Kyle Nowak

I'm Kyle, writer and associate editor for both The DONUT and Press Sports. I studied computer engineering at the University of Michigan – Go Blue! – and had a brief career as a live poker pro before joining The DONUT back in 2019. Outside of work, you can typically find me enjoying the outdoors with my dogs, curled up with a Brandon Sanderson novel, rooting on UofM/Detroit sports teams, or binging Psych episodes.

Kyle Nowak

Latest Articles by Kyle Nowak

Science & Emerging Tech
  |  February 4, 2025

OpenAI’s latest model is a personal research assistant

🤖 OpenAI on Sunday unveiled Deep Research, a new AI agent that’s capable of conducting complex, multi-step online research into a variety of topics (a DeepSeek, if you will).

Kyle Nowak & Peter Nowak
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🙋Polls

Polls
  |  February 4, 2025

Do you agree with the Trump administration’s decision to impose tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and China?

Our question to you: Do you agree with the Trump administration’s decision to impose tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and China?

Kyle Nowak
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🔥Hot Corner

Hot Corner
  |  February 4, 2025

🔥 It’s Tuesday, February 4th – and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.

Kyle Nowak & Peter Nowak
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Media & Entertainment
  |  February 4, 2025

“The Sims” celebrates its 25th birthday

🎮 On February 4, 2000, The Sims was released. It subsequently grew to become one of the best-selling videogame franchises of all time. But it wasn’t supposed to be a hit.

Peter Nowak & Kyle Nowak
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Sports
  |  February 3, 2025

Blockbuster Mavs-Lakers trade upends NBA title odds

🏀 Over the weekend, the Dallas Mavericks traded 25-year-old superstar Luka Dončić to the Los Angeles Lakers for 31-year-old big Anthony Davis and a 2029 first-round pick, in a multi-team trade that has NBA fans and players more surprised than at the end of a Knives Out movie.

Peter Nowak & Kyle Nowak
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Media & Entertainment
  |  February 3, 2025

Blue Man Group concludes its 34-year run in NYC

🔵 Yesterday – after 17,000+ shows and 82,000+ gallons of paint – the Blue Man Group played its final show in the Big Apple, where it’s been celebrating weirdness and inspiring sitcom writers with its antic-filled performances since 1991.

Peter Nowak & Kyle Nowak
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DONUT Holes
  |  February 3, 2025

🖱📰 Click to see a list of bite-sized stories you should know for today.

Kyle Nowak & Peter Nowak
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💬Daily Sprinkle

Sprinkles
  |  February 3, 2025

"Even though you are on the right track – you will get run over if you just sit there."

–Will Rogers (1875-1939)

Kyle Nowak
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🙋Polls

Polls
  |  February 3, 2025

What do you think is needed to get America’s young students back on track?

Our question to you: What do you think is needed to get America’s young students back on track?

Kyle Nowak
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🔥Hot Corner

Hot Corner
  |  February 3, 2025

🔥 It’s Monday, February 3rd – and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.

Peter Nowak & Kyle Nowak
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Discussion
  |  February 3, 2025

Trump enacts tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China

🌎 On Saturday, President Trump announced the first major tariffs of his second administration, in a move that sparked retaliatory measures and laid the groundwork for a global trade conflict.

Kyle Nowak & Peter Nowak
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Discussion
  |  January 31, 2025

America’s report card is out

📝 The results from the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress, aka “America’s Report Card,” were published this week by an Education Department agency.

James Bell & Kyle Nowak & Peter Nowak
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DONUT Holes
  |  January 31, 2025

🖱📰 Click to see a list of bite-sized stories you should know for today.

Kyle Nowak & Peter Nowak
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💬Daily Sprinkle

Sprinkles
  |  January 31, 2025

"Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working."

–Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)

Kyle Nowak
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U.S.
  |  January 31, 2025

Nation’s largest office-to-apartments conversion hits the market

🏢 This week, the country’s biggest office-to-residential space conversion – a 1,300 apartment remodel of a million-square-foot brick building in NYC’s Financial District originally constructed to house computers – hit the market.

Peter Nowak & Kyle Nowak
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🔥Hot Corner

Hot Corner
  |  January 31, 2025

🔥 It’s Friday, January 31st – and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.

Peter Nowak & Kyle Nowak
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U.S.
  |  January 31, 2025

Unpacking the deadly aircraft crash in Washington, D.C.

✈️💥 America likely experienced its worst aviation disaster in almost a quarter century on Wednesday night, when an Army helicopter collided with an American Airlines passenger jet above D.C.

Kyle Nowak & Peter Nowak
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Media & Entertainment
  |  January 30, 2025

AI is taking the Oscars by storm

🎭🤖 It’s awards season in Hollywood – and instead of debating over which A-lister was snubbed, one of the biggest controversies centers around how the Academy should consider AI usage.

Kailyn Toussaint & Kyle Nowak & Peter Nowak
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DONUT Holes
  |  January 30, 2025

🖱📰 Click to see a list of bite-sized stories you should know for today.

Kyle Nowak & Peter Nowak
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💬Daily Sprinkle

Sprinkles
  |  January 30, 2025

“Anyone who wants to achieve a dream must stay strong, focused and steady.”

–Estée Lauder (1908-2004)

Kyle Nowak
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