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Mark Schofield

Williams F1 to unveil 2025 challenger on Valentine’s Day

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Alexander Albon and Carlos Sainz Jr. will see the FW47 four days before the special F1 launch event in London

You know a new Formula 1 season is right around the corner when the teams start teasing launch dates for their new challengers.

The latest team to announce a launch date? Williams. The F1 team announced on Thursday that they will unveil the FW47 at a special launch event on Valentine’s Day, four days ahead of the first-ever F1 launch event in...

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James Dator

Fox picked up the EXACT moment Tyreek Hill quit on the Dolphins

Jaylen Waddle was stunned.

It appears Tyreek Hill’s time with the Dolphins is coming to an end, and FOX picked up the exact moment it happened on Sunday. Hill infamously walked off the field in the third quarter with Miami down 18-to-6, prompting this stunning exchange between him and Jaylen Waddle.

I found this nugget while rewatching the game. This wasn’t just quitting on his team, it was quitting on everyone who believed in him: the fans, the coaches, and even his family....

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Mark Schofield

Cadillac takes their latest step on the path to the F1 grid

General Motors has put their F1 power unit operation into motion

The incoming Cadillac Formula 1 team announced Thursday its latest step towards joining the grid as a full works operation.

TWG Motorsports and General Motors announced the formation of GM Performance Power Units LLC, a new company dedicated to the production of F1 power units. The stated goal for the new company is to put Cadillac on the path towards becoming a works operation by the end of the decade.

F1 announced in...

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David Gilbert

MAGA Is Blaming DEI for the California Wildfires

Rather than months without rain or the effects of climate change, figures like Elon Musk and Donald Trump Jr. are pointing to a familiar scapegoat as entire neighborhoods burn.

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Umar Shakir

The touchless smart locks are here

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Smart lock companies have spent 2024 crafting nifty ways for you to gain entry into your front door, including iPhone-tapping Home Key ones from Aqara, a palm scanner from Philips, keypad and fingerprint options from August, and even a Face ID-style one from Lockly. These all sound pretty futuristic already... but does it feel like magic?

I’m talking magic like how my car’s driver door unlocks without me needing to do or touch...

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Charles Pulliam-Moore

Netflix’s Sakamoto Days turns a hitman into a small business owner in new trailer

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Though Yuto Suzuki’s manga Sakamoto Days hasn’t been publishing for all that long, an animated adaptation of the series is already making its way to Netflix in just a few days.

Set in a world where it’s not uncommon for people to have superhuman abilities, Sakamoto Days tells the story of Taro Sakamoto (Tomokazu Sugita / Matthew Mercer), a legendary hitman who becomes a humble convenience store owner after falling in love with his wife. While...

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People Online Are Absolutely Fed Up After A Real Estate Investor Tried To Hire Private Firefighters To Protect His Home Admist Fires In Los Angeles

“Need to act fast here. All neighbors houses burning. Will pay any amount. Thank you,” wrote Wasserman, whose firm estimates the value of its current portfolio at $1.59 billion.

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Mashable

The Ecovacs X8 Pro Omni supports Matter and has better mopping power

We're finally getting robot vacuums that support a wider array of ecosystems. The new Ecovacs X Series has finally launched, and it not only offers support for Apple HomeKit but also for Matter, the universal smart home standard that allows the vacuum to work with any major smart home platform.

Easily the most interesting model in that lineup, however, is the X8 Pro Omni. This is the flagship vacuum in the Ecovacs X series, and it goes far beyond simply offering Matter and Apple HomeKit...

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James Dator

5 best potential Super Bowl matchups ranked from most to least fun

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These are the games we hope we get in February.

The Super Bowl is always the biggest game of the year, and one of the largest spectacles in all of sports — but that doesn’t always mean the game is fun. Look no further than last year. Sure, Chiefs vs. 49ers was the matchup between the best teams, but was anyone outside of those two fanbases really looking forward to that game?

These playoffs are different. The slate is littered with absolute...

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Ricky O'Donnell

Russell Westbrook warned Clippers center to box him out, then grabbed putback over him

Russell Westbrook still has that dog in him, and this rebound proved it.

It was easy to dismiss the Denver Nuggets signing Russell Westbrook to a minimum contract over the offseason as a desperate move from a cheap team. The organization had already lost a key starter from its 2023 championship squad in free agency when Kentavious Caldwell-Pope signed with the Orlando Magic. As Denver continued to bleed talent from its title team, Westbrook was brought on board for his sixth team in...

