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Tyson Fury vs. Arslanbek Makhmudov odds, prediction: Picks for April 11 fight from proven boxing expert

Expert Josh Nagel reveals his boxing best bets for the April 11 Tyson Fury vs Arslanbek Makhmudov bout

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Apr 11 • 10:05 AM EDT • Sports • cbssports.com
'I Saw How It Was Getting Damaged': Ex-Bethesda Exec Goes to Town on Xbox's Mistreatment

"That shouldn't be a surprise to you"

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Apr 10 • 8:30 PM EDT • Technology • pushsquare.com
Pokemon Center Announces Early Access Program for Preordering! -...

The Pokemon Center has announced a new early access program through an update to its FAQ. Customers subscribed to the Pokemon Center newsletter and

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Apr 10 • 3:28 PM EDT • Technology • pokebeach.com
Unique X, Imagica Entertainment Media Services Partner to Transform Japanese Cinema Advertising Business

Digital cinema software provider Unique X and Imagica Entertainment Media Services (Imagica EMS), the market leader in Japan for post-production and media services, today announced the signing of a full long-term agreement, building upon their original Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). This strategic partnership establishes a robust framework for an exclusive collaboration aimed at transforming and […]

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Apr 10 • 9:39 AM EDT • Entertainment • boxofficepro.com
Professor Layton and the New World of Steam Adds PC and PS5 Release to 2026 Global Simultaneous Launch — but There’s No Xbox Version

Professor Layton and the New World of Steam is coming to PC via Steam and PlayStation 5 as well as Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2, developer Level 5 has confirmed.

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Apr 10 • 9:06 AM EDT • Technology • ign.com
Kiln open beta lets you check out the Xbox Game Pass game on Steam before launch

Players on PC can now check out the upcoming multiplayer pottery game Kiln on Steam via Double Fine's new open beta for the upcoming Game Pass title.

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Apr 10 • 8:56 AM EDT • Technology • trueachievements.com
Xbox Is Sending Out Project Helix Gift Packages Signed By New Boss Asha Sharma

No console yet, just a bunch of free merch

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Apr 10 • 7:00 AM EDT • Technology • purexbox.com
'Graveyard Keeper' Is Available To Claim For Free On Xbox For A Limited Time

Here's when you can grab it!

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Apr 9 • 2:30 PM EDT • Technology • purexbox.com
What one campaign rally in Michigan reveals about young voters right now

Attendees didn't fit neatly into any ideological box.

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Apr 9 • 2:13 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
Windows and Xbox are now prioritizing user feedback in a huge pivot ... but why now? I can't help but be suspicious — it smells a bit like panic.

Is Microsoft's big AI push falling off the rails? Possibly, but not for the reasons you might think.

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Apr 9 • 1:13 PM EDT • Technology • windowscentral.com
Kiln: Double Fine Shares Their Favorite Pots as Open Beta Goes Live

Now’s your chance to sample Kiln before launch on April 23 during the Open Beta Throwdown on Steam – and Double Fine is here to help inspire your creations with some of their most-favorite pots! Pre-order Kiln today on Xbox, PlayStation, and PC.

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Apr 9 • 1:00 PM EDT • Technology • news.xbox.com
The Lift adds PS5 and Xbox Series versions, delayed to 2027

First-person, narrative-driven, supernatural handyman simulator The Lift for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC via Steam in 2027, publisher tinyBuild and developer Fantastic Signals announced. The…

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Apr 9 • 12:40 PM EDT • Technology • gematsu.com
Warhammer Survivors adds PS5, Xbox Series, Switch 2, and Switch versions

Survivors-like roguelite action game Warhammer Survivors will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, Switch 2, and Switch alongside its previously announced PC (Steam) version in 2026, developer Au…

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Apr 9 • 12:28 PM EDT • Technology • gematsu.com
TNT Sports & DAZN Launch Landmark U.S. Partnership with New Monthly Live Boxing Event Series "The Fight"

TNT Sports and DAZN today announced a groundbreaking new partnership that will bring some of the biggest fights in boxing live to TNT Sports and DAZN

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Apr 9 • 12:04 PM EDT • Sports • press.wbd.com
Avec's Tinder-styled email app allows you to swipe through your inbox

Users can use the in-built voice transcription tool to reply to emails

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Apr 9 • 11:58 AM EDT • Technology • techcrunch.com
Xbox Boss Reveals New 'Dedicated Team' Focusing On Fan Feedback

Following the rollout of new achievement features

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Apr 9 • 7:00 AM EDT • Technology • purexbox.com
Xbox Achievements are getting some major changes, including the option to hide embarrassing games that you don't want to show off

Xbox is changing the achievement system, allowing for visual customization, hiding specific games, and highlighting others.

