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Rob Dawson

Source: City, Frankfurt reach deal for Marmoush

Manchester City have reached a verbal agreement with Eintracht Frankfurt for forward Omar Marmoush, a source told ESPN.

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Kevin Seifert

O'Connell: 'Great' bond, dialogue with Vikes brass

Minnesota Vikings coach Kevin O'Connell met with the team's ownership group this week and said Thursday that he wants to sign a contract extension to remain with the team.

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Jorge Castillo

Reports: Winker, Mets agree to one-year deal

Jesse Winker, who hit a combined .253 with 14 homers and 58 RBIs for the Mets and the Nationals in 2024, has reportedly agreed to a one-year deal with the Mets.

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Rich Cimini

Rodgers says Jets future hinges on new GM, HC

Aaron Rodgers made it sound Thursday like the Jets' incoming new general manager and coach, not owner Woody Johnson, will determine if he's back with the team in 2025.

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Chris Low

LSU freshman QB hospitalized after car crash

LSU freshman quarterback Colin Hurley was found unresponsive but breathing just before 3 a.m. on Thursday following a car crash near the gates of the LSU campus.

BuzzFeed - Latest

46 Photos Of Random Objects That Somehow Survived The Los Angeles Fires

From typewriters to Christmas trees.

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Mashable

What the Supreme Court hearing about age verification could mean for you

On Jan. 15, 2025, the Supreme Court heard a case about age-verification laws, Free Speech v. Paxton. Its decision will significantly impact online free speech. 

Age-verification laws vary by state but typically require users to submit identification in order to visit sites the states deem to have over one-third of explicit content hosted. ID can include submitting one's driver's license, a digital ID, or a facial scan. Since 2022, 19 states have passed age-verification laws, and all but...

Fast Company

Reuters

Energy utilities get nearly $23 billion from Biden administration to fix energy infrastructure

The program guarantees loans to projects that retool or replace energy infrastructure that has stopped operating or that enables reductions in emissions blamed for global warming.

The U.S. Energy Department’s loan office on Thursday announced $22.92 billion in conditional financing for several energy utilities across a dozen states.

Fast Company

Eve Upton-Clark

‘Welcome, TikTok refugee’: Duolingo sees a 216% spike in U.S. users learning Mandarin

Millions are joining RedNote ahead of the TikTok ban. But the app’s default language is Mandarin.

“Oh so NOW you’re learning mandarin,” Duolingo tweeted on Monday. 

Fast Company

Reuters

TikTok refugees or propagandists? China’s RedNote users share mixed responses to U.S. influx

Not everyone was happy, though, with some grumbling that RedNote was being taken over and nationalist bloggers warning against American influences.

Users of the Chinese social media app RedNote welcomed “TikTok refugees” from the United States with selfies and messages on Wednesday, as Beijing said it encouraged stronger cultural ties with other countries in response to the sudden influx.

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Shams Charania

LeBron's manager leading upstart to rival NBA

Maverick Carter, LeBron James' business manager, has been enlisted as an adviser by a group of investors seeking to raise $5 billion to form an international basketball league that would serve as a rival to the NBA, sources confirmed to ESPN.

The Verge

Gaby Del Valle

CFPB sued for trying to regulate digital payment apps more like banks

Illustration: Hugo Herrera / The Verge

Two major tech trade groups are challenging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) effort to treat payment apps and digital wallets like banks. In a lawsuit filed in federal court in Washington, DC, NetChoice and TechNet claim that the CFPB’s digital payment regulation, announced on November 21st, 2024, is arbitrary and capricious.

“The CFPB’s unlawful power grab undermines the rule of law, further bloats the administrative...

The Verge

Adi Robertson Lauren Feiner

Will RedNote get banned in the US?

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge

I’m not the first to note the irony of TikTok users flooding RedNote this week. The TikTok divest-or-ban rule was supposed to drive Americans away from a foreign-owned social network that was subject to influence or data harvesting by the Chinese government. Instead, it pushed them onto a different foreign-owned social network that poses the exact same hypothetical risks — and that might be subject to the exact same kind of ban.

TikTok faces a ban...

The Verge

Emma Roth

Apple is pausing notification summaries for news in the latest iOS 18.3 beta

Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge

Apple has temporarily stopped showing notification summaries for news and entertainment apps as part of the iOS 18.3 developer beta released Thursday, according to reports from MacRumors and 9to5Mac. The Apple Intelligence-powered feature was criticized after it inaccurately summarized content from outlets such as the BBC.

Apple will reenable the notifications “with a future software update” as it continues to work on the feature, 9to5Mac...

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David Lynch, "Twin Peaks" And "Blue Velvet" Director, Has Died At 78

The acclaimed filmmaker's family released a statement on Facebook.

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Mashable

Score the Beats Solo 4 Minecraft Edition headphones for half off at Target

SAVE $100: As of Jan. 16, get the Beats Solo 4 Minecraft Edition headphones at Target for $99.99, down from their usual price of $199.99. That's a 50% discount.

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Mashable

The Garmin Venu 3S is back at its Black Friday price

SAVE $100: The Garmin Venu 3S smartwatch (41mm, Ivory) is on sale at Amazon for $349.99, down from the normal price of $449.99. That's a 22% discount that matches the lowest price we've ever spotted at Amazon.

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Mashable

What to expect at Samsung Galaxy Unpacked

With CES 2025 behind us, you might think that you'd have a break from big tech company announcements.

Well, think again! 

Samsung's very own event, Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2025, is just around the corner: January 22 at 1pm ET to be exact.

While Samsung focused on "AI for All" at CES, showcasing mostly their latest home appliances and the AI-integrations in these products, the company held off on any announcements for their flagship line of smartphones, tablets, and other connected mobile...

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Get a like new Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra and save hundreds at Woot

SAVE $570: As of Jan. 16, get a like new Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra from Woot for $849.99, which is $570 off its new price of $1,419.99. That's a discount of 43%.

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Mashable

TikToks CEO might attend Trumps inauguration, new report says

It looks like Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, and Elon Musk won't be the only tech CEOs attending President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on Monday. According to The New York Times, Shou Chew, the CEO of TikTok, will also attend.

This comes as the Supreme Court continues to debate the fate of Chew's app in the U.S., which could result in 170 million people losing access to it. If the court upholds the ban, as other courts have done, it will go into effect on Sunday, Jan. 19.

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