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Here’s some inspiration for you, Future Party. Back when Michael Jordan (the GOAT) was playing for the Chicago Bulls, he had a very unique clause in his contract — the “love of the game” clause. It stipulated that if Jordan wanted to play a pick-up game at the park or school some high-school kids at the gym, he was allowed to do that… and if he got hurt doing it and had to be benched, his contract would still get paid out. Why was this in his contract? He didn’t want the job of basketball getting in the way of him playing basketball. That’s how you stay passionate.

Actor, producer, and entrepreneur Kevin Hart has sold the IP licensing rights to his name to Authentic Brands Group.

The Big Picture: These days, few things are quite as lucrative as name, image, and likeness (NIL) deals — but they’ve usually been reserved for pro athletes. By inking an agreement with Hart, Authentic Brands may be providing a blueprint for how entertainment superstars can further monetize their global star power… so long as they’re cool with seeing their face on everything.

The Fine Print: Reebok, Sports Illustrated, Juicy Couture… Kevin Hart?

Final Deal: ABG already has deals with former sports stars like Shaquille O’Neal and David Beckham, as well as the estates of Marilyn Monroe and Muhammad Ali, but Hart represents something new — a licensing deal with someone still in the prime of their career. While Hart could theoretically expand his image solely through his own company, HartBeat, it appears he’s chosen to lean on ABG’s footprint to turn his name into a bona fide brand… without having to foot the bill.

The Future: Hart Hotels? Hart Automotive? Hart Headwear? It could all happen.

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New devices are finding a home in toilet bowls, where they track the health of your pee.

The Big Splash: Tracking our every metric has become commonplace, with Oura Rings, Apple Watches, and Fitbits now monitoring our caloric intake and activity levels. But one of the best ways to analyze how our bodies are doing is to take a closer look at what comes out of them.

Behind The Stall: It’s time to optimize your bathroom break, according to Wired.

Last Drip: As strange as these devices may be, analyzing pee is already a routine way doctors assess patients’ health — you can now just do it yourself and then send late-night panic messages to your doctor when something’s off.

But privacy is about to get more complicated than simply closing the bathroom door when family and friends are over. The Dekoa is supposed to be end-to-end encrypted, but that’s turned out to be a bit of a pipe dream. So, yeah, some rear ends are already floating around in the digital ether.

Next Bathroom Break: Your stool samples are about to become the next hottest commodity in Silicon Valley.

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74.5% of you voted Yes in yesterday’s poll: Have you ever owned a LEGO set at any point in your life?

“But I got the ‘girl set.’ All of the blocks in my bucket were pinks and purples. I was so confused about why I was relegated to pastel hell, while my brother got a ‘normal’ bucket.”

“My kids give me a really complicated one for Christmas every year. It’s a lovely way to spend a few hours a day during the festive season.”

“A proud adult LEGOhead!”

“Everyone deserves to, but pricing these days locks people out — and that’s before the SMART Bricks have even launched!”

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🤼‍♂️ Netflix has won all of WWE’s library, including WrestleMania and Royal Rumble.

📺 Comcast’s cable-asset spinoff, Versant, debuted on the Nasdaq… and its stock immediately dropped 13%.

🎥 Peacock is the first streamer to get Dolby picture and sound tech. Very cool.

🤖 Nvidia released a bunch of new hardware and software aimed at making it the go-to company for powering robots.

🦾 But Google said, “not so fast” — it’s putting Gemini in Boston Dynamic’s humanoid Atlas bot.

👀 Former Meta chief AI scientist Yann LeCun admitted that the company “fudged a little bit” to ensure that Llama 4 passed certain test benchmarks. Yikes.

🏃‍♂️ GQ Global Editor Will Welch is stepping down from the publisher to work in an unspecified fashion with Pharrell.

👓 Meta will now let users do virtual writing with its Ray-Ban Display smart glasses.

🏠 Polymarket will now let users bet on changing housing prices. So not dystopian.