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Apr 9 • 6:05 AM EDT • Technology • eurogamer.net
Xbox’s New System Update Delivers Overhaul Gamers Have Been Begging For

Xbox has finally listened to console user feedback with a major system update rolling out now.

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Apr 9 • 5:48 AM EDT • Technology • gamingbible.com
A Look At AMC Entertainment Holdings (AMC) Valuation After Record Easter Weekend Box Office Momentum

AMC Entertainment Holdings (AMC) is back in focus after reporting record Easter weekend results, with more than 6 million guests and strong food, beverage, and merchandise revenue tied to The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. See our latest analysis for AMC Entertainment Holdings. The record Easter weekend has arrived alongside a sharp short term rebound, with a 7 day share price return of 30.1% and 1 month share price return of 18.6%. However, this sits against a 1 year total shareholder return...

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Apr 8 • 10:44 PM EDT • Entertainment • simplywall.st
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Sindhu faces tough test in badminton Asia C'ships; medal matches in boxing, Shooting WC, Candidates continue: Indian Sports LIVE, April 9

Here are all the updates from Indian sports on April 9, 2026.

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Apr 8 • 10:30 PM EDT • Sports • espn.com
Sindhu faces tough test in badminton Asia C'ships; medal matches in boxing, Shooting WC, Candidates continue: Indian Sports LIVE, April 9

Here are all the updates from Indian sports on April 9, 2026.

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Apr 8 • 10:30 PM EDT • Sports • africa.espn.com
Zuffa Boxing adds two more to active fighter roster

Zuffa Boxing continues to expand its roster.

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Apr 8 • 10:22 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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No Charges for Wisconsin Mayor Who Removed Ballot Drop Box in 2024

A special prosecutor said a review of the incident found there was not sufficient evidence to charge Doug Diny, the mayor of Wausau.

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Apr 8 • 10:14 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
VIDEO: Suspect steals checks from Upstate business drop box

Police officers in Clemson have asked the public for any information about a theft that occurred at a business early Monday morning.

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Apr 8 • 8:01 PM EDT • Business • yahoo.com
VIDEO: Suspect forcibly opens drop box, steals checks from Clemson business: Police

Anyone with information on the suspect is asked to call or test (864) 624-2014 and reference Case #2026-000853.

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Apr 8 • 7:31 PM EDT • Business • foxcarolina.com
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Video shows suspect using crowbar to steal checks from Upstate business

Detectives are asking the public for help identifying a suspect who broke into a drop box and stole checks from a local business.

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Apr 8 • 7:03 PM EDT • Business • wyff4.com
California Supreme Court orders GOP sheriff to pause election probe and preserve seized ballots

The dispute started earlier this year when Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco seized 1,000 boxes of election materials to investigate a complaint from a local citizens group about the ballot count from a November 2025 special election on redistricting.

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Apr 8 • 5:35 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
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Xbox Achievements Get Overdue Update To Address Feedback

It's one of a number of features the platform is spiffing up to address fan feedback

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Apr 8 • 5:15 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Seattle Mariners vs. Athletics - Live Score

View the Seattle Mariners vs. Athletics game played on September 12, 2026. Box score, stats, play-by-play timeline, highlights, odds & more

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Apr 8 • 4:15 PM EDT • Sports • foxsports.com
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Xbox Achievements Are Getting A 'Refresh' With Multiple New Improvements

"We’re excited to hear what you think"

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Apr 8 • 1:43 PM EDT • Technology • purexbox.com
Wausau Mayor Doug Diny won’t face charges over ballot drop box removal case

The review determined that the box didn’t meet the state’s definition of “ballot box” in part because it was sealed and didn’t have any ballots in it.

