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• Ahead of Super Bowl LIX, Apple Music is just $2.99 for six months for select customers
• It's a great time to give the streaming service a go and ditch Spotify
• Apple Music offers a million songs, including many in lossless

Whether you let Apple Music expire after a free trial or have never been tempted by its deep integration with the iPhone, Mac, Apple Watch, HomePod, and iPad, the temperature to switch to Apple’s music streaming service is at an all-time high.

Why? Well, beyond lossless audio that meets the Spatial Audio standard for free, basically every song imaginable, and excellent curated playlists, Apple Music is offering new subscribers an excellent deal ahead of Super Bowl LIX and the Apple Music Halftime Show. You can get six months for just $2.99, an exceptional savings.

That’s a full $8 off the $10.99 a month price for an individual plan, so you’ll save around $63 over six months. This makes it an especially attractive offer if you’ve been loyal to Spotify or another service and really gives you a reason to switch. Or if you’re not completely sold, this lets you give Apple Music a go for just $3.

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While it lacks a fancy, visually attractive Wrapped functionality at the end of the year, it makes up for it in many ways. A Replay playlist arrives each month, meaning that current Apple Music subscribers can see a list of the songs they played and listened to the most, among other statistics, for January 2025.

Apple Music’s library contains well over 100 million songs, many of which are also available in Lossless, Dolby Atmos, and Spatial Audio formats. This means that with the right equipment – speakers, soundbars, earbuds, or headphones – you’ll get a more immersive listening experience. While Amazon Music offers this as well as Tidal, it’s something that Spotify can’t touch – even if it promised ‘Hi-Fi’ many many moons ago.

Not to mention, if you’re using an iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Apple Watch, the main ‘Music’ app is where Apple Music lives. It’s also integrated quite well, allowing you to share tracks easily and even ask Siri to play your favorite songs, playlists, or artists by default. Further, on the big screen, courtesy of an Apple TV 4K – or on other devices – you get Apple Music Sing, which is the best lyric experience, in my opinion, and a super fun way to karaoke with almost any track available on the platform.

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Like Spotify, you’ll find a bunch of playlists, including top lists by region and city, as well as curated ones by the Apple Music team and even some artists. There are also several radio shows to pick from and music videos to watch.

Suffice to say, at just $2.99 for six months, there’s really never been a better time to at least give Apple Music ago. Apple says it’s available for new and eligible customers, so you’ll want to head over to the promo page and see if you’re eligible. We’re waiting to hear back if this is global, but we spotted a banner for £2.99 for six months.

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• “Internet dress” blends human and robotic elements
• Designer Maximilian Raynor spent almost a month making this dress
• No, it's not for sale

In a fusion of technology and haute couture, fashion designer Maximilian Raynor has unveiled a dress unlike any other.

Crafted from 12,000 feet of repurposed fiber optic cable, the 50-pound dress is a striking representation of the internet’s physical form.

The dress was created through a collaboration between Raynor and web hosting firm Equinix.

Following in the footsteps of Chanel’s 2016 data center-themed runway show and IBM’s recent project transforming chip fab sounds into music, the dress, codenamed ProjectMax, made its debut ahead of London Fashion Week, turning heads with its intricate and futuristic design.

A dress "made of the Internet"

Raynor, known for designing avant-garde pieces for celebrities like Lady Gaga and Chappell Roan, described the dress as the “personification of the internet herself.”

He explained, “I imagined a character that is the embodiment of data—somewhat robot, somewhat human—emerging from a pile of wires to create this dramatic look.”

In addition to discarded internet cables, the dress uses metal nuts, and bolts sourced from Equinix’s 260 data centers across 33 countries.

Raynor spent 640 hours weaving together the stretchable, 25kg garment, but it's not for sale and won't be reproduced, only serving as a statement piece.

“By bridging the gap between physical and virtual, we wanted to create something tangible that works as a unique talking point to highlight the many thousands of connections that are created by Equinix to support economies and societies every day," Bruce Owen, Equinix's EMEA president, told Data Center Dynamics.

"The design pays homage to the physicality of the vital infrastructure that makes up the Internet," he added.

"Rather than some sort of weird magic or unexplainable force that just happens to work, it’s a physical, intricate network of cables, traversing land and sea and creating physical connections housed in Equinix data centers worldwide."

