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La Liga Soccer: Stream Mallorca vs. Barcelona Live From Anywhere

Barcelona begin their quest for a 29th La Liga title on Saturday as they head to the Balearic Islands for a tricky test opening match at Mallorca. Below, we'll outline the best live TV streaming services to use to watch the game as it happens, wherever you are in the world, and how to use a VPN if the match isn't available there. Hansi Flick's superb first season as Barcelona boss saw him guide the Catalan giants to a domestic double as well as a strong showing in the Champions League, where t

Apple Finally Destroyed Steve Jobs’ Vision of the iPad. Good

For years, Apple treated the idea of windows on the iPad as sacrilege. But with iPadOS 26 installed, today’s iPads are doing macOS cosplay, becoming touchscreen Macs in all but name. And here’s the thing: It’s actually pretty good. So how did we get here? When did this fundamental shift occur that killed off Steve Jobs’ vision of the iPad? When Jobs first revealed the iPad in 2010, it was pitched as a “third category” of device—something between a phone and a laptop. For that category to justif

UN Plastics Treaty Talks Once Again End in Failure

This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Diplomats from around the world concluded nine days of talks in Geneva—plus a marathon overnight session that lasted into the early hours of Friday—with no agreement on a global plastics treaty. During a closing plenary that started on Friday at 6:30 am, more than 15 hours after it was originally scheduled to begin, nearly all countries opposed an updated draft of the United Nations treaty that was put forwa

11 Best Android Phones of 2025, Tested and Reviewed

Other Phones to Consider We test a ton of Android phones. We like the ones below, but you'll be better off with one of the options above. If you haven't yet done so, check out our Best Cheap Phones and Best Folding Phones guides for more. Pixel 9 Photograph: Julian Chokkattu Google Pixel 9 for $599: The Pixel 9 (9/10, WIRED Recommends) is a great smartphone, but between the Pixel 9a and the Pixel 9 Pro series, it struggles to stand out. It shares many features with its pricier siblings, but y

Anthropic says some Claude models can now end ‘harmful or abusive’ conversations

Anthropic has announced new capabilities that will allow some of its newest, largest models to end conversations in what the company describes as “rare, extreme cases of persistently harmful or abusive user interactions.” Strikingly, Anthropic says it’s doing this not to protect the human user, but rather the AI model itself. To be clear, the company isn’t claiming that its Claude AI models are sentient or can be harmed by their conversations with users. In its own words, Anthropic remains “hig

Tiny flyers levitate on the Sun's heat alone

Devices (artist’s illustration) kept aloft by sunlight could take sensors into an understudied layer of the atmosphere.Credit: Schafer et al. Nature (2025) Theory and mathematics said his device would fly. But Ben Schafer was still pleasantly surprised the first time he flipped a switch and watched the centimetre-square device his team had built levitate, if only for a moment before flipping over. It was a proof of concept for a design that has been published today in Nature1. One day, it migh

Once Again, Oil States Thwart Agreement on Plastics

Diplomats from around the world concluded nine days of talks in Geneva — plus a marathon overnight session that lasted into the early hours of Friday — with no agreement on a global plastics treaty. During a closing plenary that started on Friday at 6:30 a.m. — more than 15 hours after it was originally scheduled to begin — nearly all countries opposed an updated draft of the U.N. treaty that was put forward by the negotiating committee chair, the Ecuadorian diplomat Luis Vayas Valdivieso. Many

Premier League Soccer: Livestream Aston Villa vs. Newcastle From Anywhere

Having been pipped by Newcastle to a Champions League spot at the end of last season, Aston Villa has the opportunity to exact revenge at home today as it hosts the Magpies in this first Saturday fixture of the new English Premier League campaign. Below, we'll outline the best live TV streaming services to use to watch Premier League games as they happen, wherever you are in the world, and how to use a VPN if it's not available where you are. The hosts are largely unchanged from last season, w

How One Wikipedia Editor Unraveled the ‘Single Largest Self-Promotion Operation’ in the Site's History

Quick—what are the top entries in the category "Wikipedia articles written in the greatest number of languages"? The answer is countries. Turkey tops the list with Wikipedia entries in 332 different languages, while the US is second with 327 and Japan is third with 324. Other common words make their appearance as one looks down the list. "Dog" (275 languages) tops "cat" (273). Jesus (274) beats "Adolf Hitler" (242). And all of them beat "sex" (122), which is also bested by "fever," "Chiang Kai

