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Real Madrid’s decision to sack Xabi Alonso less than 24 hours after their defeat to Barcelona in the Spanish Super Cup final sent shockwaves across Spanish football.The move quickly became one of the most discussed topics in the aftermath of the Clasico, and it was inevitably raised when Barcelona sporting director Deco spoke to El Larguero.AdvertisementDuring the interview, Deco offered his assessment of Barcelona’s current situation, while also addressing the turbulence unfolding at their biggest rivals.Alonso’s sacking and Arbeloa’s appointmentWhen asked directly about Alonso’s dismissal, Deco admitted that the timing caught him off guard. Reflecting on the situation, he said,“The…

OpenAI announced it has acquired a tiny startup called Torch for an undisclosed sum. An unnamed source told The Information that OpenAI paid $100 million worth of equity for the startup. Torch’s four-person team is joining OpenAI, both companies said. Torch was working on an app that combined all of a person’s medical information for AI use from a range of sources such as doctor visits, lab tests, wearables, and other portals, including consumer wellness tests and the like. The Torch team called their tech “a medical memory for AI, unifying scattered records into a context engine.” The Torch team…

Last week, former Marni creative director Francesco Risso was appointed creative director of casual wear brand GU, which is owned by Uniqlo’s Japanese parent company Fast Retailing. Risso will also design a collaboration line with Uniqlo. It’s the latest in a stream of exchanges between Western designers at East Asian fashion companies, and a sign that the industry’s centre of gravity is no longer anchored solely in Europe.Francesco Risso. Photo: Estrop/Getty Images In October, Kim Jones was appointed creative director of a newly launched sub-brand, Areal, within China’s Bosideng — a megabrand known for its down jackets. In September, Kris…

Keeping my house clean can feel like an impossible task with a litter-kicking-happy cat and a two-year-old on a mission to throw everything, whether it’s Cheerios or pizza, onto the floor. One of the things that has made it easier, though, is my Shark handheld vacuum. The Shark UltraCyclone Pet Pro Plus is one of our favorite handheld vacuums, and it’s made it easy to clean up messes from both my cat and tiny human without needing to lug my old vacuum out for every mess. If you want a mess-free home for less, check our Shark coupon code.Get 10%…

PITTSBURGH — Aaron Rodgers will once again head into an offseason where he will have to make a decision about his future in the NFL.Rodgers’ 21st season came to a crashing halt on Monday night after the Texans scored 23 points in the fourth quarter en route to a 30–6 win over the Steelers in the AFC wild card round. The 42-year-old watched the game’s final drive from the sideline after throwing a pick-six on what could possibly be the final throw of his Hall of Fame career.”I’m not going to make any emotional decisions at this point,” Rodgers said…

If you follow Anthropic, you’re probably familiar with Claude Code. Since the fall of 2024, the company has been training its AI models to use and navigate computers like a human would, and the coding agent has been the most practical expression of that work, giving developers a way to automate rote programming tasks. Starting today, Anthropic is giving regular people a way to take advantage of those capabilities, with the release of a new preview feature called Claude Cowork.The company is billing Cowork as “a simpler way for anyone — not just developers — to work with Claude.” After…

A visitor takes a picture of a model of SK hynix’s high-bandwidth memory (HBM) technology during the 2025 World IT Show in Seoul on April 24, 2025.Jung Yeon-je | Afp | Getty ImagesSouth Korea-based memory maker SK Hynix announced Tuesday it will invest 19 trillion Korean won ($12.9 billion) to build a new advanced packaging plant, as it expands production to meet rising demands tied to artificial intelligence. The new facility will be located in the Korean city of Cheongju, building on the company’s existing footprint there. Construction is set to begin in April, with completion targeted for the end of…

It’s a weird time in the Stranger Things community. Following a monthslong lead-up to a finale that was so big it screened in theaters, the show’s superfans have been spending their time dissecting the fifth season in order to prove that a hidden ninth episode is coming that represents the true ending of Stranger Things. So far that hasn’t happened — but that doesn’t mean Netflix is done with the series. The streamer just released One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5, a two hour-long documentary about, well, the making of season 5. And while it’s far removed…

Bill BarnwellJan 12, 2026, 07:50 AM ETCloseBill Barnwell is a senior NFL writer for ESPN.com. He analyzes football on and off the field like no one else on the planet, writing about in-season X’s and O’s, offseason transactions and so much more.He is the host of the Bill Barnwell Show podcast, with episodes released weekly. Barnwell joined ESPN in 2011 as a staff writer at Grantland.Five NFL teams saw their dreams of hoisting the Lombardi Trophy end over the weekend. The Panthers, Packers, Jaguars, Chargers and defending Super Bowl champion Eagles all fell in the wild-card round of the NFL…

The UK is bringing a law into force that makes creating nonconsensual intimate deepfake images, like the ones that have proliferated on X because of the Grok AI chatbot, a criminal offense, as reported by the BBC.“The Data Act, passed last year, made it a criminal offence to create – or request the creation of – non-consensual intimate images,” according to a statement from Liz Kendall, the UK’s Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology. “And today, I can announce to the House that this offence will be brought into force this week and that I will make it…