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Massive live sports piracy ring with 812 million yearly visits taken offline
The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) has taken down one of the world’s largest live sports streaming piracy rings, with over 821 million visits last year. ACE says the Markkystreams Vietnam-based operation was the largest illegal sports streaming service it has shut down to date. The piracy ring primarily targeted audiences across the United States and Canada, streaming sports events daily from all the U.S. sports…
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How to watch sports on Amazon Prime Video from anywhere
Depending on your country, you may have access to live sports on Amazon Prime Video. However, some countries have more content than others. For example, the US version of Prime Video offers the NFL (Thursday Night Football), while UK Prime Video users can access 20 Premier League matches. The trouble is that if you travel abroad, you’ll no longer be…
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Why Your Favorite Sports and Racing Games Are Disappearing from Stores
Key Takeaways Sports and racing games rely on licensing agreements to feature real-world athletes and cars. Licenses eventually expire, forcing publishers to renew the license, remove the content, or simply delist the game. Licensing problems have caused newer games to be delisted quickly, impacting accessibility for players. Nothing lasts forever, especially video games. Many of the best sports and racing…
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Meta’s mixed-reality attempt at a Wii Sports knockoff is coming
That logo looks very familiar.Images: Meta / Nintendo Like Nintendo’s simplistic motion control-based sports series, Home Sports offers several games: hockey, badminton, pickleball, mini-golf, and bowling. It’s playable solo and multiplayer, where your Meta avatar represents you in a match. Meta says the game can adapt to your play space, but it also uses the Quest boundaryless mode for those…
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Review: Apple Sports Is the Best Ad-Free Score App
Basically every sports app is a bloated nightmare. You just want to check the scores, but these apps want you to do something else entirely (maybe gambling?). Whether I’m using official league apps or one offered by a broadcaster like ESPN, it always takes a few taps to get what I want—and that’s after I’ve waited for it to download…
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How to stream Sky Sports in the USA
Sky Sports is home to the Premier League, domestic and international cricket matches, tennis Grand Slam tournaments, and more. It’s not cheap to watch either, so it’s all the more frustrating when you travel abroad and find you can no longer access the content you pay for. Copyright and licensing agreements dictate that Sky Sports is geo-blocked outside the UK…
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There’s Now an NYT Connections Game for Sports
Traditionally, word games (like crosswords) and sports coverage have occupied entirely different pages and sections of the newspaper. But the New York Times is now combining both concepts with a sports-themed version of their Connections game, called simply Connections: Sports Edition. (Beware: below are some spoilery descriptions of the October 4 edition of the puzzle.) The rules are the same…
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The Best Streaming Services for Live Sports in 2024
If you want to catch every game for all your favorite teams, you’ll need to find the right streaming service. Here’s a look at the best streaming services for live sports, including platforms for football, baseball, soccer, and wrestling. UPDATE: 10/03/2024 These are still the best sports streaming services you can subscribe to. Hulu + Live TV Best Streaming Service…
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How to follow live sports scores on your iPhone lockscreen
When it introduced iOS 16, Apple added a feature called Live Activities as part of a broader update to notifications and the lockscreen. Live Activities is a little different from a standard push notification or widget — it offers a way for apps to put real-time information in a persistent notification bubble on your lockscreen. It’s especially useful for sports…
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Access Sports Medicine and Orthopaedics notifies 88K people of data breach that compromised SSNs, medical and financial info
New Hampshire clinic Access Sports Medicine and Orthopaedics this week confirmed it notified 88,044 people of a May 2024 data breach that compromised names, Social Security numbers, financial info, medical info, and health insurance info. Ransomware gang Inc claimed responsibility for the attack on May 18, 2024. The notice sent to affected patients states, “On May 10, 2024, Access Sports…
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