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The Mets and Cubs have made big moves, but several other contenders still need to strike.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! December is a time full of giving and receiving gifts to celebrate the holidays.
Now that the winter meetings have passed, only a few days remain before Christmas and turning the page to 2025. Each team has question marks worth answering, some with presents under the tree for you and me.
Without further ado, here are...
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Several teams still have some long shopping lists.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! December is a time full of giving and receiving gifts to celebrate the holidays.
Now that the winter meetings have passed, only a few days remain before Christmas and turning the page to 2025. Each team has question marks worth answering, some with presents under the tree for you and me.
Without further ado, here are some of the most pressing topics...
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This year paved the way for a future where earbuds are much more than audio accessories.
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Hi, Barbie!
The Barbie Phone, much like the doll it pays tribute to, is a thing of beauty. But like that doll whose proportions, historically, are impossible, the Barbie Phone just isn’t built for the modern world.
Even if the ultra-feminine aesthetic isn’t your thing — and it’s not really mine — you have to hand it to the Barbie flip phone. From the box it comes in, to the interchangeable back plates, rhinestone stickers, and Barbie-fied interface, it’s a delight. The...
So much has changed so quickly.
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Natcha Wongchanglaw’s Couchsurfing photos explore how travel turns transient encounters into meaningful—and vulnerable—moments.
I spent nearly a year with Woosh's smart air filter, which can give you a better idea of when to replace your home's HVAC filter.
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This Bengals team is too good for us to not see in the playoffs.
The NFL’s pre-Christmas Sunday slate is in the books and what a glorious round of football action it was.
While there is still some question as to whether or not the RedZone channel will remain commercial-free for the rest of time there is zero question that the San Francisco 49ers, Dallas Cowboys and Arizona Cardinals will all be headed home when the regular season concludes. They were each...
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American Airlines temporarily grounded all of its flights in the US this morning due to unspecified technical issues, disrupting travel at the start of a busy Christmas Eve. Service has now resumed as of 8AM ET according to a statement American Airlines spokesperson Sarah Jantz provided to CNN.
The airline suffered a massive system outage according to multiple travelers on X who are facing delays, which prevented boarding passes from being scanned...
"Protect yourself early. That's when the damage starts."
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There's no better way to ring in the new year than by resting well in tangle-free sheets and getting organized thanks to a fresh set of bullet journaling pens.
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These would draw in more crowds than the Mona Lisa.
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Early on Christmas Eve in 2024, a NASA craft swooped at blazing speed through the sun's atmosphere.
The Parker Solar Probe, equipped with a robust heat shield, made the closest-ever approach to our dynamic star, coming some 3.8 million miles (6.1 million kilometers) from the stellar surface. That's seven times closer than any other probe. The mission is designed to fly into the sun's corona, or outer atmosphere, which spawns many of the powerful solar storms and weather that impact Earth....
Thanks to a bunch of game-makers who were still teens when Toontown Online disappeared, the beloved online world lives on as Toontown Rewritten.
You *may* just become the new mayor of Whoville for scoring these cheap, cheerful finds.
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If statement keyboards are your thing and you have some serious cash to burn, you should check out this brutalist flagship offering from Serene Industries. The Icebreaker is a wedge-shaped mechanical keyboard constructed from a single block of CNC-machined aluminum, featuring hot-swappable aluminum keycaps with configurable RGB backlighting.
Preorders are available now, with pricing starting at $1,500 for the wired version. A Bluetooth wireless and a wired...
Productivity boosters, AI standouts, hidden gems, and more.
One of the most pleasant surprises about this year’s best new apps have nothing to do with AI.
Epic and influential designers, both real and imagined, hit the screen.
Given their visual allure, it’s an obvious jump for objects of design to make their way to the big screen. But seeing a piece of architecture or industrial design on film can be more than just a different view.
The field of HR is being re-written in the age of AI, a new administration, and a climate where stability is a thing of the past.
The workplace is at an inflection point. Rapid advancements in AI, intensifying polarization, eroding employee perks and protections, and shifting employee expectations are transforming the role of HR in unprecedented ways. These trends demand bold, strategic responses from HR leaders who must balance technological adoption with human-centered leadership, global...
In Rwanda, farmers often watch their harvest spoil before it can reach the market. Ox Delivers is changing that.
Esperance Dushakimana looks at her field of potato in Musanze district in North Rwanda. “It is hard,” she says. “We till the land, sow the seeds, reap the harvest and then watch helplessly while at least a fifth of it perishes before it reaches the market.” Barely 30 miles away in Rubavu, mushroom farmer Vincent Ngamije is forced to sell his harvest on the cheap across...