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Here are some hints — and the answers — for Connections: Sports Edition No. 134 for Feb. 4

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• A new phishing campaign is targeting businesses and individuals in over 50 countries
• Experts warn attackers are hiding malicious links in PDFs using a never-before-seen obfuscation technique
• Use the best antivirus software and activate advanced mobile threat defense solutions

PDF files, long considered a safe and reliable way to share documents, are now being weaponized by cybercriminals in a sophisticated phishing campaign targeting mobile users.

New research from Zimperium’s zLabs team claims this new threat involves malicious PDFs delivered via SMS messages whose senders impersonate the United States Postal Service (USPS).

Attackers are using advanced techniques to hide malicious links within the files, exploiting the trust users place in the format to steal sensitive data.

Why mobile users are vulnerable

This campaign reportedly targets organizations and individuals in over 50 countries with over 20 malicious PDF files and 630 phishing pages identified so far.

Attacks commence once the victim clicks on the malicious link hidden in the PDF; usually containing requests for personal information, including names, addresses, and credit card details.

Mobile devices are considered especially vulnerable to this type of attack because, on smaller screens, users have limited visibility into file contents before opening them.

Malicious links in these PDFs are even more difficult to detect than usual, because the attackers aren't using the standard /URI tag to embed links, allowing the malicious content to evade detection by traditional endpoint security software.

“Although USPS has no involvement, cybercriminals exploit its trusted name to mislead and target users,” said Nico Chiaraviglio, Zimperium zLabs' Chief Scientist.

“This campaign shows the growing sophistication and continued rise of mishing attacks, emphasizing the need for proactive mobile security measures,” he added.

How to protect yourself

One of the most effective ways to stay ahead of this type of attack is to verify the sender’s details, and the metadata of any attachment you open; even more important measures to take as business email attacks are becoming a bigger threat than ever for businesses.

You may also want to avoid clicking on links embedded in PDFs or SMS messages. Instead, navigate directly to the official website or use the organization’s mobile app.

Furthermore, to stay safe from malware on mobile devices, ensure you’re using the best Android antivirus or best iPhone antivirus software.

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We’re all hopelessly online these days, but our kids are more connected to the internet than any generation that came before them. Of course, that connectivity can come at the cost of privacy. It’s natural for parents to want to protect their children and their privacy before sending them out to explore the Internet, but do you have all the tools necessary? If you’re not using Norton VPN Ultimate, you could be missing out on incredible technology that can help keep your family safe when browsing the internet.

Protecting your family’s privacy online

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It’s common these days for our personal information to be available online, but such lax security comes with some legitimate threats. Bad actors are always looking for your family’s data and can use easily tracked information on your favorite devices to steal your identity, financial information, and more. Norton Ultra VPN is an award-winning VPN service that ensures your family is safe and secure online.

Robust toolsets like IP Masking, Data Encryption, and Antivirus Protection can help provide anonymity in today’s hyper-connected digital landscape. With a VPN, targeted ads are a thing of the past, as identifying information about your family’s location and browsing history becomes encrypted.

Masking your location with a VPN can also have the added benefit of granting you access to your favorite content from your favorite streaming service. No more losing access to your kids’ favorite show when traveling to a different region!

Parental Controls put you in charge

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Norton VPN Ultimate offers an impressive array of parental controls that put you in charge of determining your family’s online activity. Relying on online filters like safe search controls can be limiting, and don’t prevent your children from directly accessing inappropriate websites. With Norton VPN Ultimate, you can block unsuitable websites and prevent your children from accessing unapproved content.

Accessing content is only the tip of the iceberg, though. Norton VPN Ultimate features a well-rounded screen time feature, giving you the power to control not just what your children see, but for how long. The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) recommends less than two hours of screen time a day for children, and even less for those under the age of six. We all know our kids aren’t keeping to those guidelines on their own, and it can be time-consuming as a parent to count down every minute of screen time our kids are exposed to. Norton VPN Ultimate’s screen time feature gives us the power to monitor and limit screen times as we see fit, in addition to providing all these other privacy and safety tools.

All-in-one data protection, antivirus protection, and family set tools? Yes, please.

