World number one Aryna Sabalenka will open proceedings on Centre Court on day three of Wimbledon 2025 (30 June-13 July).
The three-time tennis Slam champion is set to take on Czechia’s Marie Bouzková in the second round on Wednesday, 2 July, having made it through her first round tie against Carson Branstine.
Following her will be the double defending champion Carlos Alcaraz, who made it through a five-set thriller against Fabio Fognini and now takes on home qualifier Oliver Tarvet.
Among the other stars in action on the opening day of the main draw are 2023 women’s singles champion Marketa Vondrousova, world number five Taylor Fritz and British number one Emma Raducanu.
Read on to find out the start times and how to watch the Championships live.
ADEN, Yemen, July 1 (Xinhua) — Yemen’s Houthi group on Tuesday claimed responsibility for launching a ballistic missile targeting Ben Gurion Airport in central Israel.
In a televised statement broadcast by the Houthi-run al-Masirah TV, the group’s military spokesperson Yahya Sarea said they had “carried out a special military operation targeting Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv using a hypersonic ballistic missile of the Palestine-2 type.”
According to Sarea, the missile strike “successfully achieved its goal” by forcing “millions of settlers into shelters and disrupting airport operations.”
Sarea also claimed that a wave of one-way unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) attacks targeted what he described as “three sensitive sites” in Eilat, Tel Aviv, and Ashkelon.
The Houthi spokesperson reiterated the group’s position that it would continue military operations “in support of the Palestinian people” until Israel halts its military actions in Gaza.
In a statement released earlier in the day, the Israeli military said Houthi forces fired a missile toward Israel, triggering air raid sirens in central and southern parts of the country before it was intercepted. No injuries were reported.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz vowed on Tuesday to retaliate against Yemen’s Houthi forces after the missile attack.
Since November 2023, the Houthi group has launched multiple missile and drone attacks against Israel, asserting these actions are in solidarity with Palestinians in the besieged enclave. The group, which controls much of northern Yemen, has aligned itself politically and militarily with the Palestinian people during the ongoing hostilities between Israel and Hamas.
In response to the attacks, Israel has conducted airstrikes on key infrastructure in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen, targeting energy facilities and military sites. These retaliatory strikes have resulted in significant casualties and material damage, according to local Yemeni officials. ■
VTubers are coming to America, and as they do, they are rewriting some trends that underscore their initial rise in East Asia. That’s one of the key takeaways from a new report published by Big Games Machine, which surveyed the gaming-related habits of U.S.-based YouTube viewers.
According to the preamble of the report, Big Games Machine conducted its survey to suss out “the key content types gamers watch the most, which gamer demographics watch what, and what makes gamers choose one content creator over another.” The firm gathered opinions from 1,050 U.S.-based gamers who spend at least 30 minutes per week watching YouTube. The sample had an even split of men and women.
Many of the findings back up long-held beliefs about YouTube consumption. Guides and tutorials are the most commonly viewed gaming videos among the survey respondents, with 47% of them watching that genre. Reviews (40%) and funny compilations (40%) are other popular categories.
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18% of the respondents watch VTubers on YouTube, but drilling into that percentage reveals a significant gender disparity. 23% of women said that they watch VTubers, compared to 14% of men. For esports content, the trend flipped the other way, with 14% of men watching compared to 6% of women.
The VTuber data is particularly interesting, as it is a notable departure from viewership trends in East Asia. In Japan, the home of major VTuber agencies like hololive and Nijisanji, the genre is most popular among men. According to data from hololive, 89% of the agency’s Japanese audience is male.
According to Streams Charts, about 70% of active virtual creators are female, but the popularity of VTubers among U.S. women is not just about gender solidarity. Big Games Machine found that women are more likely than men to seek out gaming-driven content on TikTok, whereas men are more likely to frequent Kick.
Does the preference for a social video platform draw women to the big personalities in the VTuber world? In Japan, factors like kawaii culture influence VTuber consumption, but those forces are less pronounced in the West. 45% of Big Games Machine respondents cited personality as a factor that draws them toward certain gaming creators — and that’s good news for VTubers.
At the end of the day, the preferences of gaming content viewers are all over the map, which means that smaller creators in specific niches can stick out beyond their subscriber counts. The Big Games Machine report found that medium-sized channels with fewer than one million subscribers are most popular among gamers. If you want to draw further insights from the data, you can snag a copy of the report here.
Apple’s UAE YouTube channel posted an iPhone 16 Pro ad today, promoting the Camera Control button as a great way to snap quick shots. Watch the video below, and answer our poll: Do you use the Camera Control button on your iPhone?
