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Trump orders all federal DEI staff to be put on leave

Trump has called diversity and inclusion programs “discrimination.”

President Donald Trump’s administration moved Tuesday to end affirmative action in federal contracting and directed that all federal diversity, equity, and inclusion staff be put on paid leave and eventually be laid off.

The moves follow an executive order Trump signed on his first day ordering a sweeping dismantling of the federal government’s diversity and inclusion programs that could touch on everything from...

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L.A. homeowners seeking to rebuild might shift to these natural materials. Here’s why

Those determined to stay want houses that the next fire will not burn easily.

Marialyce Pedersen stood in a white Tyvek suit on her Altadena, California, lot leveled by this month’s wildfires. Her house was reduced to ash that spilled into the pool, turning the water a toxic black. But along one wall, a sculpted pink bench and outdoor kitchen looked only slightly worse for wear.

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Jess Weatherbed

YouTube Premium gets more experimental features that can now be tested all at once

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YouTube Premium users are getting a slew of new experiments to try out before anyone else alongside an option to reduce their membership cost when bundling subscriptions. Subscribers can now also sign up to test multiple experimental features all at once, instead of being limited to just one at a time.

There are several new experiments that users can try out, including 256kbps bitrate audio quality on videos, and options for iOS users to view...

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Victoria Song

Samsung launches a kid-friendly mode for the Galaxy Watch 7

The new Galaxy Watch for Kids mode is enabled in Wear OS via Google Family Link. | Image: Samsung, Google

Samsung dropped some wearable news ahead of its Unpacked event later today: parents can now use the cellular Samsung Galaxy Watch 7 as a smartwatch for their kids.

With a new Galaxy Watch for Kids mode, children can use the smartwatch to call and text trusted contacts, while parents can also track their kids’ locations via GPS. The option starts rolling out today and will work...

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Quentyn Kennemer

The 65-inch LG C3 is matching its lowest price

The LG C3 can easily last several years as your home theater’s centerpiece. | Image: LG

If you’re spending more time indoors to escape the icy winds or need something impressive to enjoy the Super Bowl, a new TV might be in order. Although it’s a couple of years old now, the LG C3 is still one of the best 4K OLED TVs you can buy, and it’s a bit cheaper today at Amazon and Walmart. They’re selling the 65-inch model for $1,196.99 ($302 off), which is matching its all-time low...

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Chris Welch

Elon Musk, White House advisor, says OpenAI deal announced at White House is a sham

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Elon Musk doesn’t miss an opportunity to take a dig at OpenAI — even when the news item in question is supposed to be favorable to President Trump. Just a few hours after yesterday’s White House presser on The Stargate Project wrapped up, Musk posted on X that “they don’t actually have the money.”

Softbank, OpenAI, Oracle, and MGX have committed to “deploy” $100 billion now and $500 billion toward the AI data...

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Andrew Webster

Insomniac Games boss Ted Price is retiring

Ted Price at the D.I.C.E awards in 2014. | Photo by Gabe Ginsberg/FilmMagic

After three decades at the helm, Insomniac Games founder and president Ted Price has announced he’s retiring. Price will officially step away at the end of March, and he’s being replaced by three new studio heads who will take over Insomniac moving forward.

According to Price, the succession process has been in the works for a while. “I actually made this decision last year,” he explains. “For me,...

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Emma Roth

Google Fiber is coming to Las Vegas

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Google Fiber’s next big expansion is underway in Las Vegas, Nevada. After first announcing the expansion last year, Google has confirmed that it has started construction in Las Vegas and Clark County where its fiber internet service will be available “later this year.”

GFiber, as it’s increasingly being branded, is currently available in select cities across 19 states, including California, North Carolina, Texas, Tennesee, and more. The company most recently lit...

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Ricky O'Donnell

Nikola Jokic’s bonkers triple-double stat obliterates every NBA team in just 3 quarters

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This Nikola Jokic stat cannot be real.

It shouldn’t have been possible for Nikola Jokic to take his game to an even higher level this season. The Denver Nuggets superstar had already won three NBA MVPs, one NBA championship, and one NBA Finals MVP entering the 2024-25 season. With Jokic firmly in his prime at age-29, it felt like the Nuggets were crumbling around him: Denver lost three key pieces from the 2023 championship team over the...

