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Widows And Widowers, Tell Me How Your Love Life Has Been Affected By Your Situation

It's not often talked about, but it ought to be.

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Adi Robertson Lauren Feiner

The Supreme Court could decide the fate of Pornhub — and the rest of the internet

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In Supreme Court oral arguments over a potentially seismic change to the internet, the most memorable question came from Justice Samuel Alito. “One of the parties here is the owner of Pornhub, right?” Alito asked Derek Shaffer, lawyer for the adult industry group Free Speech Coalition. “Is it like the old Playboy magazine? You have essays there by the modern-day equivalent of Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley, Jr.?”

The massive adult web portal...

The Verge

Sheena Vasani

The original Kindle Scribe is more than $100 off in refurbished condition

The last-gen Kindle Scribe is nearly identical to the new model, only with a few minor upgrades.

If you’re looking for a cheaper alternative to the new Kindle Scribe, we’ve got good news: the first-gen model is on sale for a couple hundred dollars less than the second-gen model. Normally $349.99 in new condition, Amazon is currently selling it with in refurbished configuration with 16GB of storage, a Basic Pen, and a one-year warranty for just $233.99 as a part of a limited-time...

Fast Company

Sara Tate

How to break through the messy middle of transformation

As you begin 2025, you can stay on the same (or a similar) path with some of these changes.

Talk to any brand or company leader this year, and there is a good chance that you will find them in the thick of a change initiative, navigating the challenging headwinds of ongoing market and economic turbulence.

Fast Company

Elizabeth Segran

Sephora is giving its 700 stores a major makeover. Here’s why

The beauty retailer’s brick-and-mortar strategy is ambitious—even as many retailers are dying.

Sephora is giving its 700 stores a redesign, Sephora CEO Artemis Patrick announced.

Fast Company

Tarika Barrett

5 ways to close the gap for Black women in STEM

Ensuring opportunities and equity for underrepresented groups in STEM helps solve the talent crisis.

By Tarika Barrett and Meredith Harper

Fast Company

Mark Miller.

Why future-focused brands win in a short-term world

Califia Farms is proving that having a long-term vision is the best way to do well in the present.

Conventional wisdom says that long-term thinking prioritizes decisions that secure the future, whereas leaders with a short-term focus prioritize today over tomorrow. I’d argue that conventional wisdom needs to be turned on its head.  

Fast Company

The Conversation

Homeowners should ask these questions about insurance for natural disasters

One of the most important questions is also the most basic: What are the goals of insurance?

The wildfires that have devastated large parts of Los Angeles County have drawn fresh attention to the struggles many Americans face insuring their homes.

Fast Company

Erin McCusker

Why are we still talking about toilets? Because we must.

Safe and accessible sanitation is an equality issue, but also a health one that affects us all.

In a world where every passing moment brings leaps in digital innovation, creating opportunities to improve life for billions, and promising a world that’s interconnected, I find a small joy in kickstarting a casual conversation with, “Oh, I work in toilets.”

Wired Top Stories

Boone Ashworth

The FTC Suing John Deere Is a Tipping Point for Right-to-Repair

After years of complaints about “unlawful” repairability policies, the FTC is suing tractor manufacturer Deere & Company. Repairability advocates are calling it a milestone for consumer rights.

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Sorry In Advance, But Now That You Know These 26 Products Exist, You’ll Think About Them Every Day Until You Own Them

Forget about you. We're gonna have a hard time forgetting about a book of judgy fish stickers.

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Andrew Liszewski

Obsbot’s Tiny SE is a $99 pan and tilt webcam that tracks your movements

The Tiny SE includes an integrated stand allowing it to sit atop a laptop’s screen or a monitor. | Image: Obsbot

Obsbot has announced a $99 webcam with a two-axis motorized mount that’s capable of tracking and dynamically reframing subjects. The Tiny SE is available now for $99, making it one of the cheapest ways to add a tracking camera to your streaming setup.

To hit that price tag for a two-axis gimbal-mounted webcam with tracking capabilities, the Tiny SE comes with one...

The Verge

Jay Peters

USDOT sues Southwest Airlines over ‘chronically delayed’ flights

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The US Department of Transportation (USDOT) is suing Southwest Airlines for “illegally operating multiple chronically delayed flights and disrupting passengers’ travel,” according to a press release.

The USDOT’s investigation found that “Southwest operated two chronically delayed flights — one between Chicago Midway International Airport and Oakland, Calif, and another between Baltimore, Md. and Cleveland, Ohio — that resulted in...

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Edward Wong, Michael Crowley and Karoun Demirjian

Takeaways From Marco Rubio’s Senate Hearing

Mr. Rubio expressed views aligned with those of most senators who work on foreign policy, while taking care not to break from Donald J. Trump’s unorthodox ideas.

Mashable

John Turturro shares fascinating Stanley Kubrick story on Severance podcast

Listeners of The Severance Podcast with Ben Stiller & Adam Scott were treated to an unexpected story about Stanley Kubrick, courtesy of podcast guest Turturro.

In the podcast's Jan. 15 episode, during which Stiller, Scott, and Turturro discussed Severance Season 1, episode 8, "What's for Dinner?," Turturro mentioned that the series had a "Kubrickian approach" to it.

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

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...

Fast Company

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.

ESPN.com

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.

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