“The President of Super Earth has been killed in action by the Illuminate during the fall of Prosperity City.” That was the message that greeted Helldivers 2 players when they logged on last night in one last bid to repel their invading squid-like foes. Some truthers think the hit was inside job. When the dust settled…
Meta has been flirting with retail for years now, however a Business Insider report maintains the company is finally looking to expand its retail footprint beyond its first and only brick-and-mortar location.
Citing an internal communication, the report maintains Meta is looking to hire retail staff and roll out more physical stores, which are thought to go beyond the sort of pop-up locations the company experimented with late last year.
It’s said the plans could mirror Apple’s retail strategy, although the communication seen by Business Insider is “not broadly known internally yet,” suggesting it’s still early days.
While Meta’s latest pop-up in Los Angeles garnered a fair amount of press late last year, since 2016 the company has actually launched numerous pop-up stores in addition to partnering with retailers like Best Buy to offer demo spaces for its line of XR headsets.
Beyond pop-ups, the company currently operates a single permanent Meta Store in Burlingame, California, which opened next to its Reality Labs campus in 2022. There, customers can demo Quest 3 and Quest 3S, as well as Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses.
The biggest driver for the retail rollout is thought to be Ray-Ban Meta Glasses however, which are built in partnership with French-Italian eyewear conglomerate EssilorLuxottica.
In 2024 alone, Meta sold more than 1 million units of its Ray-Ban Meta Glasses, making it what CEO Mark Zuckerberg called at the time “a great start.”
Earlier this year, EssilorLuxottica CEO Francesco Milleri said the company had plans to ramp up production capacity to 10 million annual units by the end of 2026.
Ray-Ban Meta Glasses, which pack in cameras for photos and video, as well as onboard Meta AI assistant and off-ear speakers, are already available in a number of styles and lens configurations, although that’s likely set to change.
Notably, a report from Bloomberg in April alleged the company is aiming to introduce a number of new smart glasses, including a pair with built-in display and a sportier pair from EssilorLuxottica sub-brand Oakley.
And the segment is heating up. Google showed off its own pair of smart glasses on stage at Google I/O earlier this month, announcing it’s partnering with eyewear companies Warby Parker and Gentle Monster to release multiple versions of its Android XR Glasses in the near future.
Meanwhile, a report from earlier this month alleged Apple is also getting into the smart glasses segment too, as the Cupertino tech giant is reportedly now producing a smart glasses chip based on the low-energy processors used in Apple Watches, which is optimized for power efficiency and the ability to control multiple cameras.
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Linux 6.15 is now the latest stable kernel, and Ubuntu users can install it on their machines via the official Ubuntu Mainline Kernel PPA archive. Here’s a quick tutorial on how to do that via GUI and CLI methods.
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If you’ve been thinking about upgrading to a robot vacuum that also mops and handles its own maintenance, this deal from Roborock might be worth a look. The Roborock Qrevo S Robot Vacuum and Mop is currently available for Amazon Prime users at 38% off and features multiple benefits for anyone tired of vacuuming and mopping their entire home. It includes several automated features, including emptying its own dustbin, refilling its own water tank, and washing and drying mop pads. Compared to models where these tasks would have to be done manually, the Qrevo is a time-saver that may be worth the extra cost.
Amazon reviewers say that this model offers a thorough yet quiet clean on hard floors, which is in part due to the vacuum robot’s spinning mops. It also uses tech to map out your living space and avoid obstacles. When paired with the app, you can adjust cleaning zones, schedules, and areas the robot isn’t allowed in.
While its suction power claims to be strong enough to work well on carpets, it isn’t specifically designed for deep-cleaning this kind of surface. In addition, unlike more feature-rich models like the Roborock S8 Pro Ultra, it won’t lift when it’s crossing a rug. It may be better suited for people with hard floor surfaces, especially pet owners, as this system’s brush prevents hair from getting trapped or tangled.
Despite being apartment-friendly, it still consumes space and might not be worth the splurge for smaller spaces where a lower-priced model might suffice. Compared to models that cost only $100 less, though, it offers significantly more features (and convenience). If you’re a Prime member looking for a budget-friendly vacuum-mop hybrid with bells and whistles that won’t break the bank, Roborock’s Qrevo S hits a sweet spot between price point, functionality, and automation.
