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- How Drew Brees ‘Lit A Fire’ Under Matthew Stafford Ahead Of MVP Season
Los Angeles Rams QB Matthew Stafford said Drew Brees "lit a fire" under him before his NFL MVP season, helping inspire one of the best years of his career.
- Meet ‘Pepper’ Baumer, The Man With Hot Sauce In His Blood
Hot sauce has been one of the hottest sectors of the food industry and third-generation owner ‘Pepper’ Baumer has built Crystal, his family’s century-old business, into a $50 million Southern staple.
- Elizabeth Warren And Bernie Moreno’s Plan Won’t ‘Save’ Social Security
The latest tax-raising idea to save the Social Security system would do immensely more harm than good.
- Singapore grads battle low-paid trainee stigma to get hired
Unemployed college graduates, facing a tougher job market, are turning to subsidized traineeships with pay far below the median starting salary.
- Deep-red Idaho just realized Trump’s immigration policy is lethal for its $20 billion dairy industry
A Boise State poll of 1,000 Idaho adults finds 85% support a legal working status pathway for long-term dairy workers — with Republican support at 79%
Technology
- Heat waves mess with your brain. Scientists are trying to figure out why.
It’s been hot in London this week. Really hot. A dangerous heat wave has hit Western Europe. Yesterday, the UK recorded its highest ever June temperature at 36.1 °C (about 97 °F). But as the weather app on my phone confirmed, it felt like 39 °C. It’s frightening that we are seeing such temperatures in…
- Microsoft adds another year to Windows 10 extended update program
About a quarter of PCs are still running Microsoft's previous operating system.
- FCC may kill $2B program that connects schools and libraries to Internet
Carr cites screen time concerns, is accused of trying to be "the nation’s parent."
- Notion killing Skiff-influenced email app since most users use AI agents instead
Notion is "going all in on using agents to run your inbox."
- Google finally releases a Finance Android app, promises iOS version later in 2026
It took 20 years, but the Finance app arrives just in time to be packed full of AI.
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