‘Never miss a shot with Camera Control’
The new ad is aptly titled Snap-a-Mole, and it follows a photographer trying to capture a group of quick-moving moles popping in and out of holes in the desert.
Throughout the spot, Apple highlights the Camera Control button’s multiple features, as the photographer presses and swipes away on it to open the Camera app, snap photos, adjust the zoom, and navigate to Photographic Styles.
As it usually does on its UAE YouTube channel, Apple posted two versions of the video: one in English and another in Arabic. Both feature the song “El Sonidito,” by Hechizeros Band.
Interestingly, although the Camera Control button is present on every iPhone 16 model variant, Apple decided to name the video “iPhone 16 Pro | Camera Control | Apple”, although in the actual video it says “Camera Control on iPhone 16”
Here’s Apple’s description of the video:
“Never miss a shot with Camera Control. An easier way to access your camera, adjust functions like zoom, exposure, or depth of field, and toggle between Photographic Styles.”
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Ace Greene has been making waves on Love Island USA Season 7. Not only did one of his fellow Islanders jokingly call him out for acting like the “president of the villa,” his hot-and-cold love connections and budding new friendships have been keeping viewers on their toes as each new episode drops.
If you spend time scrolling on social media, you’ll likely seen Ace before. The Los Angeles-based content creator and influencer currently has millions of followers on Instagram and TikTok, and has gone viral many times with his dance class videos. As he continues to keep viewers intrigued with his journey on Love Island USA, read on to learn all about the Islander, his age, connections, and more.
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How old is Ace Greene from Love Island USA?
Ace is 22 years old and his zodiac sign is Leo. He shared on Love Island USA that he owns his own dance company.
On his website, Ace also notes that he’s a DJ, comedian, model, choreographer, YouTuber, and professional party host.
Love Island USA’s Ace Greene calls himself a “short king”
Ace introduced himself on Love Island USA as a “short king” who’s 5’10” tall.
“The benefits to being a short king — dudes who are 6 foot plus hide behind their height. I’m not that type of dude, you gonna get this personality off the rip, baby,” Ace says in his Love Island USA intro. “Now I might be 5’10, but I ain’t got no problem talking to taller ladies. If you’re 6’2, 6’3, I’ll chop that tree.”
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Ace Greene and Chelley Bissainthe met each other before Love Island USA
During the Season 7 premiere episode, it was quickly revealed that Ace and Chelley Bissainthe had met before Love Island USA.“Wait, wait, wait. This can’t be real life,” Chelley said as Ace walked into the villa. Ace then explained that they met in New York “outside of the club.”
Chelley later told the girls she and Ace “were talking on Instagram and stuff” after they first met, but their conversations didn’t progress into anything because they live far from each other. Since then, however, the two Islanders have quickly formed a connection in the villa and have been on a rollercoaster together as new bombshells have shaken things up.
Ace, who’s formed friendships with Nic Vansteenberghe and Taylor Williams, has also been outspoken about what’s happening in the villa. During the early days of Season 7, when Huda Mustafa and Jeremiah Brown quickly locked in on each other and lots of drama immediately followed, Ace did not hesitate to tell them he thought their connection was a “scam.”
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Are Ace and Chelley coupled up on Love Island USA?
Yes. After a very, very quick attempt at coupling up during the Season 7 premiere of Love Island USA, Ace and Chelley officially became a couple during Episode 14.
“I really like Chelley because she’s challenged me and, you know, helped me let down my walls, be vulnerable, and she’s helped me be a better person here in this villa,” Ace said as he chose to recouple with Chelley after a rocky pairing with Amaya Espinal that had him sleeping solo in Soul Ties for several nights. “I’m just excited to get to know her every day.”
The two remained together until Casa Amor week, which made every Islander single and in a new couple with a bombshell. Ace had been with Vanna Einerson and Chelley coupled up with Chris Seeley. Ace and Chelley, however, quickly found their way back to each other when everyone returned to the villa and they both chose to be in a couple again.
“I know Ace and I have a very strong connection,” Chelley said during Episode 22. “Going to Casa Amor only made me feel stronger about it and I know I missed him a lot when I was over there.”
As their connection has grown stronger in the villa, Ace and Chelley aren’t closed off and they’ve been faced with a few challenges. Not only has Chelley’s former bombshell connection, Chris, remained in the villa, Love Island USA’s infamously steamy heart rate challenge also led to some heated tension between the two. Ace and Chelley were both upset by what happened during the challenge and their fellow Islanders couldn’t help but notice.
