1. Air Jordan Black Pack sneakers from Jordan Brand's 232323232323 Holiday 2026 lookbook
    Daily Roundup

    The Daily Roundup: Jordan Brand's Black Pack, Falcons at Packers, the Lucas Museum Opens, and Meta's $1,299 VR Glasses — September 24, 2026

    Jordan Brand's new 232323232323.com previews a four-model Black Pack for Oct. 3 and Nov. 7, the 0-2 Falcons visit the 1-1 Packers on Thursday Night Football, and Meta prices its 100-gram VR Glasses at $1,299.99.

    ·4 min read
  2. The white, curving Lucas Museum of Narrative Art building in Exposition Park at dusk, with the downtown Los Angeles skyline behind it
    Culture

    Lucas Museum of Narrative Art Opens in Los Angeles After 16 Years and Three Cities

    George Lucas and Mellody Hobson's privately funded, roughly $1 billion Lucas Museum of Narrative Art opened Sept. 22 in LA's Exposition Park, showing more than 1,300 works across 30-plus galleries.

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  3. The Air Jordan Black Pack — Air Jordan 14 Low, 15, 16 and 17 Low in black exotic-texture materials — on a dark textured surface
    Sneakers

    Jordan Brand Launches 232323232323 Platform, Black Pack Set for Oct. 3 and Nov. 7

    Jordan Brand launched 232323232323.com on Sept. 23 to preview upcoming releases, revealing the Air Jordan Black Pack (Oct. 3 and Nov. 7) plus Levi's, Social Status, JAIDE and SoleFly collaborations.

    ·4 min read
  4. Pair of Nike Air Force 1 Low '01 Subway Rat sneakers in shaggy College Grey suede with Pink Glaze outsoles
    Sneakers

    Nike Air Force 1 '01 "Subway Rat" With MetroCard Hangtag Releases October 7 for $150

    Nike's Air Force 1 Low '01 "Subway Rat" (IV6999-001) releases October 7 for $150 in shaggy College Grey suede with a MetroCard-style hangtag. A faux-fur "NYC Rat" AF1 Low (IV4884-200) follows October 23 at $140.

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  5. A man wearing Meta VR Glasses, a slim dark visor-style VR device with a tether cable
    Technology

    Meta Unveils $1,299 VR Glasses, Ray-Ban Meta Audio and Muse Charm at Connect 2026

    Meta unveiled $1,299.99 VR Glasses weighing about 100 grams for spring 2027, $349 camera-free Ray-Ban Meta Audio glasses shipping October 13, and Muse Charm, a keychain device for its Muse AI agent due in December.

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  6. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei speaking on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023
    Technology

    Anthropic Releases Claude Opus 5.5 and Cuts Opus API Prices 20%

    Anthropic released Claude Opus 5.5 on Sept. 22, cutting API prices to $4/$20 per million input/output tokens from $5/$25 and cache-read prices by 60%, roughly an hour before OpenAI launched GPT-6 Sol and Luna.

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  7. Jaxson Dart signing autographs after the Ole Miss spring game in April 2024
    Sports

    Giants QB Jaxson Dart to Have Season-Ending Knee Surgery After Injury vs. Rams

    Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart will have left knee surgery for meniscus, MCL and PCL damage and miss the 2026 regular season. Jameis Winston starts Sunday against the Titans.

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  8. A person wearing a white Unrivaled T-shirt with the adidas logo and a Bay Area cap against a purple wall
    Sports

    adidas Replaces Under Armour as Unrivaled Outfitter Starting With Season 3 in 2027

    adidas will outfit Unrivaled, the 3-on-3 women's league founded by Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart, under a multiyear deal starting with Season 3 in January 2027. It replaces Under Armour, whose contract expired this year; terms were not disclosed.

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  9. The Ferris wheel above the crowd on the Coachella festival grounds in Indio, California, in 2015
    Culture

    YouTube Renews Exclusive Coachella Livestream Deal With Goldenvoice Through 2030

    YouTube renewed its exclusive global Coachella livestream partnership with Goldenvoice through 2030, extending a deal that ran through 2026. The 2026 edition set the platform's record for concurrent Coachella viewers.

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  10. Boston Red Sox players and staff pose on the field at Tropicana Field in postseason clinch shirts
    Games to Watch

    Games to Watch — Wednesday, September 23: Guardians at Red Sox, Rays at Yankees

    The Guardians, one game up in the AL Central, visit Fenway on ESPN at 7 p.m. ET with Boston a -137 favorite. The Rays play the Yankees on Prime Video at 7:05, and the Padres visit the Dodgers at 10:10.

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  11. J. Cole's Dreamer Indie 5000 sneakers in white leather with blue zig-zag panels, worn on concrete steps
    Daily Roundup

    The Daily Roundup: J. Cole's Dreamer Indie 5000, Kawhi Leonard's $115M Raptors Extension, Paramount's 12-State Settlement, and GPT-6 Sol — September 23, 2026

    J. Cole releases his Dreamer Indie 5000 sneaker in Fayetteville, Kawhi Leonard agrees to a two-year, $115 million Raptors extension, Paramount settles the 12-state Warner Bros. Discovery suit, and OpenAI's GPT-6 Sol cuts API prices to $2/$10 per million tokens.

    ·5 min read
  12. Alibaba Group headquarters in Hangzhou, China
    Technology

    Alibaba Unveils Zhenwu V900 AI Chip and Targets 20GW of Data Center Capacity by 2032

    Alibaba unveiled the Zhenwu V900 AI chip at its Apsara Conference, claiming three times the performance of the chip it released in May, and CEO Eddie Wu set a target of more than 20GW of Alibaba Cloud data center capacity by 2032.

    ·3 min read