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The end of Stranger Things is just hours away—”The Rightside Up” starts streaming Wednesday, December 31, at 5 p.m. PT, if you’re counting down like we are—and Netflix certainly isn’t going to cough up many reveals ahead of time. It makes perfect sense, then, that the finale trailer gives us little in the way of new footage. Instead, we get a pep talk from Hopper (David Harbour) to Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) set against scenes of her struggles across the seasons. Though she’s been sidelined for much of season five thus far, it sure looks like the finale will put…

The College Football Playoff quarterfinals are set to begin on Wednesday. In the meantime, there is still plenty of other college football bowl action with three bowl games on Tuesday, and other bowl games on New Year’s Eve before the CFP starts. On Tuesday, Tennessee is -3.5 vs. Illinois in the Music City Bowl and USC is -6.5 vs. TCU in the Alamo Bowl. The final college football bowl game of the calendar year will head to the Cotton Bowl and Ohio State vs. Miami. The Dec. 31 CFP quarterfinal matchup has the reigning champion Buckeyes favored by 9.5 points, per…

Meta has acquired an AI startup called Manus — known for its custom research and website-building agents — in a deal valued at more than $2 billion, according toThe Wall Street Journal. It’s reportedly one of the largest acquisitions yet involving a startup nurtured in China’s AI ecosystem.Manus arrived in March 2025, shortly after another Chinese AI startup, DeepSeek appeared on the scene. The company (called Butterfly Effect at the time) originally described it as “the first general AI agent” to perform complex tasks autonomously, rather than just generating ideas. It draws from several third-party models, particularly Anthropic’s Claude 3.5…

If New Year’s Eve is about celebration, New Year’s Day is imbued with superstition. Every year on January 1, a peculiar assortment of historic rituals are performed as a way to invite good fortune for the next 365 days. One such auspicious practice that’s stood the test of time? Feasting upon black-eyed peas. This tradition is meant to bring good luck, wealth, and prosperity, and is ubiquitous throughout the Southern United States. But why? As with most cultural traditions—particularly those surrounding cooking—its origin story is nuanced (more on that ahead). If you care to begin your 2026 on an optimistic…

At CES 2025, NVIDIA spent the bulk of its presentation touting (what else) its leading position in the artificial intelligence arena. But it also spent time talking up new hardware, including and Project Digits desktop supercomputer (later redubbed ). This year, the it’s “lighting up CES 2026 with the power of AI.” To that end, NVIDIA is pulling out all the stops at its Vegas installation, promising hands-on demos in its booth at the Fontainebleau, replete with the “latest NVIDIA solutions driving innovation and productivity across industries.”But don’t worry if you’re not on the ground in Vegas. Here’s how you…

NFL NationDec 30, 2025, 06:30 AM ETCloseNFL Nation is made up of 32 team-specific reporters who cover the NFL year-round across ESPN.com, ESPN television shows, ESPN Radio, ESPN+ and social media platforms. It was established ahead of the 2013 season.With Week 18 of the 2025 NFL regular season upon us, we’ve hit the final edition of our NFL Power Rankings for the year. Our weekly poll featured plenty of variety up top in 2025, including nine different teams in the No. 1 spot: the Bills, Buccaneers, Chiefs, Colts, Eagles, Lions, Patriots, Rams and Seahawks.Which of those nine made the top…

In early December, Joshua Aaron, the developer behind the ICEBlock app — designed to let people alert others about the presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents — filed a federal lawsuit alleging his First Amendment rights were violated. The Department of Justice had urged Apple to remove Aaron’s app from its App Store, which the suit called unconstitutional. And Apple had complied — in the process, setting its own precedent for suppressing anti-ICE speech.The year 2025 has marked perhaps the biggest leap back for American free speech in generations. The Trump administration’s war on immigrants and civil liberties…

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) Heads of State Council at the Yntymak Ordo (Palace of Unity) presidential residence in Bishkek on November 27, 2025. Alexander Kazakov | Afp | Getty ImagesRussia and Ukraine continued to trade barbs Tuesday over an alleged drone attack on one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s official residences.Ukraine has denied that it carried out any such strike, describing it as a “complete fabrication,” but the Kremlin said that its military stands ready to retaliate. Russia’s foreign…

Cabbage“I love that cabbage had its moment this year. It’s such an underrated vegetable and incredibly versatile. You can braise it, broil it, blanch it, or bake it and it always brings something different to the table.” —Aidan Owens, culinary director, Herb & Sea + Herb & Wood, Encinitas + San DiegoSavory Martinis“A highlight trend of 2025 was the rise of the ultra-savory martini. Love a martini, but a martini that is reminiscent of the Willy Wonka three-course bubblegum? Perfection. I want my martinis to taste like tomato or sour cream and onion or seaweed, ideally. And if they come…

Photograph: Matt KamenBoot up the C64U, and you’re greeted by a re-creation of the C64’s menu. Here, you can type in operation commands just as you would back in the day, using the BASIC programming language. Problem: I don’t have the first clue about BASIC. However, in what is possibly the greatest throwback of all, the C64U comes with a spiral-bound, 273-page user guide. It is an absolute tome. Somewhat surprisingly, it’s not a reprint of anything that came with the original, but rather a tailored guide to what the C64U does, where it differs from the C64, and how…