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Fast Company

Joe Berkowitz

Coca-Cola and the new age of vice signaling for CEOs

After years of receiving backlash for progressive messaging, heads of companies from Facebook to Boeing have now signaled they may be ready to go in the opposite direction.

It was far from the usual Coke and a smile. The Coke was diet, for one thing, and there were two smiles involved. One of them belonged to Donald Trump, the world’s foremost Diet Coke lover, and the other to James Quincey, CEO and chairman of Coca-Cola, who presented the returning president with a commemorative Diet...

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The Conversation

California’s wildfires: Here’s why human-caused wildfires are hard to contain

The answer lies in a mix of wind speed, changing climate, the legacy of past land-management practices, and current human activities that are reshaping fire behavior and increasing the risk they pose.

Investigators are trying to determine what caused several wind-driven wildfires that have destroyed thousands of homes across the Los Angeles area in January 2025. Given the fires’ locations, and lack of lightning at the time, it’s likely that utility infrastructure, other equipment or...

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Kris Rhim

Jim Harbaugh to have 2 procedures in offseason

Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh said Wednesday that he will have a cardiac ablation this offseason and hip replacement surgery.

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Shams Charania

Sources: Suns get Richards in trade with Hornets

The Suns added some much-needed frontcourt help, acquiring center Nick Richards from the Hornets for guard Josh Okogie in a trade that includes multiple draft picks, sources told ESPN.

Wired Top Stories

Paresh Dave

Not Many Meta Employees Will Have to Move to Texas After All

Mark Zuckerberg said content moderation teams in California will relocate to Texas to help reduce bias. In practice, employees aren't expecting many forced relocations.

Mashable

Substack users can livestream now

Broadening out from its text-only beginnings and just days before millions may lose access to their beloved video app TikTok, Substack has announced it's adding a sitewide live streaming option for all users.

The new video tool is an expansion of an earlier "bestseller"-only feature, which offered platform-based live streaming options to its top contributors, referred to as "publishers." Now, any contributor with at least 10 free subscribers can go live. Once the live stream is over,...

Mashable

Ben Stiller jokingly addresses his Severance Season 1 cameo in the official Severance podcast

Ben Stiller isn't just a director and executive producer of Severance — he also had an uncredited voiceover cameo back in Season 1.

SEE ALSO: I went to the 'Severance' pop-up in Grand Central Station. It was wild.

In a 2022 interview with ET Online, Severance stars Britt Lower and Dichen Lachman confirmed that Stiller voiced the animated version of Lumon founder Kier Eagan that congratulates Helly (Lower) for reaching quota in Season 1,...

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Joseph Acosta

Ravens vs. Bills will be a kaiju fight between two of the NFL’s scariest monster offenses

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These two teams are a lot a like. Now the slugfest begins.

Normally, I spend this section talking about a specific matchup. What one side of the ball needs to do to the other, or something that I’m watching. However, this kaiju battle between two of the best offenses in football actually reminds me of a quote from one of the world’s greatest scribes, Norman Osborn.

The titan-fight between the Baltimore Ravens and Buffalo Bills is the pinnacle...

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Kristin Toussaint

Wildfires are still ‘just hype’: Trump’s Energy pick stands by his past comments

During his confirmation hearings on Wednesday, oil and gas executive Chris Wright denied the link between climate change and worsening wildfires.

Chris Wright, an oil and gas executive who’s Donald Trump’s nominee for Energy Secretary, faced questions about his climate change denialism during his confirmation hearing on Wednesday. 

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Hoffman: O's, Braves backed off deals with me

The Baltimore Orioles and Atlanta Braves backed out of agreements to sign Jeff Hoffman because of concerns about the reliever's pitching shoulder.

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Bo Jackson gives up $21M in lawsuit vs. family

Bo Jackson is giving up a $21 million judgment against his niece and nephew, whom he said harassed and tried to extort money from him.

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Saban, Meyer, Vick, Strahan top '25 HOF class

Urban Meyer will join Nick Saban in the 2025 College Football Hall of Fame class, and Michael Vick and Michael Strahan are among the 18 former players who will be inducted next December.

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Associated Press

NCAA approves paying women's tourney teams

Women's basketball teams will be paid for playing games in the NCAA tournament each March just like the men have for years under a plan approved Wednesday at the NCAA convention.

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ESPN Staff

MMA rank 1-50: Pereira? Aspinall? Topuria? Which fighter will have the best year?

Which fighters will top our list of the best 50 fighters in MMA based on their expected 2025 performance?

The Verge

Umar Shakir

Cars with Android Automotive are about to get a lot more apps

Image: Umar Shakir / The Verge

Google is set to launch its Android Automotive app conversion program this February that helps developers convert their Android apps to in-vehicle screens.

As reported by Android Authority, the “Car ready mobile apps program” guides Android developers to make slight changes to apps so they can be available in vehicles with Google Play Store in the dash.

To start, Google is specifically looking for streaming entertainment, gaming, and browser apps,...

The Verge

Sean Hollister

DJI claims its decision to let drones fly in dangerous areas is not political

The DJI Mini 2, an older DJI drone. | Photo by Ryan Loughlin

DJI will no longer stop drones from flying over airports, wildfires, and the White House, passing the buck to US law enforcement to prevent some of the worst forms of drone misuse. Some are suggesting the curious timing of that decision is political, coming just days before President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, weeks after the New Jersey drone hysteria, and days after a plane fighting the LA wildfires got taken down...

The Verge

Jay Peters

Leaked Samsung Galaxy S25 Slim images show off its super-thin design

Image: OnLeaks and Smartprix

Samsung, like Apple, is rumored to be working on a super-thin smartphone, and on Wednesday, OnLeaks and Smartprix published renders of a phone they call the Galaxy S25 Slim.

The renders show a phone with a flat front, flat back, flat sides, and three cameras on the back — it seems to resemble last year’s Galaxy S24 and the Galaxy S25 renders that leaked last week. However, it will apparently have a depth of 6.4mm, making it 1.2mm thinner than the...

The Verge

Emma Roth

Super Bowl LIX will stream for free on Tubi

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Fox announced on Wednesday that Super Bowl LIX will stream live on Tubi, its free, ad-supported streaming service, when it kicks off on February 9th, 2025. You’ll be able to stream the game in 4K for free from the service’s app on your phone or smart TV, without creating or logging into an account.

This is the first time the Super Bowl will be available on Tubi. It’s also its biggest live sporting event yet. The free streaming platform,...

BuzzFeed - Latest

RedNote — AKA, China's Version Of Instagram — Is Being Flooded By Americans In Need Of A New App Amid TikTok's Upcoming Ban

"Red Note got me wondering why we're always beefing with China. Love them."

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Theodore Schleifer and Mike Isaac

Zuckerberg Will Host a Party for Trump’s Inauguration

Mark Zuckerberg, the Meta chief executive, is one of several tech leaders expected to play a high-profile role in celebrating the new administration next week.

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