, we ask where was Amélie filmed? Amélie captured our hearts when the eponymous movie was released in 2001. The enchanting tale of Amélie Poulain introduced international audiences to a lonely girl with an active imagination. After losing…
Unless a customer pays for the most expensive enterprise license, or the law forbids it, Atlassian is going to collect their data to train its AI models. And you can’t fully opt out. Beginning in August, the company will seek to collect two types of data from its 300,000 global customers: metadata and in-app data…
Security Fortunately, it was a legit contractor who guessed it PWNED Welcome back to PWNED, the weekly column where we turn a white hot spotlight onto the cracks and crevices in company security and write about those who have let their guard down, often in the name of convenience, incompetence, or just plain laziness. Today’s…
Update (May 7 at 9:47 PM UTC): This article has been updated to include a statement from Binance. The US Department of the Treasury reportedly demanded that Binance follow a monitoring program put in place by a 2023 deal between authorities and the cryptocurrency exchange, following reports that the company facilitated $1 billion to entities…
The Global Electronics Association (GEA) warns that the US ban on foreign-made network routers is impractical because few are made domestically, leaving consumers with little choice and delaying access to next-gen products, just as Wi-Fi 7 adoption should be ramping up. In a report, the body representing the international electronics industry argues that the policy…
Poland’s Swiatek said she would prefer continued discussions and negotiations with the majors instead of a boycott. “I think the most important thing is to have proper communication and discussions with the governing bodies so we have some space to talk and maybe negotiate,” the Wimbledon champion said. “Hopefully before Roland Garros there’s going to…