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David Fucillo

Your daily NFL trivia game, Wednesday edition

Think you can figure out what NFL player we’re talking about? You’ll get five clues to figure him out.

We’re back for another day of the SB Nation in-5 daily trivia game, and we’re returning to our system of a new article each day for the game.

We tried using a single article for the game, updated with the latest game each day, but it was creating a bit of an unwieldy experience in the comments. So, we’ll have the current day’s game plus the previous three days in each...

Wired Top Stories

Emily Mullin, Kate Knibbs

Why Is There So Much Off-Brand Oral Ozempic for Sale Online?

GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic are injectable medications—but a strange new market has emerged selling oral “compounded” versions online, despite a lack of evidence that they work.

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Travel Agents Are Sharing 11 Things They'd Never Do When Booking A Hotel, And This Is Need-To-Know Info For Your Next Vacation

If you're looking for a place to stay on your upcoming trip, avoid making these mistakes when booking.

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Tracy Mumford, Erica L. Green, Alex Travelli, Ian Stewart and Jessica Metzger

Former W.W.E. Boss Tapped to Run Education, and Trans Rights on Capitol Hill

Plus, this musical wants France to love it back.

The Verge

Jess Weatherbed

Google Meet’s automatic framing is now available to everyone

Illustration: The Verge

Google Meet is making it easier for everyone to position themselves in video calls without having to move the camera or mess around with the webcam’s frame adjustment settings. The automatic framing feature that was launched for Google Workspace accounts in 2022 is now rolling out for all Google Meet users, centering users in the middle of the screen to correct weird camera angles.

The toggle is enabled by default, but can be switched off by clicking the...

Fast Company

Laura Tyson

3 reasons why a Trump administration may not slow climate progress as much as it could

While the incoming president has called climate change a hoax and vowed to repeal climate laws, there are reasons to believe that the world can continue to make progress.


With COP29, the UN climate summit in Azerbaijan, now underway, those trying to accelerate the transition away from fossil fuels have a new reason to worry: The man elected to be the next president of the United States, Donald Trump, has declared that climate change is “a big hoax.”

Given his posture, many experts fear...

Fast Company

Ethan Bernstein

If you want to quit your job, here’s how to figure out your next career move

In their new book, professors Ethan Bernstein, Michael Horn, and Robert Moesta break down how to ‘prototype’ your potential next career move when you are ready to quit your job.

In the world of product development, after learning about what kinds of progress customers want to make in their lives, successful designers build prototypes to test their early ideas. They experiment with multiple rough mock-ups that they can change easily.

Fast Company

Janko Roettgers

The Trump tariffs could create a huge headache for streamers

Massive levies on imports won’t just hurt consumer electronics makers, but are also poised to negatively impact streaming services.

With Donald Trump set to return to the White House in January, streaming media and consumer electronics companies have to prepare for disruption ahead. Some of Trump’s policies could arguably benefit the industry. For instance, a less aggressive Federal Trade Commission increases the chances of big media mergers, which is good news for Vizio/Walmart, Dish...

Fast Company

David Rock

This is how your brain reacts to negative feedback (and how you can train it to reframe)

The next time you receive negative feedback, here’s how you can quickly bounce back so you can formulate an action plan. 

Max just closed his laptop after a brutal weekly check-in with his boss. The entire conversation focused on Max’s performance: how he’s missing deadlines and turning in subpar work, and how it’s forcing other team members to pick up the slack. But instead of thinking of ways to improve, Max begins coming up with all the reasons his boss is wrong and to whom he...

Fast Company

Jesus Diaz

Tesla’s latest fatal fire is a reminder of why cars need old-school door handles

Car manufacturers have ditched mechanical controls for cheap screens—to the detriment of drivers.

Four friends died on October 24 in a Tesla Model Y that caught fire after crashing into a safety barrier on Lake Shore Boulevard in Toronto. After the crash, it appears the car’s electronic opening mechanism stopped working, preventing the occupants and others from opening the doors. The only survivor, a woman in her twenties, managed to escape thanks to a passerby who used a metal bar to...

Fast Company

Karen Walker

How to support overwhelmed and disconnected remote workers, step by step

A first step is to acknowledge that disconnection is a common side effect of remote work and use this to rally the whole team around a solution.

There are many perks of remote work. Research suggests that giving workers flexibility in where they work enhances workplace culture, improves productivity, and boosts profits.

