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The Apple Sports app, launched last year, is introducing tennis coverage ahead of Wimbledon, along with a redesigned home screen experience, Apple announced on Wednesday. Users will now be able to access live tennis scores for Grand Slam and 1000-level tournaments and can track every point across all men’s and women’s singles matches. Fans can also stay updated on a player’s progress throughout tournaments and get results from every match from the first round through the finals. Apple says the revamped home screen experience is designed to make it easier for fans to follow their favorite teams and leagues. Events…

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The North Carolina legislature wrapped up the chief portion of its annual session Thursday, passing another Hurricane Helene aid package this week after Republican majorities pushed through divisive bills to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion programs and target transgender rights.Lawmakers in the ninth-largest state also fell short on completing their primary responsibility — enacting a two-year budget by July 1. There’s no risk of a government shutdown, and House and Senate negotiators will keep working to reach budget agreements. This and other legislation could be voted on when lawmakers return occasionally, possibly starting next month. More…

NEW YORK (AP) — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences invited 534 new members to its organization on Thursday, adding recent Oscar nominees and many more to Hollywood’s most exclusive club. The newest class of Oscar voters includes a number of stars like Dave Bautista, Jason Momoa, Aubrey Plaza, Danielle Deadwyler and Andrew Scott. They, along with filmmakers, below-the-line professionals and executives will bring the film academy’s membership total to 11,120, with voting members numbering 10,143. That’s the largest membership ever for the academy. Since the #OscarsSoWhite backlash, the film academy has added thousands of members to swell…

by Sarah Kuta Last updated: 11:10 AM ET, Thu June 26, 2025 The new Viking Vesta has officially joined Viking’s fleet of sister ocean vessels.The company took delivery of its newest ocean ship at Fincantieri’s shipyard in Ancona, Italy. The 499-stateroom ship, which can accommodate up to 998 guests, will spend her inaugural season sailing in the Mediterranean and Northern Europe. “As we continue to expand around the world, we are pleased to offer curious travelers new options for exploring in Viking comfort,” says Torstein Hagen, chairman and chief executive officer of Viking. “We look forward to welcoming guests on…

Can AI improve the dating app market? A new dating app called Sitch aims to find out by leveraging human expertise in matchmaking to power its AI model. Today’s dating apps bank on the speed of onboarding and having millions of options. Users create profiles within seconds by uploading photos and answering simple questions. The apps then rely on basic info and feedback from users’ swipes to find them potential matches. Sitch aims to take a more thoughtful approach with its onboarding process and uses large language models (LLMs) to bring a human matchmaker’s expertise to the dating app experience,…

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A petition drive seeking the repeal of a recent Ohio law banning diversity, equity and inclusion programs as well as faculty strikes at public colleges and universities has fallen short of the signatures needed to place it before voters, organizers announced Thursday. Surrounded by boxes of petitions, the organizers said they lacked the time and support to collect all 250,000 signatures needed to place a referendum on November’s ballot seeking to overturn the bill, which makes several higher education policy changes including the ban on DEI programs. Absent those signatures, Senate Bill 1 is now free…

Lalo Schifrin, the composer who wrote the endlessly catchy theme for “Mission: Impossible” and more than 100 other arrangements for film and television, died Thursday. He was 93.Schifrin’s sons William and Ryan confirmed his death to trade outlets. The Associated Press’ messages to Schifrin’s publicist and representatives for either brother were not immediately returned.The Argentine won four Grammys and was nominated for six Oscars, including five for original score for “Cool Hand Luke,” “The Fox,” “Voyage of the Damned,” “The Amityville Horror” and “The Sting II.” “Every movie has its own personality. There are no rules to write music for…

For those into haunted houses and the macabre, Universal Orlando Resort has you covered during the Halloween season with 10 haunted settings.The Orlando entertainment parked has announced the addition of three new haunted houses for its Halloween Horror Nights 2025 running select nights from August 29 through November 2 according to the Orlando Informer.Dolls: Let’s Play Dead Visitors become doll-sized and haunted by toys that have been burnt, melded and stitched together by a twisted little girl. The dolls may appear innocent at first, but they are pure terror. The macabre haunted house brings to mind Universal Orlando’s Dollhouse of…

It’s rare to see a solo founder building a widely adopted developer infrastructure tool. Even more so if the founder happens to be from Africa. Bereket Engida, a self-taught programmer from Ethiopia, is quietly building what some developers say is the best authentication tool they’ve ever used. Engida’s startup, Better Auth, offers an open source framework that promises to simplify how developers manage user authentication, and it’s caught the attention of some big name investors. It recently raised about $5 million in seed funding from Peak XV (formerly Sequoia India and Southeast Asia), Y Combinator, P1 Ventures, and Chapter One.  But…

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