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Sam Heughan and Caitriona BalfeJohn Nacion/Getty ImagesThere are television romances—and then there is Outlander. For over a decade, Claire and Jamie Fraser have loved each other across centuries, continents, and wars; their devotion as enduring as the Highland mist that first enveloped their story. After countless episodes tinged with romance, revolution, and time-traveling, Outlander now begins its final chapter—ushered in with a premiere at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall on Monday evening.Since the series debuted back in 2014, the sweeping historical drama has transformed from a niche cult-favorite show into a global phenomenon—with a fan base to match. Long before…

EA is adding some big changes to The Sims 4: Later this month, it’s introducing an in-game marketplace where users can buy creator-made items using a new in-game currency called “Moola.” The announcements mark another big shift for the game, which went free to play back in 2022.Creators who want to sell in-game items will have to be part of the new Maker Program, which will be open to applications starting March 5th. EA will offer a “Maker Suite” that “provides official tools, resources, and clear guidelines” to ensure content made by creators works well when it’s actually in the…

Does everything feel like too much these days? Get When Life Sucks: 21 Days of Laughs and Light for free when you join the Tiny Buddha list. “Ironically enough, when you make peace with the fact that the purpose of life is not happiness but rather experience and growth, happiness comes as a natural byproduct. When you are not seeking it as the objective, it will find its way to you.” ~Unknown I had ten days to pack up my life. I was moving from Toronto to Florida, and I decided—very confidently—that I would only take what fit in my…

The Jets are going to use the franchise tag on Breece Hall per Connor Hughes.This is not a surprise. Jets general manager Darren Mougey said just a few days ago that the Jets would tag Hall if the team could not work out a long-term extension for the running back by today’s deadline.AdvertisementThere were two questions. The first was whether the two sides could work out a deal in advance. The answer to that is clearly no. The second question was whether the Jets would use the franchise tag or the transition tag. The transition tag was just about $3…

Social network X is bringing its private messaging service, dubbed X Chat, to a standalone app. The company on Monday said the initial beta of the X Chat app was being made available to 1,000 users through Apple’s TestFlight testing platform. The beta program had reached full capacity two hours after the announcement. According to an X post by xAI product designer Michael Boswell, the company will expand the beta beyond the initial 1,000 users “soon,” though he didn’t offer an ETA. “For the past few months, we’ve been quietly building a standalone X Chat app for iOS,” Boswell wrote…

Sign at the main entrance to a Best Buy store in Venice, Florida. Erik McGregor | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesBest Buy posted mixed results on Tuesday as the retailer’s holiday-quarter sales declined and missed Wall Street’s expectations, but its earnings topped estimates as it showed improved profitability.For the current fiscal year, the consumer electronics retailer expects revenue to range between $41.2 billion and $42.1 billion, compared with $41.69 billion in the most recent fiscal year. It expects adjusted earnings per share to range from $6.30 to $6.60, after it reported adjusted earnings per share of $6.43 for the previous fiscal…

Apple announced its new slate of laptops on Tuesday morning, including new MacBook Air and MacBook Pro models that use Apple’s M5 chips. The Pro models were unveiled alongside the brand new M5 Pro and M5 Max chips, which Apple describes as its most advanced CPU cores yet. The company said these updated M5 chips were specifically designed to make the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro laptops better at handling intensive AI tasks, which are becoming more of a focal point for new Apple hardware. Both the new Air and Pro laptops can handle AI tasks up to 4x faster…

Jon Rahm made it clear Tuesday in Hong Kong that his position to not sign the DP World Tour’s conditional release has not changed. Speaking ahead of LIV Golf Hong Kong, the two-time major champion spoke at length regarding the decision and why he is not wavering.”My position hasn’t changed in a week. I don’t like what they’re doing currently with the contract they’re having us sign. I don’t like the conditions,” Rahm said. “They’re asking me to play a minimum of six events, and they dictate where two of those have to be, amongst other things that I don’t…

Reports had suggested that Apple wasn’t going to reveal a refreshed MacBook Air with an M5 chip during its week of announcements, but whaddyaknow? Apple just went ahead and did that exact thing.Let’s deal with the bad news first: Apple is reverting a price cut from last year. It dropped the M4-powered MBA’s starting price down to $999, but for the M5-equipped model, you’ll need to shell out at least $1,099.The company claimed the M5 MacBook Air will be able to deliver four times faster performance in AI tasks than the M4 MBA. Compared with the M1 MacBook Air, you’ll…

My favorite kind of vintage purchase is one that comes with a rich history. Take the Zac Posen dress I found at last year’s Vogue Vintage Market, worn by Laura Love to her prom in the late aughts, when Posen himself was still a fledgling designer. Or the copper belt my grandmother wore to her wedding brunch in 1953, cinched over a white lace dress, as was the fashion at the time. Then, there’s the 1980s Bill Blass gown I thrifted that I later discovered had once swept up the steps of the Met Gala on Pat Buckley in 1995—back…