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• Actors Chuck Norris, Patrick Muldoon, Robert Duvall, and James Van Der Beek died in 2026.
• So did "Dilbert" creator Scott Adams, Grateful Dead's Bob Weir, and pop icon Neil Sedaka.
• Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson and media mogul Ted Turner also died.

Below, we look back at those we lost in 2026, listed in alphabetical order.

Scott Adams, 68

• Abigail McCulloch started playing padel, a racket sport popular in South America, during business school.
• She'd been searching for a career option she was passionate about, and found it on the court.
• She dropped out of Wharton after a year to found her Chicago club.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Abigail McCulloch, founder of Alma Padel. It has been edited

Weeks after guru Mel Robbins received backlash for telling women to upload their banking statements to AI (specifically in an ad for Microsoft Copilot), OpenAI today announced a "personal finance experience" within ChatGPT.

The company is releasing a preview of the experience for Pro users in the United States, who can connect their financial accounts to the platform via the fintech software Plaid

• Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis lived in luxurious homes throughout the East Coast.
• She spent her childhood summers in mansions in the Hamptons, New York, and Rhode Island.
• The home she shared with John F. Kennedy before the White House just sold for $6.125 million.

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis grew up in spacious New

Emoji-obsessed Android users, get ready for Noto 3D emojis to take over your text messages, posts, and more. 

This week, Google announced a design overhaul to the nearly 4,000 unique emojis, which will soon be available on Android devices running the yet-to-be-released Android 17. According to Google, the previous emoji designs "often fall flat" when trying to express emotions online.

So, Google has

Sony’s Project Ace robot has become the first to defeat an elite human table tennis player. Using nine cameras and real-time spin tracking, the system reacts with incredible speed and precision. Here’s how Sony is pushing robotics and AI-driven motion systems forward.