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People Are Sharing The "Hardest Parts" About Being An Adult, And It’s So Painfully True

Long story short: None of us know what we're doing.

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Mark Schofield

Laurent Mekies concedes Daniel Ricciardo’s F1 farewell was not ‘ideal’

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Friday in Austin VCARB Team Principal Laurent Mekies addressed Daniel Ricciardo’s departure from F1

AUSTIN — Formula 1 is in Austin for this weekend’s United States Grand Prix, but during the FIA Press Conference on Friday featuring three team bosses, a now-former driver, and his departure from the grid, was a topic of discussion.

Laurent Mekies was asked about the decision by Visa Cash App RB F1 Team to part ways with Daniel Ricciardo following...

The Verge

Antonio G. Di Benedetto

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is just $40 for first-time Woot buyers

Save me some money, Ultrahand. | Image: Nintendo

If you’ve been waiting to pick up one of the all-time great games for the Nintendo Switch, you can do so now for as cheap as it gets. Woot is offering first-time customers the chance to buy a physical version The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom for $39.99 ($30 off) when you use code ZELDAWELCOME at checkout. If you’ve purchased from Woot before you can still buy the game for a solid $49.99 ($20 off) — or just make a new Woot...

The Verge

Emma Roth

Sam Altman’s eyeball-scanning crypto project has a new Orb and a new name

Image: World

Worldcoin, the cryptocurrency / human identity network / UBI project co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, is now known as World. Along with the name change, World introduced an updated version of its eyeball-scanning Orb device which is designed to solve a problem that does not currently exist: authenticating that someone is human “in the age of AI.”

People registered to the system get a World ID that they can use to “securely and anonymously” prove their...

ESPN.com

Rich Cimini

WR Adams looks 'fantastic,' full go for Jets debut

Interim Jets coach Jeff Ulbrich says wide receiver Davante Adams will play a significant role when he plays his first game for New York against Pittsburgh.

ESPN.com

Michael Voepel

Wings fire Trammell as coach after 9-31 finish

The Wings have fired coach Latricia Trammell after the team went 9-31 and missed the postseason for the first time since 2020.

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Jordan Raanan

Nabers set to return after 'scary' concussion

Giants wide receiver Malik Nabers didn't remember the end of the play two weeks ago when he suffered a concussion against the Cowboys.

ESPN.com

Michael C. Wright

Victor Wembanyama's offseason transformation is 'scary' for the rest of the NBA

The Spurs phenom gained 25 pounds, worked with Jamal Crawford and added Chris Paul as a teammate in the offseason.

Wired Top Stories

Rhett Allain

The Physics Trick That Makes These New Super Cars So Insanely Fast

Zero to 60 in 1.4 seconds? By lowering air pressure under the car, automakers can dial the acceleration way up.

SBNation.com

Jack Milko

Possible Jon Rahm, LIV Golf signee dominating Andalucía Masters at midway point

Jorge Campillo walks off the 18th green on day one of the 2024 Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters. | Photo by Andrew Redington/Getty Images

Through 36 holes, Spaniard Jorge Campillo holds a sizable lead at the Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters.

Ahead of this week’s Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters in Southern Spain, Jon Rahm revealed that he has an open spot on his LIV Golf team, Legion XIII.

“I still don’t have a player who’s already signed, but we have six or...

Mashable

How to watch Oregon vs. Purdue football livestreams

Wondering how to watch college football this season? Here are your best options: Best for affordability Sling TV Blue Plan $20 for the first month, then $40/month ...

The Verge

Ash Parrish

Fans come to the rescue of popular Mario content creator

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Fans of the popular Mario blog, Supper Mario Broth, have come together to remind us that the internet can still be a place where good things happen.

Supper Mario Broth is one of the most wholesome Mario blogs on the internet. Since 2017, its owner has posted a regular stream of Mario-flavored tidbits he could dig up including interesting glitches, old advertisements and merchandise, screenshots, gifs, artwork, and more. If it’s obscure and has to do with Mario,...

The Verge

Allison Johnson

OnePlus might be ditching curved edges too

The future of phones is flat. | Image: Digital Chat Station on Weibo

The next OnePlus flagship looks a little flat — and that’s a good thing. The alleged image of the unreleased OnePlus 13 was posted to Weibo and has been since removed, but not before it was spotted by 9to5Google. It shows the phone with flat sides rather than the curved edges featured by recent OnePlus phones. It’s a small shift, but it would make OnePlus the latest in a long list of phone makers to adopt the...

The Verge

Wes Davis Sean Hollister

Epic judge lets Google keep its Android app store closed to competitors — for now

Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge

Google just netted a small but key victory in its Epic legal battle. Last week, the company asked Judge James Donato to press pause on his November 1st deadline to drastically alter its Android app store rules. Today he did just that, Epic and Google confirm to The Verge, granting Google a temporary administrative stay. That means Google may not have to change its Play Store practices for years, if at all, while it appeals the verdict.

In...

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Brooke Pryor

Tomlin mum, but WR Pickens says Wilson to start

Mike Tomlin hasn't named a starting QB, but receiver George Pickens thinks it's Russell Wilson.

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It's Time To Find Out If You're More Like Agatha, Rio, Billy, Lilia, Jen, Or Alice From "Agatha All Along"

I'm currently crossing my fingers hoping I'm most like Agatha or Rio.

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Wired Top Stories

Brenda Stolyar

The Apple Keyboard Is Bad. Upgrade to the Nuio Flow Instead

Upgrade your Apple MacBook setup with Nuio's new expensive, ergonomic, fully wireless split keyboard.

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Mark Schofield

McLaren, Mercedes among F1 teams bringing big upgrades to United States Grand Prix

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The 2024 F1 season may be winding down but the developmental fight rages on in Austin

AUSTIN — The 2024 Formula 1 season may be drawing to a close, but the ongoing development battle shows no signs of slowing down.

On Friday all ten F1 teams were required to produce their list of upgrades for the United States Grand Prix and several teams identified substantial upgrades to their 2024 challengers. Among them?...

Mashable

X to allow third parties to train AI on your posts

It looks like even more AI is going to be trained on your shitposts on X.

X announced back in July that it would use users posts to train X's AI chatbot Grok, but on Wednesday, the social network updated its Privacy Policy to allow third parties to train their AI models on X data, too.

In the third section of the Privacy Policy, X writes that "depending on your settings, or if you decide to share your data, we may share or disclose your information with third parties."

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