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Jack Milko

Will Zalatoris withdraws at 11th hour, further diminishes Torrey Pines field

Will Zalatoris during the third round of The American Express. | Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images

An already weak field at Torrey Pines this week just lost another PGA Tour star in Will Zalatoris.

Less than an hour before the first groups hit their opening tee shots at the Farmers Insurance Open, Will Zalatoris decided to pull out of this week’s event at Torrey Pines.

A reason for his withdrawal was not given.

Zalatoris is the latest star to skip out on this year’s Farmers...

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Absent Popovich in touch as Spurs play in Paris

Spurs CEO R.C. Buford says Gregg Popovich is aggressive in his recovery from a November stroke, with the team adding that the Hall of Famer continues to make progress.

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Sources: Bucs' Coen pulls out as Jags candidate

Buccaneers offensive coordinator Liam Coen is taking himself out of the running for the Jaguars' head coaching job to stay in Tampa on a new contract, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter.

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Who Is Mariann Edgar Budde, the Bishop Who Made a Plea to Trump?

The first woman to serve as the spiritual leader of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, Bishop Budde had a message for President Trump during his first term, too.

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Wes Davis

Sega is the next game company asking you to make an account

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Sega launched a new cross-platform game-linking service called Sega Accounts, reports Eurogamer. The company says the online profile system will bring “a host of benefits” for players, like bonuses for specific games and other promised features down the line.

You can create the account over at sega-account.com, and from there link it to your Nintendo, PlayStation, Xbox, and Steam accounts, with Epic Games coming soon. Doing so will net you a code for some bonus DLC: a...

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Andrew Webster

Silo’s season 2 finale was excellent, but the show is running out of time

Steve Zahn and Rebecca Ferguson. | Image: Apple

The second season of Silo — a postapocalyptic thriller on Apple TV Plus — has wrapped up, and the finale was the show at its very best. It was full of dramatic twists, painful sacrifices, brutal fights, beautiful shots of a decayed future, and in its final moments, a tease that shows how much larger and more expansive the story actually is. It left me excited about what’s coming next — but also wary that the show is running out...

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Chris Welch

Plex starts testing its big redesign on Apple TV

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After getting started on mobile back in November, Plex is ready to test its “reimagined” app experience on much bigger screens. Today the company announced that the preview has expanded to included tvOS. “Please keep in mind this is nowhere close to perfect, but we want to get feedback from the community as early as we can,” Plex wrote in the blog post.

Live TV and on-demand rentals are prominently shown in the navigation bar, but if it’s anything like the...

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Andrew Liszewski

I hope Sharge’s new retractable charger can survive me fidgeting with it all day

The Sharge Retractable 65 includes a 27-inch retractable USB-C charging cable. | Image: Sharge

First revealed last December through a Chinese retailer, Sharge’s new 65W GaN charger is now available globally. As the name implies, the Retractable 65 features an integrated USB-C cable that fully retracts when not in use so you won’t be scrambling to find one when a device is about to die. It’s available in white or black for $39.90 and while it comes with US style folding prongs it...

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Jack Milko

Netflix announces Full Swing Season 3 release date, unveils star-studded lineup

Bryson DeChambeau holds the U.S. Open trophy after his victory at Pinehurst No. 2. | Photo by David Cannon/Getty Images

The 2024 golf season was full of ups, downs, triumphs, and tribulations, and Netflix was there to capture it all.

Get ready for more Full Swing.

Netflix announced on Wednesday that the critically acclaimed series will return to the streaming platform on Tuesday, Feb. 25, two days before the Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches begins in Florida.

This season’s...

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Mark Schofield

F1 Miami Grand Prix announces single-day tickets for 2025 race

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New ticket options are coming to the F1 Miami Grand Prix

On the morning of the 2024 Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix Tom Garfinkel, the Managing Partner of the race, told a select group of media members including SB Nation that the race promoters were trying to get better every year, and listen to feedback from fans.

Today, the Miami Grand Prix announced the latest move in that effort.

For the 2025 Miami Grand Prix, fans can purchase single-day tickets, enabling...

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