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• Taylor Swift's texts to Blake Lively were unsealed amid Lively's legal battle with Justin Baldoni.
• In one exchange from 2024, Swift and Lively discuss a rough patch in their friendship.
• Swift's response to Lively is thoughtful and honest, reflecting the strengths of her songwriting.

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They call it the Friday news dump — companies posting embarrassing news on a day the media is least likely to bother covering it. But Meta just took the Friday news dump to a whole new level with this announcement: It's disabled its AI characters for teen accounts, at least until the characters can behave themselves.

The news wasn't just dropped on Friday — it was dropped in an update to a blog

Meta is being sued by Solos, a rival smart glasses maker, for infringing on its patents, Bloomberg reports. Solos is seeking "multiple billions of dollars" in damages and an injunction that could prevent Meta from selling its Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses as part of the lawsuit.

Solos claims that Meta's Ray-Ban Meta Wayfarer Gen 1 smart glasses violate multiple patents covering "core technologies in

• Goldman Sachs announced 2025 compensation for CEO David Solomon on Friday.
• The bank will award him $47 million for 2025, up from $39 million the year prior.
• Goldman just wrapped the second-best year on record by revenue, and its stock has been up.

Goldman Sachs' David Solomon has restored the bank's swagger — and it just rewarded him

Lego and Crocs announced the beginning of a new partnership with the launch of the spectacular Lego Brick Clogs ($149.99), which look more like Legos than Crocs.

Described as a "multi-year global partnership," the brands will follow the new limited-edition Crocs with more product launches throughout 2026, starting in the spring. The future products will include "Crocs’ largest licensed assortment

File this one under "Things that make you go, 'Hmmm…'" Retro handheld maker Anbernic is launching a new controller with a screen. But unlike Nintendo's Wii U controller, there's no second-screen gaming capability here. Instead, the display is designed to "make customization intuitive and effortless." Oh, and the controller also has a heart rate sensor. Because, hey, if you're going weird, I say

• I'm a travel planner, and there are five European destinations I think everyone should visit.
• If you like the Beatles and are planning a trip to the United Kingdom, be sure to stop in Liverpool.
• Italy's Cinque Terre is one of my favorite places in the world, and I also love Porto, Portugal.

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