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French cinema actress Brigitte Bardot dies aged 91 Late shopper rush drives Boxing Day sales traffic Egyptian dissident should be deported from UK, Tories say Film lookahead: 20 highlights to watch out for in 2026 Cold weather to ring in New Year as amber health alerts issued 'Devoted' dad dies after assault outside pub Brazil's Bolsonaro undergoes medical treatment for hiccups Sophie Kinsella urged me to finish my bestseller, says Jojo Moyes Child dies in house fire with two others in hospital Kyrgios defeats Sabalenka - but what did 'Battle of the Sexes' achieve? Dark energy just got even weirder and why the Universe may end in a 'Big Crunch' Brigitte Bardot: The blonde bombshell who revolutionised French cinema On the trail of poachers illegally trapping China's rare songbirds Toxic air, broken roads and unpicked rubbish - why India's big cities are becoming unliveable Style trends to look out for in 2026 How Putin has kept Russia's billionaires on side in the war Fireworks and first-footing: Your guide to Hogmanay in Edinburgh Finding out I've got ADHD has saved my life New archbishop urged to scrap £100m fund over slavery links 'Remarkable' WW2 veteran dies aged 100 Watch: Spaniards hurl flour, eggs and fireworks in mock battle Ex-England striker Carroll due in court after arrest The life and career of Brigitte Bardot - in pictures Polls close on first day of Myanmar's widely criticised 'sham' election BBC News app The Newscast Review of the Year 2025 Were our 2025 predictions right? The magic behind your favourite Christmas music videos Classic World War Two film based on a true story 'Watkins has the edge - but Calvert-Lewin could yet make World Cup' Kyrgios defeats Sabalenka - but what did 'Battle of the Sexes' achieve? Humphries survives scare to progress with Van Gerwen Uncertainty and lack of form - Palace's 'flat' end to historic year Who has made Troy's Premier League team of the week? How Raya was able to execute 'absolutely brilliant' save against BrightonFinancial Times (World)
FirstFT: Trump and Zelenskyy begin crucial talks at Mar-a-Lago AI start-ups amass record $150bn funding cushion as bubble fears mount The Year Ahead: key elections will help to shape 2026 Trump says ‘thorny’ issues remain on Ukraine-Russia peace talks China’s industrial profits plunge as weak demand and deflation bite Russia claims Ukraine evading talks as Zelenskyy prepares to meet Trump Pope Leo’s pick to lead New York Catholics signals shift away from Maga Accounting groups expect fewer audit inspections as part of SEC overhaul Canada and Mercosur accelerate free trade talks Iran in ‘all-out war’ with US, Europe and Israel, says president UK places visa sanctions on DR Congo over migrant returns Santa’s good and bad economies list Brigitte Bardot, actress, 1934-2025 Poland races to build bomb shelters Japanese births set to fall below lowest official forecasts in 2025 Europe’s growth prospects depend on German spending spree, economists say ‘Wellness’ culture is empty without service to others India’s turbulent year in aviation Lloyds shuts invoice financing service as small businesses feel squeeze McCain Foods french fries dynasty split over heir’s buyout demand North Sea suffers worst year since 1970s as drillers freeze investment Move over, Tokyo — the world has a new biggest city China’s cash-strapped local governments drive record asset-backed securities sales The fall of a TV drug baron Europe races to placate pharma as Trump turns up the pressureFinancial Times (UK)
UK places visa sanctions on DR Congo over migrant returns ‘Wellness’ culture is empty without service to others Lloyds shuts invoice financing service as small businesses feel squeeze North Sea suffers worst year since 1970s as drillers freeze investment Europe races to placate pharma as Trump turns up the pressure Union chief backs calls for a UK-EU customs union Populists attack London because it is ‘progressive and successful’, says Khan UK aid sector braces for spending cuts in 2026 Bayeux Tapestry set to be covered by £800mn UK Treasury indemnity The FTSE 100’s worst and best performers in 2025 How weight-loss jabs are changing life in the City Political Fix: Quizmas special City of London churches offer sublime music in a divine setting The absurdity of a mummers’ Christmas ‘A lot of gold’: the business of dressing priests for Christmas ‘A place of welcome’: Yorkshire town rallies round to help asylum seekers The slow death of Britain’s TV channels One in seven FTSE 100 companies changed bosses this year UK government forced into climbdown on inheritance tax for farmers Whisky galore: Trump’s tariffs and cost of living create glut of undrunk Scotch ‘A stream of negativity and abuse’: why are Labour MPs still sticking with X? The good, the bad and the ugly of Britain’s labour market reforms Hats off! House prices fall in half of London boroughs UK exporters increasingly dissatisfied with EU trade terms, survey findsThe New York Times