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Apr 8 • 1:26 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumnews1.com
Invincible VS Open Beta Begins Tomorrow: What You Need to Know

Get ready to suit up – Invincible VS’s Open Beta begins tomorrow, and everything you need to know is inside:

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Apr 8 • 12:24 PM EDT • Technology • news.xbox.com
Darren Till signs with BKFC after Misfits split: 'I’m coming to be the face of violence'

The former UFC star and Misfits Boxing veteran announced a multi-fight deal Tuesday that will see Till debut on May 30 at BKFC 90 in Birmingham, England.

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Apr 8 • 12:01 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
MAGA’s favorite strongman might be on the brink of defeat

We’re about to find out whether an authoritarian can lose at the ballot box.

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Apr 8 • 11:00 AM EDT • Politics • vox.com
Forza Horizon 6 Preview: Collectibles, Seamless Races and Open World Design Make for the Most Explorable Adventure Yet

Forza Horizon 6 takes interconnectivity to a new level with seamless races and events, collectibles, and much more, all accessible from the game's stunning open world.

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Apr 8 • 9:00 AM EDT • Technology • news.xbox.com
Xbox’s new era needs games like Forza Horizon 6

Launching next month.

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Apr 8 • 9:00 AM EDT • Technology • theverge.com
‘The Beast’ is here, plus a base-brawl

The Pulse Newsletter 📣 | This is The Athletic’s daily sports newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Pulse directly in your inbox. Good morning! I hope you have a favorite fact about yourself ready. Inside: 📘 600 pages of NFL Draft 🥊 Base-brawl 🐘 Behold the Zammoth I come to you this morning with a confession. I find most pre-draft content, for any sport, exhausting. Not because of the specific article or mock draft or report, but because of the cycle itself. We are yammering about the infinite possibilities of something that has not happened yet. At a certain point,...

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Apr 8 • 6:20 AM EDT • Sports • nytimes.com
Indians in action at badminton, boxing, wrestling Asian C'ships; shooting WC, chess Candidates continue: Indian Sports LIVE, April 8

Here are all the updates from Indian sports on April 8, 2026.

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Apr 7 • 11:00 PM EDT • Sports • espn.com
Indians in action at badminton, boxing, wrestling Asian C'ships; shooting WC, chess Candidates continue: Indian Sports LIVE, April 8

Here are all the updates from Indian sports on April 8, 2026.

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Apr 7 • 11:00 PM EDT • Sports • africa.espn.com
Nothing’s noise-canceling CMF Buds 2A are down to $19.99 for the rest of today

The earbuds check a lot of boxes for the price.

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Apr 7 • 6:16 PM EDT • Technology • theverge.com
🤯 Too old? Neuer back in prime mode against Real

Manuel Neuer once again came under fire after conceding two goals in Freiburg on Saturday. He did not look particularly good on either goal and even completely missed the ball once in the six-yard box...

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Apr 7 • 3:44 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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The First Reviews Are Going Live For Starfield's Terran Armada Expansion

Is it worth grabbing the new DLC?

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Apr 7 • 1:30 PM EDT • Technology • purexbox.com
The Xbox Game Pass list for April is big and includes Hades 2, FBC: Firebreak, Replaced, and more

April's first wave of Xbox Game Pass games is loaded with heavy hitters like Hades 2, Replaced, and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare.

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Apr 7 • 11:11 AM EDT • Technology • eurogamer.net
AMC Entertainment Put On A Great Show

AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. stock jumps on record Easter box office results. Click for this updated look at AMC shares following the latest news.

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Apr 7 • 9:20 AM EDT • Entertainment • seekingalpha.com
Nate Diaz rejected bigger UFC offer for Netflix MMA return

Nate Diaz chose to accept a lower payday than the UFC’s offer for his upcoming return to fighting, Nakisa Bidarian has confirmed. Diaz walked away from the UFC back in September 2022 after a long, tense stretch with the company and made his first move into boxing against Jake Paul.

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Apr 7 • 9:18 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Coming to Xbox Game Pass: Kiln, Hades II, Vampire Crawlers, and More

Coming soon to Xbox Game Pass: Kiln, Hades II, Vampire Crawlers, and more!

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Apr 7 • 9:00 AM EDT • Technology • news.xbox.com
Badminton Asia C'ship, Billie Jean Cup ties begin; medal chances at boxing, wrestling Asian C'ship; Candidates continues: Indian Sports LIVE, April 7

Here are all the updates from Indian sports on April 7, 2026.