Fast Company

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How to handle promotions when there aren’t enough leadership roles

A diverse group of experts, including CEOs and career coaches, offer suggestions for effectively handling promotions dilemmas.

When a company experiences rapid growth, there are usually more employees gunning for leadership positions than available titles. This means managing promotions requires a delicate balancing act to avoid causing resentment.

Fast Company

Elizabeth Segran

The founder of Flamingo Estate has a secret for handling stress—and it has a lot to do with dirt

Richard Christiansen left the creative agency he founded to become a gardener in California. In a new book, he lays out the profound lessons he’s learned since.

Richard Christiansen is speaking to me in Los Angeles from Flamingo Estate, which is both his home and the name of his business, where he sells products like soap and olive oil made from ingredients sourced from regenerative farms in Southern California. He’s on his phone in the garden, staring at a giant eucalyptus tree that is...

Fast Company

Kathy Mulvey

5 deceptive ways the fossil fuel industry is trying to co-opt climate talks

At COP29, there are more than 1,700 oil and gas lobbyists pushing for a seat at the negotiating table.

The fossil fuel industry’s presence at this year’s UN climate negotiations in Baku, Azerbaijan has been simultaneously heavy-handed and covert. More than 1,770 lobbyists—including the heads of some major oil and gas corporations—have been granted access to the talks, many as guests of the host country. The numbers dwarf those of almost every country delegation and threaten to drown...

Fast Company

Diana Budds

Scenery along a superfund site? NYC’s neglected waterways are getting glow ups

As part of New York City’s waterfront master plan, industrial-damaged waterways are being transformed into leisure space.

At Malt Drive Park, a new waterfront public space on the southern edge of the NYC neighborhood Long Island City, visitors can walk along a meandering pathway with a mostly unobstructed view of the mouth of Newtown Creek. It’s lined by low tufty grasses and shrubs, with the occasional bald cypress tree offering shade for stone-slab benches. There’s a wide, open play...

Fast Company

Patrick Sisson

How one LA doctor is using AI to help homeless communities get medical care

Healthcare for the unhoused is a mess. Akido Labs believes it can be part of the solution.

One October afternoon on a graffiti-strewn stretch of downtown Los Angeles, Dr. Steven Hochman was checking up on his patients. A street medicine specialist who has spent the last year working with Akido Labs, a tech-focused healthcare group, Hochman makes weekly visits to this makeshift neighborhood of plywood encampments and busted-up campers. 

Fast Company

Doug Aamoth

7 experimental Google AI projects you can try right now

Test out AI technologies before they hit the mainstream: research help, music and image generation, and even synthetic podcasts.

Google gives us access to a variety of experimental tools that aren’t quite full-fledged products quite yet. Whether you’re a creator, student, or just curious about AI, there’s something for everyone to explore.

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Jack Milko

Jeeno Thitikul takes home $1 million after winning the Aon Risk Reward Challenge

Jeeno Thitikul poses with the trophy after winning the 2024 Aon Risk Reward Challenge. | Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images

Former World No. 1 Jeeno Thitikul will receive an additional $1 million for finishing atop the Aon Risk Reward Challenge rankings.

To go for it or to not go for it—a question every golfer faces during every round they play.

Golf involves plenty of risk, whether it be water, sand, or severely undulating greens. But conquering those risks brings great rewards,...

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ChetGresham

Week 12 PPR RB fantasy football rankings including injury news, sleepers, more

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Which running backs will shine in Week 12 for your fantasy football teams? We’ll take a look at all of them in our PPR rankings.

Welcome to Week 12 of the fantasy football season! But before we get to all that, let’s take a look at Week 11 and how the running backs performed. Joe Mixon led the way with a huge game on Monday Night Football against the horrid Cowboys. His three touchdowns and 153 yards dominated the field and likely came at a...

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ChetGresham

Week 12 PPR WR fantasy football rankings including injury news, sleepers, more

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Which wide receivers will shine in Week 12 for your fantasy football teams? We’ll take a look at all of them in our PPR rankings.

Week 11 brought us a few huge wide receiver games once again, as Ja’Marr Chase found the end zone two more times and Amon Ra St. Brown put up his best game of the season in a total beat down of the Patriots. And let’s not forget Cooper Kupp, who also found his way into the end zone twice. Of course, their...

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