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This Catherine Zeta-Jones Revenge Thriller Is the Most Underrated Show of the Month

As an entertainment editor, I watch a lot of TV shows. But the most underrated show on streaming in October 2026? It's the Catherine Zeta-Jones revenge thriller 'Kill Jackie' on AMC+. Here, my honest 'Kill Jackie' review and why it's must-watch TV.

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Oct 22 • 10:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • purewow.com
Simu Liu’s Underrated Underwater Thriller & More Hulu Releases This Week

Hulu‘s lineup this week features Simu Liu’s gripping deep-sea thriller, plus more fresh releases. Set to premiere on October 25, Last Breath is a survival thriller from director Alex Parkinson. It rev...

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Oct 18 • 10:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Costco Is Quietly Offering an Underrated, Discontinued Omega Watch Online

Costco is currently offering a discontinued annual calendar dress watch from Omega as an online-only special.

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Oct 12 • 11:47 AM EDT • Technology • gearpatrol.com
Most overrated/underrated teams in Week 6 coaches poll

Week 6 of college football shook up the rankings. See which teams are overrated and underrated after the chaos.

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Oct 12 • 9:02 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Don't Overlook Josh Okogie When Projecting Success of Jazz

He was an underrated offseason pickup, but Okogie will be very important.

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Oct 11 • 8:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Underrated Royals: Rey Sanchez

Had glove, will travel

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Oct 7 • 10:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Phillies Could Make Huge Move for Underrated Power Bat
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Oct 6 • 7:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Utah Jazz Remain Underrated Entering 2026-27 Season

Armed with Jaren Jackson Jr.’s elite defense and Darryn Peterson’s arrival, a revamped roster looks to defy betting lines and vault from the cellar into playoff contention.

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Oct 1 • 10:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Patriots ST coach reacts to underrated rookie's instant success

Patriots special teams coordinator Jeremy Springer has been impressed by rookie linebacker Namdi Obiazor.

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Sep 26 • 10:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Palace's Underrated Superstar and his Palace Future

Tyrick Mitchell's time at Palace may sometimes go out of the spotlight but he is one of Palace's most reliable performers.

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Sep 26 • 4:19 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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John Collins Is the Pistons Signing Nobody Noticed

NBA.com named Detroit's John Collins signing one of the offseason's most underrated moves. #Pistons

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Sep 24 • 1:20 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
One Of The Switch's Most Underrated Gems Is Now Free For Switch Online Users

Play it, for goodness' sake

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Sep 24 • 7:15 AM EDT • Technology • nintendolife.com
Who is the most underrated Texas college football player?

Everyone knows college football's biggest stars by now (hey, Arch). But who's the player deserving of more credit or attention?

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Sep 24 • 7:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Nuggets Sign Pair of Underrated Rookies to Training Camp Contracts

The Nuggets have completed their training camp roster with the recent additions of two undrafted rookies.

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Sep 22 • 5:41 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Analysis: Hosts winless but showing signs of growth

Following three consecutive losses to start the season, Fulham might not have been thrilled to see a trip to Anfield and the visit of Manchester United as their next fixtures. As at Liverpool last weekend, there was some eye-catching football on show from Fulham, playing out from the back and going smoothly from one end to the other in a flash. The exciting Josh King, still just 19, will rightly be praised for his showing but perhaps the key for the west Londoners will be the vastly underrated Alex Iwobi.

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Sep 20 • 2:30 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Timberwolves’ Underrated Offseason Addition Could Have a Breakout Year

Cody Williams could have a career resurgence in Minnesota.

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Sep 20 • 9:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Patriots underrated WR viewed as Week 2 fantasy football sleeper

Patriots wide receiver Mack Hollins could be in line for a large workload in Week 2 with A.J. Brown sidelined.

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Sep 19 • 12:01 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Oklahoma's OL faces underrated challenge against New Mexico

Oklahoma's offensive line needs to show improvement on Saturday against a top-ranked New Mexico defense.

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Sep 18 • 4:01 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Gimme Him: Underrated Steelers LB could spark Patriots pass-rush

The Patriots could benefit from the play of Steelers edge rusher Nick Herbig.

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Sep 18 • 1:53 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
'Underrated derby' will be tough to call

BBC Radio WM's Steve Hermon looks ahead to West Bromwich Albion's derby visit to Wolves.