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You could sit and download a plethora of apps and software to cover all of the devices your family uses to browse, game, and shop online. Or, you could save yourself the hassle of trying to remember all those passwords and just sign up for a Norton VPN Ultimate to provide you and your family with peace of mind. Norton VPN Ultimate’s toolkit is stacked with everything you need to protect your family from the ills of the internet, including robust antivirus and malware detection, data encryption, parental controls, and so much more. You can try this one-stop-shop VPN right now, and rest easy knowing Norton VPN Ultimate is backed by a 60-day money-back guarantee. Keeping your family safe online has never been easier.

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• Nvidia integrates DeepSeek-R1 as a NIM microservice
• AWS supports DeepSeek-R1 with a focus on scalable and cost-efficient AI deployment
• Microsoft also has future local deployment plans for DeepSeek

Having taken the AI world by storm in recent weeks, DeepSeek has now made significant strides in expanding the accessibility of its advanced reasoning models.

The company has announced its flagship DeepSeek R1 model is now available on multiple platforms, including Nvidia, AWS, and GitHub.

DeepSeek’s open source nature allows developers to build models based on its architecture, and, at press time, there are 3,374 DeepSeek-based models available collaborative AI-model development platform Hugging Face.

Nvidia, AWS, Github & Azure now offers DeepSeek

On AWS, DeepSeek-R1 models are now accessible through Amazon Bedrock which simplifies API integration and Amazon SageMaker which enables advanced customization and training, supported by AWS Trainium and Inferentia for optimized cost efficiency.

AWS also offers DeepSeek-R1-Distill, a lighter version, through Amazon Bedrock Custom Model Import. This serverless deployment simplifies infrastructure management while maintaining scalability.

Nvidia has also integrated DeepSeek-R1 as a NIM microservice, leveraging its Hopper architecture and FP8 Transformer Engine acceleration to deliver real-time, high-quality responses.

The model, which features 671 billion parameters and a 128,000-token context length, utilizes test-time scaling for improved accuracy.

It also benefits from Nvidia’s Hopper architecture, using FP8 Transformer Engine acceleration and NVLink connectivity. Running on an HGX H200 system, DeepSeek-R1 can generate up to 3,872 tokens per second.

Microsoft’s Azure AI Foundry and GitHub have further expanded DeepSeek’s reach, offering developers a secure and scalable platform to integrate AI into their workflows.

Microsoft has also implemented extensive safety measures, including content filtering and automated assessments. The company claims that it plans to offer distilled versions of DeepSeek-R1 for local deployment on Copilot+ PCs in the future.

DeepSeek-R1 took the world by storm by offering a powerful, cost-efficient AI model with advanced reasoning capabilities and has dethroned popular AI models like ChatGPT.

R1 was reportedly trained for just $6 million, with its most advanced versions being about 95% cheaper to train than comparable models from NVIDIA and Microsoft.

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• Security outfit VIPRE processed 7.2 billion emails to deliver a scathing report
• It found 90% of emails sent are classified as spam, with the US topping the spam senders list
• Rising threats for 2025 include QR code phishing and adoption of deepfakes

VIPRE processed 7.2 billion emails in 2024 and uncovered a staggering 858 million instances of spam, with the majority flagged due to content (437 million) or the links inside (411.62 million).

The security firm's latest email threat analysis research also revealed over 90% of all emails identified as spam included unsolicited commercial messages and malicious phishing attempts which attempt to evade secure email provider filtering.

VIPRE found the US is the leading source of spam emails, followed by the UK, with countries like Switzerland and Sweden also among the top senders.

The rise of malspam and phishing

The digital age has brought an overwhelming deluge of email spam; other recent research claims businesses reportedly received 20 billion spam emails in 2024.

Malspam, or malicious spam, continues to be a significant threat, and attackers are known to switch up their attack methods.

In Q1 2024, 78% of malspam used attachments, while Q2 saw a shift to 86% using links. By Q4, attachments had regained prominence, with PDF, DOCX, and XLSX files being the most common carriers of malware.

Links remained the most common phishing tool, with URL redirection accounting for 51% of phishing attempts. QR codes emerged as a new attack technique, with their usage in phishing emails rose from 1% in Q1 to 12% in Q4.