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Doug.Farrar

X-factors for every AFC team in the wild-card round

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Which players have the chance to make the biggest impact in the AFC wild-card games?

The AFC wild-card games kickoff three in a row on Saturday and Sunday before the NFC joins the party on Sunday and Monday.

Every week, we discuss one under-the-radar player from every team who made a big difference in the previous week in out “Secret Superstars” column. For the postseason, we are looking ahead, not back. Here we will discuss one player from...

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James Dator

NFL and college football’s 5-day playoff stretch starts now. Here’s how you can watch each game

Every game time, and more importantly all the streaming services you’ll need.

The schedules in College Football and the NFL are coalescing for five straight days of binge-watching unlike anything we’ve seen in years. This football-shaped eclipse is worth preparing for, and to be clear, you will need to do a little prep work ahead of time.

Between the CFB Playoff and NFL Wild Card round, there are FIVE different services you need to be subscribed to in order to watch everything on...

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Ricky O'Donnell

The Pacers set a meaningless NBA record that will never be broken

The Pacers’ lineup had the lowest number combination possible

The Indiana Pacers were always going to have a hard time living up to expectations this season after they made a surprising run to the Eastern Conference Finals a year ago. Indiana is off to just a 20-18 start this season, but that’s still enough to hold onto a protected playoff seed thus far in the lowly Eastern Conference.

1The Pacers got a win on Wednesday night when they blasted the Chicago Bulls, 129-113. The...

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California’s water management policies under fire as hydrants run dry

Experts say L.A. isn’t the only city to see its public water system stressed by firefighting demand as climate change exacerbates wildfires.

The water system used to fight the Palisades fire in Los Angeles buckled under the demands of what turned out to be the most destructive fire in city history, with some hydrants running dry as they were overstressed without assistance from firefighting aircraft for hours early Wednesday.

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power was pumping from...

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Paul Mueller

How a Minnesota limo driver invented the tech that’s changing college football

Mike Rolih was taking a break from his driving gig to watch a local football practice when the light bulb went off: There had to be a better way for coaches and players to communicate. Now his GoRout smartwatch is being tested by Alabama, Auburn, and other college football powerhouses.

College football is suddenly in a constant state of change. The transfer portal, conference realignment, players making millions in NIL deals, the first-ever 12-team playoff—if you cryogenically froze...

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Trump’s EV policies leave Tesla and BYD uncertain about 2025 forecast

Trump’s presidency could mean big policy shifts in tax and other incentives for both electric vehicle makers and consumers.

Electric vehicle demand is expected to keep rising this year, but uncertainty over policy changes and tariffs is clouding the forecast.

S&P Global Mobility expects global sales of 15.1 million battery electric vehicles in 2025, which would mark a 30% jump. Battery electric vehicles are expected to make up 16.7% of the market share for light vehicles.

Tesla, BYD of...

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Scott Disick Revealed How He Feels About His Kids Watching His Wild And Problematic Behavior On Old Episodes Of “Keeping Up With The Kardashians”

“I’m just like, ‘It could take you down a really bad road, or it could be a really fun road.’”

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Lauren Feiner

Meta is highlighting a splintering global approach to online speech

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Meta’s overhaul of its content moderation and fact-checking policies in the US is bringing into focus a key geopolitical tension likely to grow under the incoming Trump administration: the regulation of speech online.

CEO Mark Zuckerberg made no secret of his attempt to align his interests with those of President-elect Donald Trump, saying he planned to work with Trump to “push back on governments around the world that are going after...

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Emma Roth

Perplexity partners with Tripadvisor to source hotel info from real people

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The AI search engine Perplexity is launching an integration with Tripadvisor that will add more information about hotels. Now, when you search for places to stay, Perplexity will present you with a neatly organized list of hotels, alongside summaries of why it chose them using information sourced from Tripadvisor.

In an example shared by Perplexity, a search for “hotels in Madrid for a business trip” yields a result for Hotel Regina, which the search engine says...

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Andrew J. Hawkins

Mercedes-Benz EV owners can start using Tesla Superchargers in February

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Mercedes-Benz said that its electric vehicles will be able to access Tesla’s Supercharger network starting in February.

By now you should be familiar with how this goes: a manufacturer announces Supercharger access, first through the use of NACS-to-CCS adapters and then later with native NACS integration. The adapters are available to purchase through dealerships. And EV owners will get to giddily watch as the number of accessible public EV chargers suddenly...

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