The New York Times

Using bat speed, swing shape to find potential MLB breakout stars

Jac Caglianone struggled in his MLB debut last season but his swing metrics hint at a better sophomore campaign. Geoff Stellfox / Getty Images The tools are new. Mistakes will be made as we try to ...
Morningstar

Badge Raises $17.1 Million to Make Apple and Google Wallets the Next Major Customer Interface

New funding from TTV Capital, Stripe, QED Investors, Infinity Ventures, and Synchrony Ventures will accelerate adoption of Apple and Google Wallets across enterprise brands and platforms Badge, the ...
MIT Technology Review

DHS is using Google and Adobe AI to make videos

Immigration agencies have been flooding social media with bizarre, seemingly AI-generated content. We now know more about what might be making it. The US Department of Homeland Security is using AI ...
The Verge

YouTubers will be able to make Shorts with their own AI likenesses

The capability is launching sometime in 2026, though YouTube isn’t sharing details about how it will work. The capability is launching sometime in 2026, though YouTube isn’t sharing details about how ...
FanSided

One trade every AL West team can make to answer Astros big swing

Houston came out of nowhere to land Tatsuya Imai on a bargain contract. Here’s how each division rival can respond. Houston was never really connected to Imai in the rumor mill, but in hindsight it’s ...
mynews4

Iconic 'Ultimate Rush' swing at GSR coming down to make way for new arena

TODAY: City of Reno to share 'important public safety update' at noon press conference City leaders are set to address the community today at noon with what’s being described as an “important ...
Futurism

Disney+ Will Allow Users to Generate Their Own “Frozen 3” Using AI

Disney is planning to flood its streaming service, Disney+, with user-generated AI slop. During the company’s recent earnings call, Disney CEO Bob Iger said that the streaming service is “in the midst ...
The New York Times

The science of swing bowling: Do overhead conditions really make a difference?

Clouds gather over Lord's Ian Kington/AFP via Getty Images It has been cricketing lore ever since an American called Bart King toured England in 1897 and started taking wickets with a delivery known ...
CNET

Agentic AI Is Here to Improve Your Life, You Just Have to Believe in It

AI agents will soon change how we use our devices, Qualcomm says, but only if you ditch typing and tapping to ask AI instead. David Lumb is a senior reporter covering mobile and gaming spaces. Over ...
Wired

This Startup Wants to Put Its Brain-Computer Interface in the Apple Vision Pro

California-based Cognixion is launching a clinical trial to allow paralyzed patients with speech disorders the ability to communicate without an invasive brain implant. Cognixion is one of several ...
Digi Times

Renault subsidiary plant to make Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross and Nissan Micra EVs for Europe

Mitsubishi Motors' new electric vehicle (EV) for the European market, the Eclipse Cross, along with Nissan's compact electric Micra, will be produced at the factory of Renault Group's EV-focused ...