VIPRE's report encourages vigilance against emails purportedly coming from CEOs and top business executives; the firm found 70% of all scam emails use this format. Such spam emails primarily target the manufacturing sector (32%), energy (9%), retail (8%), health (5%), and government (4%). Microsoft remained the most spoofed brand with the likes of DocuSign, Apple, and Google also topping the list.

To combat these evolving threats, organizations must adopt a multi-layered approach to email security. Implementing email authentication protocols like SPF, DKIM, and DMARC can help prevent spoofing and impersonation while investing in AI-powered detection tools can provide real-time protection against emerging threats.

In addition, enforcing multi-factor authentication (MFA) via authenticator apps adds an additional layer of security, while continuous user education is essential for identifying phishing attempts.

On the backend, behavioral analysis and endpoint protection systems should also be deployed to detect and block suspicious messages and malware.

“This annual email landscape analysis provides valuable insight into the cybersecurity threats that will challenge businesses in 2025,” said Usman Choudhary, Chief Product and Technology Officer at VIPRE Security Group.

“To counter the increasingly automated and AI-enhanced email-based threats, organisations need to implement robust email security technologies and foster a culture of highly vigilant security awareness among employees, in equal measure. This dual approach presents the most realistic and effective approach to surmount the ever-advancing and difficult-to-spot email-based threats.”

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Looking for a different day?

A new Quordle puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Monday's puzzle instead then click here: Quordle hints and answers for Monday, February 3 (game #1106).

Quordle was one of the original Wordle alternatives and is still going strong now more than 1,100 games later. It offers a genuine challenge, though, so read on if you need some Quordle hints today – or scroll down further for the answers.

Enjoy playing word games? You can also check out my NYT Connections today and NYT Strands today pages for hints and answers for those puzzles, while Marc's Wordle today column covers the original viral word game.

SPOILER WARNING: Information about Quordle today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.

Quordle today (game #1107) - hint #1 - Vowels How many different vowels are in Quordle today?

• The number of different vowels in Quordle today is 3*.

* Note that by vowel we mean the five standard vowels (A, E, I, O, U), not Y (which is sometimes counted as a vowel too).

Quordle today (game #1107) - hint #2 - repeated letters Do any of today's Quordle answers contain repeated letters?

• The number of Quordle answers containing a repeated letter today is 0.

Quordle today (game #1107) - hint #3 - uncommon letters Do the letters Q, Z, X or J appear in Quordle today?

• Yes. One of Q, Z, X or J appears among today's Quordle answers.

Quordle today (game #1107) - hint #4 - starting letters (1) Do any of today's Quordle puzzles start with the same letter?

• The number of today's Quordle answers starting with the same letter is 0.

If you just want to know the answers at this stage, simply scroll down. If you're not ready yet then here's one more clue to make things a lot easier:

Quordle today (game #1107) - hint #5 - starting letters (2) What letters do today's Quordle answers start with?

• B

• D

• M

• J

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.

Quordle today (game #1107) - the answers

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The answers to today's Quordle, game #1107, are…

• BIRTH
• DRAWN
• MILKY
• JOIST

I only just scraped through today thanks to some brain freeze. That said, without incorrectly guessing the word “Right” when I already had an incorrect “T”, I would never have got BIRTH. Sometimes a mistake can unlock the rest of the puzzle – that’s what I’m telling myself, anyway.

I certainly should have also guessed JOIST ahead of Moist – it’s exactly the kind of word Quordle loves to catch us out with. Or maybe I'm just paranoid.

How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.

Daily Sequence today (game #1107) - the answers

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The answers to today's Quordle Daily Sequence, game #1107, are…