Elon Musk’s four-month blitz through the US government briefly made him Washington’s most powerful businessman since the Gilded Age. But it has done little for his reputation or that of his companies.
Musk this week formally abandoned his role as the head of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (Doge), which has failed to find even a fraction of the $2 trillion in savings he originally pledged.
On Thursday, Donald Trump lamented his departure but said Musk “will always be with us, helping all the way.”
This is a video of musician Luna Lee (who I’ve had the pleasure of seeing perform live) covering The Grateful Dead’s ‘Sugar Magnolia’ on the gayageum. It’s a pleasant trip — the kind of trip you might hope for at a concert. Watching your face melt in the funhouse mirror of a porta-potty? That is a bad trip. The kind of trip you don’t hope for at a concert and makes you question your life choices. The answers to those questions? All wrong. Can I get a do-over?
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Each music streaming service varies in terms of its features and its interface, but unlike the video streaming apps, the actual content selection is broadly the same across them all: You get access to tens of millions of tunes, on demand, across all of your multiple devices.
With that in mind, it doesn’t make a lot of sense to subscribe to multiple music streaming platforms. People are far more likely to make a choice between them, find their preferred service, and then stick to it—and once you’re invested in terms of playlists and listening history, it’s not easy to leave.
But I’m signed up to not one, not two, but three music streaming services—and I’ll try and explain why I stay active on all of them. If you’ve only ever stuck with one option, you might not know there are actually some key differences between them, and different ways that they’re all worth the money.
Admittedly this isn’t going to be right for everyone, and it’s definitely expensive. As a tech journalist I get to write about these different streaming apps for a living, which helps justify the cost, and your mileage may vary in terms of whether the differences between these platforms make any difference to you.
Before we get into the three streaming services themselves, a shout out to a fourth service, Last.fm: It tracks listening across multiple music platforms, which means I can look back on my musical tastes and how they change over time, even as I’m bouncing among three separate subscriptions.
I’ve been listening to digital music through iTunes since the start of this century, which is a big reason why I continue to rely on Apple Music for most of my day-to-day listening. I still have a carefully curated collection of local digital music files, and Apple Music can blend these seamlessly with new music that I stream on-demand. For bands I really like, I still buy the music—both to support them, and just in case one day I want to stop renting music (and movies, and TV shows).
The other major reason I use Apple Music above every other streaming service is the control you get over your library and over your playlists: There are algorithms here, of course, and music recommendations, but I’m much less reliant on them. Apple Music is a throwback in terms of how you can organize the music you like and determine what you listen to, rather than just opening up an app and clicking play on whatever auto-generated playlist looks most appealing.
Smart playlists are an important part of this experience, too. They let you build playlists based on your library, based around a whole host of criteria: total plays, date, genre, rating, the last played date, artist, and more. They update in real time, so a “songs I haven’t heard for six months” playlist will constantly refresh as you listen to it and the metadata updates.
I’ve spent more time than I care to admit curating numerous smart playlists. They let me balance new music with old music, prioritize my favorites while still adding in more obscure cuts, and mean that forgotten tracks that I haven’t heard for a year or more will still occasionally pop into my queue without me having to dig for them. If I ever go down to just one music streaming service, this is the one I think I’d keep.
YouTube is the opposite of Apple Music in some ways, because I’ll often just click on a music video I like and see where the recommendation algorithm takes me. YouTube probably knows my musical tastes better than any other app or platform, because of the hours I’ve spent clicking around on those brightly colored thumbnails, and it’s great for discovering new bands and new songs.
It’s an easy, sit-back-and-listen experience, one that works everywhere: web browsers, TVs, phones, and tablets of any description. Just about every device can run YouTube. And any listening I do on YouTube is synced to YouTube Music (while all of my YouTube Music playlists are also accessible through YouTube)—I can switch between an audio and video experience as needed.
That’s convenient and accessible, and on top of that there’s more music on YouTube Music (via YouTube) than anywhere else: live versions, b-sides, alternative takes you can’t find anywhere else, obscure gig recordings made by fans, and all the rest. There’s a depth and a breadth here that Apple Music and Spotify can’t match.
