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Articles published by New York Times-owned sports journal The Athletic and its staff of over 450 full-time writers, editors, and producers are now part of Apple News Plus, Apple’s $12.99 per month subscription news plan, in the US, the UK, Canada, and Australia. Meanwhile, Wirecutter stories are also coming to Apple News and will start appearing in

Microsoft’s top-tier Xbox console keeps getting cheaper. It seemed like a big deal when the Xbox Series X fell to $350 just a couple of weeks ago, but now Best Buy is selling it through one of its limited in-app “drop” sales for a new low of $339.99 ($160 off). You can also still grab

Five gray wolves have a new home in Colorado; state wildlife officials released them yesterday in a spectacular show of efforts to conserve the

• November housing starts rose 14.8% from the prior month, hitting an annual level of 1.56 million.
• The jump came as a surprise, as Wall Street had expected 1.36 million. 
• The number of homes completed rose 5% to 1.45 million, but permits edged lower on the month. 

Housing starts saw an unexpected 14.8% jump in November

Space tourism company Blue Origin has set its sights on a New Shepard launch window that starts Tuesday at 11:37AM ET, marking its latest attempt since the rocket booster failed during its September 2022 launch. While Blue Origin originally planned on carrying out the NS24 mission on Monday, December

Apple only has a few days to save the latest Apple Watch in the United States.

According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, Apple is hard at work on a software update that could rescue the Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 from an impending retail ban in the U.S., which is set to start on Dec. 21.

The ban, ordered by the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), is the result of alleged patent

• Red Sea shipping has plunged into chaos amid attacks on vessels by Iran-linked Houthi rebels. 
• The region is a vital trade route between Europe and Asia. 
• Several major shippers, including BP and Maersk, have rerouted or delayed vessels. 

Merchant ships passing

• Elon Musk made news with plans for a new college, but a grade school and high school come first.
• Texas has few regulations on kids' schools; outside accreditation takes years but isn't required.
• Musk's Ad Astra School quietly moved to Texas, joining other tech-centric "microschools."

Elon Musk is launching a new private K-12 school in Texas —

The idea of the world ending usually channels excess: humanity running wild because, well, what does it matter anymore? And there’s some of that in Carol & the End of the World, a new animated series on Netflix. But mostly it’s a story about a quiet forty-something woman who uses the impending destruction of the Earth as a chance for self-reflection and