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Real Sociedad and Manchester United will face off in the first leg of a UEFA Europa League Round of 16 showdown on Thursday on Paramount+. The Premier League side is currently third in the Europa League table after going 5-3-0 in its first eight matches of the tournament and outscoring opponents 16-9 over that span. Meanwhile, the Spanish hosts are …

Toru Nishikawa (right), co-founder and chief executive officer of Preferred Networks, and Daisuke Okanohara, co-founder and chief executive researcher, with a Fanuc Corp. robotic arm at their company’s headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, March 16, 2018. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Preferred Networks is a little-known name outside of Japan, but the Toyota-backed artificial intelligence unicorn has big plans to use …

USATSI It was a closer game than expected on Thursday but Tadeo Allende was Inter Miami’s savior in a 2-0 victory over Cavalier SC in the Conacacaf Champions Cup round of 16. The first leg took place at Chase Stadium with Lionel Messi missing his second straight game due to load management but the other Herons were able to pick …

Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Cryptocurrencies fell Thursday night after President Donald Trump signed an executive order creating a strategic bitcoin reserve for the United States and, separately, a “digital asset stockpile.” The price of bitcoin was last lower by 3% at $87,586.86, according to Coin Metrics. Shortly after the news broke, it fell to as low as …

The 2025 NWSL season officially gets underway on Friday with the Challenge Cup, this year featuring 2024’s best teams – the Orlando Pride and the Washington Spirit. The Pride return to play after a record-breaking 2024 season in which the team won their first-ever trophies, winning both the NWSL Championship and the NWSL Shield. The Spirit, meanwhile, landed in second …

SpaceX’s mega rocket Starship lifts off for a test flight from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, Thursday, March 6, 2025. Eric Gay | AP The Federal Aviation Administration briefly halted flights to several Florida airports on Thursday night after a SpaceX Starship testing failure. The incident marks the second time this year that SpaceX experienced a mishap during a flight …

The NWSL will celebrate its first competitive fixture of the year with the 2025 NWSL Challenge Cup on Friday night. This year it will be a rematch of the 2024 NWSL Championship final between reigning title holders Orlando Pride and runners-up Washington Spirit. The first game of the year will be a singular match with a cup title on the …

Costco on Thursday reported an earnings miss, but beat expectations for revenue for the second quarter as quarterly comparable sales rose. Shares ticked down over 1% in extended trading on Thursday evening. Here’s how the wholesale company did compared with what Wall Street was expecting for the quarter ended Feb. 16, based on a survey of analysts by LSEG: Earnings …

It was a mixed bag for the British sides in the early Europa League games on Thursday night. The headline result of the night might prove to be Tottenham’s 1-0 loss away to AZ Alkmaar, Ange Postecoglou’s last chance of winning a trophy in his second season with the club looking altogether more challenging going into the second leg at …

U.S. President Donald Trump looks on in the Oval Office, on the day he signs executive orders, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S. March 6, 2025.  Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters President Donald Trump said Thursday that his administration would not consider stock market reaction when hammering out the details of its tariff policy. When asked whether the decision …