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Fast Company

Jessica Bursztynsky

San Francisco’s mayor-elect picks Sam Altman to co-chair transition team

Daniel Lurie wants to rebuild the city’s relationships with tech and business leaders. Altman can certainly help on that front.

San Francisco Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie has picked OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to help run his transition team as he prepares to take office in January, Lurie said.

The Verge

Emma Roth

Google may be about to reboot its laptop and tablet hardware again

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Google might be preparing to make big changes to its laptop and tablet hardware by making the software on its Chromebooks resemble what you’d find on a tablet. One report from Android Authority suggests that Google has a “multi-year project” in the works for migrating ChromeOS to Android, while a second one from the same outlet indicates Google may be planning a second Pixel tablet that comes with a foldable keyboard cover.

That tracks with the...

The Verge

Andrew Liszewski

Dbrand’s new glow-in-the-dark skins have a circuit board texture you can feel

Dbrand’s Circuit Board skins could make it easier to find your devices in the dark. | Image: Dbrand

Dbrand’s latest gadget skins capitalize on our curiosity to peek inside our electronics. Its new Circuit Board collection, created in collaboration with LinusTechTips, features a complex pattern that looks like a functional PCB because the pattern was created with the assistance of engineers that design actual circuit boards.

The company describes the complex design of the new skin...

Mashable

There are tons of board games on sale at Amazon right now

SAVE UP TO 58%: As of Nov. 18, you can score up to 58% off select board games at Amazon.

Best board game deals as of Nov. 18 Best board game deal overall Operation ...

Mashable

New Apple AirTags are coming next year. How will they be different?

Apple is reportedly working on an upgraded version of AirTags.

In his latest Power On newsletter for Bloomberg, prominent Apple insider Mark Gurman revealed that the first hardware update for AirTags is expected to arrive in mid-2025.

Apple AirTags debuted in April 2021. While a four-year hardware update might typically promise significant new features, Gurman suggested that this may not be the case for the upcoming revision.

SEE ALSO: Apple makes iPhone 6s Plus...

SBNation.com

Joseph Acosta

Bo Nix and Sean Payton’s mind-meld is unlocking the Broncos

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The Broncos are no fluke with Bo Nix and Sean Payton.

Back in October, I had a six-week check in with the rookie QBs that played at the time. Among the QBs who qualified for a grade, Nix had the worst one of the bunch. Coming in at a D+, there were many concerns I had about his early play, some of which are outlined here:

It’s easy to say the game has to be slowed down for Nix, but it really does. He’s playing way too sped up and sacrificing his...

SBNation.com

Mark Schofield

Las Vegas Grand Prix: Alpine hoping to hold on to P6 in the F1 Constructors’ standings

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Alpine F1 hopes to build off their tremendous weekend in Brazil at this weekend’s Las Vegas Grand Prix

The 2024 Formula 1 season could not have started worse for Alpine.

The team’s 2024 challenger — the A524 — came in overweight and the team lagged at the back of the pack during pre-season testing. Fears were confirmed in the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix, when Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon locked out the back row during...

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If You Think You Know Ariel, You'll Love These 10 Stories About The Making Of "The Little Mermaid"

"They put me in this giant tank of water out on the side of the building...and the water was so cold, so deep, and it was winter."

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Fast Company

Associated Press

Uniqlo’s CEO reveals the secrets to the Japanese retailer’s success

The name Uniqlo comes from joining the words for “unique” and “clothing.”

Forty years after its founding, Japanese clothing retailer Uniqlo has more than 2,500 stores worldwide. Sales at its parent company, Fast Retailing Co., recently topped 3 trillion yen ($20 billion) annually for the first time.

The name Uniqlo comes from joining the words for “unique” and “clothing.” The chain’s basic concept is “LifeWear,” or everyday clothing. Uniqlo parent Fast Retailing Co....

