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DirecTV launches MySports streaming bundle with live NFL, NBA, and MLB games

Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images DirecTV is launching MySports, a sports-focused streaming package offering access to live NFL, NBA, MLB, and NHL games across more than 40 channels, including ESPN, Fox Sports, TNT Sports, and USA Network, along with local ABC, Fox, and NBC stations. The service will cost $69.99 per month and is available […]

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‘Goodbye to my Chinese spy’ might be the last great TikTok trend

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images TikTokers are coping with the app’s potential ban with an unusual trend: by bidding farewell to their “personal Chinese spy.” The trend, which pokes fun at security concerns surrounding the app, has users thanking their “spy” for surveilling them and filling their For You page with entertaining

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Chinese social media app RedNote tops App Store chart ahead of TikTok ban

Photo Illustration by Sheldon Cooper/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images RedNote, the Chinese social media app also known as Xiaohongshu, rose to the number one spot on the Apple App Store as a US ban closes in on TikTok. The app offers a mix of pictures, short-form videos, and text posts across “follow,” “explore,” and “nearby”

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Meta is already working on Community Notes for Threads

Illustration: The Verge Meta announced last week that it would be ditching fact-checkers in favor of X-like Community Notes, and self-described “leaker” Alessandro Paluzzi shared screenshots on Monday showing what the feature might look like in Threads. Based on the screenshots, it appears you’ll be able to start the process of writing a Community Note

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eBay’s new acquisition could make it easy to buy a car from anywhere

The Verge eBay has “signed a definitive agreement” to buy online automotive transaction platform provider Caramel to help make buying and selling vehicles on the auction site “more simple than ever.” Caramel has a site and app that helps private parties and independent dealers sell cars by handling the paperwork, ownership transfer, financing, shipping, insurance,

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Nintendo’s Alarmo will be available for everyone starting in March

Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Another day, another announcement from Nintendo that isn’t the next Switch. Today the company revealed that its alarm clock, Alarmo, will be available at select retailers starting this March. The announcement includes the US, UK, and Europe. The $99 alarm clock launched late last year, but is currently

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