🎙️Episode 020:Spending, Schooling & Screens

🎓 Even a few missed school days can hurt long-term learning.

💸 U.S. consumer confidence drops to its lowest in over a decade.

🤖 AI may save execs time ⏳, but most employees see little benefit.

📧 Don’t click sketchy unsubscribe links—stay safe and spam-free 🚫.

📺 Apple TV needs a sports tab ⚽🏀, Shrinking Season 3 returns 🌱, and Xbox fans get Forza Horizon 6, Kiln, and Fable news 🎮.

😂 Not a sponsor, but imagine LifeOptimizer 9000™ handling school, work, inboxes, and gaming—life made “easy” (if it existed).

🏀⚾🏈 NBA, MLB, and NFL updates round out the episode.

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Sources:

Education

https://www.edweek.org/leadership/absenteeism-may-hurt-academics-long-before-it-becomes-chronic/2026/01

Economics

https://www.reuters.com/business/us-consumer-confidence-slumps-january-level-last-seen-2014-2026-01-27/

Productivity

https://mashable.com/article/ai-report-time-saved-workplace-executives-workers

Technology

https://www.fastcompany.com/91472824/dont-click-email-unsubscribe-link-do-this-instead-subscription-cancel-opt-out

Entertainment 

https://thestreamable.com/feature-apple-tv-needs-to-add-sports-tab

https://www.ign.com/articles/shrinking-season-3-review

https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/everything-announced-during-the-xbox-developer-direct-2026-forza-horizon-6-fable-beast-of-reincarnation-and-more

Sports

https://www.nba.com/allstar/2026

https://apnews.com/article/costas-nbc-baseball-nba-556ff7a0562fbd70c75c585e3f13a00f

https://arizonasports.com/nfl/arizona-cardinals/jonathan-gannon-packers/3609658/

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