Hello, and welcome to Decoder! This is Casey Newton, founder and editor of the Platformer newsletter and cohost of the Hard Fork podcast. I’ll be guest hosting the next few episodes of Decoder while Nilay is out on parental leave, and I’m very excited for what we have planned. If you’ve followed my work at all, particularly when I was …
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EUGENE, OREGON – AUGUST 03: Noah Lyles is pushed by Kenny Bednarek following the Xfinity Men’s 200m final during the 2025 USATF Outdoor Championships at Hayward Field on August 03, 2025 in Eugene.Getty Images EUGENE – Noah Lyles came from behind to edge two-time Olympic silver medalist Kenny Bednarek in the 200-meter final Sunday at the USATF Outdoor Track & …
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William Byron — winner: “Man, how about that for some fuel mileage? We’ve had our fair share of things not go our way with fuel mileage, and just super thankful for Rudy, all these guys, all the engineers, all the engineers back at the shop. Just this whole race team, we’ve been through a lot this year. It’s been a …
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A challenging week for the United States swimming team ended with one of the most electric races at the world championships. The U.S. women’s 4×100-meter medley relay team on Sunday let out all the frustration from a meet hampered by a stomach illness, setting a world record to beat the Australians and clinch the gold-medal title in the final race …
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Charles Leclerc‘s shock Formula 1 pole position for the Hungarian Grand Prix has set up an intriguing battle at the Hungaroring as he aims to fend off the McLaren duo of Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris. While the McLarens can be expected to be quicker over a race stint as rear tyre wear comes into play, Leclerc was actually in …
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For months, candidates in the race to become California’s next governor had waited for a pivotal question to be settled: Will former Vice President Kamala Harris run or not? With Harris’ announcement this week that she’s out, a new question arose: Who’s the front-runner now? Because of Harris’ star power, the answer is far from simple. For months, other candidates …
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The first Emerson College Polling survey of the 2026 U.S. Senate race in North Carolina finds former Governor Roy Cooper starting the race with a six-point edge on Republican National Committee Chair, Michael Whatley, 47% to 41%, with 12% undecided. Cooper starts with significantly higher name recognition: 51% have a favorable view of the former Governor, 33% have a negative …
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