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Fast Company

Eric Holthaus

Inside the ‘slow-rolling catastrophe’ of Trump’s NOAA cuts

When combined with the federal hiring freeze, recently terminated staff said the cuts put their organizations on a trajectory to break.

Mass layoffs struck the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Organization (NOAA) late last week, throwing into jeopardy the core mission of the agency tasked with observing the skies and seas nationwide—and a key piece of the federal disaster preparedness apparatus. 

Fast Company

Susan Karlin

JetZero teams with Delta to take the first blended-wing body commercial jetliner closer to reality

The partnership aims to accelerate development of the first major commercial passenger jet redesign, which uses 50-percent less fuel and fights climate change.

It’s tough enough bringing the first major redesign of a commercial jetliner to fruition—especially when it looks more like something out of The X-Files than a travel brochure. So, to streamline that journey, JetZero—the first commercial blended-wing body (BWB) aircraft—is teaming with Delta as an eventual buyer to...

SBNation.com

Ricky O'Donnell

7 college basketball freshmen ready to ball in men’s March Madness bracket, ranked

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These are the freshmen ready for a star turn in the 2025 men’s NCAA tournament.

College basketball is an old man’s game now. There are fifth- and sixth-year seniors on contenders around the country thanks to this being the final “Covid year” season, which granted an extra year of eligibility to any player enrolled during the pandemic. The Auburn Tigers are perhaps the best example of why it’s beneficial to have an older...

SBNation.com

James Dator

Seahawks surprising WR release adds more star power to NFL free agency

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Tyler Lockett is now a free agent.

This is going to be the offseason of shock releases and trades, and the Seahawks wasted no time getting in on it too. On Wednesday Seattle released former All-Pro WR Tyler Lockett, who has been with the organization since 2015.

Lockett struggled in 2024 to finish with just 600 receiving yards, his lowest since 2017 — but a large part of that was a new Hawks offense that was still trying to work out how to integrate...

ESPN.com

ESPN

Source: Seahawks star WR Metcalf requests trade

Seahawks star wide receiver DK Metcalf has requested a trade, a source told ESPN's Adam Schefter.

Wired Top Stories

Andy Greenberg

US Charges 12 Alleged Spies in China’s Freewheeling Hacker-for-Hire Ecosystem

The Justice Department claims 10 alleged hackers and two Chinese government officials took part in a wave of cyberattacks around the globe that included breaching the US Treasury Department and more.

Wired Top Stories

Zeyi Yang

US State Department Kills Global Air Monitoring Program Researchers Say Paid for Itself

The initiative helped pressure the Chinese government to clean up the air in Beijing and was later expanded to dozens of cities around the world. Now, it’s been abruptly halted.

Wired Top Stories

Megan Farokhmanesh

The Plight of Migrants Is Deeply Misunderstood. Can a Video Game Help?

Anima Interactive’s forthcoming game Take Us North aims to capture the lived experiences of those trying to cross the US-Mexico border.

Fast Company

Scott Nover

Why these former rival founders are teaming up to revive Digg

Kevin Rose, the original founder of Digg, and Alexis Ohanian, who cofounded Reddit, are joining forces on a mission to fix social media.

Mid-aughts news aggregator Digg is making a comeback, thanks to a pairing that would have seemd unlikely when the site debuted in 2004: Digg founder Kevin Rose and a former corporate rival, Reddit cofounder and former CEO Alexis Ohanian. The pair bought Digg from its prior owners Money Group in early 2025 for an undisclosed sum. The deal was supported by...

ESPN.com

Jeff Borzello

Inside St. John's rapid rise: Defense, relentlessness and the Rick Pitino effect

From a middling Big East team to their first outright title in 40 years, here's how the Red Storm have emerged as contenders.

NYT > Home Page

Mark C. O’Flaherty

Agnès b.: The Shop That Changed What We Wear

Agnès b. was fresh, cool and totally Parisian, and it established the model for a raft of accessibly chic Euro labels to come.

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Mike Isaac

The Return of Digg, a Star of Web 2.0

Two decades after creating Digg, a community-focused social message board, Kevin Rose is reviving the site and teaming up with a founder of Reddit.

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Lynsey Chutel

Adidas Has Sold Its Last Yeezy Sneaker

The sportswear maker was eager to put the scandal with the rapper Ye behind it, but its cautious earnings forecast showed the breakup’s effects still lingered.

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Trish Bendix

Late Night Is Underwhelmed by Trump’s Address to Congress

Jimmy Kimmel noted that the president’s speech started late: “I guess they were waiting for that last coat of shellac to dry on his face.”

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German Lopez

A Rally in Congress

We cover President Trump’s address to Congress.

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Maureen Dowd

The State of Himself

Trump hasn’t altered his behavior to be president. He altered the presidency to match his personality.

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New York Times Opinion

Trump’s Speech to Congress: The Best and Worst Moments

What Times Opinion columnists and writers thought of the president’s speech to Congress.

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Melissa Rohman

Why Gen Z Is Willing to Pay Big Money for Concert Tickets

How can 20-somethings afford the high cost of seeing their favorite artists’ live shows? Some save; some go into debt.

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