The last tennis major tournament of 2022, the US Open, is down to its final singles match. After Iga Swiatek took the women’s singles trophy Saturday, the two top men face off to determine not only the US Open championship but the No. 1 rank in the ATP. Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz is the favorite going …
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It all comes down to the Jayhawks and the Tar Heels. Two of the most storied programs in college basketball will play for the national championship tonight in New Orleans. On Saturday, No. 1 Kansas trounced No. 2 Villanova and No. 8 North Carolina edged No. 2 Duke to eliminate the Blue Devils and end coach Mike Krzyzewski’s career. Kansas is looking …
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Twitter is the latest social media platform to launch an online shopping initiative that includes livestreams, and Walmart is already on board as the first retailer to try out the platform. Walmart and Twitter will co-host a “Cyber Deals Sunday” stream event on Twitter on Nov. 28 at 7 p.m. ET, during which you can follow along with a live broadcast, shop …
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Acer’s Next@Acer fall product launch event, themed “Made for humanity,” highlighted “how Acer is helping make the ways we work, learn and play better for humanity and the environment.” Those ways include an expansion of its eco-friendly Vero line, which began with the Aspire Vero laptop, to more systems, plus four Chromebooks, a new Predator Orion 7000 gaming tower with …
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HTC’s social media accounts have been teasing a #GoWithTheFlow event for a little while now, with what looks to be a new VR headset announcement. Some recent leaks paint a pretty clear picture of what HTC will release, if they’re accurate, but the best way to be sure would be to watch the launch event Thursday. And because it’s HTC, …
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YouTube is launching paid “Super Thanks” in 68 countries starting Tuesday as a new way for fans to get money into the hands of creators they want to support. It’s the latest in a lineup of features broadening the ways creators can make money on YouTube. These Super Thanks — which can be worth $2, $5, $10 or $50 in the US, …
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If you’ve been eagerly awaiting Deathloop’s release on PS5, Sony has the livestream for you. The upcoming Bethesda shooter will be the focus of Thursday’s State of Play presentation, which will include roughly 30 minutes of “indie and third-party updates” for upcoming PlayStation games. The broadcast will kick off at 2 p.m. PT (5 p.m. ET/10 p.m. GMT/7 a.m. Friday …
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Instagram, a social media app owned by Facebook, said Monday it’s rolling out a new tool that will allow users to livestream video with more people. Called Live Rooms, the feature lets users broadcast a live video on Instagram with up to three other people. Previously, Instagram users could only livestream with one other person. Instagram Rooms will let four …
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YouTube is adding a new clipping tool that lets viewers quickly create short, sharable clips of up to 60 seconds from longer video uploads, the platform announced Thursday. The move gives video creators and their fans an easy way to increase a channel’s visibility, and to grow. “We’ve heard a lot of feedback from creators and viewers who have wanted …
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TikTok and Walmart are teaming up for a “livestream shopping experience” on Friday that’ll let people shop for fashion items without leaving the popular video app, the retailer said in a blog post. The livestream is scheduled to start at 5 p.m. PT on Walmart’s page and feature 10 TikTok creators for the hour-long variety show called Holiday Shop-Along Spectacular. …
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