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Apr 6 • 10:40 PM EDT • Sports • espn.com
Syracuse Common Council will make vendors disclose if they do business with ICE

Vendors will now be required to simply check a box when trying to get a city contract.

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Apr 6 • 5:19 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Toronto Tempo vs. Minnesota Lynx - Live Score

View the Toronto Tempo vs. Minnesota Lynx game played on May 01, 2026. Box score, stats, odds, highlights, play-by-play, social & more

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Apr 6 • 1:41 PM EDT • Sports • foxsports.com
AMC Entertainment Delivers Best Ever Global Revenue for a 5-Day Easter Weekend, Led by THE SUPER MARIO GALAXY MOVIE, Strong Merchandise Sales, and Other Solid Performances

AMC Entertainment announced that it delivered a record-setting performance over the 5-day Easter holiday weekend, achieving the highest combined global admissions and food & beverage revenue for the holiday frame in AMC’s 106-year history. From Wednesday, April 1 through Sunday, April 5, more than 6.0 million guests attended AMC locations in the U.S. or Odeon […]

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Apr 6 • 1:04 PM EDT • Entertainment • boxofficepro.com
Gene Editing Institute Receives $500K Federal Grant to Expand CRISPR Learning Lab

ChristianaCare’s Gene Editing Institute has received a $500,000 federal grant secured by Delaware’s congressional delegation to expand its Learning Lab, a hands-on program that introduces high school and college students to gene editing. The Learning Lab is powered by CRISPR in a Box™, a teaching toolkit developed by Institute scientists that lets students try gene […]

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Apr 6 • 12:48 PM EDT • Science • news.christianacare.org
Mario’s box office boom reveals a bigger trend in themed entertainment

Super Mario Galaxy movie drives a record Easter weekend as theaters see strong attendance, merchandise sales, and ties to theme parks.

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Apr 6 • 12:15 PM EDT • Entertainment • attractionsmagazine.com
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The State Of Decay 3 Reveal Trailer Was Basically Fake

A 2020 Xbox reveal trailer was a hype video for a game that didn't even sort of exist yet

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Apr 6 • 11:21 AM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Warhammer 40K: New Vanguard Veterans From Armageddon Box Revealed

The new Armageddon box is coming with a bunch of updated and new miniatures. Today we get a look at the new Vanguard Veterans!

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Apr 6 • 11:10 AM EDT • Technology • belloflostsouls.net
Long Awaited Xbox Game Will Finally Be Playable For Free Next Month

Six years after announcement, it's almost here!

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Apr 6 • 6:42 AM EDT • Technology • gamingbible.com
Starfield's Huge Update Arrives On Xbox This Week, And Here Are The Release Times

For both the Free Lanes and Terran Armada content

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Apr 6 • 6:00 AM EDT • Technology • purexbox.com
AMC Entertainment Delivers Best Ever Global Revenue Mark for a 5-Day Easter Weekend, Led by THE SUPER MARIO GALAXY MOVIE, Strong Merchandise Sales, and Solid Performances by Other Titles

Led by a media-reported global box office debut of $372 million for THE SUPER MARIO GALAXY MOVIE, AMC Entertainment posted its largest combined…...

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Apr 6 • 4:20 AM EDT • Entertainment • investor.amctheatres.com
Nikhat, Lovlina in Asian Boxing Championships semifinals; Asian Wrestling Championships begin; IFL continues: Indian Sports LIVE, April 6

Here are all the updates from Indian sports on April 6, 2026.

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Apr 5 • 11:55 PM EDT • Sports • africa.espn.com
Nikhat, Lovlina in Asian Boxing Championships semifinals; Asian Wrestling Championships begin; IFL continues: Indian Sports LIVE, April 6

Here are all the updates from Indian sports on April 6, 2026.

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Apr 5 • 11:55 PM EDT • Sports • espn.com
Miami Marlins vs. Athletics - Live Score

View the Miami Marlins vs. Athletics game played on July 04, 2026. Box score, stats, play-by-play timeline, highlights, odds & more

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Apr 5 • 11:18 PM EDT • Sports • foxsports.com
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Roki Sasaki stumbles, Dodgers bail him out in comeback win

WASHINGTON — The box score will remember it as another comeback.

