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Yahoo Sports Mets-Braves doubleheader: New York, Atlanta vie for final MLB playoff spots After two games were postponed last week because of Hurricane Helene, the New York Mets and Atlanta Braves play a doubleheader Monday with two playoff spots on the line. Win, and they're in.

Yahoo Sports 'Just a great human being': Joel Embiid, Adam Silver, Pau Gasol and more react to death of Dikembe Mutombo On Monday, the basketball world mourned the loss of Mutombo, a Hall of Famer and humanitarian known for his feats both on and off the court.

AI reading coach startup Ello now lets kids create their own stories Ello, the AI reading companion that aims to support kids struggling to read, launched a new product on Monday that allows kids to participate in the story-creation process. Called "Storytime," the new AI-powered feature helps kids generate personalized stories by picking from a selection of settings, characters, and plots. Like Ello's regular reading offering, the AI companion - a bright blue, friendly elephant - listens to the child read aloud and evaluates their speech to correct mispronunciations and missed words.

Microsoft to face higher competition scrutiny in Germany, including over its use of AI Microsoft has joined an exclusive club of tech giants that are subject to a special abuse control regime in Germany. The country's Federal Cartel Office (FCO) confirmed on Monday that the software giant could face restrictions if the competition authority deems an intervention is necessary. The designation, which lasts for five years, is important, as it lets the German authority take a close interest in how Microsoft wields its influence through its activities around generative AI.

Beta Technologies unveils first passenger carrying electric aircraft Beta Technologies unveiled Monday the next electric aircraft in its lineup — a passenger-carrying version of its ALIA vertical takeoff and landing and fixed-wing vehicles. Electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicles don't rely on a runway, whereas fixed-wing aircraft do. Unlike competitors Joby Aviation and Archer Aviation, Beta doesn't want to operate its own urban air taxi network.

Judge is unimpressed by Apple's deadline extension request in Epic Games dispute Apple faces a looming deadline to produce what it says are more than 1 million documents related to recent App Store changes. On Friday, Judge Thomas S. Hixson denied the company's attempt to extend that deadline, describing the request as "bad behavior." So Apple's deadline is still Monday, September 30: "It's up to Apple to figure out how to meet the deadline, but Monday is indeed the deadline." This is just the latest chapter in the ongoing legal dispute between Apple and Fortnite-maker Epic Games, which has been fighting Apple's App Store rules.

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Yahoo Sports Week 4 preview: Jayden Daniels encore? Andy Dalton revenge game? + Make or break RBs | Yahoo Fantasy Forecast Welcome to our weekend preview show where we get you ready with everything you need to know heading into Sunday and Monday's action. Andy Behrens joins Matt Harmon to share 3 burning fantasy questions he wants answered in Week 4. Behrens also shares the three matchups he has his eye on in Week 4 that will have the most fantasy ramifications.

Meta developed a 'neural interface' for its next-gen Orion AR glasses At the Meta Connect 2024 conference, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that the company is developing a "neural interface" that can be used to control its prototypical Orion AR glasses. The interface, which seems inspired by devices developed by CTRL-Labs, a brain-machine interface company Meta acquired in 2019, takes the form of a wrist-worn wearable. The Verge's Alex Heath reports that the wristband will soon go on sale and work with Meta's other AR hardware.

Reddit is bringing AI-powered, automatic translation to dozens of new countries Reddit is bringing machine learning-powered translations to more than 35 new locales in Europe, Asia, and Latin America in a move designed to open the largely English-centric social network to more users. The service comes nearly five months after Reddit first introduced site-wide translation for French speakers, though the company had previously enabled users to translate individual posts across several languages. Reddit already allows users to stipulate their preferred content language for post recommendations, as well as set their display language, which translates the Reddit interface itself.