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Why is OpenAI selling a ChatGPT basketball?
OpenAI has released its first piece of hardware, a $230 mini keyboard billed as a “command centre for agentic work,” but alongside it the company is also selling a branded basketball, part of what it calls its “Pause. Play. Prompt.” campaign. The listing frames the £70 (roughly $70) rubber ball as “a physical reminder that…
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Motherwell’s Watt gets four-game ban for ‘worst VAR decision in history’ comment
Motherwell midfielder Elliot Watt has been handed an immediate four-match ban after admitting a breach of Scottish FA disciplinary rules over comments he made on X following his side’s 3-2 defeat by Celtic in May, in which he branded a late penalty decision “the worst VAR decision in history”. The case is part of wider…
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Swansea midfielder Franco facing lengthy spell out
Swansea City midfielder Goncalo Franco is facing 10 to 12 weeks out with an ankle ligament injury, a significant setback for the Welsh club just a month before the new Championship season begins. The 25-year-old was injured in an accidental collision during a behind-closed-doors friendly against Exeter City at Swansea’s Fairwood training ground last Saturday.…
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Nearly one in five World Cup matches reached heat levels players’ union warns against
A Guardian analysis has found that nearly one in five matches at this year’s World Cup were played in heat and humidity levels that the football players’ union Fifpro has warned should trigger delays or postponements, highlighting mounting concerns about the safety of major sporting events as the climate crisis intensifies. Experts say the tournament…
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Olympians speak out against WNBA for handling of Caitlin Clark
Caitlin Clark’s treatment by the WNBA has drawn criticism from Olympians across multiple countries, reigniting a row that dates back to her controversial exclusion from the USA women’s basketball squad at the Paris 2024 Olympics. The renewed backlash follows Clark’s own outspoken criticism of the league, in which she said the WNBA needed to improve…
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Breanna Stewart and Sabrina Ionescu look to snap Dallas Wings’ five-game winning streak
The Dallas Wings are on a five-game winning streak and are looking to complete a sweep of their season series against the New York Liberty, who have been struggling this WNBA season. New York’s stars Breanna Stewart and Sabrina Ionescu are aiming to end Dallas’s run of form in their upcoming meeting, in what is…
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‘Would you believe it?’ – Kohli survives review then caught next ball
Virat Kohli survives an umpire review before being dismissed with the very next ball as Jofra Archer and Adil Rashid combine to give England an “important breakthrough” against India during the second one-day international in Cardiff.