Another feature I like about YouTube Music is being able to queue up different playlists on different devices—even in different browser tabs. On my laptop I can have a new music mix (for entertainment) and a lo-fi chill mix (for concentration) available in neighboring browser tabs, and switch between them with a click. If I then go out in the car I can listen to a third YouTube Music playlist, without losing my place in either of the playlists I’m working through back at home.
Finally, I subscribe to Spotify is that, well, even with everything I’ve already said about its competitors, it’s the best music streaming service. It has the most polished apps, with the most features available—like the Blend playlists you can use to combine your musical tastes with those of a friend to create a single mix, and the AI DJ you can get to queue up tracks for you.
When it comes to third-party speakers, apps, and AI assistants, Spotify is the music streaming service most likely to be supported: It doesn’t favor particular devices or platforms, as Apple Music and YouTube Music do. It’s available everywhere, and it’s the easiest for sharing music with other people, because almost everyone uses it.
I use Spotify most for new music. It has a fantastic range of recommendation options, including the Release Radar playlist (new music by artists I like), and the Discover Weekly playlist (a weekly mix of new and old music, including some artists I know and some I don’t). I also enjoy all the weird and wonderful playlists other Spotify users curate and make public for everyone else.
What’s more (and despite what I said about YouTube Music), sometimes I do want a playlist that I can transfer from my laptop, to my smart speaker, to my car, and all the way back again, without skipping a beat—and Spotify handles this better than both Apple Music and YouTube Music.
Mozilla has decided to throw in
the towel on Pocket, a social-bookmarking
service that it acquired in 2017. This has left many users scrambling
for a replacement for Pocket before its shutdown in July. One possible
option is wallabag, a
self-hostable, MIT-licensed project for saving web content for later
reading. It can import saved data from services like Pocket, share
content on the web, export to various formats, and more. Even better,
it puts users in control of their data long-term.
This week we’re fielding your burning tech questions, as well as diving into a bunch of AI web browser news. Opera has started testing its fully agentic AI browser, the Browser Company is dumping the Arc browser in favor of something AI related and Mozilla is getting in a bit of hot water with experimental AI preview summaries. Try as we might, we just can’t escape AI.
Listener Mailbag: How to set up an Xbox account for your kids, will screens be obsolete, and more – 1:34
Web browsers go AI ‘agentic’: The Browser Company leaves Arc behind. Opera and Firefox debut new features – 25:37
xAI is paying Telegram $300m this year to use Grok – 54:04
Apple’s self repair program extends to iPads – 56:30
Apple might switch its OS numbering next year, iOS26 could be on the way – 58:57
Working on – 1:02:41
Pop culture picks – 1:09:26
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Music: Dale North and Terrence O’Brien
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Disney Plus and Hulu have come up with a new idea to draw in subscribers: an updated “Perks” program. If you sign up for a subscription with either of those services, Perks will give you freebies like a six-month DoorDash membership, discounted stays at Walt Disney World and 20 percent off Adidas shoes. You’ll even get a shot at winning items from Hulu shows, like actual A Handmaid’s Tale robes and wings (which seems a bit on the nose in our current times).
The offer is now available to current and new Disney Plus subscribers and will launch for Hulu on June 2nd. Other companies participating including Microsoft, Pure Green, LG and Funko, with new perks arriving every week this summer. If you subscribe to one of Disney’s Disney Plus and Hulu bundle plans, you’ll get access perks from both programs. An international launch is set for later this year.
Disney Plus counts 126.0 million paid subscribers worldwide as of March 31 this year, thanks to 1.4 million new signups in the first three months of 2025, according to Variety. Paid Hulu subscribers rose by 1.1 million during the same period and now stand at 54.7 million. By comparison, Netflix counted 301.6 million paid subscribers globally at the end of 2024.
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If you’ve been waiting for a big-screen TV deal that doesn’t require big-spender energy, this might be it. The Hisense 85U6N is currently down to $799.99 from $1,297.96 on Amazon—its lowest price ever, according to price-trackers. That’s nearly a $500 discount on a TV that PCMag rated Outstanding and named an Editor’s Choice, calling it the best budget-friendly TV you can buy. That said, if 85 inches feels like overkill, the 65-inch version is also on sale for $499 right now.
