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Quarterback Rocco Becht has publicly committed to join coach Matt Campbell at Penn State, announcing the move in a late-Sunday social post. Multiple outlets report that Ethan Grunkemeyer is expected to depart for Virginia Tech, clearing the path for a veteran signal-caller in Happy Valley. What this means for creators

Life360 has completed its acquisition of adtech firm Nativo for approximately $120 million (65% cash, 35% stock) and crossed 50 million U.S. monthly active users. The company plans to pair its first-party family and location insights with Nativo’s platform to serve ads not just inside the Life360 app

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has issued a formal censure of Sen. Mark Kelly for participating in a video urging U.S. troops to defy “illegal orders,” a move Hegseth says could precede a demotion of Kelly’s retired Navy rank. The video, originally posted from Rep. Elissa Slotkin’s X

A viral flurry around a Bayern Munich prodigy sparked the familiar punchline: the club’s social team needs a vacation. The joke lands because it reflects a real operational challenge-when a young player catches fire, social velocity spikes overnight. That means more clips, more captions, more platform-native edits, more community

What happened: After initially signaling concern over Russian claims that Ukraine targeted a residence tied to Vladimir Putin, President Trump now says U.S. officials found no evidence the residence was targeted. Kyiv denied the allegation immediately; European officials also questioned Moscow’s narrative. The sequence-early alarm, quick virality, later

Heart of Michigan, a longtime downtown Howell retailer, is closing Jan. 31 as owners Karen and John Wing retire, per their social media announcement. After 15 years, the store is entering its final sales period and has started communicating key dates to its community online. The key takeaway here: for

Novak Djokovic has cut ties with the Professional Tennis Players Association (PTPA), the player advocacy group he co-founded, announcing on social media that his values and approach are no longer aligned. The PTPA notably filed suit against tennis’s governing bodies last year. What’s actually changing: Djokovic is stepping

A short TikTok of Pilates instructor and creator McKailey Fast stretching her legs up a plane wall on a Paris-to-California flight has cleared roughly 14 million views, proving once again that everyday discomfort plus a rule-adjacent visual is a reliable attention engine. Fast framed the move as self-care to ease

A weekend post from former Trump administration staffer Katie Miller-linking U.S. actions in Venezuela to supposed ambitions in Greenland-drew an unusually direct response from Denmark: “Stop the threats.” The exchange, sparked by an image shared on X, shows just how quickly a politically charged visual can jump from viral

Kayla Nicole’s New Year’s Eve outfit didn’t just turn heads-it generated coverage and wide social chatter, the latest reminder that a single, well-timed visual can ripple far beyond an initial post. As a creator with an existing audience and celebrity adjacency, Nicole sits at the intersection of