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While Netflix has steered clear from the ad-supported business model, other streaming platforms have embraced it fully, recognizing that it’s a great way to allow users to get familiar with their service for a more budget-friendly price. So Netflix may be forced to follow suit sooner rather than later. Netflix Admits an Ad-Supported Plan May Be on the Way During Netflix’s Earnings Interview for Q1, 2022, CEO Reed Hastings admitted that the company is now open to creating a new, lower-priced tier that features ads....

Since the implementation of the Overwatch role queue system, one major problem has become apparent. The wait times for DPS players are just too long. It seems the majority of Overwatch players want to play DPS instead of Tank and Support, and so the result is that fans of the hero-shooter may now be sending a lot more time waiting to find a match than actually playing the game. Throw in some other factors like playing with friends that are a different rank and the wait times to get into an Overwatch match become even longer....

The biggest shock when it comes to recent transfers however was without a doubt Arsene Wenger’s decision to part with over £40 million for a single player, the same Arsenal who despite being willing to pay hefty sums for players were never in the ‘record fee’ crowd. Fans of rival clubs laughed at Arsenal for splashing out on Mesut Ozil, not because they didn’t think he was a top quality player, but more because they were trying to hide their collective jealousy....

Why would people do that? Generally speaking, most people aren’t out-and-out lying maliciously when they say (erroneously) that they have a food allergy. They might instead have a food sensitivity, which involves a different set of symptoms. They might be trying to lose weight, but not want to admit it. And, they may have a serious medical condition, such as anorexia nervosa. True Food Allergy vs. Sensitivity Real food allergies have a set of symptoms, including hives, swelling, and potentially anaphylaxis, and are diagnosed by a healthcare provider (usually a doctor who specializes in allergies) through testing....

As the cliché goes, he came, he saw, he conquered. At the peak of his prowess, he would invariably hit the first ball of a Test match for four, dispatch the last ball before lunch to the boundary or move from 94 to 100 or 194 to 200 or even 294 to 300 with a six. And every time you would quiz him on his unorthodox methods, he would retort saying he was just playing his ‘natural game’....

Some have argued the league should resume the season at the earliest opportunity, play the remaining regular-season games and the playoffs and push back the beginning of next season. Others consider the option unfeasible and have advocated for the NBA resuming without regular-season games and a shortened playoff format, which would ensure the next campaign can start approximately as planned. Then there are those who believe the fairest option would be to call the season off altogether in the face of such an unprecedented event....

Real Madrid sign Theo Hernandez Theo was on loan all of last season at Alaves and the 19-year-old come of age with some impressive performances in the Basque Country, playing a key part in the side’s success in La Liga and also their run to the final of the Copa del Rey - in which he scored with a fantastic free-kick versus Barcelona. With pace, power, strength and excellent technique that he showed with that goal and also a superb strike against Athletic Club from the edge of the box in a league game back on May, it is remarkable to consider that Theo is still just 19....

The 4-0 mauling of their white counterparts in their last encounter cannot be more apt to testify it. Los Colchoneros, after the heartbreak in Lisbon last summer in the Champions League final, have been on a roll as they have consigned Real Madrid to defeats in the Spanish Super Cup, Copa Del Ray and both the league ties in this season. Now, when the two sides gear up for their 7th and the 8th meeting of the campaign, which comes in the quarter-finals of the Champions League, it is the white half of Madrid who hold the edge over their crosstown rivals....

Indian cricket is now at a crossroads following Virat Kohli’s resignation from the Test captaincy. With a home Test series against Sri Lanka looming, a crucial decision must soon be made as to who is going to succeed him. There are a few contenders, but none so obvious and deserving compared to Rohit Sharma. This is not a jibe at others, nor is it to cast aspersions, but the writer is of the opinion that Rohit is our best bet at this juncture....

“I wonder how Floyd feels being beat by a woman for once,” Rousey said. “I’d like to see you pretend to not know who I am now.” MORE: July’s best fights | Seven pro athletes we want to see in MMA Their feud goes back to last July when in an interview, Mayweather didn’t know who Rousey was and thought she was a man. Rousey’s comment drew a lot of headlines and has been a hot topic issue in the last 20 hours....

