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'#CFBPlayDontPay' – EA Sports College Football 27 Stumbles With Mostly Negative Reviews as Fans Fight Back Against Microtransactions

UPDATE 6:03 p.m. PT: EA has confirmed plans to remove "all paid progression options from Road to Glory and Online Dynasty" in EA Sports College Football 27 after players launched the CFBPlayNotPay campaign against offline microtransactions.

Mamdani announces new Click-to-Cancel rule for New York City - Engadget

The rule revives a proposed FTC protection that was abandoned last year.

Zohran Mamdani discussing affordability at a press conference during his campaign.

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If you live in New York city, cancelling subscriptions should get a lot easier starting October 1. New York City Mayor Mamdani has announced a new "Click-to-Cancel" rule, enforced by the city's Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, that requires companies to provide "simple, straightforward subscription cancellation." As the name suggests, the rule forbids companies from letting you breezily click on a few boxes to sign up online, while requiring you to navigate a byzantine network of phone calls and carrier pigeons to unsubscribe. Besides making good on campaign promises, the new rule also revives one of the Federal Trade Commission's proposed protections under former FTC Chair Lina Khan.

After 2 years, Marvel Rivals finally made one of its worst characters one of its best

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After 2 years, Marvel Rivals finally made Black Widow fun to play

Black Widow in Marvel Rivals Image: NetEase Games

Marvel Rivals' Black Widow rework is here — finally. The erstwhile spy's been in an odd, controversial place since the hero shooter launched in December 2024, occupying a role that barely fit her background in Marvel comics and added little to the Rivals roster. However, season 9, which started on July 10 and added Jubilee to the mix, included a major rework for Black Widow, and she's a blast to play now.

Metal balls from space are popping up on Australia's beaches - Engadget

Sadly, aliens weren't involved.

A large metallic ball sitting on the ground.

Queensland Fire Department

The Schwartz is strong with a small Australian beach town that's having its own "space balls" moment. Six metallic spheres, each roughly twice the size of a basketball, washed ashore over the weekend on Forrest Beach in Queensland. The appearance of the mysterious objects has led to wild theories, UFO jokes and tongue-in-cheek alien promotions from local shops. Authorities, though, have a much more mundane explanation: space junk.

I toured the USS Arlington, an active US Navy warship. Here are the photos I was allowed to take.

As a resident of New York City, I'm used to walking through Hell's Kitchen and seeing an enormous warship floating in the Hudson River at the Intrepid Museum.

This time, however, it had company.

500-HP Viper-V10-Powered Motorcycle Is Up For Sale If You Dare - Jalopnik

The Dodge Tomahawk always rubbed me the wrong way. It's not the idea of a motorcycle wrapped around an enormous car engine that bothered me, but the fact that it has four wheels. Allen Millyard agreed with that assessment and built a proper two-wheeled, Viper-powered motorcycle of his own. And now, it can be yours, as it's going up for auction at the end of July.

Indian cricket board to review T20 team’s ‘bad phase’ after England defeats

India slumped to a nine-wicket defeat in the fourth T20 against England, following a 2-0 series whitewash in Ireland.

India’s cricket board will review the T20 team’s performance after a dismal run that saw the world champions lose successive series in Ireland and England, a top official said.

Dust in the wind: intense storms struck China, US in 2025, says UN

A dust storm on the Greek island of Crete in April 2026 - the WMO is calling for stronger sharing of sand storm data
A dust storm on the Greek island of Crete in April 2026 - the WMO is calling for stronger sharing of sand storm data.

China and the southern United States were hit last year by some of their worst sand and dust storms in decades, the United Nations said Friday.

I brought my dad to a work trip, and he forgot his passport. I flew without him.

I brought my dad to a work trip, and he forgot his passport. I flew without him.

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Prince Harry, Meghan and children Archie and Lilibet visit King Charles and Queen Camilla

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, along with their children Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, have visited King Charles and Queen Camilla.

Buckingham Palace confirmed on Friday evening that the King and Queen hosted the family at Highgrove House earlier in the afternoon.