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Sep 17 • 8:36 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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The Most Underrated Team in the Big Ten
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Sep 13 • 10:48 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Underrated 49ers Starter Called NFL’s ‘Most Important’ Upcoming Free Agent

Bleacher Report called a little-known 49ers safety the team's "Most Important" free agent in 2027. The post Underrated 49ers Starter Called NFL’s ‘Most Important’ Upcoming Free Agent appeared first on HEAVY.

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Sep 12 • 11:26 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Lions Secondary Put on Notice by Week 1 Fantasy Sleepers

The Detroit Lions‘ defense has a lot of questions entering the season. So, despite quarterback Tyler Shough being a lower-ranked fantasy football option in Week 1, he could end up being a great sleeper target. Moe Moton of Bleacher Report writes that Shough, along with his receiver Devaughn Vele, are two of the most underrated […] The post Lions Secondary Put on Notice by Week 1 Fantasy Sleepers appeared first on HEAVY.

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Sep 10 • 4:01 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Blazers’ Underrated Signing Could Pay Dividends

The NBL champion and Davidson sharpshooter heads to training camp on an Exhibit 10 deal, aiming to secure his NBA dream through Portland’s growing international pipeline.

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Sep 9 • 9:04 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
YouTube Gold: Great Free Throw Distractions

One of the most underrated bits of fun in college basketball

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Sep 9 • 5:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Angel Reese Is Getting Way Too Good to Ignore

At some point, we have to stop calling Angel Reese a “future star.” She is already a star. Reese has taken her game to another level with the Atlanta Dream, averaging 16.1 points, 12.4 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.8 steals per game this season. And somehow, she still feels like one of the most underrated…

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Sep 9 • 3:14 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Why Lewis Dunk Is STILL Brighton's Most Underrated Player

The veteran skipper remains the common denominator in Brighton’s success, transforming raw defensive partners into stars while proving he is the timeless heartbeat of the Seagulls’ backline.

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Sep 8 • 1:36 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
5 Most Overrated NFL Players Headed Into Week 1

Is it better to be underrated and underappreciated, or is it more advantageous to be overrated? Most people wouldn’t want […]

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Sep 7 • 9:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Giants Could Land Underrated Pass Rusher Before Week 1

The New York Giants could add another pass rusher before the season opener.

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Sep 4 • 10:50 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
New Jensen Interceptor GTX breaks cover as a track-focused V8 beast to mark a new era

The Jensen Interceptor is underrated classic, and the Britain's first muscle car as some people call it, and now there's a new one with a V8

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Sep 4 • 4:05 AM EDT • Technology • supercarblondie.com
Grizzlies Have an Underrated Trade Asset Hiding in Plain Sight

Bleacher Report named Ty Jerome an overlooked NBA trade candidate, and the Memphis Grizzlies could have a valuable asset if he stays healthy.

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Sep 4 • 12:18 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Yankees Have ‘Most Underrated Reliever in the American League’

The New York Yankees are a franchise filled with big names.The legends of yesteryear need no introductions, and neither do many of this season’s superstars. Think guys like Aaron Judge, Gerrit Cole, Max Fried and even Ben Rice. At this point, everyone knows them.That’s not the case for one of the most important pitchers the […] The post Yankees Have ‘Most Underrated Reliever in the American League’ appeared first on HEAVY.

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Sep 3 • 12:46 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Texas A&M senior DE was 'unbelievably consistent' this preseason

Texas A&M senior DE T.J. Searcy is one of the most underrated players in the SEC entering the 2026 season.

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Sep 1 • 5:01 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Cowboys news: Brian Schottenheimer reveals underrated Caleb Downs trait

Dallas Cowboys safety Caleb Downs has a big opportunity to turn heads in his rookie season, as he looks to prove that he can be a difference-maker at the next level after a standout career at Ohio State. Downs has the pedigree to command attention , and his maiden stint will offer an early glimpse of his versatility and athleticism, two attributes […] The post Cowboys news: Brian Schottenheimer reveals underrated Caleb Downs trait appeared first on ClutchPoints.

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Aug 27 • 2:31 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Pittsburgh Penguins Ben Kindel the Latest Snub by Prospect Expert

Now it's fair to wonder if, even after a surprise breakout at 18 in the world's hardest hockey league, Ben Kindel might be underrated. The post Pittsburgh Penguins Ben Kindel the Latest Snub by Prospect Expert appeared first on HEAVY.