Fast Company

Grace Snelling

Beyoncé will give Netflix a high-stakes chance to redeem itself after that glitchy Tyson vs. Paul livestreamed fight

The music superstar will perform in Houston during an NFL halftime show on Christmas Day, the streaming giant said. Fingers crossed that it goes smoothly.

If a Beyoncé halftime show was on your wish list, it looks like Christmas came early this year. Yesterday, Netflix announced that the 32-time Grammy winner will be performing during NFL Christmas Gameday at Houston’s NRG Stadium on December 25. 

Fast Company

Reuters

Medicaid dominates coverage of Novo, Lilly weight-loss drugs

State Medicaid programs for low-income families are the single biggest source of coverage, giving 31.6 million people access to Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy or Eli Lilly’s Zepbound.

U.S. government health plans account for the lion’s share of coverage for popular new weight-loss drugs, far beyond the reimbursement available from private employers and insurers, according to an analysis shared with Reuters.

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Associated Press

Why more people are moving to far-flung exurbs

The rapid growth of far-flung exurbs is an after-effect of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Not long ago, Polk County’s biggest draw was citrus instead of people. Located between Tampa and Orlando, Florida’s citrus capital produces more boxes of citrus than any other county in the state and has devoted tens of thousands of acres to growing millions of trees.

Fast Company

Jessica Bursztynsky

Everything you need to know about Trump FCC pick Brendan Carr

The longtime FCC commissioner is a frequent critic of Big Tech—and a close ally of Elon Musk.

President-elect Donald Trump chose Brendan Carr to lead the Federal Communications Commission, the agency that regulates broadcasting, telecommunications, and broadband.

Fast Company

Associated Press

Antitrust cases against Big Tech and megamergers could end in deals under Trump, experts say

Deals that got torpedoed by the Biden administration could find new life with Trump in command.

The U.S. antitrust watchdogs that pounced on Big Tech and deterred corporate deal-making throughout President Joe Biden’s administration may be kept on a shorter leash by Donald Trump after he returns to the White House next year.

ESPN.com

Kansas tightens grip on No. 1; Purdue soars to 6

Kansas added five first-place votes in the AP Top 25 men's basketball poll, strengthening its grip on the No. 1 spot, while Purdue jumped seven spots to No. 6.

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Troy Closson

Texas Education Board to Vote on Bible-Infused Lessons in Public Schools

A new curriculum would focus on Christianity more than other religions. A kindergarten lesson on the Golden Rule, for example, would teach about Jesus and his Sermon on the Mount.

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Dana Goldstein

School Battles May Help Explain Why Democrats Declined in Some Suburbs

Voters in the Virginia suburbs shifted toward Trump. Some said they were still frustrated by pandemic closures and fights over gender, race and testing in schools.

NYT > Home Page

Ed Shanahan

Man Is Accused of Killing 2 in Random Stabbings in Manhattan

The stabbings, which also left a third person critically injured, occurred across a broad swath of the borough over several hours on Monday morning.

The Verge

Jay Peters

DoorDash will let you import your grocery list from Apple’s Reminders app

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DoorDash now lets you import a grocery list from Apple’s Reminders app to make it easier to buy groceries on the app. To use the feature, while shopping on DoorDash, look for a button to import a list in the app and select the list you’d like to bring over. (You can also paste a list, if you prefer.) DoorDash will then offer suggestions for things to add to your cart based on what’s on your list.

The new feature is part of a suite of...

SBNation.com

Jack Milko

Report: Sergio Garcia pays fines, now Ryder Cup eligible

Sergio Garcia lines up a putt during the 2021 Ryder Cup. | Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images

Garcia has reportedly paid the outstanding fines that he owed the DP World Tour for joining LIV Golf, which makes him Ryder Cup eligible.

Sergio Garcia now has a chance to return to the Ryder Cup and represent Team Europe for a 12th time next year at Bethpage Black.

According to an exclusive report from Ben Parsons of Bunkered, Garcia has paid the outstanding fines that he owed the DP World...

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