All articles tagged with #expansion
Sports Illustrated ranks all 16 2026 NWSL kits, crowning Orlando Pride’s Unity secondary kit for its meaningful Pulse anniversary tribute, with standout picks including Washington Spirit’s bold Spirit in Bloom primary and Gotham’s Lady Liberty third kit among others.
Waymo is expanding its fully autonomous robotaxi service to four new cities—Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, and Orlando—starting with a limited rollout for select riders via the Waymo app as it scales toward wider availability later this year. The service already operates in ten metro areas and began in Miami earlier.
AP reports that Waymo is expanding its autonomous ride-hailing service to four additional major US cities, marking another step in its ongoing driverless-taxi rollout and broadening access beyond its current markets.
Stewart's Shops is under contract to acquire The Dexter Market in Dexter and the Alex Bay Big M Market in Alexandria Bay, expanding its northern New York presence. The deals, expected to close in coming weeks, include renovations with openings planned in the coming months. This follows recent acquisitions of Sliders Food Mart assets in Clayton, Croghan and Harrisville, as the family- and employee-owned chain continues growth around Watertown and along the Great Lakes Seaway Trail; Stewart's operates more than 400 shops across upstate New York, Vermont and New Hampshire.
IKEA says it will open its third Colorado store this year in Fort Collins as part of a broader U.S. expansion that includes 10 new stores in 2026; the Fort Collins location will join Centennial and Colorado Springs (which recently added a smaller-format store), and a planned Broomfield project was scrapped. The retailer also highlighted strong FY2025 results as it continues to invest in more affordable, accessible and sustainable shopping nationwide.
Eurogamer's Robert Purchese argues that Overwatch is in a genuine revival in 2026, with a polished UI, a new Stadium mode that lets players buy upgrades mid-match, five new heroes, and a welcoming returning-player community, making it feel like a true relaunch and possibly the strongest entry in the series despite growing competition.
Blizzard released the first Diablo II expansion in 25 years, Reign of the Warlock, exclusive to Diablo II Resurrected owners, introducing the Warlock class and signaling potential future content guided by community feedback to honor the game's 30th anniversary.
Trader Joe’s is accelerating its store expansion, adding new locations nationwide (including a newly opened NY store in Miller Place and a recent Williamsville opening) and continuing to update its opening-soon page as it scouts hundreds of neighborhoods, signaling robust growth for the beloved grocer in New York and across the U.S.
A new preprint suggests empty space behaves like a viscous fluid with bulk viscosity that resists expansion, introducing a time-varying drag on cosmic expansion to address DESI measurements. If future data from galaxy surveys, supernovae, and lensing align with this drag pattern, the idea could challenge the idea of a constant dark-energy driver, potentially replacing it with a dynamic picture—but the proposal remains speculative and requires peer review and broader observational checks.
NBA commissioner Adam Silver used All-Star Saturday to acknowledge rising tanking concerns and hint at potential changes to the draft lottery, note fines for teams that rested players, and discuss expansion prospects to 32 teams with possible new markets like Seattle and Las Vegas. He also touched on the Clippers salary-cap investigation and ongoing gambling probes, referenced near-term WNBA bargaining, and said NBA Europe is on track for a 2027-28 start with arena infrastructure plans.
Capcom confirms Monster Hunter Wilds will receive a large-scale expansion to be revealed this summer, with a February–March update adding new Arch-tempered and apex monsters, a Monster Hunter Stories 3 collaboration quest, and a fan-designed great sword.
Blizzard renames Overwatch 2 to Overwatch and launches a free, annual expansion cycle starting with The Reign of Talon; five new heroes arrive at launch next week (Domina, Emre, Mizuki, Anran, Jetpack Cat) and five more roll out across Seasons 2–6 in 2026, making the total 10 new heroes for the year. The update also overhauls the UI, adds sub-roles, introduces a story-driven in-game timeline, changes Watchpoint Gibraltar, adds two new core maps, revamps Stadium, and includes a Switch 2 release with Season 2 and a five-week Conquest event to drive faction-based play.
Breeze Airways is launching a 14-route expansion that adds Atlantic City, Brownsville/South Padre Island and Nassau, plus a return to San Antonio, with mostly two-weekly services (some seasonal) and introductory fares starting around $39–$49.
Cult of the Lamb’s Woolhaven expansion is now live on Switch for £15.29 / $16.99, continuing the main story with new dungeons, a ranching system to tame and ride beasts, and other additions. The base game is on sale at around 60% off (£8.99 / $9.99) on the eShop.
The College Football Playoff will stay at 12 teams for the 2026 season after the SEC and Big Ten couldn’t reach an expansion agreement, despite extensive talks and a new ESPN deal. Under the current plan, Power 4 conference champions get automatic entry starting in 2026, with one additional spot for the next-best league winner and seven at-large bids; Notre Dame would also get a guaranteed spot if ranked in the final top 12. The deal continues to split revenue roughly 58% for the SEC and Big Ten and keeps their governance power, while other conferences and Notre Dame must be consulted. Proposals for 16- or 24-team formats were discussed but collapsed, leaving expansion on hold beyond 2026 and potentially continuing discussions beyond the current contract.