This is a 4K QLED panel with a mini-LED backlight system, so the color and contrast are strong—better than you’d expect at this price. It supports all major HDR formats, including Dolby Vision and HDR10+, and though it only has a 60Hz refresh rate, it makes up for it with very low input lag. Gamers will appreciate the 3.6ms response time, and streamers get full access to Google TV, with all the usual apps: Netflix, YouTube, Disney+, Apple TV, and other streaming platforms. You can also cast from your phone using Google Cast or Apple AirPlay, and there’s hands-free Google Assistant baked in.
Design-wise, it’s simple but clean. The near bezel-less look works well, and the matte black build doesn’t scream “budget.” It comes with a voice remote and can sit on a stand or be wall-mounted. You get four HDMI ports (one with eARC), two USB ports, and the usual audio and antenna connections. The only real omission is the newer ATSC 3.0 tuner for next-gen over-the-air broadcasts, but unless you’re using an antenna for local 4K channels, that won’t matter much. Overall, the U6N delivers a big-screen experience with strong performance and modern features at a price that’s hard to beat right now. If you’ve got the wall space and the budget, it’s a solid pick.
With how well the open-source and upstream AMD Radeon Linux graphics driver stack is these days between the mainline Linux kernel and Mesa, the Radeon Software for Linux packaged driver releases are not usually notable these days on Phoronix… The packaged Radeon Software for Linux drivers haven’t been popular with gamers/enthusiasts in years given how good the upstream support is and those packaged bits mostly useful for those just running enterprise Linux distributions with older versions of Linux and Mesa. But the next Radeon Software for Linux packaged driver release is set to introduce a big change…
According to Bloomberg, the next versions of Apple’s operating systems may be labeled by year, starting now. It makes sense. At this point, we’ve got VisionOS 2, watchOS 11, macOS 15, iOS 18 and iPadOS 18. Instead, they might all be tagged 26 — even if they launch this year.
It’s not the first tech company to align new products with the year of release. Samsung started naming its phones by year of release in 2020 with the S20, which followed the S10. We’ll learn for sure in under two weeks: WWDC kicks off June 9.
— Mat Smith
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One of the standout deals of this year’s Days of Play sale is the PS5 DualSense Edge controller. You can pick one up for $169, which is 15 percent off its usual price. The deal is available on Amazon and directly from Sony.
The Edge resembles a regular DualSense controller, but there’s a lot more to it. For instance, there are function buttons below each thumbstick and rear paddles, and you can choose between a set of levers or shorter half-domes.
If you haven’t jumped on the PS5 yet, the PS5 Pro also gets a $50 discount.
Opera has launched another… Opera browser. Neon is its first fully agentic browser. That means it’s baked in AI chat with users and can surf the web on their behalf.
It… clicks for you. It can even fill out forms and shop for you. If you’re feeling more ambitious, you can ask Neon to build websites, animations, even games, and it can continue chipping away at big projects while you’re offline.
Will that all be enough to swing you away from all your Chrome plugins or Safari passwords? According to recent figures, just over 2 percent of internet users use Opera. You can try it for yourself now. Oh wait, no, there’s a waitlist.
Pulsar’s latest competitive gaming mouse features a premium tiny fan from Noctua, the renowned fan brand. (Apparently, no one makes fans quite like the Austrians).
With a skeletal shell designed to enhance airflow, it’s for sweaty-palmed professional gamers. Like the original Feinmann mouse from Pulsar, it has a 32,00 DPI sensor and an ultra-fast 8,000 Hz polling rate. Due to the fan, it’s a little heavier than the original at 65 grams. And the price of dry palm calm? $180.
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From futuristic racers to The Smurfs, June has a few new VR games. Here are our monthly highlights.
May delivered another busy month full of new releases, and June’s looking a little quieter. Last month prominently featured The Midnight Walk, Final Fury, Surviving Mars: Pioneer, Bearly Escape, Tunnels, F1 25, Out of Sight VR, and POOLS VR. That’s before counting Pirates VR: Jolly Roger, Smash Drums, and Ghosts of Tabor reaching PS VR2, while Into the Radius 2 and Hard Bullet arrived on Quest 3.