19 Best Back-to-School Deals for 2025

It's “back to school” season for some and “been back in school” season for others, but regardless of your specific situation, now is the time of year when retailers are discounting all the school essentials. We've hunted down discounts on the best back-to-school gear our reviewers have hand-tested, from laptops and mattress toppers to bags and chairs. Be sure to check out our related guides, including the Best Back-to-School Laptop Deals, the Best Dorm Gear, and the Best Kids Backpacks. Top Ba

Gear News of the Week: A New Privacy Phone Arrives, and Samsung Has a $30K 115-Inch Micro RGB TV

There's a new smartphone promising to protect your privacy: the Up Phone, from a company called Unplugged. Except it's not new. Unplugged has been around for a few years—the company was cofounded by Erik Prince, the founder of private military company Blackwater—and it originally announced the Up Phone in 2023. But this week, the company claims it's “relaunching” the phone, under new leadership. Like the original, the Up Phone's UnpluggedOS (formerly LibertOS) is built on the Android Open Sourc

Thai Air Force seals deal for Swedish Gripen jets

Advertisement The US$600 million agreement for the Saab JAS 39 Gripens was first announced in June as part of a long-term plan to modernise the air force’s combat capabilities. During five days of clashes with Cambodia that left more than 40 people dead, Thailand used its fleet of F-16s to strike military targets across the border. It was the deadliest border fighting between the two countries in decades. The purchase of four Swedish-built Gripen jets is part of a long-term plan to modernise

F-16s lose out as Thai Air Force seals deal for Swedish Gripen jets

Advertisement The US$600 million agreement for the Saab JAS 39 Gripens was first announced in June as part of a long-term plan to modernise the air force’s combat capabilities. During five days of clashes with Cambodia that left more than 40 people dead, Thailand used its fleet of F-16s to strike military targets across the border. It was the deadliest border fighting between the two countries in decades. The purchase of four Swedish-built Gripen jets is part of a long-term plan to modernise

Timothy Olyphant’s 8 Greatest Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Roles

After Deadwood and Justified, Timothy Olyphant will forever be linked first and foremost to Westerns. And while he’s clearly aware of that—playing off that association in roles that veer into other genres—he’s also a versatile star who’s popped up in comedies and dramas, as well as the sci-fi, horror, and fantasy tales we cover at io9. Here are our eight favorite genre roles so far, starting with his current project… Alien: Earth The newly launched FX sci-fi series is mapping out a fresh small

Black Ops 6 Quad Feed Double XP Weekend Live Now During Battlefield 6 Open Beta

As Battlefield 6's record-breaking open beta rages on, Black Ops 6 developer Treyarch is showing some love to loyal Black Ops 6 players. The second double XP weekend of Season 5 is live now, with all four boosts active for players to take advantage of. You'll be able to speed through account levels, weapon attachment unlocks, and battle pass tiers to kickstart your advancement of the latest Season 5 content. This double XP weekend runs from Friday to Monday. Anyone playing Black Ops 6 during th

IEEE Computer Society Announces Recipients of Inaugural Career Catalyst Scholarship

LOS ALAMITOS, Calif., 15 August 2025 – The IEEE Computer Society (CS) is pleased to announce the first recipients of its inaugural Career Catalyst Scholarships. Evaluated by a set of criteria that includes academic performance; technical skills and experience; leadership and extracurriculars; statement of purpose; industry readiness and professionalism; and letters of recommendation, each candidate underwent a rigorous review by a panel of industry judges. Selected from a pool of over 105 applic

Google Messages support for remotely deleting texts you’ve sent now widely rolling out

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR RCS support has opened the door for some advanced messaging features, and earlier this year Google started work on a new remote-deletion option. Users are able to delete recently sent messages from the phones of recipients. After beta testing this past spring, we’re now seeing the feature widely available. Who doesn’t love a good do-over? Everybody makes mistakes, and we don’t have nearly enough opportunities to go back and try setting things right.

Is air travel getting worse?