• APRON
• COCOA
• GUESS
• CURLY

Quordle answers: The past 20

• Quordle #1106, Monday 3 February: SLEET, TENSE, SEIZE, SCAMP
• Quordle #1105, Sunday 2 February: LOUSY, PENNE, CHUMP, SALVE
• Quordle #1104, Saturday 1 February: FACET, BLISS, FLUFF, FRANK
• Quordle #1103, Friday 31 January: PARER, SYNOD, BRAWN, BANJO
• Quordle #1102, Thursday 30 January: WEEDY, CHIRP, STALE, SUGAR
• Quordle #1101, Wednesday 29 January: CROWN, SCENE, AGILE, CRANK
• Quordle #1100, Tuesday 28 January: TOKEN, DAISY, INANE, PLIED
• Quordle #1099, Monday 27 January: ANGEL, GLOBE, MAYOR, BRAVE
• Quordle #1098, Sunday 26 January: WATER, ORBIT, BRIDE, TOUCH
• Quordle #1097, Saturday 25 January: GIVER, GROOM, GUSTO, MAKER
• Quordle #1096, Friday 24 January: GRIND, STOCK, SERVE, TOUCH
• Quordle #1095, Thursday 23 January: RUGBY, SASSY, WORRY, BANAL
• Quordle #1094, Wednesday 22 January: SLANT, TRUNK, WOOZY, EATEN
• Quordle #1093, Tuesday 21 January: CHART, VIGOR, PRINT, SPAWN
• Quordle #1092, Monday 20 January: SIXTY, THONG, TATTY, ROBIN
• Quordle #1091, Sunday 19 January: WREST, RINSE, SCOUR, CANNY
• Quordle #1090, Saturday 18 January: BLARE, ITCHY, BICEP, PIPER
• Quordle #1089, Friday 17 January: CATCH, WEARY, SWOON, LATHE
• Quordle #1088, Thursday 16 January: PARTY, BLUNT, TWEED, PLANT
• Quordle #1087, Wednesday 15 January: RISEN, PLATE, RURAL, ENVOY

Looking for a different day?

A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Monday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Monday, February 3 (game #603).

Good morning! Let's play Connections, the NYT's clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need Connections hints.

What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I've also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc's Wordle today page covers the original viral word game.

SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.

NYT Connections today (game #604) - today's words

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Today's NYT Connections words are…

• FILE
• SAVE
• BUTTER
• CHICKEN
• SPREAD
• SAND
• UNDER
• STORE
• LADY
• FAVORITE
• STICKY
• PRESERVE
• KEEP
• BUFF
• PARLAY
• GRIND

NYT Connections today (game #604) - hint #1 - group hints

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?

• YELLOW: Put away for later 
• GREEN: Level the surface
• BLUE: Bet on it
• PURPLE: Add a handy body part

Need more clues?

We're firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today's NYT Connections puzzles…

NYT Connections today (game #604) - hint #2 - group answers

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?

• YELLOW: CONSERVE 
• GREEN: SMOOTH USING FRICTION
• BLUE: SPORTS GAMBLING TERMS 
• PURPLE: WORDS BEFORE "FINGERS" 

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.

NYT Connections today (game #604) - the answers

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The answers to today's Connections, game #604, are…

• YELLOW: CONSERVE KEEP, PRESERVE, SAVE, STORE
• GREEN: SMOOTH USING FRICTION BUFF, FILE, GRIND, SAND
• BLUE: SPORTS GAMBLING TERMS FAVORITE, PARLAY, SPREAD, UNDER
• PURPLE: WORDS BEFORE "FINGERS" BUTTER, CHICKEN, LADY, STICKY

• My rating: Easy
• My score: Perfect

The only STICKY group for me today was WORDS BEFORE “FINGERS” and this was just because I’d never heard of CHICKEN Fingers. If the group had included FISH I would have got it more quickly – although I believe that in the US this pinnacle of orange cuisine is called a Fish Stick.

The Fish Stick was invented by frozen food pioneer Clarence Birdseye and was originally made from herrings. It only became a product made from cod in the 1950s and its success was rapid in the UK, where they were marketed with the slogan “No bones, no waste, no smell, no fuss”. I’m not sure about that last part as it’s a given that if you clean your freezer you will always find some orange fishy crumbs preserved in the ice, even if you haven’t eaten a fish finger in years. Finger crumbs – the wooly mammoth of the modern suburbia.

How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.

Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Monday, 3 February, game #603)

• YELLOW: COMMENT AFTER AN INSULT BURN, OUCH, SNAP, ZING
• GREEN: TINY AMOUNT, WITH "A" BIT, LITTLE, MITE, TAD
• BLUE: BIT OF CITRUS GARNISH SLICE, TWIST, WEDGE, ZEST
• PURPLE: BUNGLE, WITH "UP" FOUL, LOUSE, MUCK, SCREW

What is NYT Connections?

NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.

On the plus side, you don't technically need to solve the final one, as you'll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What's more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.

It's a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.

It's playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.