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Apr 5 • 8:02 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
It’s-a hit! Mario movie leads Easter weekend box office

“The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” scored the biggest opening of the year for a Hollywood movie.

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Apr 5 • 3:38 PM EDT • Entertainment • pennlive.com
It’s-a-hit: ‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ box office blasts off with $372.5 million globally

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Apr 5 • 11:58 AM EDT • Entertainment • audacy.com
It’s-a-hit: ‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ box office blasts off with $372.5 million globally

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Apr 5 • 11:58 AM EDT • Entertainment • audacy.com
It’s-a-hit: ‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ box office blasts off with $372.5 million globally

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Apr 5 • 11:58 AM EDT • Entertainment • audacy.com
It’s-a-hit: ‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ box office blasts off with $372.5 million globally

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Apr 5 • 11:58 AM EDT • Entertainment • audacy.com
It’s-a-hit: ‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ box office blasts off with $372.5 million globally

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Apr 5 • 11:58 AM EDT • Entertainment • audacy.com
It’s-a-hit: ‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ box office blasts off with $372.5 million globally

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Apr 5 • 11:58 AM EDT • Entertainment • audacy.com
It’s-a-hit: ‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ box office blasts off with $372.5 million globally

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Apr 5 • 10:55 AM EDT • Entertainment • audacy.com
It’s-a-hit: ‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ box office blasts off with $372.5 million globally

“The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” has scored the biggest opening of the year for a Hollywood film.

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Apr 5 • 10:55 AM EDT • Entertainment • news4jax.com
It’s-a-hit: ‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ box office blasts off with $372.5 million globally

“The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” has scored the biggest opening of the year for a Hollywood film.

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Apr 5 • 10:55 AM EDT • Entertainment • click2houston.com
“I couldn’t enjoy it fully until now”: Crimson Desert’s once‑exclusive PS5 mode finally arrives on Xbox — and I’m ready to dive back in

Crimson Desert’s 4K update arrived on PlayStation 5 first, leaving Xbox Series X users waiting, with Pearl Abyss declining to explain the temporary lack of parity.

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Apr 5 • 9:36 AM EDT • Technology • windowscentral.com
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition Starts Appearing In Retail Stores At Nearly $1000

AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition CPU is listed for CAD $1,373.99 in Canada and £905.82 in the UK, launching April 22.

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Apr 5 • 8:47 AM EDT • Technology • wccftech.com
OH WOW! Science Center will host interactive, augmented sandbox exhibit

OH WOW! The Roger & Gloria Jones Children’s Center for Science & Technology will host an interactive, augmented exhibit beginning Monday, April 6, 2026.

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Apr 5 • 7:58 AM EDT • Science • wfmj.com
Miami Marlins vs. Athletics - Live Score

View the Miami Marlins vs. Athletics game played on July 03, 2026. Box score, stats, play-by-play timeline, highlights, odds & more

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Apr 4 • 11:19 PM EDT • Sports • foxsports.com
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5 Gadgets You Can Plug Into Your TV's HDMI 2.0 Port

Discover the best gadgets to plug into your TV's HDMI 2.0 port. We detail top devices like streaming sticks, sync boxes, and gaming consoles.

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Apr 4 • 2:45 PM EDT • Technology • slashgear.com
With 2025's GOTY Now In The Library, Xbox Game Pass Premium Is Becoming Too Good To Ignore

A serious value for Xbox players

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Apr 4 • 11:00 AM EDT • Technology • purexbox.com
LIVE! Watch ‘Wilder Vs. Chisora’ Official Video Stream

Two of the hardest hitting heavyweights in boxing will duke it out later tonight (Sat., April 4, 2026) LIVE on DAZN pay-per-view (PPV) from inside the O2 Arena in London, England, as former WBC heavyweight king Deontay Wilder meets British veteran Derek Chisora in the main event. Wilder, who made some outlandish comments earlier this […]

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Apr 4 • 9:53 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Xbox's State Of Decay 3 Finally Returns, Signups Now Live For Alpha Playtests

"A mysterious broadcast calls to all survivors of the blood plague"

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Apr 3 • 2:32 PM EDT • Technology • purexbox.com
Gemma 4 and what makes an open model succeed

