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La Liga Soccer Livestream: How to Watch Barcelona vs. Alavés From Anywhere
See at ESPN Watch La Liga soccer in the US from $11 a month ESPN Plus 61% off with 2yr plan (+4 free months) See more details Nothing less than a win at home will do for Barcelona on Sunday as it hosts 17th placed Alavés. Currently in third place, Barca remains in danger of…
‘Cactus Pears’ review: An assured debut feature that subverts queer tropes
Cactus Pears (Sabar Bonda), Rohan Parashuram Kanawade’s semi-autobiographical debut feature about a queer romance experienced amid mourning is the only movie from India competing at the Sundance Film Festival. The story of love and grief in a rural setting came to Kanawade while coping with his own father’s death, as he wondered how different processing…
Stablecoins are finding product-market fit in emerging markets | TechCrunch
Five years ago, SpaceX launched Starlink, which has since grown into its biggest revenue driver, expanding to more than 100 countries. But as Starlink scaled, it faced a major hurdle: accepting payments in developing markets, where traditional banking infrastructure is unreliable, slow, and prone to blocking transactions. Many local banks across Africa, Latin America, and…
Beyond benchmarks: How DeepSeek-R1 and o1 perform on real-world tasks
Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More DeepSeek-R1 has surely created a lot of excitement and concern, especially for OpenAI’s rival model o1. So, we put them to test in a side-by-side comparison on a few simple data analysis and market research tasks. …
Samsung Galaxy S25 review: More powerful, but more of the same
Over a year since it dipped into generative artificial intelligence, Samsung’s Galaxy S-series phones are now the vanguard for its gen-AI features. This year, we’re getting even deeper hooks into Google’s Gemini AI assistant and more built-in software tricks than ever before. At the same time, however, the Galaxy S25 arrives with marginal hardware upgrades…
Best Internet Providers in Tucson, Arizona
What is the best internet provider in Tucson? CNET ranks Xfinity as the best internet provider in Tucson, offering a variety of plans to suit different needs. Options range from an affordable $20 per month plan to high-speed packages with download speeds up to 1,200Mbps. While fiber internet is gaining traction, its availability in Tucson…
NASA’s asteroid sample reveals key chemistry that could lead to life
Scientists poring over a sample brought back from the asteroid Bennu have detected amino acids and complex mineral compounds, some of which have never been found in space rocks. A team at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History discovered a salty residue left over from an ancient brine. Through evaporation, it formed minerals rich…
The 52 Best Shows on Disney+ Right Now
Disney+, if you didn’t know, isn’t just for kids. With its ownership of the Lucasfilm brand and the Marvel titles, the streaming service offers plenty of grown-up content in its bid to compete with Netflix and Amazon—and we’re not just talking movies. Since launching the service, Disney has used the name recognition of Star Wars…
Calm down: DeepSeek-R1 is great, but ChatGPT’s product advantage is far from over
Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Just a week ago — on January 20, 2025 — Chinese AI startup DeepSeek unleashed a new, open-source AI model called R1 that might have initially been mistaken for one of the ever-growing masses of nearly…
The best Super Bowl 2025 TV deals we could find
The big game is set, and the countdown to Super Bowl LIX is officially underway. In the tech world, that means it’s a decent time to hunt for a new TV. If you’re looking to make a living room upgrade before the Chiefs and Eagles go at it (again), we’ve dug through Amazon, Best Buy…