Rookie watch: Nix, McConkey, Harrison Jr. come up big Eric Moody looks at how all the rookies performed during Week 8 of the NFL season.

This is the Mac Mini’s big moment Photo by Chris Welch / The VergeWhen the Mac Mini was first introduced in early 2005, it was pitched as a compact, “stripped down” desktop — and the most affordable Mac in Apple’s lineup. Steve Jobs referred to it as a “BYODKM” system: you’d bring your own display, keyboard, and mouse, and the Mini would provide a dependable computing experience…

Am I taking too big of a risk? My wife and I are considering putting an offer on our first home after stumbling upon what we consider our dream home. It’s at what I’d consider the top of our budget, but has me wondering are we risking too much? We’re both software engineers making roughly 500k a year. 420k in savings. Monthly income after bills, fun money, and employee match …

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How Donald Trump Is Making Big Promises to Big Business Crypto. Big Oil. Tobacco. Vaping. The former president has been making overt promises to industry leaders, a level of explicitness rarely seen in modern presidential politics.

How much do first year right out of school interior designers make in big commercial firms in NYC? Thinking of majoring in interior design. Wondering what the salary is in a city such as NYC? How difficult is it to get a job at a big commercial firm in interior design? Also, sorry if this is the wrong flair, I’m new to the community. Please correct me if it is. submitted by /u/Iluvpossiblities

OpenAI plans to release its next big AI model by December Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Getty ImagesOpenAI plans to launch Orion, its next frontier model, by December, The Verge has learned. Unlike the release of OpenAI’s last two models, GPT-4o and o1, Orion won’t initially be released widely through ChatGPT. Instead, OpenAI is planning to grant access first to companies it works closely with in o…

Astrophotography in a big city? Is it possible to capture photos of the Milky Way in a big city with lots of light pollution, with no special equipment (just a camera and tripod)? I would love to try astrophotography but sadly I don’t get to spend much time in the countryside. submitted by /u/Vegetable_Ticket4393

Big Changes to Retirement Savings Are Coming in 2025 There’s a key change coming next year for “max savers” who are nearing retirement.

The Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold Is a Big Step Forward for Foldables Foldable phones are still way too expensive—but Google’s latest model impresses.

Big SEC matchups, the journey for Boise State’s quarterback and more Our college football experts preview big matchups, storylines and sound ahead of Week 9.

The White House Bet Big on Intel. Will It Backfire? A plan to revive U.S. chip manufacturing rests partly on a company that is firing workers and delaying factories, even as the government pushes for the opposite.

Full Tensor G5 specs reveal big and small changes coming to the Pixel 10 submitted by /u/FragmentedChicken

Samsung Kicks Off Week-Long Sale With Big Discounts on Monitors and TVs Samsung has begun a new week-long savings event, and it includes discounts on TVs, smartphones, monitors and memory, wearables, appliances, and more. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Samsung. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running. One of the most notable offer…

Solana Token Issuer Pump.Fun Rakes in Big Bucks With 1M SOL in Lifetime Fees The platform has processed over $1.4 billion in trading volumes in the past 14 days, buoyed by an ongoing artificial intelligence-themed memecoin frenzy.

Small Agency, Big Results: The Impact of Early Engagement Competing with big national agencies is tough, especially when you’re smaller, maybe a regional player. But what if the secret to success lies in engaging with clients early and offering specialized services? Agorapulse’s Chief Storyteller Mike Allton sits down with Bob Case and Tim Trull from Lavidge, an agency that’s made waves by turning smal…

Crypto’s $130 million congressional election binge has candidates like Utah’s John Curtis poised for big wins In running to take Mitt Romney’s Senate seat, Republican John Curtis has benefited by being a friend to the crypto industry.

Tiger Woods’ new tech golf league brings big screens to the green in January Image: TGLTiger Woods is gearing up to debut TGL, a new “tech-infused, team golf league” he co-founded with fellow pro golfer Rory McIlroy next year. The first matchup at the SoFi Center in Florida will premiere on ESPN and ESPN Plus on January 7th, the league announced today. TGL is essentially a big-budget version of Top Golf that happens in a…

U.S. men’s Olympic hopes alive after ‘big win’ After an awful finish in their first match, the U.S. men’s Olympic soccer team used a stunning surge right from the start on Saturday to put their knockout round aspirations squarely back on track.

U.S. men rebound with big Olympic win over NZ The U.S. men’s Olympic soccer team scored three times in 30 minutes in a crushing 4-1 victory over Group A rivals New Zealand in Marseille on Saturday to deliver a big boost to its hopes of making the knockout stages