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Aug 24 • 1:55 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Why Hayden Panettiere's most underrated role feels heartbreaking now

Hayden Panettiere could always light up the screen.

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Aug 17 • 8:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • centraloregondaily.com
Sooo ... About Last Night

Last night (Sat., Aug. 15, 2026), Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) ventured forth to Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for UFC 330. Though the pair of title fights atop the card understandably garnered most of the attention ahead of time, the rest of the card proved a little underrated. Some of the veterans exceeded expectations, […]

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Aug 16 • 3:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Underrated 49ers Signing Could Pay Huge Dividends in 2026

The San Francisco 49ers' wide receiver has seen some big changes this offseason. Mike Evans was brought in to be the No. 1 receiver, and old favorite Deebo Samuel was brought back into the fold. Fellow receiver Ricky Pearsall went down for the year, which was a big blow.

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Aug 13 • 10:19 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
This Underrated Medical Drama Just Became a Netflix Top 10 Hit

Netflix's Top 10 has a new surprise entry that viewers are quickly adding to their watch lists. Get all the details here.

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Aug 6 • 11:40 AM EDT • Entertainment • purewow.com
What 9 Years in Business Taught Me: Movement Is the Most Underrated Productivity Tool

After nine years of building a wellness company, I've realized the biggest driver of my team's output isn't a tool, a policy or a hire — it's something most leaders walk past every day.

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Aug 2 • 9:00 PM EDT • Business • entrepreneur.com
I replaced Spotify and YouTube Music with this underrated Samsung app; now I can't go back

My offline music library feels complete

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Aug 2 • 11:15 AM EDT • Technology • androidpolice.com
Microsoft's most-underrated gaming feature is steadily gaining traction, but big gaps remain — Xbox Play Anywhere report card

New data shows Xbox Game Pass adoption has improved in recent months, but big app gaps remain. Can Microsoft do more to boost it?

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Aug 2 • 6:00 AM EDT • Technology • windowscentral.com
The Most Polarizing Mario Game Is About To Come To Switch 2

The underrated 3D Mario game will be part of Switch Online's GameCube library

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Jul 31 • 12:22 AM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Will Justin Herbert Increase His Rushing Attempts?

Justin Herbert showed last season that his mobility is an underrated part of his game. With Mike McDaniel now running the offense, could the Chargers lean on Herbert’s legs even more? A slight increase in rushing attempts might make the offense even more dangerous in 2026.

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Jul 27 • 8:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Phoenix Suns’ Starting Lineup Continues To Be Underrated

Despite landing Miles Bridges and boasting Devin Booker’s elite playmaking, critics rank Phoenix’s revamped starting five in the league's bottom third, fueling intense debate over their true potential.

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Jul 26 • 11:24 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Three Underrated Free Agents Who Could Help New Orleans Pelicans

The New Orleans Pelicans have limited resources and roster spots available, which means they're going to need to be smart with who they bring in to round out their squad.

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Jul 25 • 4:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Analyst Says Trevor Lawrence is an Underrated QB in 2026

Fresh off a dominant 13-4 run, Jacksonville’s signal-caller enters year two of Liam Coen’s system poised to silence critics and finally solidify his status among the elite.

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Jul 23 • 12:21 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Game Pass July 2026 Gets One Of 2025's Most Underrated Games

I'm looking forward to giving Mistfall Hunter a try

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Jul 21 • 5:58 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
DREAMTEAM

RUARIDH McCONNOCHIE, THE FORMER BATH, ENGLAND, ENGLAND SEVENS AND GREAT BRITAIN SEVENS WINGER, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… 1. Beno Obano – I’ve always thought Beno has been criminally underrated at international level. Everyone sees his power, but his hands and footwork are exceptional for a prop. He’s been a […] The post DREAMTEAM appeared first on The Rugby Paper.

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Jul 18 • 9:59 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
UNLV students use science to reduce wildfire risk for Las Vegas wetlands

When Sophia Lorenzana took an ornithology class at UNLV as an undergraduate student, she never imagined it would spark a love for one of the area’s most underrated natural resources: Wetlands Park.

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Jul 11 • 10:00 PM EDT • Science • lasvegassun.com
This underrated Samsung feature is the first thing I set up on any new Android phone... except Pixels

Your favorite apps are always a swipe away.

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Jul 11 • 11:06 AM EDT • Technology • androidcentral.com
Why Ole Miss Might Be the SEC's Most Underrated Team

When most people think of the SEC, they think about Alabama, Georgia, and LSU, but Ole Miss tends to miss the list.

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Jul 6 • 12:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
One underrated key to UM’s success. And Mensah, Toney, Fitzgerald, Canes chatter

One person who is underrated key to UM’s success. And Canes news and notes

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Jul 3 • 3:19 PM EDT • Sports • miamiherald.com
Wisconsin's most underrated players in EA Sports College Football 27

A pair of Wisconsin Badgers defensive stars seem to be underrated in the new EA Sports College Football 27 video game.

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Jul 3 • 7:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Who was the 49ers’ most underrated free-agent addition?

There are plenty of options, but we’re narrowing it down to the player who should win the left guard spot

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Jul 2 • 11:29 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
The most underrated business discipline is hospitality

How a hotel candle reminds this CEO that AI is important, but so is being human in the business environment.

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Jun 29 • 2:28 PM EDT • Business • fastcompany.com
Falcons Underrated Free Agent Signing Made Significant Impact During Minicamp

The Atlanta Falcons had a very impressive showing from one of their underrated free agent signings.

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Jun 28 • 1:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
5 underrated running backs entering the 2026 NFL season
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Jun 15 • 3:13 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
2027 NFL Draft Summer Scouting Report: Justin Scott, DL, Miami

Miami's defense is loaded on the defensive line with Justin Scott being an underrated piece.

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Jun 15 • 2:25 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Seahawks rookie guard a potential impact player for 2026

Seahawks guard Beau Stephens was named by Bleacher Report as an underrated rookie that has the chance to make a big impact on the season in 2026.

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Jun 15 • 1:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
The Wallflowers celebrate 30th anniversary of breakthrough album at the Englert

While touring to mark The Wallflowers' 30th anniversary of “Bringing Down the Horse,” Jakob Dylan also spotlights Tom Petty’s underrated 1982 album “Long After Dark,” bridging the connection between two influential catalogs.

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Jun 9 • 7:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • thegazette.com
Kyren Williams is still too underrated

Surprisingly, the answer is a resounding yes!

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Jun 5 • 6:29 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Was Sunderland’s 2025/2026 Campaign Underrated Or Unappreciated?

Despite securing European football, the Lads and Régis Le Bris in particular have largely flown under the radar!

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Jun 5 • 1:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Why Fiber Is Important for Women: What Gastroenterologist Dr. Sachin Goyal Wants You to Know

Fiber is one of the most underrated nutrients in women's health. While protein dominates the conversation, fiber supports hormones, heart health, gut function and bone strength. In this article, GI expert explains what dietary fiber is, the science backed benefits for women and easy ways to boost your daily intake. Whether you are looking to support your heart health or simply want to feel better, fiber is one of the simplest and most effective changes you can make.

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May 25 • 8:00 PM EDT • Health • caromonthealth.org
Vikings Look Underrated

It’s not particularly unusual when the national media overlooks the Minnesota Vikings over the spring and summer months. It happens more often than not. After all, the Vikings are not among the largest media market teams and they haven’t been league darlings either, like the Packers often have been or the Lions in more recent […]

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May 23 • 10:22 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Mock Draft: Rockets Select Underrated Outside Shooter in Second Round

In ESPN's latest mock draft, the Houston Rockets select ACC standout shooter Matt Able.

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May 16 • 8:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Underrated Chicago Bears Player Who Impacts Ben Johnson's Offense

With DJ Moore gone, the Chicago Bears lost veteran leadership in the locker room, but here is one underrated player fans should not forget about this season.

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May 16 • 12:42 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
This Underrated Spy Thriller Just Returned and I’ve Never Hit Play Faster

A long-awaited spy thriller series has quietly returned with a new season that’s already climbing the streaming charts. Get all the details here.

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May 12 • 12:53 PM EDT • Entertainment • purewow.com
The No. 1 most underrated communication skill—it's a simple but 'powerful' technique that can save a conversation, says expert

Sometimes the most important skill is "knowing when not to say the thing you're about to say" and pivoting, says negotiation expert Kwame Christian.

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May 11 • 11:25 AM EDT • Technology • cnbc.com
This underrated Pixel feature may finally reach more devices and countries

A wider rollout could be on the cards

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May 11 • 10:06 AM EDT • Technology • androidpolice.com
Locking up key contributor named Eagles' most underrated offseason move

It has been an extremely eventful offseason for the Philadelphia Eagles. The Eagles made several major additions over the offseason, including edge rusher Jonathan Greenard and wide receivers Hollywood Brown, Dontayvion Wicks and rookie first-round pick Makai Lemon. Locking up defensive tackle Jordan Davis on a three-year, $78 million extension was named Philadelphia's most underrated offseason move by Jeff Kerr of Sports Illustrated.

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May 10 • 5:47 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Jalen Nailor tabbed as “underrated” free agent signing by Las Vegas Raiders

Wide receiver is “poised to break out” in Las Vegas, according to Bleacher Report

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May 9 • 10:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
The merits and pitfalls of metaphor use in science communication

Effective science communication is a powerful but underrated tool. Metaphors, a common literary device, draw connections between unlike things and are often conceptually, innately understood. In science and science communication, these figures of speech act as a means of structuring concepts to provide the basis for further exploration. The use of metaphors in science can be a catalyst for change, invention, and, unfortunately, misunderstanding. Metaphors should be used responsibly when attempting to make complex scientific concepts easily understandable, and should weigh the accuracy and accessibility of information in a favorable balance.

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May 7 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • eurekalert.org
The AirPods are Tim Cook’s most underrated achievement

Apple changed how we use personal audio.

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Apr 21 • 1:49 PM EDT • Technology • theverge.com
Is This the Most Underrated Business Class in the Sky?
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Apr 17 • 2:02 PM EDT • Business • yahoo.com
49ers reportedly interested in freakishly athletic draft prospect

The 49ers have invested a bit in their defensive line room over the last year, but an underrated 2026 NFL draft prospect could be a perfect fit.

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Apr 5 • 1:31 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Gemma 4 and what makes an open model succeed

Having written a lot of model release blog posts, there’s something much harder about reviewing open models when they drop relative to closed models, especially in 2026. In recent years, there were so few open models, so when Llama 3 was released most people were still doing research on Llama 2 and super happy to get an update. When Qwen 3 was released, the Llama 4 fiasco had just gone down, and a whole research community was emerging to study RL on Qwen 2.5 — it was a no brainer to upgrade. Today, when an open model releases, it’s competing with Qwen 3.5, Kimi K2.5, GLM 5, MiniMax M2.5, GPT-OSS, Arcee Large, Nemotron 3, Olmo 3, and others. The space is populated, but still feels full of hidden opportunity. The potential of open models feels like a dark matter, a potential we know is huge, but few clear recipes and examples for how to unlock it are out there. Agentic AI, OpenClaw, and everything brewing in that space is going to spur mass experimentation in open models to complement the likes of Claude and Codex, not replace them. Especially with open models, the benchmarks at release are an extremely incomplete story. In some ways this is exciting, as new open models have a much higher variance and ability to surprise, but it also points at some structural reasons that make building businesses and great AI experiences around open models harder than the closed alternatives. When a new Claude Opus or GPT drops, spending a few hours with them in my agentic workflows is genuinely a good vibe test. For open models, putting them through this test is a category error. Something else to be said about open models in the era of agents is that they get out of the debate of integration, harnesses, and tools and let us see close to the ground on what exactly is the ability of just a model. Of course, we can’t test some things like search abilities without some tool, but being able to measure exactly the pace of progress of the model alone is a welcome simplification to a systematically opaque AI space. Share The list of factors I’d use to assess a new open-weight model I’m considering investing in includes: Model performance (and size) — how this model performs on benchmarks I care about and how it compares to other models of a similar size. Country of origin — some businesses care deeply about provenance, and if a model was built in China or not. Model license — if a model needs legal approval for use, uptake will be slower at mid-sized and large companies. Tooling at release — many models release with half-broken, or at least substantially slower, implementations in popular software like vLLM, Transformers, SGLANG, etc due to pushing the envelope of architectures or tools. Model fine-tunability — how easy or hard it is to modify the given model to your use-case when you actually try and use it. The core problem is that some of these are immediately available at release, e.g. general performance, license, origin, etc. but others such as tooling take day(s) to week(s) to stabilize, and others are open research questions — with no group systematically monitoring fine-tunability. In the early era of open models, the days of Llama 2 or 3 and Qwen pre v3.5, the architectures were fairly simple and the models tended to work out of the box. Some of this was due to the extremely hard work of the Llama, Qwen, Mistral, etc. developer teams. Some is due to the new models being genuinely harder to work with. When it comes to something like Qwen 3.5 or Nemotron 3, with hybrid models (either gated delta net or mamba layers), the tooling is very rough at release. Things you would expect to “just work” often don’t. I’ve been following this area closely since we released Olmo Hybrid with a similar architecture, and Qwen 3.5 is just starting to work well in the various open-source tools that need to all play nice together for RL research. That’s 1.5 months after the release date! This is just to start really investing more into understanding the behavior of the models. Of course, others started working on these models sooner by investing more engineering resources or relying on partially closed software. The fully open and distributed ecosystem takes a long time to get going on some new models. All of this is lead-in for the most important question for open models — how easy is it to adapt to specific use-cases? This is a different problem for different model sizes. Large MoE open-weight models may be used by entities like Cursor who need complex capabilities in their domain, e.g. Composer 2 trained on Kimi K2.5. Other applications can be built on much smaller models, such as Chroma’s Context-1 model for agentic search, built on GPT-OSS 20B. The question of “which models are fine-tunable” is largely background knowledge known by engineers across the industry. There should be a thriving research area here to support the open ecosystem model. The first step is to understand characteristics of different base and post-trained models to understand what they look like. The second step is to tune pretraining recipes for open models so they’re more flexible. Interconnects AI is a reader-supported publication. Consider becoming a subscriber. Subscribe For The ATOM Project and other Interconnects endeavors, we’ve put in substantial effort to measuring adoption trends in the open ecosystem. Everything takes a long time to unfold after a model is first publicly available — and adaptability is why. What we know for sure now, when Qwen has been going from strength to strength with its releases, is that technical staff across the industry has gotten comfortable working with Qwen models. Countless research methods and datasets were made to work with Qwen. It’ll take patience for any other model family to get to this point — a patience I’m not sure many open model builders have. This takes us to Gemma 4, Google’s latest open models. Gemma 3 was released more than a year ago, in March of 2025, and is a bit underrated. Gemma 4 comes in 4 sizes for now, with a bigger, MoE model of over 100B total parameters rumored but not released yet. The models we have today come in sizes of ~5B dense, 8B dense, 26B total 4B active MoE, and 31B dense. I’m most excited that they’re finally adopting a standard Apache 2.0 open source license. This’ll massively boost adoption. The standard of better licenses for strong open-weight LLMs was set by mostly Chinese open model labs in the last 1-2 years, and now U.S. companies are following suit. I will personally be so happy if the horrible Llama licenses and Gemma terms of service were an ~18-month transient dynamic of the industry being nervous about releasing strong open models. The Gemma 4 scores look very solid, the small models have incredible benchmark scores (especially in general domains like LMArena) and the 31B model rivals the recent Qwen 3.5 27B, which is the leading member of that class. The ~30B size range is an important one, as it’s accessible both to researchers and to enterprises looking to deploy the model in real use-cases. Where the 7B model scale is the default for tinkering and research, a 30B model is the default for seeing if an open model can unlock substantial value in your specific workflow — a good mix of intelligence, low price, tractability for downstream training, etc. This takes us back to the above adoption criteria I mentioned for open models and the bigger question — do I think Gemma 4 will be an overwhelming success? Previous Gemma models have been plagued by tooling issues and poorer performance when being finetuned. Gemma 4’s success is going to be entirely determined by ease of use, to a point where a 5-10% swing on benchmarks wouldn’t matter at all. It’s strong enough, small enough, with the right license, and from the U.S., so many companies are going to slot it in. I’m cautiously optimistic that Gemma 4 is going to work better here. Winds are shifting for open models built in America. We saw GPT-OSS go through a bumpy launch to become an overwhelming success. There’s a collective energy around the likes of Reflection, Arcee, Nemotron, Gemma, Olmo, and peers that show substantial demand for building new stacks around open models. There’s capital to be spent on AI stacks across the economy by those who want more ownership of everything, including the model. After launching The ATOM Project 240 days ago, the conversation is shifting into the next stage. Summer of 2025 was a crisis moment where the U.S. AI scene realized it can’t wait and figure out open models after building AGI. The two markets will capture different areas and proceed in parallel. Now that more companies in the U.S. are releasing strong models, we need to improve the ecosystem so that these models are easy to use, understand, and build value around. It’s the hard work to build another inflection point in these adoption plots I’ve been updating consistently, but that’s the work to be done. Join me in it. More data coming soon! Here’s a sneak peek:

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