We’ll update this list if more games get announced or delayed, though we’ve deliberately excluded Five Nights at Freddy’s: Secret of the Mimic because VR support is currently unclear despite previous confirmations. Steel Wool Studios has not replied to UploadVR’s previous requests for clarification, so we’ll adjust this list if we learn more.
For even more titles, our upcoming VR games list receives near-daily updates. For now, here are this June’s highlights for new VR games on Quest, PC VR, and PlayStation VR2.
Created by Urban Logic Games, Alliance Peacefighter is a story-driven sim inspired by X-Wing and Wing Commander. Featuring optional PC VR support with full HOTAS compatibility, you play as a newly qualified Alliance pilot caught in a fight between two galactic superpowers.
Developed by Singular Perception, Epyka is described as a family adventure where you discover the world’s first civilization on a previously unknown island. Playing as archaeologist Scott Hudson, he’s joined by his trusty dog Jack, working together to uncover secrets and defeat a malevolent force. Previously on Quest, that’s now heading to PlayStation VR2.
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Developed by Bazooka Studio and published by MyDearest, Little Thief aims to be a modern-day Robin Hood game where you sneak into wealthy homes and steal anything you can grab. Inventory space is limited, and you’ll need to dodge various traps to avoid getting caught.
Inspired by Star Fox and Ikaruga, The Phoenix Gene is a new third-person narrative on-rails shooter. Developed by HEROmation, The Phoenix Gene sees you play as Firestorm, a phoenix aiming to protect a young janitor called Jackie after she becomes targeted by her employer’s Life Rite following an accident involving an immortality serum.
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Developed by eXomorph Games, Neon Cipher is a new VR puzzle action platformer described as a blend of “the tactile diorama style of Moss with the structured, test-chamber design of Portal.” Featuring 50 levels with a mix of first and third-person mechanics, you play as a hacker and your goal is to fight enemies while solving puzzles as you break into the evil XE_CORP’s database.
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Developed by Chark Studio, Exer Gale is an immersive flight simulator that asks players to glide through the air like a bird. As you dip around chunky 3D environments, avoiding aerial obstacles, you can rack up a high score that will display on a global leaderboard. It’s unclear if the Steam version will also launch on June 9, and the website also lists upcoming PlayStation and Pico ports.
Developed by VertexBreakers, V-Racer Hoverbike is a high-octane motorbike racing game where players fly down futuristic tracks that previously launched on Steam in 2018. Now arriving on Quest, it uses a ‘body-based chest-leaning control system’ instead of traditional joystick-based controls to provide ‘natural, intuitive, and motion-sickness free’ movement.
Zombie Army VR is bringing the Sniper Elite spinoff to most major VR platforms, and Rebellion’s working with Xtended Realities for its latest VR game. Featuring online two-player co-op, this campaign sees you reprising the role of a Deadhunter, fighting your way through Europe during World War 2. Following a very late delay in May, it’s now targeting a launch this month.
OVRDARK: A Do Not Open Story by NoxNoctis Games is now heading for Quest after reaching most other platforms. Playing as George Foster, Mike Goreng’s former lab partner, you’re tasked with uncovering the truth behind your closest friend’s suicide while finding a cure to a pandemic currently threatening humanity.
Developed by Belgian studio Fishing Cactus, Badminton Time VR is a family-friendly multiplayer sports game that initially released as a flatscreen title on Nintendo Switch. You can be play solo, against AI opponents or in online multiplayer across 1v1 and 2v2 matches, while other options include customizable avatars and five different mini-games.
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Based on the famous Belgian comic series by Peyo, The Smurfs – Flower Defense is a new adaptation from publisher Microids and developer Kalank Games. Promising a combination of action, strategy, and storytelling, this new adventure sees the infamous Gargamel ruining the Nature Fairy Leaf’s planned celebrations and capturing 20 Smurfs with a magic spell.
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Launching in early access, Elemental Towers VR is a magical FPS that sees you controlling the power of four elements, tasking you to construct legendary towers and restore balance to this world across a story mode. That’s launching this month on Steam, while the Quest version lists a “summer 2025” release window.