Over the past couple of years, bad personal experiences with delays, testimonies from friends, and news or reactions to air travel incidents seem to have become much more common. It’s difficult to tell if these extra anecdotes reflect a change in the true rate of airline accidents and delays or if they instead result from fluctuations in the human social layer where confirmation bias, saliency, and mimesis can draw our concern far out of proportion. Thus, I turn to the primary source data. Her

US F-16s lose out as Thai Air Force seals US$600M deal for Swedish Gripen jets

Advertisement The US$600 million agreement for the Saab JAS 39 Gripens was first announced in June as part of a long-term plan to modernise the air force’s combat capabilities. During five days of clashes with Cambodia that left more than 40 people dead, Thailand used its fleet of F-16s to strike military targets across the border. It was the deadliest border fighting between the two countries in decades. The purchase of four Swedish-built Gripen jets is part of a long-term plan to modernise

TextKit 2 – The Promised Land

TextKit 2 (NSTextLayoutManager) API was announced publicly during WWDC21, which is over 4 years ago. Before that, it was in private development for a few years and gained widespread adoption in the macOS and iOS frameworks. Promised an easier, faster, overall better API and text layout engine that replaces the aged TextKit 1 (NSLayoutManager) engine. Over the years, I gained some level of expertise in TextKit 2 and macOS/iOS text processing, which resulted in STTextView - a re-implementation of

Ultrahuman Calls Its Ring Air the World's Most Accurate Smart Ring for Tracking Ovulation

Ultrahuman has taken an algorithm designed for intravaginal fertility monitors and transformed it into a non-invasive, temperature-sensing feature that can track your cycle right from your finger. The wearable health tech company announced today that it acquired viO HealthTech, which created the OvuSense algorithm. Validated in 13 peer-reviewed clinical publications and backed by 15 years of clinical research, the algorithm draws on data from over 260,000 cycles collected with medical-grade sen

Do Vibration Plates Actually Help You Lose Weight, Build Muscle and Get Stronger?

When you're trying to lose weight or build muscle, figuring out what actually works can be frustrating. There are plenty of options, from lifting weights to cardio classes, and now vibration plates are part of the conversation. But does standing on a shaking platform really help you get stronger or shed pounds, or is it just another short-lived trend? To find out, we talked to personal trainers and other fitness experts. They explained how vibration plates are supposed to work, the benefits you

Every Free Battlefield 6 Open Beta Challenges Reward You Can Earn

The Battlefield 6 open beta has taken the gaming world by storm, as hundreds of thousands of players have queued up to trade shots, blow up buildings and rack up killstreaks. The final beta period is in full swing: It began on Thursday, Aug. 14 and goes through Sunday, Aug. 17, so you'll want to join the playtest now if you want to experience the next era of Battlefield chaos before the full release on Oct. 10. Familiar maps and modes are making a return, as players play tug-of-war in Rush sec

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Leak Claims Nov. 14 Release Date, No Switch 2 Version Yet

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 will be the next entry in Activision's military shooter series, which typically comes out in October every year, making it one of the last big game releases before Black Friday. A leak suggests that the new CoD might come out a little later than usual, but still in time for the big shopping day. Black Ops 7 will reportedly be released on Nov. 14, according to a leaker who goes by the name billbil-kun from a post on the French website Dealabs. Along with the supposed re

Melting Glacier in Alaska Floods State Capital

This is climate change in action. Glacier Gush Parts of Alaska's state capital, Juneau, were flooded this week, caused by a nearby melting glacier, according to The Guardian. And, yes, in case you're wondering, climate change appears to be the main culprit behind the record-breaking water levels. The Mendenhall Glacier, a vast field of ice and snow that sits north of the city in a valley, has created a natural lake that is dammed by ice, according to the news outlet. On Tuesday, local offici

dbrand’s Joy-Con grip nightmare is coming to an end as it starts shipping replacements

Oliver Cragg / Android Authority TL;DR Accessory maker dbrand has officially started shipping its Joy-Lock Grips. The replacement grips are designed so that Joy-Cons won’t detach from the Switch 2, even when 87% of the console’s weight is put on the magnetic hinge. The replacement kit also includes a set of Dock Adapter Friction Pads. Accessory maker dbrand is well-known for its high-quality products. However, the company recently found itself embroiled in controversy shortly after releasing

Louisiana AG Calls Out ‘Escape to Epstein Island’ Roblox Game in Lawsuit

The attorney general of Louisiana filed a lawsuit on Thursday against the popular online gaming platform Roblox, accusing it of failing to protect child users. Among the material with which the suit takes issue is a game on the platform called “Escape to Epstein Island” that was labeled as appropriate for all ages. Attorney General Liz Murrill alleges in the lawsuit that Roblox put user growth and profits over child safety, calling it “the perfect place for pedophiles.” “Every parent should be