I love wrestling. I love the storylines, I love the athleticism, I love live TV, and I love the ridiculousness of it all. I turned 30 last month and there are very few interests that have stuck with me from my childhood, but wrestling is one of them. There have been times when my interest has withered, but the soap opera of wrestling always manages to reel me back in.

As of January, WWE’s headline weekly show, 'Monday Night Raw', is live on Netflix worldwide. We’re a month into the $5 billion deal and the road to the most important event of the wrestling calendar is underway (Wrestlemania), making now the perfect time to dust off your wrestling boots and get back into the action. Whether you loved WWE growing up and lost interest over time, or you’ve never seen a wrestling show in your life, now’s the perfect time to start watching WWE and I’m going to explain why.

Welcome to the Netflix era

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The late 90s/early 00s was prime WWE, or as it was called back then WWF, before a legal dispute with the World Wildlife Fund. With icons of the sport like Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Rock leading the charge, WWE was hotter than ever before selling out arenas all around the United States. That was, until now. Following on from a monumental sale to TKO (the company that owns UFC), WWE is now setting record gates in stadiums across the globe and has never been more popular. With adults returning to wrestling to see John Cena’s final year or CM Punk’s incredible mic work, and children engrossed with new future legends like Roman Reigns and Cody Rhodes, WWE is thriving and it’s only going to get better from here on out.

Naysayers love to throw around the idea that wrestling is “fake” and the storylines cheesy, but as I grow older I come to respect the craft more than ever before. Wrestling is indeed pre-determined, but so are all the best TV shows and best movies. But the result of a match being decided beforehand shouldn’t be a reason to dismiss or avoid giving WWE a chance, after all some of the best wrestlers in the world like Seth Rollins and CM Punk can deliver live acting in one take that you wouldn’t be surprised to see in an Academy Award-winning drama. That might be hard to believe if you’re used to the ridiculousness of the 90s, but some of the best wrestling storylines nowadays, like the infamous tale of The Bloodline, a look at the Samoan wrestling dynasty with The Rock, Roman Reigns, Jey and Jimmy Uso, and Solo Sikoa, has been pure cinema. I’m talking about interweaving weekly storylines that have only grasped an audience but have essentially reinvented the wheel when it comes to how storylines can be portrayed on live television.

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In the UK and the rest of the world, Netflix doesn’t only show Raw on a Monday, but also WWE’s Friday night show, SmackDown, as well as all the Premium Live Events like Wrestlemania, Royal Rumble, and Summerslam. Speaking of Wrestlemania, the journey to the biggest event of the year began this weekend with one of the best PLEs we’ve seen in years. I may have watched wrestling for nearly three decades but I can’t remember the last time I’ve been sat on the edge of my seat, biting my nails, hoping my favorite wrestlers come out on top. The best bit, everything that happened on Saturday night at Royal Rumble is just the beginning of months of storytelling as we lead up to Wrestlemania 41 in Las Vegas on April 19th and 20th.

WWE has gone through years of irrelevancy, particularly as the company turned to PG audiences following the heyday of The Rock and Austin. But now the tides have turned and it’s not only culturally acceptable to say you watch wrestling, it’s almost cool again. Roman Reigns, Cody Rhodes, CM Punk, and Rhea Ripley, to name a few are pioneering something special on live TV and I implore anyone who’s ever watched wrestling in the past, or is looking for a new way to spend their Monday nights to give WWE on Netflix a go.

How to watch WWE on Netflix

US audiences can tune into WWE Raw every Monday night on Netflix, PLEs (the huge shows like Wrestlemania) are streamed live on Peacock.

For the rest of the world, like the UK and Australia, the full WWE catalog is available on Netflix, including WWE Raw, WWE Smackdown, and all PLEs, including Wrestlemania 41. Not only can you watch shows live, but there’s a full selection of previous shows dating back to the 80s, so you can catch up on your favorite nostalgia trip before getting stuck into modern-day action.

The next big WWE PLE is Elimination Chamber that will be streamed live on Netflix worldwide and Peacock in the US on March 1st. That said, give WWE Raw a try on Netflix at 5 p.m. PT / 8 p.m. ET / 1 a.m GMT to see what all the fuss is about. I promise, if you appreciate great stories and incredible action, you’ll be hooked in no time.

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