Developed by 3R Games, Cave Crave sees you exploring tight tunnels and caves as you try to find an escape. This requires marking clues across cave walls using chalk, clearing obstacles with a hammer, and using ice axes to climb across walls. It’s now introducing an optional horror mode and while the Quest version only states a “June” release window, the PlayStation VR2 version lists June 26.
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Neolithic Dawn is a VR survival game reaching early access, though it’s unclear if the Steam release will coincide with Quest. As a Neolithic hunter-gatherer, you must survive by crafting physics-based tools and weapons, hunting for food, and taming creatures. If you die, you’ll return as your son or daughter to a changed world. Dynamic seasons, a day and night cycle, and five maps are promised.
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Developed by Arcadia VR, Requisition VR takes inspiration from Dead Rising and The Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners. You can craft increasingly absurd weaponry like electrically charged baseball bats using household items across an extraction-based PvPvE adventure. You’ll scavenge for resources to create new weapons, teaming up with friends to defeat AI and human opponents.
Store links – Pico (not live yet), Quest
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Interested in learning about more upcoming VR games? Take a look at our complete list below, which covers upcoming Quest, PC VR, PS VR2, Pico, Apple Vision Pro, and Android XR games:
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Gmail will now automatically show you a summary card for lengthy email threads if you check a Google Workspace account on the iOS or the Android app. The company introduced AI summaries last year when it rolled out Gemini side panels for Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drive and Gmail. However, you’d have had to manually tap the “Summarize this email” option at the top of emails before if you wanted to see a thread’s contents at a glance. Now, the summary will show up at the top of the email the moment you open a thread.
Google’s AI assistant will write up key points from multiple messages and include them in the summary. It will keep re-generating that summary and keeping it up to date as more replies come in. At the moment, however, the feature will only work for emails written in English. Also, your personalization smart features in Gmail, Chat and Meet, as well as smart features in Google Workspace, have to be switched on. As The Verge notes, Google didn’t say whether it will also make auto-summaries available on non-Workspace accounts and Gmail on desktop. But you can always tap the “Summarize this email” option at the top whenever auto-summary isn’t available for you.
In addition to summarizing emails, Gemini in Gmail can help you draft new emails and help you find information from within your inbox or from your Drive files. At I/O 2025, Google CEO Sundar Pichai introduced Personalized Smart Replies, an upcoming feature that can look at your past emails and files to draft a response containing relevant information in the tone you typically use when you write.
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It’s a sad fact of life: Sometimes you have to work when you’d rather be watching the game. I can’t fix that problem for you, sadly, but I can give you a way to keep track of the score on your Mac.
Apple offers a great sports scores app for the iPhone, which is the best way to keep track of the score while you’re doing something else. There’s nothing like that from Apple for the Mac, though, which I find a little disappointing. Sure, you can ask Siri for the score, but there’s no way to passively keep track of the score while you’re working on something else. Happily, there’s a free app that puts the score for many major leagues right in your menu bar: the aptly named MenuScores.
This is a free and open source application that offers scores for major sports leagues in both Europe and North America. Just install the application and you’ll see “Select a Game” in the menu bar. Click this and you’ll see a list of leagues—hover over any of them to see a list of games. Click a game and you’ll know the score every time you glance at the menu bar. You can optionally get a notification when the game starts and ends.
The supported leagues include the NHL, NBA, NCAA men’s and women’s basketball, the NFL, MLB, F1, PGA, LPGA, EUFA Champions league, EPL, ESP, GER, ITA, and NLL. Most sports fans aren’t going to want to see all of theses, so you can disable any league in the settings. You can also disable notifications and configure how often scores should refresh—options range from every five seconds to every five minutes. Scores are pulled in using ESPN’s API.
The application isn’t perfect. It would be nice if I could get more details about games by clicking them, even if that meant opening a website. I also wish there was support for MLS games. Even so, this is a great tool if you’re a fan of even one supported league. I know I’ll be opening ii late in the afternoon most days during hockey season.
We’ve got another fine mix of popular events this weekend, starting with two charity rides (including a vEveresting kickoff!) followed by two group rides celebrating anniversaries and special guests. Finally, we wrap up our picks with the last race of the popular SISU Pinkki series. See details below!
