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Tim McManus

Eagles prepare Pickett with Hurts still in protocol

Eagles coach Nick Sirianni said Friday that quarterback Jalen Hurts is still in concussion protocol, meaning Kenny Pickett will likely start against the Cowboys.

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Dickerson cheering on Saquon? 'Absolutely not'

One person not pulling for Eagles running back Saquon Barkley to set the single-season rushing mark: current record-holder Eric Dickerson.

The Verge

Emma Roth

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has survived the closest-ever Sun flyby

An artist’s rendering of the Parker Solar Probe. | Image: NASA

NASA sent its Parker Solar Probe just 3.8 million miles from the surface of the Sun — and it survived. The probe transmitted a signal back to Earth on the night of December 26th, “indicating it’s in good health and operating normally,” according to NASA.

The mission marks the closest the Parker Solar Probe — or any human-man object at all — has ever gotten to the Sun. The probe set off on its mission on...

The Verge

Sheena Vasani

The Beats Fit Pro, our favorite fitness-centric earbuds, are matching their best price

The Beats Fit Pro offer built-in wing tips and excellent noise cancellation, making them a great pair of gym-friendly earbuds. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge

If you need help shedding pounds from all the junk food you indulged in over Christmas, music is a great activity motivator — which is why wireless earbuds are a useful investment. Luckily, today the Beats Fit Pro — our favorite pair of earbuds for working out — are matching their all-time low price of about $149 ($50...

The Verge

Adi Robertson

Elon Musk riles up Trump’s far-right base by praising immigrants

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Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy, and other members of President-elect Donald Trump’s Silicon Valley coalition are clashing with the MAGA movement’s hardline anti-immigrant faction, and it’s allegedly resulted in Musk stripping far-right critics’ verification badges on X.

The conflict centers on Musk and Ramaswamy’s recent praise for foreign tech workers, beginning soon after Indian immigrant Sriram Krishnan joined the team of...

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Mark Schofield James Dator Joseph Acosta

Cam Newton looks like Andre 3000 in witness protection, and more notes on his ‘First Take’ outfit

Former QB Cam Newton’s outfit on ‘First Take’ offered some inspiration

Former NFL quarterback Cam Newton was back on First Take Friday morning, weighing in on a number of topics in the football world. Newton opined on whether Lamar Jackson was under appreciated, as well as rookie quarterback Caleb Williams’ struggles with the Chicago Bears in his first NFL season.

But social media was ready to weigh in on something else.

What the former quarterback was wearing:

So we came up...

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Ricky O'Donnell

Caleb Williams has a major flaw, and the Bears better find a way to fix it

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The numbers behind Caleb Williams’ deep ball inaccuracy are startling.

Caleb Williams was supposed to be the franchise quarterback the Chicago Bears literally waited 100 years for when team selected him with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft. Williams’ mere arrival in Chicago was miraculous by itself: the pick was acquired via a trade with the Carolina Panthers a year earlier, and seemed to set up Chicago for a long run of contention...

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Jason DeParle

Migrants and End of Covid Restrictions Fuel Jump in U.S. Homelessness

The number of people experiencing homelessness topped 770,000, an increase of more than 18 percent over last year.

Fast Company

Tracy Brown Hamilton

OpenAI pivots to for-profit model to secure massive AI funding

OpenAI’s $157 billion worth and rising AI development costs pushed it toward a structure that can tap into deeper capital.

OpenAI, one of the world’s most valuable startups, originally began in 2015 as a nonprofit focused on AI research. But as the cost of achieving artificial general intelligence (AGI)—AI that could surpass human intelligence—soars, the company is shifting gears to attract more funding. On December 26, OpenAI announced in a blog post that it plans to set up a...

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Mark Schlabach

Vols' record-setting RB Sampson entering draft

Tennessee running back Dylan Sampson, who set school single-season records for rushing yards and touchdowns this season, is foregoing his final season of eligibility and will enter the 2025 NFL draft, he announced on his Instagram account Friday.

ESPN.com

Jackson calls DSU job a 'once-in-a-lifetime' shot

Former Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson has been hired as the new football coach at Delaware State, the school announced.

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32 Products That Are Gonna Stay On Your Mind Until You Make Them Yours

You didn't know you needed a banana duck plush toy until right now.

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Raja Abdulrahim and Ivor Prickett

Syria’s Alawite Minority, Favored by the Assads, Looks Nervously to the Future

Amid an outcry for justice and accountability and threats online, a once-dominant group is feeling deep anxiety after the ouster of Syria’s dictator.

NYT > Home Page

Adam Rasgon

Israeli Military Forces Patients and Staff to Leave Hospital in Northern Gaza

The hospital, Kamal Adwan, has been caught in the middle of Israel’s monthslong offensive against Hamas militants in northern Gaza.

NYT > Home Page

Rob Copeland and Maureen Farrell

Wall St. Is Minting Easy Money From Risky Loans. What Could Go Wrong?

Everyone from Jamie Dimon to the International Monetary Fund is ringing alarms about the shadowy world of private credit. But the money keeps rolling in.

Fast Company

Grace Snelling

The 5 biggest branding flubs of 2024

These companies had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year.

Building a successful brand is difficult. It requires the fine-tuned execution of a myriad of parts, which will appear in nearly as many contexts: packaging with just the right shelf appeal, a fine-tuned, scalable logo, clicky-yet-authentic copy, and visuals. Nearly every company is bound to make a mistake at some point. But this year, a few big names really messed up.

ESPN.com

Jesse Rogers

Gleyber union: Tigers to add Torres, sources say

The Tigers and Gleyber Torres have reached agreement on a one-year, $15 million deal, sources told ESPN's Jesse Rogers. Torres is expected to play second base.

Wired Top Stories

Matthew Korfhage

Simplify Your Morning With a One-Step Coffee-Weighing Cup

You can get whole seconds back every morning by measuring your coffee beans in the Subminimal Subscale dosing cup.

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James Dator

Rutgers fooled everyone with their fake ‘Tush Push’ in the Rate Bowl

This simple trick play was devastatingly effective.

Rutgers pulled off one of the best trick plays we’ve seen this year, and it was so effortlessly simply. Preying on the explosion of the ‘Tush Push’ throughout football, the Scarlet Knights made Kansas State completely fall for a fake — only to haplessly watch as running back Antwan Raymond scored.

??TOUCHDOWN RUTGERS??@aajk_23 and @antwanraymond8 execute the FAKE TUSH PUSH for the 1yd Scarlet Knights score!

RU: 41 || KSU:...

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