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A top-5 showdown on Monday’s college basketball schedule has the Houston Cougars visiting the Iowa State Cyclones. The No. 3 Cougars (23-2, 11-1 Big 12) are riding a six-game win streak, sit atop the Big 12 standings and knocked off Kansas State, 78-64, on Saturday. No. 5 Iowa State (22-3, 9-3) has won six of its last seven and is coming off a double-digit Saturday win over No. 9 Kansas. These programs have split four all-time meetings.Tipoff is at 9 p.m. ET from the Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa. The Cyclones are 2.5-point favorites in the latest Iowa State vs.…

If you need a little help with your New Year’s resolution to be more active, you can save on the latest Apple Watch right now. The Apple Watch Series 11 is on sale for $299 for Presidents’ Day, which is $100 off and the lowest price we’ve seen. A number of other Apple devices are on sale for the holiday as well.We named the Apple Watch Series 11 as our choice for best smartwatch overall. It scored a 90 in our review thanks to its 24 hours-plus of battery life and a thin, light design that’s easy to wear. It…

Remember 2016? Back then, a red envelope, a zodiac motif, or a familiar celebrity face could still carry a Chinese New Year campaign. Success wasn’t guaranteed, but these cues were often enough to signal relevance. A decade later, in 2026, the rules have shifted, shaped by a society in transition. A younger generation has grown more fluent in, and proud of, traditional Chinese culture, approaching it not as a spectacle but as a lived identity.At the same time, post-Covid realities have tempered the automatic desirability of luxury. Conspicuous logos and seasonal hype no longer justify their price or promise. For…

A short drive from London, the town of Potters Bar is separated from the village of South Mimms by 85 acres of rolling farmland segmented by a scribble of hedgerows. In one of the fields, a lone oak serves as a rest stop along a public footpath. Lately, the tree has become a site of protest, too. A poster tied to its trunk reads: “NO TO DATA CENTRE.”In September 2024, a property developer applied for permission to build an industrial-scale data center—one of the largest in Europe—on the farmland. When locals caught wind, they started a Facebook group in hopes…

The upcoming T20 World Cup Group B fixture between Zimbabwe and Ireland is far more than just another league game — it could decide Australia’s fate and shape the Super 8 line-up.On Monday, Sri Lanka stormed into the Super 8s with a dominant eight-wicket win over Australia. Pathum Nissanka’s breathtaking unbeaten 100 off 52 balls powered the chase of 182, while the Sri Lankan spinners derailed Australia after a flying 104-run opening stand between Mitchell Marsh (54) and Travis Head (56). The result left Australia teetering on the brink.With three wins in three matches, Sri Lanka have already sealed qualification.…

Tequila Turner collected her last regular paycheck in October 2024. Since then she’s traded her steady career in corporate IT for freelance projects and gig work, like delivering for DoorDash. Her income plummeted from six figures to a fraction of that last year, she tells me over the phone between making deliveries. She moved in with friends to save money. And she’s been hard at work looking for a new job — but so far, no real luck. Turner, 47, says she lost her job over a year ago when her contract role with a bank ended. The Kansas City,…

For its third title, developer Aerial_Knight Games leaves the freerunning exploits of its Never Yield duology and takes to the ground by way of the skies. Aerial_Knight’s DropShot puts the studio in shooter territory while keeping its distinct sense of style that makes this latest game stronger in concept than execution, but nonetheless charming. Throughout the game’s 50 levels, you’re tasked with eliminating your enemies in midair after you all jump out of a plane. Freefall scenes were in many action games during the 2010s (including God of War 3 and Dead Space 2) and made popular again thanks to recent battle royales like…

Eleven of the teams ranked in the latest AP Top 25 poll will be in action Tuesday, as conference title races ramp up with less than a month remaining until Selection Sunday. The headliner of the slate will be a battle of Big Ten foes when No. 1 Michigan faces No. 7 Purdue in West Lafayette, Indiana.Michigan jumped Arizona this week for the top spot in the AP poll for the first time since January 2013. However, the Wolverines’ last stint as the No. 1 team in the country was short-lived, as Michigan lost to then-No. 3 Indiana. The Wolverines…

Presidents’ Day is a great time to buy appliances, mattresses and furniture as they are often on sale for the holiday. Tech also gets discounted around this time, but you have to do a bit more digging to find actually good deals. And this year, Presidents’ Day comes right after Valentine’s Day and Super Bowl 2026, which means there are some overlapping sales to consider. If you don’t want to sort through the mess of bad deals out there, Engadget has you covered. We’re curating the best President Day sales on tech we can find right here. We’ll update this…

“The bob continues to evolve, rather than disappear,” hairstylist and Roz founder Mara Roszak tells me with a laugh. The latest version of the cut that’s growing in popularity? The bubble bob.“The bubble bob is essentially a classic bob with a blunt base to keep the weight with very subtle layering to soften edges,” adds Los Angeles-based Roszak. (It should be noted that the bob’s never-ending popularity is partially her doing—Roszak’s the shears behind Emma Stone’s artful grow out from shaved head to modern waved bob.)The cut isn’t just a West Coast phenomenon (though Los Angeles denizen Selena Gomez recently…