Watching sports in the United States isn’t just a hobby, it’s a lifestyle. Whether it’s NFL, NBA, NHL, or MLB games, millions of people are tuning in to be a part of the action. Just because watching sports is popular, however, doesn’t mean every match is easily accessible. If you’ve been keeping up with the FA cup and are hoping to watch Arsenal vs. Manchester United, you may have a hard time finding it on any of your regular channels. Luckily, if you decide to sign up for the ESPN+ 7-day free trial, you can catch a glimpse of the action without having to pay a dime.
If you aren’t already familiar with ESPN+, we’ve already put together a helpful explainer to give you the full rundown. Despite appearances, ESPN+ isn’t a standalone streaming service or a replacement for cable, it’s a convenient new way to access ESPN content and live sports through an app. With this service, you get access to live MLB, NHL, NBA, and MLS games, as well as college sports, cricket, rugby, and a whole host of other sports. With video being streamed at 6o frames per second, the ESPN+ app allows you to see all of the action without stutters and choppy video. It is currently available for the following devices: Android smartphones, Android TV, Apple TV, Chromecast, Fire TV, Fire TV Stick, Fire TV Cube, Fire Tablets, iPhone, and iPad.
Though ESPN+ is an awesome app in and of itself, it’s also one of the only ways you can watch the FA Cup if you live in the United States. In August, ESPN+ actually reached a multiyear deal with the FA Cup to bring live coverage of English football matches to the states. So if you’re hoping to catch a glimpse of the Arsenal vs. Manchester United match this Friday, January 25, this free trial offer is a great way to do so.
Like most streaming services, you can cancel your subscription at any time. If you reach the end of your 7-day free trial and decide you don’t want to pay for the service, you just need to make sure you unsubscribe before the payments start. However, if you do want to continue to enjoy this service, it isn’t expensive. You can choose to pay $5 per month or only $50 for an entire year.
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China just gave Hollywood a cautionary tale about AI filmmaking. Sanxingdui: Future Past, billed as the country's first fully AI-generated movie, hit theaters on October 23 and bombed at the box office.
According to Futurism, the film's reported $1.5 million production budget landed on more than 10,000 screens. Yet it pulled in only about $181,000, averaging roughly $20 per screen, making the budget difficult to recover.
Some of the best shots in Grok Imagine’s AI-made Odyssey don’t contain actors. Ancient landscapes stretch into the distance. Close-ups of grimy hands suggest people who have touched something rougher than a keyboard. For a few seconds, the illusion holds.
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YouTube videos could soon look better without eating quite so much data, right? Thankfully, the platform plans to introduce a new video format called AV2 on its web player in early 2027, promising more efficient streaming and potentially fewer playback hiccups on slower internet connections. The big headline is a roughly 30% improvement in compression efficiency over AV1, YouTube's existing video format. That doesn't guarantee every video will use 30% less data, but it could make streaming a little easier on both internet connections and data allowances.
What is AV2, and why should viewers care?