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Shams Charania

Sources: Middleton expected to miss opener

Bucks star Khris Middleton, who is rehabbing from offseason ankle surgeries, is expected to miss Wednesday's season opener against the 76ers, sources told ESPN.

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Eva Mendes Said That The Hardest Parenting Pattern To Break Is “Yelling” At Her Kids As She Opened Up About Being Raised In A “Chaotic” Household

“I’m never like, ‘Shut up.’ It's not a mean yell, but it doesn’t matter. I yell. And it's this yelling that I find so cultural.... I hope that I’m not unknowingly putting some pressure on them through fear like I was raised.”

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Boutayna Chokrane

8 Amazingly Thoughtful Gifts for Your Coworkers (2024)

You see them every single day (almost). Our curated guide features personalized gifts for every office personality, from the foodies to the minimalists.

SBNation.com

Jack Milko

Collin Morikawa, Xander Schauffele headline strong ZOZO Championship field in Japan

Xander Schauffele and Collin Morikawa shake hands after the third round of the 2024 PGA Championship. | Photo by Maddie Meyer/PGA of America via Getty Images

This week’s ZOZO Championship in Japan features plenty of star power as the FedEx Cup Fall continues.

The PGA Tour heads to Japan this week for the ZOZO Championship, the first of three straight events held outside the United States.

It will also have the strongest—albeit limited—field of any tournament contested during the...

Mashable

Mini crossword answers for October 21

The Daily Mini Crossword is one of the many popular daily word games available on Mashable. Powered by Arkadium, the mini crossword offers a speed round of puzzle fun with clues that are sure to challenge experienced crossword enthusiasts.

But there's no need to let the challenge get in the way of your enjoyment! If moments are turning to minutes after getting stuck on a clue, find the answers you need to progress right here.

And when you're done, check out the many other word games you can...

The Verge

Emma Roth

Disney’s still looking for a new CEO — but not this year or next year

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Disney will announce a replacement for CEO Bob Iger in “early 2026,” according to an update from the company on Monday.

The entertainment giant has been on the hunt for a new leader since Iger’s return to Disney in 2022. Last year Iger extended his contract with Disney until December 31st, 2026, and, as The New York Times notes, delayed retirement four times during his previous run as the company’s CEO before eventually handing control over to Bob Chapek in...

The Verge

Nilay Patel

Intuit asked us to delete part of this Decoder episode

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We declined.

Continue reading…

The Verge

Justine Calma

Tropical Storm Oscar is making Cuba’s nationwide power outage even worse

A motorcycle lights a street under pouring rain during a nationwide blackout caused by a grid failure in Havana, on October 19, 2024. | Photo: Getty Images

Tropical Storm Oscar is making it harder to restore power in Cuba after a massive, prolonged power outage that preceded the storm.

The nation’s power grid failed on Friday after Cuba’s largest power plant went offline, leaving more than 10 million people without electricity. The grid reportedly collapsed four more times before...

The Verge

Tom Warren

AMD’s highly anticipated 9000-series X3D desktop CPUs arrive on November 7th

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AMD is officially announcing its first next-generation X3D desktop processors today, based on its latest Zen 5 architecture. I’d love to tell you which Ryzen 9000-series X3D chips are arriving next month, but AMD is strangely only teasing a release date of November 7th and providing no pricing or further details.

AMD has only provided a single slide about this X3D announcement, ahead of Intel’s Core Ultra 200-series launch on October 24th. Rumors had suggested AMD would...

Wired Top Stories

Roberto Baldwin

The Volkswagen ID Buzz Is Finally Here. We Took the Electric Microbus for a Drive

One of the most beloved vehicles of the 20th century returns as an electric family fun machine. The high price and the low range might raise some eyebrows, but this van delivers.

BuzzFeed - Latest

These 37 Beauty Products Are *Witchy Cackle* Basically Magic

Not that I consulted the tarot cards, but I can tell that both your future *and* your skin look bright.