Cycle Nation Charity vEveresting for I Love Boobies Breast Cancer Screening
Good Cause Popular Endurance Challenge
Join the Cycle Nation team and many others as they begin their vEveresting for charity event! Due to Zwift limitations, the actual event just covers the Road to Sky route, which means you’ll climb Alpe du Zwift once. Those attempting a vEverest will be doing repeats of Alpe du Zwift, completing it ~8.5 times for a total elevation of 8,848 meters.
Cycle Nation says, “Support us by joining us for one climb or more at your own pace and donating at iloveboobies.co.za. Everyone who completes the first ascent will unlock the Cycle Nation Zwift kit.”
Saturday, May 31 at 8:30am UTC/4:30am ET/1:30am PT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/4944322
Sir Chris Hoy’s | Tour de 4
Good Cause Popular Special Guests Kit Unlock
Once again, one of the most popular rides this weekend is the open-paced Tour de 4 ride with Sir Chris Hoy (11x world champion and 6x Olympic champion). Tour de 4 is an initiative to change the perception of people living with stage 4 cancer and raise vital funds for cancer charities across the UK.
Read all about Tour de 4 series >
Rides are 45 minutes long and now held once a month on Saturdays. This week’s ride is on The Muckle Yin.
Saturday, June 1 @ 9am UTC/5am ET/2am PT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/4818032
OTR Snap Crackle Pop Punch Time (3-Year Anniversary)
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Steve Fish from team OTR has been organizing the Snap Crackle Pop events since the beginning, and this weekend is their 3-year anniversary, so we wanted to give them a shout-out!
This is a group ride, race, and interval training all rolled into one fun challenging event. ZwiftPower is used to score the ride based on the sum of segment times on a route with punchy climbs and/or sprints (this week is Innsbruckring, so you’ll have the Leg Snapper KOM and Innsbruck Sprint as segments.) The group rides together at ~2wkg and the ride leader provides guidance and lead-outs to smash a segment. Then regroup, rinse, and repeat.
Multiple timeslots this weekend
See events at zwift.com/events/tag/snapcracklepop
Shimano Super Cycling Sunday
Route Badge Popular Guest Leader Kit Unlock
This series from Shimano is proving popular! These are open-paced group rides on newer Zwift routes that include a #SuperCyclingSunday kit unlock, special guest riders, and more.
Read all about the Shimano Super Cycling Sunday series >
This week’s ride is on Watopia’s Waisted 8 (30.9km, 144m), with guest leader FDJ-Suez rider Eglantine Rayer Girault.
Sunday, June 1 @ 2pm UTC/10am EDT/7am PDT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/4998839
2025 SISU Pinkki – Stage 7
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The final stage of SISU Racing’s Pinkki grand tour happens on Saturday, and it’s the queen stage,on Watopia’s ZG25 Queen (44.8km, 896m).
Read all about the SISU Pinkki series >
This is a mass-start event using Zwift Racing Score with separate results for Men and Women.
Saturday in several timeslots
Sign up at zwift.com/events/tag/sisu
We choose each weekend’s Notable Events based on a variety of factors including:
In the end, we want to call attention to events that are extra-special and therefore extra-appealing to Zwifters. If you think your event qualifies, comment below with a link/details and we may just include it in an upcoming post!
Eighteen months after leaving his job as a vice president at Amazon to take over as Blue Origin’s chief executive, Dave Limp has some thoughts on how commercial companies and government agencies like NASA should explore the Solar System together.
Limp had no background in the space industry before taking the helm of Jeff Bezos’ space company in December 2023. He started his career as a computer scientist at Apple, took a stint at a venture capital firm, and joined Amazon in 2010, where he managed development of consumer devices like Alexa, Kindle, and the Fire TV.
“I had no thoughts of ever running a space company,” Limp said Thursday at a space conference in Washington, DC. “I’ve done consumer electronics my whole life. Started at Apple and did a bunch of other things, and so when I decided to retire from Amazon, I was looking for something that I could give back a little bit, be a little bit more philanthropic in the sort of second half of my career. I didn’t want to stop working, just wanted to do something different. And about that same time, Jeff was looking for a CEO.”
