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United States Customs and Border Protection plans to spend $225,000 for a year of access to Clearview AI, a face recognition tool that compares photos against billions of images scraped from the internet. The deal extends access to Clearview tools to Border Patrol’s headquarters intelligence division (INTEL) and the National Targeting Center, units that collect … Read more
The 78th edition of the NASCAR Cup Series begins with the 68th Daytona 500. It’s NASCAR’s most illustrious event, and it kicks off perhaps the Cup Series’ most important season. Here’s what you need to know about the race, how to watch it and information on NASCAR’s other events that will be taking place all … Read more
Jasprit Bumrah during a training session ahead of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 cricket match between India and Namibia, at Arun Jaitley Stadium, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Namibia all-rounder Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton said the pressure will be on defending champions India when the two sides meet in their T20 World … Read more
Imagine E.T. snorted your dad off a space toilet. You’d be mad, but there wouldn’t be anything you could do about it. Unless you happened to have an arsenal of powerful alien guns and some tricked-out power armour. This is the story of you, an unassuming kid who just happens to love video games, and … Read more
A little more than a month ago, on Jan. 3, the post-game scene at Madison Square Garden was somber when St. John’s head coach Rick Pitino sat for a news conference, his trademark suit swapped for sweats. He placed his left hand on the hip of center Zuby Ejiofor, who had plopped down sullenly beside … Read more
Afghanistan’s Noor Ahmad and Rashid Khan (AP) Afghanistan head coach Jonathan Trott described his side’s defeat to South Africa as “devastating”, admitting the narrow loss in a dramatic T20 World Cup contest would linger with his players. The Proteas edged Afghanistan after a gripping encounter that required two Super Overs, leaving South Africa relieved and … Read more
Have you ever fallen in love? I did nearly a decade ago, with Overwatch, Blizzard’s hero shooter of near-immaculate design. But that relationship sadly became strained, distant even, ever since its decision to move on from those initial glory days and reinvent itself as a sequel. Well, now Overwatch has gone and seduced me all … Read more
Half of the NFL’s 32 teams have changed head coaches over the past two years, including the Las Vegas Raiders doing so twice. So the odds are strong that plenty more will be fired over the next 12 months, too. That means that even though Week 1 of the 2026 season is seven months away, … Read more
Steve Smith of Australia (Getty Images) Australia will be without captain Mitchell Marsh for their opening ICC Men’s T20 World Cup clash against Ireland after he sustained a groin injury during training earlier this week. In Marsh’s absence, Travis Head will lead the side in Colombo. Cricket Australia confirmed that Marsh suffered a direct blow … Read more
We already knew that Overwatch fans were returning in their thousands with the advent of its new name and “story-driven era,” but Overwatch hasn’t just matched its original Steam release-day fervor, it has smashed it, more than doubling the platform’s concurrent peak set back in 2023. You’ll remember that Blizzard’s sequel unfortunately stumbled out of … Read more