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SBNation.com

Mark Schofield

Charles Leclerc and Ferrari shake up the 2024 F1 season with stunning United States GP win

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Ferrari tops the list of winners and losers from the F1 United States Grand Prix

AUSTIN — The joyful smiles in the paddock told the story of Ferrari’s week in Austin.

The team arrived in Texas for the Formula 1 United States Grand Prix facing questions about their car, and whether Ferrari could turn the McLaren-Red Bull duet at the top of the Constructors’ Championship standings into a jazz trio. But Charles Leclerc was unsure whether this...

Mashable

'Rivals' cast describe their audacious Jilly Cooper characters

National treasure Dame Jilly Cooper wrote beloved romantic novel Rivals in 1988, and it's now been adapted into a fittingly saucy TV series with Disney+ and Hulu. Part of the author's famous Rutshire Chronicles, the story throws you into the competitive TV industry in the '80s, where filthy rich neighbours — Olympic show jumper turned Tory politician Rupert Campbell-Black (Alex Hassell) and TV exec with a chip on his shoulder Tony Baddingham (David Tennant) — would love to see the other...

Mashable

Hurdle hints and answers for October 21

If you like playing daily word games like Wordle, then Hurdle is a great game to add to your routine.

There are five rounds to the game. The first round sees you trying to guess the word, with correct, misplaced, and incorrect letters shown in each guess. If you guess the correct answer, it'll take you to the next hurdle, providing the answer to the last hurdle as your first guess. This can give you several clues or none, depending on the words. For the final hurdle, every correct answer...

Fast Company

Associated Press

How California firefighters were able to contain this Oakland wildfire

The blaze was 70% contained Sunday morning.

Firefighting crews took advantage of calmer weather Sunday to increase containment of a small wildfire in Oakland, California, that burned two homes and forced more than 500 people to evacuate.

Most residents were allowed to return home Saturday but a handful of evacuation orders remained in effect for a hillside neighborhood where firefighters were still dousing hotspots.

“We don’t want to assume that it’s out and come back and it’s sparked...

Fast Company

Michael Grothaus

A nationwide frozen waffle recall is here to ruin your breakfast with fears of Listeria, a potentially deadly bacteria

The exhaustive list of impacted products includes nearly two dozen well-known brands, such as Food Lion, Great Value, Kodiak Cakes, and Publix.

If you’re a waffle lover, you’re going to want to check your fridge right now. That’s because TreeHouse Foods, a major food processor in the United States, has announced a voluntary recall of hundreds of waffle products it makes for various brand names due to fears of possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. Here’s what you need to know.

Fast Company

Clint Rainey

Chick-fil-A isn’t launching a streaming service. It’s actually way bigger than that.

What is Chick-fil-A Play? Inside the food chain’s surprisingly logical next move

Since late last year, rumors have swirled that Chick-fil-A is launching its own streaming platform—scuttlebut that the chicken sandwich chain is eager to dismiss.

Fast Company

Associated Press

Cuba’s massive blackout stretches into fourth day as tropical storm hampers recovery

The Cuban government has announced emergency measures to slash electricity demand, including suspending school and university classes.

Cubans took to the streets in protest as widespread blackouts stretched into their fourth day, their concerns heightened as Hurricane Oscar crossed the island’s eastern coast with winds and heavy rain.

In Santo Suárez, part of a populous neighborhood in southwestern Havana, people went into the streets banging pots and pans in protest Sunday night.

“We...

Fast Company

Shalene Gupta

First impressions matter on Zoom. Try to avoid technical glitches if you want to make a good one

Time to upgrade? New research indicates that you might see your peers as less likable on videoconferencing platforms if you have poor audio and video quality.

First impressions matter a great deal. Traditional networking guides focus on everything from your smile to the strength of your handshake. But what happens when your first impression is over Zoom? A new study in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin compares first impressions over Zoom versus first impressions in-person. Good...

Wired Top Stories

Nena Farrell

Kwikset’s Newest Lock Has the Best Door Sensor I’ve Ever Seen

The Kwikset Halo Select arrives later this fall with Matter compatibility and a magnet-based, super-slim door sensor.

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