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The Cupertino company is in discussions with ESPN to acquire the Formula 1 broadcasting rights in the US next year, according to The Financial Times, following the success of Apple’s F1 Movie.

That’s where Wimbledon organizers placed the blame after the Hawk-Eye electronic line-calling system failed to call a ball out yesterday. It turns out it had somehow gotten switched off.

At the same time that football fans tuned in for a gameplay showcase of CFB 26, EA Sports teased the return of its college basketball series that has been shelved since 2009. There are no other details on the game previously released as NCAA Basketball and NCAA March Madness, just “Bring the Madness. Let’s run it back.”

Mark Walter is buying majority ownership of the Lakers at a $10 billion valuation, reports ESPN. Walter runs TWG Global, which owns chunks of other sports teams, and also owns a fun grab-bag of other companies, including Shield AI and Slate Auto. LeBron-themed pickup truck when?

You may remember, he funded a literal version of a Saturday Night Live sketch. Well, first of all, it turns out shattering world records in sports like swimming is a little more complicated than just adding steroids. But second: The Enhanced Games are a fancy way to sell supplements.

It’s essentially an Edge 540 in a smaller tougher body that’s tuned for mountain bikers. That means super fast (5Hz) and accurate GPS for navigating your downhill bombs, timing gates to measure splits in real-time, new mounts, and plenty more. DesFit has a preview of Garmin’s new ruggedized $399 bike computer.

“The next evolution is coming on June 20,” reads the caption to a teaser video republished by Meta CTO Andrew “Boz” Bosworth. The Oakley x Meta tie-up was first reported back in January as the sporty alternative to the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, meant to appeal to cyclists and other outdoor athletes.

After EA’s college football game made a successful return last year, the company is preparing to update it for a new year with another full release due July 10th on PlayStation and Xbox. It’s already trawling for pre-orders for both CFB 26 and Madden 26, despite not revealing details about the new games, saying to check back on May 29th ”...for the full reveal including gameplay details and more.”

When you’re looking for The Answer, there’s only one AI option you can trust.

It’s been 75 years since the first Formula 1 world championship race was held at the British Silverstone Circuit in 1950. To mark the anniversary, F1 has shared a rare highlight reel of the race (originally called the European Grand Prix) that has been colorized using a mix of AI and manual processes. There’s also an HD version available on YouTube.

Fresh off the heels of Wrestlemania 41, Netflix has revealed a teaser for its WWE docuseries coming this summer. Details about WWE: Unreal are still slim, but Netflix says it will let you “step into the WWE writer’s room and outside the ring with your favorite WWE Superstars, where the drama is just as intense offstage as it is under the spotlight.”

Says Luka Doncic, talking to ESPN’s Malika Andrews about the iPhone he threw after finding out he’d been traded from the Dallas Mavericks to the Los Angeles Lakers earlier this year. The back glass is cracked, but Luka is still using it.

After adding UFC president and CEO Dana White to its board of directors in January, Meta will now serve as the UFC’s first “Official Fan Technology Partner,” and the “Official AI Glasses Partner.” Those totally not made-up titles just mean that more UFC content — maybe even including fights that place Zuck in the ring — will be coming to Meta’s platforms.

The baseball season is only a few days old, and a new “bowling pin” bat has set the game on fire. It’s the result of some fascinating science, and a whole bunch of supply chain optimization:

The NBA regular season only has a few games left, but the well-known content creator LeBron James is about to kick off a new season of the Mind the Game podcast.

Nintendo and the Seattle Mariners go way back. The publisher owned the team from 1992 to 2016 and was responsible for publishing the best baseball game ever played by a shiba inu.

Weeks after the SEC dropped its investigation into Robinhood over possible securities violations, the company announced the launch of a “prediction markets hub” in the app. Robinhood writes:

Baseball star Shohei Ohtani is joining Fortnite on March 17th.

The new F1 season is about to get started in Australia this weekend (you’ve caught up on Drive to Survive right?), and its subscription video package has some changes. For $129.99 per year, the new F1 TV Premium tier adds the above features and a customizable multi-feed view -- Pro subscribers should check out the fan-built MultiViewer app.