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The Washington Post's chief executive, Will Lewis, announced his departure on Saturday.
  • The Washington Post's chief executive, Will Lewis, announced his departure on Saturday.
  • Jeff D'Onofrio will serve as the interim CEO and publisher, effective February 7.
  • Lewis' departure comes days after sweeping layoffs at the legacy publication.

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Super Bowl LX is nearly here, with the Seattle Seahawks taking on the New England Patriots. While Bad Bunny will be the star of the halftime show, AI could be the star of the commercial breaks, much like crypto was a few years ago.

Last year’s Super Bowl featured a Google Gemini ad that fumbled a Gouda cheese stat, and this year’s game is already slated to include an ad for Anthropic’s


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On Friday, New York State Senators Liz Krueger and Kristen Gonzales introduced a bill that would stop the issuance of permits for new data centers for at least three years and ninety days to give time for impact assessments and to update regulations. The bill would require the Department of Environmental Conservation and Public Service Commissions to issue impact statements and reports during the


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Netflix's acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery isn't quite a done deal yet. As first reported by The Wall Street Journal, the US Department of Justice has started its probe of Netflix's proposed purchase, but is notably interested in whether the streaming giant was involved in any anticompetitive practices. According to the civil subpoena seen by WSJ, the Justice Department is looking into any


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Mesha Griffith went viral with her decluttering challenge.
  • Mesha Griffith is a children's book author based in Ohio.
  • She considers herself a minimalist and has challenged herself over the years to ditch the clutter.
  • She posted her yearly challenge online in December 2025.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Mesha Griffith, the author of The Bedtime Mantra


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The State Department is wiping the post history of its X accounts and making it so you'll have to file a Freedom of Information Act request if you want to access any of the content it removed, according to NPR. The publication reports that the State Department is removing all posts from before President Trump's current term — a move that affects several accounts associated with the department


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GOG recently posted a job listing for a senior software engineer focused on porting its Galaxy desktop client to Linux. Now, in reply to a Reddit AMA, the GOG team has revealed that work on native Linux support is already underway.

It's still too early to give an ETA, according to the Reddit thread. But founder and CEO, Michał Kiciński, said, "personally, I'm a big fan of Linux." The job



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Giannis Antetokounmpo is a Kalshi shareholder.
  • Giannis Antetokounmpo announced that he's investing in Kalshi, a leading prediction market.
  • Some Kalshi users made money wagering whether Antetokounmpo would stay with the Milwaukee Bucks.
  • An illegal sports betting scandal rocked the NBA in 2025.

While most of the sports world is still figuring out how to navigate the prediction


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Even when it wasn’t failing quietly, Ubuntu was throwing truly useless errors. | Image: Terrence O’Brien / The Verge
Even when it wasn’t failing quietly, Ubuntu was throwing truly useless errors. | Image: Terrence O’Brien / The Verge

It's a complete coincidence that I installed Linux around the same time as my colleagues Nathan Edwards and Stevie Bonifield. A few months ago, I decided to breathe new life into a 2019 Dell XPS 15 that had been collecting dust for a couple of years.

Despite its (at the