Having written a lot of model release blog posts, there’s something much harder about reviewing open models when they drop relative to closed models, especially in 2026. In recent years, there were so few open models, so when Llama 3 was released most people were still doing research on Llama 2 and super happy to get an update. When Qwen 3 was released, the Llama 4 fiasco had just gone down, and a whole research community was emerging to study RL on Qwen 2.5 — it was a no brainer to upgrade. Today, when an open model releases, it’s competing with Qwen 3.5, Kimi K2.5, GLM 5, MiniMax M2.5, GPT-OSS, Arcee Large, Nemotron 3, Olmo 3, and others. The space is populated, but still feels full of hidden opportunity. The potential of open models feels like a dark matter, a potential we know is huge, but few clear recipes and examples for how to unlock it are out there. Agentic AI, OpenClaw, and everything brewing in that space is going to spur mass experimentation in open models to complement the likes of Claude and Codex, not replace them. Especially with open models, the benchmarks at release are an extremely incomplete story. In some ways this is exciting, as new open models have a much higher variance and ability to surprise, but it also points at some structural reasons that make building businesses and great AI experiences around open models harder than the closed alternatives. When a new Claude Opus or GPT drops, spending a few hours with them in my agentic workflows is genuinely a good vibe test. For open models, putting them through this test is a category error. Something else to be said about open models in the era of agents is that they get out of the debate of integration, harnesses, and tools and let us see close to the ground on what exactly is the ability of just a model. Of course, we can’t test some things like search abilities without some tool, but being able to measure exactly the pace of progress of the model alone is a welcome simplification to a systematically opaque AI space. Share The list of factors I’d use to assess a new open-weight model I’m considering investing in includes: Model performance (and size) — how this model performs on benchmarks I care about and how it compares to other models of a similar size. Country of origin — some businesses care deeply about provenance, and if a model was built in China or not. Model license — if a model needs legal approval for use, uptake will be slower at mid-sized and large companies. Tooling at release — many models release with half-broken, or at least substantially slower, implementations in popular software like vLLM, Transformers, SGLANG, etc due to pushing the envelope of architectures or tools. Model fine-tunability — how easy or hard it is to modify the given model to your use-case when you actually try and use it. The core problem is that some of these are immediately available at release, e.g. general performance, license, origin, etc. but others such as tooling take day(s) to week(s) to stabilize, and others are open research questions — with no group systematically monitoring fine-tunability. In the early era of open models, the days of Llama 2 or 3 and Qwen pre v3.5, the architectures were fairly simple and the models tended to work out of the box. Some of this was due to the extremely hard work of the Llama, Qwen, Mistral, etc. developer teams. Some is due to the new models being genuinely harder to work with. When it comes to something like Qwen 3.5 or Nemotron 3, with hybrid models (either gated delta net or mamba layers), the tooling is very rough at release. Things you would expect to “just work” often don’t. I’ve been following this area closely since we released Olmo Hybrid with a similar architecture, and Qwen 3.5 is just starting to work well in the various open-source tools that need to all play nice together for RL research. That’s 1.5 months after the release date! This is just to start really investing more into understanding the behavior of the models. Of course, others started working on these models sooner by investing more engineering resources or relying on partially closed software. The fully open and distributed ecosystem takes a long time to get going on some new models. All of this is lead-in for the most important question for open models — how easy is it to adapt to specific use-cases? This is a different problem for different model sizes. Large MoE open-weight models may be used by entities like Cursor who need complex capabilities in their domain, e.g. Composer 2 trained on Kimi K2.5. Other applications can be built on much smaller models, such as Chroma’s Context-1 model for agentic search, built on GPT-OSS 20B. The question of “which models are fine-tunable” is largely background knowledge known by engineers across the industry. There should be a thriving research area here to support the open ecosystem model. The first step is to understand characteristics of different base and post-trained models to understand what they look like. The second step is to tune pretraining recipes for open models so they’re more flexible. Interconnects AI is a reader-supported publication. Consider becoming a subscriber. Subscribe For The ATOM Project and other Interconnects endeavors, we’ve put in substantial effort to measuring adoption trends in the open ecosystem. Everything takes a long time to unfold after a model is first publicly available — and adaptability is why. What we know for sure now, when Qwen has been going from strength to strength with its releases, is that technical staff across the industry has gotten comfortable working with Qwen models. Countless research methods and datasets were made to work with Qwen. It’ll take patience for any other model family to get to this point — a patience I’m not sure many open model builders have. This takes us to Gemma 4, Google’s latest open models. Gemma 3 was released more than a year ago, in March of 2025, and is a bit underrated. Gemma 4 comes in 4 sizes for now, with a bigger, MoE model of over 100B total parameters rumored but not released yet. The models we have today come in sizes of ~5B dense, 8B dense, 26B total 4B active MoE, and 31B dense. I’m most excited that they’re finally adopting a standard Apache 2.0 open source license. This’ll massively boost adoption. The standard of better licenses for strong open-weight LLMs was set by mostly Chinese open model labs in the last 1-2 years, and now U.S. companies are following suit. I will personally be so happy if the horrible Llama licenses and Gemma terms of service were an ~18-month transient dynamic of the industry being nervous about releasing strong open models. The Gemma 4 scores look very solid, the small models have incredible benchmark scores (especially in general domains like LMArena) and the 31B model rivals the recent Qwen 3.5 27B, which is the leading member of that class. The ~30B size range is an important one, as it’s accessible both to researchers and to enterprises looking to deploy the model in real use-cases. Where the 7B model scale is the default for tinkering and research, a 30B model is the default for seeing if an open model can unlock substantial value in your specific workflow — a good mix of intelligence, low price, tractability for downstream training, etc. This takes us back to the above adoption criteria I mentioned for open models and the bigger question — do I think Gemma 4 will be an overwhelming success? Previous Gemma models have been plagued by tooling issues and poorer performance when being finetuned. Gemma 4’s success is going to be entirely determined by ease of use, to a point where a 5-10% swing on benchmarks wouldn’t matter at all. It’s strong enough, small enough, with the right license, and from the U.S., so many companies are going to slot it in. I’m cautiously optimistic that Gemma 4 is going to work better here. Winds are shifting for open models built in America. We saw GPT-OSS go through a bumpy launch to become an overwhelming success. There’s a collective energy around the likes of Reflection, Arcee, Nemotron, Gemma, Olmo, and peers that show substantial demand for building new stacks around open models. There’s capital to be spent on AI stacks across the economy by those who want more ownership of everything, including the model. After launching The ATOM Project 240 days ago, the conversation is shifting into the next stage. Summer of 2025 was a crisis moment where the U.S. AI scene realized it can’t wait and figure out open models after building AGI. The two markets will capture different areas and proceed in parallel. Now that more companies in the U.S. are releasing strong models, we need to improve the ecosystem so that these models are easy to use, understand, and build value around. It’s the hard work to build another inflection point in these adoption plots I’ve been updating consistently, but that’s the work to be done. Join me in it. More data coming soon! Here’s a sneak peek:

