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The Red Sox Need To Hit Better At Fenway Park If They Want To Contend

Sat, 09 May 2026 19:34:54 +0000

Originally published by Forbes

On Friday night, the Boston Red Sox celebrated the 125thanniversary of their first-ever home game, at Huntington Avenue Grounds. That game happened on May 8, 1901. To commemorate the day, all living Red Sox alumni with retired numbers were invited to throw out the ceremonial first pitch.

Fenway Park, where the Red Sox have played since 1912, is the oldest ballpark (two years older than Wrigley Field in Chicago) in major league baseball. Historically, they have anincredible recordin their home whites. In fact, entering the season, Boston had a .567 winning percentage at home, which equates to a nearly 92-win season.

Hantavirus Cruise Passengers Will Disembark In Tightly Monitored Evacuation (Latest Updates)

Sat, 09 May 2026 18:33:12 +0000

Originally published by Forbes

ByMary Whitfill Roeloffs,

Passengers on the hantavirus-stricken MV Hondius cruise ship will soon be evacuated in an operation that will be directly observed by the Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the World Health Organization’s director-general, who said Saturday the people would be taken back to their respective countries understrict monitoring.

Saturday, May 9, 2026Ghebreyesus issued a lengthystatementto the Spanish island of Tenerife on Saturday, saying he will travel to the island to watch the tightly monitored operation to transport passengers of the Hondius, who remain asymptomatic, back to their respective countries.

‘You, Me & Tuscany’ Arrives On Streaming This Week After Muted Box Office Run

Sat, 09 May 2026 18:08:40 +0000

Originally published by Forbes

The romantic comedy ‘You, Me & Tuscany,’ featuring Halle Bailey and Regé-Jean Page, arrives on streaming this week following a muted box office performance. Opening April 10, the PG-13 film grossed just $21.5 million worldwide against an $18 million production budget, leaving Universal Studios to recoup costs via home entertainment. Bailey stars as Anna, an American who impulsively travels to Italy, accidentally crashes a villa, and is mistaken for a fiancée, only to discover romantic chemistry with Michael, played by Page. Directed by Kat Coiro, the movie will be available for digital purchase on PVOD for $24.99 and rental for $19.99 starting Tuesday, May 12. A Blu-ray and DVD release is also slated for June 16, offering bonus content.

Intel Stock Hits All-Time High After Preliminary Chip Deal With Apple

Fri, 08 May 2026 20:17:26 +0000

Originally published by Decrypt

A preliminary Apple-Intel manufacturing agreement—backed by a White House push—sent Intel stock above $130 on Friday.

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Bitcoin Miner IREN Secures $3.4 Billion Nvidia AI Deal, With $2.1 Billion Share Option

Fri, 08 May 2026 17:02:38 +0000

Originally published by Decrypt

Nvidia gains rights to invest up to $2.1 billion in IREN as companies race to lock down massive AI compute capacity.

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ECB’s Lagarde Pushes Back on Euro Stablecoins, Warns of ‘Structural Weaknesses’

Fri, 08 May 2026 15:36:19 +0000

Originally published by Decrypt

The European Central Bank chief says Europe “knows which port it is sailing to,” and it’s not towards a euro stablecoin.

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Coinbase Outage Disrupts Crypto Trading and Transfers Amid Amazon Service Failure

Fri, 08 May 2026 15:33:46 +0000

Originally published by Decrypt

Coinbase says Amazon Web Services failures across multiple availability zones caused an extended outage on its platform.

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Nick Bostrom Has a Plan for Humanity’s ‘Big Retirement’

Fri, 08 May 2026 15:00:00 +0000

Originally published by Wired

Philosopher Nick Bostromrecentlyposted a paper, where he postulated that a small chance of AI annihilating all humans might be worth the risk, because advanced AI might relieve humanity of “its universal death sentence.” That upbeat gamble is quite a leap from his previous dark musings on AI, which made him a doomer godfather. His 2014 bookSuperintelligencewas an early examination of AI’s existential risk. One memorable thought experiment: An AI tasked with making paper clips winds up destroying humanity because all those resource-needy people are an impediment to paper clip production. His more recent book,Deep Utopia, reflects ashift in his focus. Bostrom, who leads Oxford’s Future of Humanity Institute, dwells on the “solved world” that comes if we get AI right.

Bitcoin Price Crashes Near Zero on Revolut, Blamed on Third-Party Service Disruption

Fri, 08 May 2026 14:29:52 +0000

Originally published by Decrypt

Bitcoin briefly plummeted to about 2 cents on Revolut due to what the financial platform described as a third-party service disruption.

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The Nintendo Switch 2 is getting more expensive later this year

Fri, 08 May 2026 14:11:27 +0000

Originally published by Ars Technica

When wereviewed the Switch 2just after its launch last year, we warned that interested customers might want to buy in early, as the launch price could go up. That potential price hike became a reality today, as Nintendo announced the Switch 2’s MSRP will increase to $499.99 on September 1, a $50 (and about 11 percent) increase from the $449.99 launch price.

In anannouncementof the impending price increase today, Nintendo cited “changes in market conditions” and “the global business outlook” that are “expected to extend over the medium to long term.” That’s likely a reference to theclimbing RAM and storage pricesthat have beenimpactingallsortsofhardware makersformonths.