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The AFC East champion New England Patriots will host the Houston Texans on Sunday, with both teams advancing out of the wild-card round. The Texans pulled away late to win 30-6 at the Pittsburgh Steelers, while New England did the same in a 16-3 victory over the Los Angeles Chargers.Can Drake Maye lead the Patriots to their first AFC Championship Game appearance post-Tom Brady? Will CJ Stroud — likely without top wideout Nico Collins — do enough to help an elite defense?AdvertisementBen Fawkes gathered quotes from oddsmakers for all the games and our team of NFL handicappers provides their favorite…

Canada has agreed to drastically reduce its tariffs on imported Chinese EVs from 100 percent to 6.1 percent as part of a between the two countries. In return, China will be reducing tariffs on Canadian canola seeds from 84 percent to about 15 percent.The move is a break from the United States, which maintains a 100 percent tariff on EVs from China, effectively banning them in the country. Mexico currently tariffs the vehicles at 50 percent after last year.Under the agreement, which Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney “preliminary,” Canada will allow up to 49,000 Chinese EVs into the country, with…

President Donald Trump on Friday said he’d prefer to keep National Economic Council Director Hassett in his position as top economic advisor, a statement that could change the dynamic in the race to see who will replace Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve chair.During an appearance in the White House, Trump said, “I see Kevin’s in the audience, and I just want to thank you. You ⁠were fantastic on television today.””I actually want to keep you where you are, if you want to know the truth, he added.Hassett has been considered a leading contender to take the central bank reigns, competing…

The past year has been traumatic for many of the volunteer tech warriors of what was once called the United States Digital Service (USDS). The team’s former coders, designers, and UX experts have watched in horror as Donald Trump rebranded the service as DOGE, effectively forced out its staff, and employed a strike force of young and reckless engineers to dismantle government agencies under the guise of eliminating fraud. But one aspect of the Trump initiative triggered envy in tech reformers: the Trump administration’s fearlessness in upending generations of cruft and inertia in government services. What if government leaders actually…

Want more posts like this in your life? Join the Tiny Buddha list for daily or weekly insights. “Healing comes from letting there be room for all of this to happen: room for grief, for relief, for misery, for joy.” ~Pema Chodron I recently went on vacation with my partner, Jett. I want to tell you it was kind of a disaster, but the truth is, it was just life. I had a lot of expectations placed on this trip (I have a lot of expectations, period), and I thought my issues wouldn’t follow me to Mexico. We left the…

Only one ticket to the AFC Championship will be punched on Sunday afternoon when the Houston Texans and New England Patriots duke it out from Foxborough in the divisional round. Both clubs emerged out of wild card weekend victorious, thanks largely to some tremendous efforts on the defensive side of the ball. Against Pittsburgh, Houston engulfed Aaron Rodgers and the Steelers offense, holding them to just six points in a blowout win that saw two touchdowns scored by the defense. They also allowed Pittsburgh to move the chains on just two of its 14 third-down opportunities. Meanwhile, New England had an…

Several people are gathered around a bleach blond man in a bright pink suit suspended in a clear plastic tube. With a microphone in front of him and a giant sign reading TALK TO ME placed above, “Mike” waits, hands clasped patiently in front of his body, to take questions from his public. “Mike” is a hologram, powered by ChatGPT and created by a company called Hypervsn.The responses “Mike” gives to audience comments and questions are on a three-ish second delay, but the stunted flow of conversation might not matter much — an attendant at the Hypervsn booth tells me…

We independently select these products—if you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. All prices were accurate at the time of publishing.Another new product the brand launched last year? The Dutch Oven Cakelet Tray. It’s essentially a muffin pan that churns out baked goods that look like mini Dutch ovens. For fans of Le Creuset’s legendary do-it-all cookware, this adorable two-piece pan is a must-have.What You Should Know About Le Creuset’s Dutch Oven Cakelet TrayLe Creuset’s Dutch Oven Cakelet Tray is such a fun way to jazz up bread rolls, revamp petit fours, experiment with brownies,…

Can laissez-faire economics stimulate anything-goes menswear? This Uma Wang menswear collection recalled a moment when it did. The designer said she was inspired by the period in the 1930s when Shanghai was a booming but colonially-imposed creative melee of free trade, the Jazz Age, and homegrown tradition: “a pivotal era when Western modernity first intersected with Chinese classical culture,” as Wang put it in her release.The Groucho Marx style round-framed eyewear and the narrow-brimmed bowler hats, made in collaboration with Horisaki, were accessories placed to signpost Wang’s point of departure. Wang took period Western tailoring cues, including chalk stripe pattern…

This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent every Friday from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest phones, smartwatches, apps, and other gizmos that swear they’re going to change your life. Optimizer arrives in our subscribers’ inboxes at 10AM ET. Opt in for Optimizer here.I take my feet seriously.Which was why, in December, I found myself in an office, propping my leg up on a chair as a tech startup CEO used an iPhone to scan my bare tootsies from multiple angles. No, I wasn’t angling to become a saucy Victorian ankle flasher for OnlyFans. I…