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An urgent email from CHSN arrived in my inbox at 6:30 a.m., awakening me with a welcome ping. Finally, the newly created sports network for the Blackhawks, Bulls and White Sox would be announcing its agreement with Comcast, just in time for Wednesday’s Bulls opener. All the angst over missing the start of the Hawks and Bulls seasons was for nothing, and my antenna-reliant days of watching our legacy sports teams would be over. Alas, it was only an announcement that the new station, Chicago Sports Network, also known as the Chicago Haugh Sports Network, was adding another David Haugh show to its Haugh-packed schedule.

In recent years, smartwatches and smart rings have grown increasingly popular, adorning the wrists and fingers of consumers who use them to monitor their exercise, sleep and heart activity. Now, medical device companies, including north suburban-based Abbott Laboratories, are hoping health enthusiasts will embrace a new type of wellness accessory: wearable sensors to track glucose levels. Unlike previous, similar devices, the new ones don’t require prescriptions and aren’t just for diabetics.

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The National Audit Office of Sweden (NAO) has slammed the country’s Gambling Regulator, saying it is “not effective enough” in both the licensed and unlicensed gambling markets, while at the same time indicating that the Swedish Government is also at fault. The Swedish Gambling Authority, Spelinspektionen, is accused by the NAO of carrying out too few inspections, according to a report by Intergame. The review by the NAO says, “The shortcomings are partly due to the priorities that the Gambling Authority has chosen to make.

Meta, the company behind Facebook and Instagram, has been testing facial recognition software to defend against “relentless” scammers on its platforms. Outlined in a blog post, the new technology will be used to detect what Meta calls celeb-bait. Some scam advertisements use images of celebrities without their consent to make what they’re selling seem more legitimate. How will Meta use facial recognition? Meta admits that celeb-bait is hard to crack down.

The Galaxy S25 leaks show off the features of the newest models coming from smartphone giant Samsung. According to TechRadar, the leaks haven’t stopped over the past month as the Korean company’s latest models hit the internet alongside their newest offerings to Android customers. Samsung leaks show off Galaxy S25, the Galaxy S25 Plus, and Galaxy S25 Ultra Samsung’s standard Galaxy S25, the Galaxy S25 Plus, and the Galaxy S25 Ultra have all been prominent in leaks.