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Netflix is continuing to double down on podcasts, with the streaming service's announcement that it has hired talent to host two original shows for its platform. The first show stars NFL Hall of Famer-turned-analyst Michael Irvin and the second is a talk show for former Saturday Night Live cast member Pete Davidson.

The White House with Michael Irvin premieres January 19. The abode in the title


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Elon Musk isn't the only party at fault for Grok's nonconsensual intimate deepfakes of real people, including children. What about Apple and Google? The two (frequently virtue-signaling) companies have inexplicably allowed Grok and X to remain in their app stores — even as Musk's chatbot reportedly continues to produce the material. On Wednesday, a coalition of women's and progressive advocacy


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  • Microsoft's president said it will ensure its data center electricity costs are not passed on to residential customers.
  • The tech giant filed permits for 44 data centers nationwide as of 2024, according to a Business Insider tally.
  • The announcement comes amid backlash over rising electricity costs and President Trump's affordability push.

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Stevie Nicks performing in LA in 2025.

Stevie Nicks, the legendary singer-songwriter best known for her work both as a solo artist and as a key member of Fleetwood Mac, continues to captivate audiences with her live performances well into the 2026 concert cycle. While


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Naya has already shipped one successful Kickstarter for a weird keyboard. The Naya Create was an ergonomic split deck with four swappable controller addons: a touchpad, a trackball, a rotary encoder, or a 6DoF spatial mouse. The Connect takes that modular concept, applies it to a more traditional flat keyboard form factor, and expands the ecosystem to be even more flexible. And clearly



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Amazon's upcoming God of War live-action TV adaptation has cast Ryan Hurst as its Kratos. Sony announced the casting today on X with a brief post and an image of both Hurst and Kratos in full scowl mode. Hurst is already sporting a very Kratos-style beard, so he's already got the right vibe going for him. He has past credits on familiar shows such as Sons of Anarchy and The Walking Dead. The


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In a chaotic world, one thing you can count on is your own common-sense steps toward better cybersecurity. January is a great time to grab a subscription for yourself or a loved one, as a few holiday sales are (inexplicably) still happening. With access to a virtual private network (VPN), you can stream TV shows and events from all over the world, protect your information from hackers and thwart



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Amazon has announced the first cast member of its God of War live-action adaptation on Prime Video. Ryan Hurst, known for his work as Opie in Sons of Anarchy and Beta in The Walking Dead, will play the titular God of War, Kratos. Though the casting might come as a bit of a disappointment to the fans hopeful that Christopher Judge, Kratos' award-winning voice actor in the games, might have



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President Donald Trump (left) walks next to a highlight-green-vested Jim Farley, Ford's CEO, at the company's truck plant in Dearborn, Michigan.
President Trump joined Jim Farley, Ford's CEO, for a tour of the factory where Ford builds the F-150 pickup.
  • GoFundMe campaigns have raised nearly $700,000 for a Ford employee who was suspended after heckling Trump.
  • Video shows Trump giving the middle finger after someone shouted "pedophile protector" during his visit to a Ford plant.
  • United Auto Workers, the union

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  • Tesla shifts its full self-driving service to a subscription-only model.
  • Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the company will end outright purchases of FSD in February.
  • The lesson: You get what you measure.

"You get what you measure" is one of my favorite concepts in modern business. It means people and organizations tend to focus their behavior on whatever metrics get tracked and


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Verizon’s network appears to be having technical issues that are impacting calls and wireless data. Verizon customers on X have reported seeing “SOS” rather than the traditional network bars on their smartphones, and even the network provider’s own status page is struggling to load during the outage.

Based on the experience of Verizon users on Engadget’s staff, the services that are impacted appear