“I love you and I love Ace, so when there’s trouble in paradise it’s heavy on my mind,” Chelley’s friend Cierra Ortega told her during Episode 25. Fortunately for Ace, Chris said in the same episode that he was “going to take a step back” from pursuing Chelley, so only time will tell what will ultimately happen between the OG islanders.
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How to watch new episodes of Love Island USA Season 7
Find out what happens with Ace when new episodes of Love Island USA Season 7 air daily, except on Wednesday, at 6 p.m. PT/9 p.m. ET exclusively on Peacock.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket just launched an advanced European weather satellite and aced its landing on a ship at sea.
The Falcon 9 lifted off from historic Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida today (July 1) at 5:04 p.m. EST (2104 GMT), carrying the MTG-Sounder (MTG-S1) satellite toward geostationary transfer orbit.
The rocket’s first stage came back to Earth as planned about 8.5 minutes later, touching down on the SpaceX drone ship “Just Read the Instructions,” which was stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.
The first stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket rests on the deck of a drone ship shortly after launching the MTG-S1 weather satellite. (Image credit: SpaceX)
It was the ninth launch and landing for this particular booster (which is designated B1085), according to a SpaceX mission description. Among the booster’s previous flights were the Fram2 private astronaut mission, the Crew-9 flight to the International Space Station for NASA and a January 2025 launch that sent two private landers toward the moon: Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost and ispace’s Resilience.
If all goes according to plan, the Falcon 9’s upper stage will deploy MTG-S1 about 35 minutes after liftoff today. The satellite will then make its way to geostationary orbit (GEO), which lies 22,236 miles (35,786 kilometers) above Earth.
At this altitude, orbital speed matches Earth’s rotational speed, meaning satellites there “hover” over the same patch of the planet continuously. For this reason, GEO is a popular destination for weather and reconnaissance spacecraft.
Other missions for booster B1085
MTG-S1 is the second of the Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) satellites to take flight. The first was MTG-I (MTG Imager), which launched atop an Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket in December 2022.
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The MTG spacecraft are operated by the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), an international group based in Germany that has 30 member states.
After undergoing a checkout period, MTG-S1 will use its infrared sounder instrument “to capture data on temperature, humidity, wind and trace gases that are used to generate 3D maps of the atmosphere, improving the accuracy of MTG’s weather prediction,” European Space Agency (ESA) officials said in a mission description.
The satellite “will provide coverage of Europe and part of northern Africa on a repeat cycle of 15 minutes, providing meteorologists with a complete weather picture of the region, complementing data on cloud formation and lightning from MTG-I,” they added.
MTG-S1 also carries an instrument for another mission: Copernicus Sentinel-4, which is part of the European Union’s Earth-observation program.
The instrument is an ultraviolet, visible, near-infrared light (UVN) spectrometer, which will monitor air quality over Europe and North Africa every hour, according to ESA officials.
“The spectrometer delivers high-resolution data on gases that affect the quality of the air we breathe, including a wide range of atmospheric trace gases and pollutants such as nitrogen dioxide, ozone, sulfur dioxide and formaldehyde,” they wrote in the mission description.
“The mission will complement the Sentinel-5 and Sentinel-5P missions, which provide daily observations of the Earth from their polar orbits.”
In a futuristic world where Japanese office workers are forced to toil for 24 hours a day, who will mete out justice to the evil corporation that employs/enslaves them? A “fully armed cyborg heroine” who will shoot and slash those cybernetic employees and the entire evil org chart, in Full Metal Schoolgirl.
Full Metal Schoolgirl is the next game from Yuke’s, famed developer of pro wrestling games and Earth Defense Force spinoffs, and D3Publisher, known for its delightfully tacky The OneChanbara series (and EDF, of course). As revealed in the game’s debut trailer, Full Metal Schoolgirl will give action game buffs the mass slaughter they crave, all dressed up in Japanese schoolgirl outfits.
As one of two fully mechanized schoolgirls, you’ll climb the massive, 100-story office building of the world’s largest corporation, Meternal Jobz, where the firm’s corporate slaves (the “Working Dead”) stand between you and its evil CEO. As you climb the ever-changing building, fighting further and further, you’ll face office drones of all types and a relentless security system, upgrading your cyber-schoolgirl with upgrades as you go.
Full Metal Schoolgirl is pretty cheeky, based on its debut trailer, and developer Yuke’s appears to be having a great deal of fun with the premise. While the game’s English-language trailer is pretty amusing, the Japanese-language version, with its own peppy theme song, might be even better.
Oh right, also the cybernetic schoolgirls, who will have various unlockable and paid outfits, naturally, are livestreaming the whole thing in-game. Viewers of the girls’ streams will offer donations and upgrades, so that’s fun.