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State of Decay 3 alpha tests to begin in May

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Legion Go 2 now costs $2000, twice as much as ROG Xbox Ally X

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Sports quiz of the week: World Cup, Masters and County Championship

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Punjab face Mohammedan in ISL; Indians at Asian Boxing Championships: Indian Sports LIVE, April 3

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Maine high court hears ranked choice voting arguments

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Previewing the NHL and NBA stretch run, plus Puka’s rehab trip

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Sony's new PlayStation handheld rumored to top Xbox Series S, Steam Deck 2 may arrive (much) later

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The secret to Mario’s infinite lives

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Disney accidentally creates an original movie that shakes the entertainment industry

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Raising Cane's looks to add Sioux Falls location

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PS6 Handheld Will Reportedly Beat the Xbox Series S In Both Raster and Ray Tracing; PSSR 3 Will Outperform NVIDIA DLSS 4.5

Leaked specs for the PS6 handheld suggest it will outperform the Xbox Series S. Plus, PSSR 3 is set to beat NVIDIA’s DLSS 4.5, leaving the Switch 2's DLSS "Lite" behind.

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Apple's 50-year journey from garage to tech titan

In early 1976 in California, Steve Wozniak had just completed the design of a computer circuit board he intended to share with fellow hobbyists at a prominent local club. His friend Steve Jobs also saw a business opportunity ​to manufacture and sell the boards, and thus Apple was born.

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