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The fluorescent lights of the grocery store hummed, a cruel counterpoint to the silence in my head. I watched the cashier scan the items, the familiar beep-boop-beep of the register a countdown to my humiliation. Pasta, milk, a loaf of bread, eggs—each item was a tiny weight on a scale, and I knew the final tally would tip it into the red. “I’m sorry,” the cashier said, her voice a soft, sympathetic murmur as she removed the items one by one. I nodded, my throat tight, and watched as my cart grew emptier, mirroring the hole in my stomach. The…

The fact that the College Football Playoff quarterfinal round kicked off just before the transfer portal officially opened epitomizes a sport where the present and future constantly clash.Four unfortunate teams saw their future become the present, after losses in much-anticipated quarterfinal matchups. Georgia became the fourth team off the board following its loss at the Allstate Sugar Bowl.With the portal now open, there isn’t time to lament the defeat, and upcoming NFL draft decisions will shuffle depth charts and rosters. Teams must assess key players returning and leaving, create wish lists for the portal and assess where incoming recruits fit…

Elon Musk’s Grok AI has been allowing users to transform photographs of woman and children into sexualized and compromising images, Bloomberg reported. The issue has created an uproar among users on X and prompted an “apology” from the bot itself. “I deeply regret an incident on Dec. 28, 2025, where I generated and shared an AI image of two young girls (estimated ages 12-16) in sexualized attire based on a user’s prompt,” Grok said in a post. An X representative has yet to comment on the matter.According to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network, CSAM includes “AI-generated content that…

Trader Peter Tuchman wears “2026” glasses as traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange at the opening bell on Dec. 31, 2025.Timothy A. Clary | Afp | Getty ImagesThe new year is starting off looking a lot like the old one.The first trading day of 2026 kicked off Friday, with tech leading the way as it had last year. Nvidia advanced. Semiconductors rose as a group, with the VanEck Semiconductor ETF gaining more than 2%. Micron rallied more than 7%, while AMD gained more than 2%. They were higher earlier in the session, but have since…

You’ve probably heard people say it’s impossible to go back and correct some error from the past. To those people, you should raise a middle finger in defiance (they are miserable, after all), and then point them to the tale of Pebble’s unlikely revival. The smartwatch pioneer’s return was a surprise of 2025, and now the company has resurrected one of its last great triumphs. It’s announcing the Pebble Round 2, and company founder Eric Migicovsky is looking to put right what once went wrong.The Pebble Round 2 is the successor to the Pebble Time Round, which debuted in 2015…

If it makes you feel better, you can rest in knowing that we arrived exactly where we said we were supposed to. The Baltimore Ravens visit the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 18. The AFC North is on the line. Wild horses weren’t going to keep Lamar Jackson from playing. After being a full participant in practice on Wednesday and Thursday, he offered his own prognosis. “I’m playing”.He and his teammates hope he can recapture some of the magic. Pittsburgh is again without DK Metcalf, as he continues serving a suspension for going ‘Hulk Smash’ on a fan.AdvertisementStop us if you have…

It’s time to reboot another OG Pebble smartwatch — specifically, the round-faced Time Round, which is getting a follow-up more than a decade after its original launch. The new Pebble Round 2 improves upon its predecessor with longer battery life and a larger 1.3-inch touchscreen display, ditching the chunky bezel that surrounded the original Time Round’s 1-inch screen.While Pebble’s original round-faced smartwatch only provided two days of battery life on a single charge, the Pebble Round 2 can go for up to two weeks. The 260 x 260 color e-paper display also provides twice as many pixels as the Time…

What are you drinking as you read this? Coffee? Tea? Water? What drinks you choose throughout the day can make a difference in your life expectancy—and, apparently, a combination of those drinks may even be elite.A large-scale, long-term study by the University of Cambridge shows that this combination of beverages actually plays a role in long-term health.A drinks study examined over 180,000 adults for 13 yearsThe study, which looked at 180,000 adults in the United Kingdom for 13 years, compared drinking habits in correlation to general mortality, along with certain disease risks. Each participant provided information on their daily consumption…

Honorable MentionsAs we said, WIRED runners pound hundreds of miles every year. Here are a few of the other shoes we’ve tested that you might want to consider if the above do not work for your foot. If you’re not familiar with a brand, we recommend going to a local running store for a test run before plunking down your credit card.Diadora Nucleo 2 for $165: The Nucleo 2 isn’t a wow, high-energy, super springy shoe. But if you’re a fan of straightforward, no nonsense comfort and good inherent stability across a good range of paces, the Nucleo 2 delivers.Rad…

While I went .500 on my picks last week, it appears I am set to finish as CBS Sports’ top NFL picker this year. Last week, we had the New England Patriots blowing out the New York Jets, the Philadelphia Eagles upsetting the Bills in Buffalo and the San Francisco 49ers cooling off Caleb Williams and the Chicago Bears. However, we were wrong to trust the Green Bay Packers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.Thanks for following along all year, and I can honestly say this has been my favorite NFL season in quite some time. This playoff picture is wide open.…