Full Metal Schoolgirl will be released on Oct. 23, for Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, and Windows PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store.
Future plc, the U.K.-based digital publishing company, shut down the 33-year-old consumer technology publisher Laptop Mag on Tuesday, a move that continues the company’s quiet consolidation of its brand portfolio.
Fewer than 10 staffers were affected by the closure, which was communicated Tuesday in a brief Zoom meeting with employees, according to a recording of the meeting obtained by ADWEEK. The Verge first reported the closure.
A company spokesperson declined to comment.
“After careful consideration and a review of our long-term strategy, we’ve made the decision to close the Laptop Mag business effective today,” Faisal Alani, global brand director at Future plc., told staff.
The shutdown is part of a broader retrenchment strategy. In May, newly appointed chief executive Kevin Li Ying disclosed in Future’s half-year earnings that the company had shuttered 19 underperforming brands in fiscal year 2024, followed by four more in the first half of 2025.
The closures, which included niche verticals and smaller tech titles, were described as “immaterial to revenue and profit.” Laptop Mag, which reviewed computers, accessories, and consumer electronics, was one of those smaller brands.
The decision to wind down Laptop Mag comes amid ongoing commercial headwinds for Future.
In its May earnings report, the company revealed a 3% year-over-year decline in revenue, largely driven by softness in U.S. advertising and a weaker pound. And its business, which like other media firms built around Google search, has been impacted by dramatic shifts in consumer behavior, according to a person familiar with its traffic.
The publisher has also made headlines for leadership turmoil.
Jon Steinberg, the former BuzzFeed and Cheddar executive who joined Future as CEO in April 2023, abruptly stepped down at the end of March 2025, less than two years into the role. Steinberg had helped lead the initial brand rationalization push, which aimed to streamline Future’s portfolio and double down on high-margin verticals.
His departure prompted investor concern and a 10% drop in Future’s share price on the day it was announced. Chief Financial Officer Penny Ladkin-Brand also stepped down, adding to the uncertainty around the company’s direction.
The shutdown of Laptop Mag fits squarely within the dominant M&A and restructuring trend seen across digital media this year: portfolio paring.
As publishers contend with declining referral traffic, shifting ad markets, and the rise of AI-driven content, many have moved away from volume and scale in favor of leaner, more profitable operations.
“This is the year of cleaning house,” a media investment banker told ADWEEK in May. “Most of the M&A we’re seeing in 2025 is not expansion—it’s contraction.”
As part of the “Treasure Tail: Shinjuku” quest in Persona 5: The Phantom X, you’ll need to help the Orange Tabby Cat find their Orange Tabby Treasures around Shinjuku. The treasure hunt in Shinjuku requires you to pay close attention to each store front as these treasures will make you complete a couple extra steps.
Here’s where to find every Orange Tabby Treasure in Shinjuku in Persona 5: The Phantom X.
All Orange Tabby Treasure locations in Shinjuku
To complete the “Treasure Tail: Shinjuku” side quest, you’ll need to find seven Orange Tabby Treasures. To help you in your search, we’ve made a map of Shinjuku that is marked with the location of each treasure.
Additionally, you can find a more detailed description of each location in the sections below.
Orange Tabby Treasure #1 — Beside grey bin
For the first Orange Tabby Treasure, you’ll need to head up the stairs found northeast of the jewelry store. Walk up to the
Orange Tabby Treasure #2 — Inside jewelry store
The second Orange Tabby Treasure is found inside the jewelry store. Enter the store and finish the cutscene to receive the treasure.
Orange Tabby Treasure #3 — Beside a garbage can
The third Orange Tabby Treasure can be found beside a garbage can to the south of the capsule machine.
Orange Tabby Treasure #4 — South of convenience store
The fourth Orange Tabby Treasure is hidden behind a gray bin south of the convenience store.
Orange Tabby Treasure #5 — Inside izakaya
The fifth Orange Tabby Treasure is inside a yellow crate in the izakaya, which is just north of the ramen shop in the southeastern corner. Interact with the izakaya to receive the treasure.
Orange Tabby Treasure #6 — Behind club sign
The sixth Orange Tabby Treasure is hidden behind a club sign on the western side of the map.
Orange Tabby Treasure #7 — Inside restaurant display case
The seventh Orange Tabby Treasure is located on the northern side of the map in a restaurant’s display case. Interact with the window to head inside the restaurant and grab the treasure.
Treasure Tail Shinjuku rewards
Now that you have all of the treasure, return to the the Orange Tabby Cat and complete the quest to receive the following rewards:
