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Power Rankings: Texas takes over the top spot

Our college football experts give insight on each team based off Week 3 performances.

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ESPN Staff

College football takeaways: Group of 5 teams show out, SEC dominates early CFP race

UNLV's sales pitch to the expanding Pac-12 is looking pretty strong. Our experts break down key storylines from Week 3.

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Mark Schofield

Bryce Young benched by Panthers for Week 3 in stunning fall for No. 1 draft pick

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The former No. 1 overall pick has been bench just two games into his sophomore season with the Panthers.

Just two weeks into the 2024 season, the Carolina Panthers are making a major change.

According to multiple reports, new head Dave Canales is making a change at quarterback. In the wake of a 26-3 loss to the visiting Los Angeles Chargers, starting quarterback and former first-overall selection Bryce Young is headed to the bench. In his place...

The Verge

Jay Peters

Amazon is making its employees come back to the office five days a week

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Amazon employees will be required to return to the office five days per week starting on January 2nd, 2025.

“We’ve decided that we’re going to return to being in the office the way we were before the onset of COVID,” CEO Andy Jassy says in a memo sent to staff on Monday. Employees have been required to work from the office three days per week since May 2023, and Jassy says that “if anything, the last 15 months we’ve been back in the...

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Lauren Feiner

How Google got away with charging publishers more than anyone else

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For years, Google took the same 20 percent commission for ad transactions that ran through its platform, even though it was higher than what any other industry player charged. Executives privately worried the fee was difficult to defend. Now, the Justice Department argues it’s a key sign of Google’s monopoly over online ads.

Google’s so-called take rate took center stage on the last day of week one in the Justice Department’s...

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Peter Baker

Trump, Outrage and the Modern Era of Political Violence

The latest apparent assassination attempt against the former president indicates how much the American political landscape has been shaped by anger stirred by him and against him.

Mashable

Microsoft Copilot can now help with Excel formulas, make PowerPoints, and more

After a year and a half of Copilot, the generative AI tool is getting to a genuinely useful place. That literal and figurative place is in Microsoft Excel.

At the Microsoft 365 Copilot livestream on Monday, CEO Satya Nadella announced Copilot features for the OG spreadsheet program and other 365 apps like PowerPoint, a collaborative "canvas" called Copilot Pages, and customizable AI Agents.

While the livestream was mostly meant for Microsoft's enterprise customers and not for the casual...

Fast Company

Jennifer Mattson

Employees voted on the worst workplace jargon. Here’s the number-one phrase that annoys your coworkers

Glassdoor surveyed hundreds of users on their cringiest corporate lingo, and the winner is . . .

The modern workplace is getting harder and harder to navigate. Between mass layoffs, return-to-office mandates, long hours, and the constant barrage of Slack pings and emails, it’s no wonder workers love to hate their jobs.

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"I'm So Proud Of You": Laverne Cox's Emotional Interview With "Baby Reindeer" Star Nava Mau At The Emmys Is Incredibly Heartwarming

The groundbreaking nominations for Laverne Cox and Baby Reindeer 's Nava Mau came 10 years apart.

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Turron Davenport

Titans' Callahan: No regret over Levis frustration

The day after his team's 24-17 loss to the New York Jets on Sunday, Titans coach Brian Callahan acknowledged a now-viral moment of him yelling about QB Will Levis, saying he didn't regret the feelings behind the yelling.

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Dave Wilson

Sark: Nothing changes if Arch steps in for Ewers

Texas rose to No. 1 this week and Arch Manning captured the nation's attention with a four-touchdown performance following an injury to Quinn Ewers. But Steve Sarkisian said on Monday that none of the hype or attention changes anything for the Longhorns.

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Sources: Panthers bench Young, to start Dalton

Veteran Andy Dalton will replace Bryce Young as the starting quarterback for the Panthers after the team's 0-2 start, sources confirmed to ESPN on Monday.

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Eric Berger, Ars Technica

The Polaris Dawn Spaceflight Was More Than Just a Billionaire Joyride

The most ambitious private spaceflight to date was a total success—and it blazed a trail for others to follow.

Wired Top Stories

Nena Farrell

7 Best Bassinets (2024), Tested and Reviewed

We strapped babies into bassinets that rock, swing, vibrate, react to crying, or transform into a stroller attachment.

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Savannah Leigh Richardson

Procore Championship: How much money Patton Kizzire, complete field won

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The first FedEx Fall Cup event saw Patton Kizzire take home the Procore Championship. How much did he and the field take home?

Last week marked the first 2024 FedEx Cup Fall event at the Procore Championship in Napa, California.

Patton Kizzire took home the title and made more money than he did in his last 18 starts. He posted a final round 2-under 70 to win by five strokes at 20-under overall.

It marked his first win in six years and his...

The Verge

Richard Lawler

Sony reportedly picked AMD over Intel for the PS6

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What’s next after the PS5 Pro? A report from Reuters focuses on Sony’s plans beyond this fall’s new $700 system, saying that the battle to win a contract for the chip powering a future PlayStation 6 came down to AMD vs. Intel, with others like Broadcom eliminated earlier, with AMD eventually winning out.

According to Reuters, since AMD makes the chip in the PS5 and PS5 Pro, maintaining backward compatibility in a possible move was part of...

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Emma Roth

iOS 18 is here with RCS and homepage customization features

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Apple is rolling out iOS 18 and iPadOS 18, which will introduce a bunch of new features to the iPhone and iPad. One of the biggest changes with today’s launch is the addition of RCS messaging, which should help improve communication with Android users.

First announced in June, RCS messaging will finally allow iPhone and Android users to share high-res photos and videos, see typing indicators, and use read receipts. (Messages from Android users will...

The Verge

Jay Peters

macOS Sequoia is out now with iPhone mirroring but no Apple Intelligence — yet

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Apple officially released macOS Sequoia on Monday, bringing features like the ability to wirelessly mirror your iPhone on your Mac, window tiling tools, and more. There are Apple Intelligence features on the way, too, but they aren’t available yet.

iPhone mirroring is arguably the coolest new feature in macOS Sequoia, and in his testing, my colleague David Pierce said it might change how you use your phone. When you open the phone mirroring app, your iPhone pops up, and...

The Verge

Andrew Liszewski

watchOS 11 is now available with sleep apnea detection for the Series 9 and Ultra 2

The Apple Watch Ultra’s Modular face can display watchOS 11’s Training Load feature and information from the Vitals app. | Photo by Victoria Song / The Verge

Apple has just released watchOS 11, the latest version of its smartwatch operating system, alongside iOS 18 and iPadOS 18. The update, available for the Apple Watch Series 6 and later models, will finally allow users to take rest days without breaking their activity streak and introduces FDA-cleared sleep apnea...

The Verge

Allison Johnson

iOS 18 is a smart upgrade, even without the AI

The marquee feature isn’t here yet, but there’s still a lot to appreciate in iOS 18. | Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge

It’s a weird year for iOS.

Usually, the new software version arrives all at once. Not so with iOS 18. The foundational stuff has arrived, and in a normal year, things like RCS support and a redesigned control center would be more than enough. But iOS 18’s headline feature, Apple Intelligence, isn’t even part of this initial release, and we may not see...

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