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Marc Raimondi

Morris: Unused timeouts could've helped Falcons

Falcons coach Raheem Morris said calling a timeout on a key first-down catch late in the fourth quarter on Sunday "could have" been a better decision than running a hurry-up play, which eventually led to a missed field goal in a loss to the Commanders.

ESPN.com

Tracking the NFL playoff picture: Updates for chances to clinch open spots, division titles

We are following the playoff picture. Here's how things look for wild-card spots, division races and the draft.

Wired Top Stories

Simon Hill

Eight Sleep Pod 4 Review: Sleep Better

This smart temperature-control mattress cover helps you stay cooler, or cozier, to get a better night's sleep.

SBNation.com

Mark Schofield James Dator Joseph Acosta

Final 8 College Football Playoff teams, ranked by national championship chances

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Let’s rank the final eight teams standing in the College Football Playoff by who is most likely to win the national title.

And then there were eight.

The inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff field has been whittled down to the final eight teams, with all eight in action this weekend in the quarterfinals. The games kick off on New Year’s Eve when No. 6 Penn State takes on No. 3 Boise State in the Fiesta Bowl. Then three games come...

SBNation.com

James Dator

The 2025 NFL Draft order completely exploded on Sunday

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Meaningless wins for several teams has completely changed the face of the draft.

The NFL should be largely set by Week 17. We know the elite teams, the playoff-likely, as well as those on the bubble. We know who is good, and who is bad — and we have a pretty good idea of what the draft order will be for April.

Well, that’s what normally happens. The final week of NFL football for 2024 threw everything into absolute chaos when it comes to the...

The Verge

Sean Hollister

The Steam Deck has finally been surpassed — by a fork of Valve’s own experience

An Asus ROG Ally X, running Bazzite. It looks just like SteamOS, because they share an interface.

The first time I installed Bazzite on a Windows gaming handheld, I laughed. It looked like such a blatant clone of Valve’s Steam Deck interface. Its many bugs kept me at bay.

Now, an Asus ROG Ally X running Bazzite has all but replaced the Steam Deck in my life. For the moment, it may be the best handheld your time and money can buy — because it brings 90 percent of the Deck’s ease...

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40 Products So Clever Your Friends Will Be Jealous You Got One First

Your guests are about to start hounding you for links to this fogless shower mirror.

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Here's How To Correctly Clean 51 Important Things In Your Home

:: bookmarks for when I actually feel like cleaning::

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Solo Travelers Are Sharing Their Creepiest Experiences While Alone And Abroad, And I Have No Words

"Suddenly I just became very aware that I wasn’t alone."

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Make A Pasta Dinner And I Will Tell You Your Soulmate's Initial

I'm 99% sure that I'm right...

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37 Products For Anyone Who Plans To Be Less Of A Mess In 2025

You'll wonder why you waited so long to get slow cooker liners.

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Fast Company

Gwen Moran

4 important leadership takeaways from Modern CEO in 2025

Modern CEO’s editor looks back on a year full of leadership insights and lessons—and shares a few key themes.

Hello and welcome to Modern CEO! Each week this newsletter explores inclusive approaches to leadership drawn from conversations with executives and entrepreneurs, and from the pages of Inc. and Fast Company. If you received this newsletter from a friend, you can sign up to get it yourself every Monday morning.

Fast Company

Shalene Gupta

Why 2024 was the year of the Behavior Analyst

In 2024, demand for behavior analysts grew by 383% according to data from Indeed.

This year was many things: the year of dragon, the presidential election, the beginning of a new chapter for Syria, and the end of an eras tour for Taylor Swift. According to data from job search platform Indeed, it was also the year of the behavior analyst. From December 2023 to December 2024, the number of job postings for behavior analysts rose 383% on Indeed—far more than any other job.

Fast Company

Susan Karlin

How the Aurelia Institute is designing a self-assembling space station

A team of architects, designers, and engineers at a Boston nonprofit are rethinking how to live and work more comfortably and affordably in space.

The next housing boom will happen above Earth. Replacements for an aging International Space Station (ISS) slated for a 2030 decommission, NASA’s Artemis mission returning humans to the moon and possibly Mars, and a burgeoning lunar economy are spurring teams of engineers and designers to reimagine habitats for extended living and working in space.

Fast Company

Joe Berkowitz

Why Hawk Tuah Girl’s crypto scandal may be the defining moment of 2024

In a year that proved the vanishing difference between virality and traditional fame, one moment stood apart.

A lot of moments from the past 12 months partially tell the story of 2024: An AI-generated Willy Wonka experience bumming out a bunch of children—and instantly inspiring a movie about the whole debacle. A Luigi Mangione look-alike contest drawing hundreds of fans. Disney asking a Florida court to dismiss a wrongful death lawsuit based on the fact that the man who died at a Disney...

Fast Company

Elizabeth Grace Saunders

How to remotivate yourself at work in 2025

If you are entering the new year with the same old sense of blah, here’s how to shift your outlook and find your lost motivation.

It’s a new year, but work feels like the same old same old.

Wired Top Stories

Angela Watercutter

In 2024, Fandom Conquered the World

From MAGA to Moo Deng, fans had more power in 2024 than ever before.

Wired Top Stories

Reece Rogers

WIRED’s 2024 Year-in-Review Quiz: From AI Slop to Human Brain Implants

How well did you follow WIRED’s coverage of the biggest science and technology stories from 2024? Answer these 10 questions to test your knowledge.

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My Mom's Support For Trump Divided Our Family. Then I Found The Crack In Her MAGA Armor.

"I pleaded with her not to vote for him. She wouldn’t budge. In the wake of his election, her choice took on the weight of a betrayal."

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Mashable

NYT Mini crossword answers, hints for December 30, 2024

The Mini is a bite-sized version of The New York Times' revered daily crossword. While the crossword is a lengthier experience that requires both knowledge and patience to complete, The Mini is an entirely different vibe.

With only a handful of clues to answer, the daily puzzle doubles as a speed-running test for many who play it.

So, when a tricky clue disrupts a player's flow, it can be frustrating! If you find yourself stumped playing The Mini — much like with Wordle and Connections —...

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