Spider-Man’s inclusion in other Marvel games should not be forgotten, however, as the character’s addition to the playable rosters of many single-player and multiplayer games has been a treat for fans nonetheless. Not every Marvel IP needs to reference or feature Spider-Man in order to engage players, especially if said IP does not commonly associate itself with him, but the addition of Spider-Man as a playable character is often more of a benefit than it is a hindrance to any Marvel roster....

Abrams is seen by many as being the woman whose voting rights work helped swing the 2020 election to the Democrats, so she was a canny piece of stunt casting to play the 32nd-century president of Earth in the Season 4 finale of Star Trek: Discovery. Her role bring to a close the two-season arc about rebuilding the Federation. Towards the end of the episode (titled “Coming Home,”) we hear her say: “United Earth is ready right now to rejoin the Federation, and nothing could make me happier than to say those words....

It doesn’t seem Remedy Entertainment was trying to hide the fact that it took a lot of inspiration from Stephen King with the creation of Alan Wake. This is most evident as the first line in the entire game is Alan Wake saying the writer’s name, followed by a quotation regarding the idea of how nightmares exist “outside of logic” - a central theme that Alan Wake explores. Throughout the game, Alan Wake takes on plenty of other Stephen King horror staples, from the game’s small-town setting to its psychological horror elements....

The good news: He tied Giants defensive end Michael Strahan’s record, finishing with 22.5 on the season after a one-sack effort against the AFC North division rival Ravens. The bad news is that he was denied the outright sack record, even after forcing a fumble on Baltimore quarterback Tyler Huntley on the Steelers’ first defensive outing of the game. MORE: How T.J. Watt tied the NFL sack record in just 15 games...

According to candid.org, which tracks mostly U.S. foundations, the donations so far for COVID-19 response total almost $8.3 billion. Google alone is giving almost a billion dollars. Jeff Bezos, Oprah, Leonardo DiCaprio and Laurene Powell Jobs are supporting food banks. Bezos’ $100 million dollar gift to Feeding America is the largest in the organization’s history. Through their foundation, hedge fund billionaires Ray and Barbara Dalio are buying 60,000 laptops for needy students so they can participate in distance learning....

He had hinted that his organization would be part buyer, part seller, but it was unclear what such a strategy would entail. Arizona has hovered around .500 most of the season, and it occupied a strange place as it approached July 31 — not a clear wild card contender but also positioned to delay an extensive rebuild. Hazen did not view his in-between position negatively. “Like in (the) offseason, there may be some creative things we need to do to help us now and in the future,” Hazen told the Arizona Republic on July 10....

In short: the Epic Games Store can afford to lose money. In return, the Store attracts a ton of returning customers who are likely to spend a lot of time in the app. Having a weekly reward for loading up the store app massively increases the likelihood of repeat customers. Further to that, the ability to add free triple-A games to the store can attract impassioned players, ones more likely to buy something in the Epic Games Store....

Zane Gonzalez, the Panthers’ kicker, got injured before the Panthers-Bills game began. He suffered a quad injury during pregame warmups and was helped to the locker room. The Panthers’ official website announced Gonzalez would miss the game shortly thereafter. NFL POSTSEASON: Updated AFC, NFC playoff picture for Week 15 Carolina is now in a predicament, as it doesn’t have another kicker on its active roster. And even if Gonzalez had suffered his injury before the deadline for practice squad elevations, the Panthers don’t have a kicker on their practice squad....

However, when THQ Nordic recently teased having a bunch of games in the pipeline, it also confirmed several were unannounced. One of these could be a new Darksiders game, and perhaps capitalizing on this, a new “leak” has come out. While it’s interesting, fans should be aware that this is probably fake and not hold their breath for THQ Nordic or Gunfire Games to announce it, not in this form or shape anyway....

Now is the time for 35-year-old first baseman and potential Hall of Famer Joey Votto to lead that run. “It looks like guys are ready and motivated,” Votto told the Dayton Daily News on July 4. “It seems like a group of guys who flipped the switch and they have it.” MORE: World Series odds for 2020 Votto has led the NL in on-base percentage seven times in his career, but last season was just the second time in the past 11 seasons that his OBP number dipped below ....