A Father and Son’s $108 Billion Hostile Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery How Well Does Apple’s Live Translation Work for Japanese? I Tested It in Tokyo. Handy Phone Features Can Save You Holiday Time Where Is All the A.I.-Driven Scientific Progress? Gmail to Let Users Change Their Addresses While Keeping Data From A.I. to Chips, Big Tech Is Getting What It Wants From Trump Twins’ Peaks: The Gilbertson Brothers Want to Rewrite Your Country’s Map Before Electric Vehicles Became Political, There Was the Toyota Prius Worn Down by Worry, Parents Look Longingly at Australia’s Social Media Ban A Wealth Tax Floated in California Has Billionaires Thinking of Leaving Prominent Leaders Amplify Disinformation About Brown University Shooting Tesla Robotaxis Are Big on Wall St. but Lagging on Roads They Seek to Curb Online Hate. The U.S. Accuses Them of Censorship. Trump Administration Downplays A.I. Risks, Ignoring Economists’ Concerns Texas Age-Verification Law for App Stores Is Blocked, a Win for Apple and Google U.S. Bars 5 European Tech Regulators and Researchers How Much Water Does the A.I. Industry Use? Is Australia’s Social Media Ban for Kids a Good Idea? It’s a Hard Forkin’ Christmas! Former Roomba C.E.O. Reminisces on 2008’s Viral ‘Shark Cat’ Meme Google Buys Data Center Company for $4.75 Billion Some of the World’s Atomic Clocks Were Off Last Week (by 5-Millionths of a Second) Driving Somewhere for the Holidays? Here’s How to Make Your Road Trip Safe. She Fell in Love With ChatGPT. Then She Ghosted It.The Guardian
Central African Republic goes to polls as president seeks third term Opposition anger as Guinea’s junta leader is frontrunner to be elected president Israel becomes first country to recognise Somaliland as sovereign state British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah arrives in UK after travel ban lifted Trump supporters hail US strikes in Nigeria as ‘amazing Christmas present’ Venezuela says it released 99 people detained for 2024 election protests Weather tracker: Deep freeze grips Canada as US records warmest Christmas ‘They’re scared of us now’: how co-investment in a tropical forest saw off loggers ‘It’s the wildest place I have walked’: new national park will join up Chile’s 2,800km wildlife corridor Trump-backed candidate Asfura declared new president of Honduras Polls close in first phase of Myanmar elections widely condemned as a sham Myanmar is going to the polls. But it’s not the people who hold the power – it’s China Thailand and Cambodia agree ‘immediate’ ceasefire after weeks of deadly border clashes Former Malaysian PM Najib Razak jailed for 15 more years in 1MDB graft scandal China imposes sanctions on US defence firms over Taiwan arms deal Australian cruise ship investigated after leaving passenger behind runs aground off PNG with 120 people on board Minns government ‘actively’ considering if Jewish security group should be armed after Bondi attack Queensland braces for days of heavy rain as BoM issues flood warnings for parts of state Man charged with displaying Nazi hate symbol after showing off tattoos at NSW beach Man arrested after allegedly stabbing former partner and another man to death in Sydney Trump and Zelenskyy meet in Florida – as it happened Brigitte Bardot, French screen legend, dies aged 91 Off-the-shoulder tops and a signature hair-do: Brigitte Bardot’s style legacy Trump says Ukraine peace deal ‘closer than ever’ after meeting with Zelenskyy in Florida Zelenskyy heads to Florida for talks with Trump amid fresh strikes on Kyiv Two killed in stabbing and suspected car-ramming in northern Israel Southern separatists in Yemen report Saudi airstrikes near positions UK, Canada and Germany condemn Israel for 19 new West Bank settlements Israel strikes southern Lebanon as deadline to disarm Hezbollah nears Libya’s army chief dies in plane crash in Turkey Nepal TV host and ex-rapper mayor form alliance for election after youth revolt Top economists call for halt to Sri Lanka debt repayments after Cyclone Ditwah ‘A potential treasure trove’: World Health Organization to explore benefits of traditional medicines ‘Magical’ galaxy frogs disappear after reports of photographers destroying their habitats Court backs ruling that UK unlawfully detained Tamils on Diego Garcia Help UK ceramics industry or ‘lose piece of national identity’, government told One child dead and another in hospital after house fire in Kent Family pay tribute to man who died after assault outside Leicestershire pub Tories and Labour face questions over support for activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah ‘Rise in deaths’ predicted as amber cold health alerts issued in northern England Powerful winter storm to batter much of US with snow, rain and strong winds FBI deploys more resources to ‘dismantle fraud schemes’ in Minnesota One person dead and one injured after two helicopters crash in New Jersey Bernie Sanders criticizes AI as ‘the most consequential technology in humanity’ US strikes on Nigeria and Syria are ‘consistent’ with policy to combat IS, Republican saysHacker News
CEOs are hugely expensive. Why not automate them? Spherical Cow Slaughtering Competition Problems with Quantifier Elimination 62 years in the making: NYC's newest water tunnel nears the finish line As AI gobbles up chips, prices for devices may rise What an unprocessed photo looks like Researchers Discover Molecular Difference in Autistic Brains Dolphin Progress Report: Release 2512 Why I Disappeared – My week with minimal internet in a remote island chain Unity's Mono problem: Why your C# code runs slower than it should Software engineers should be a little bit cynical MongoBleed Explained Simply Show HN: Phantas – A browser-based binaural strobe engine (Web Audio API) Stepping down as Mockito maintainer after 10 years PySDR: A Guide to SDR and DSP Using Python Remembering Lou Gerstner Show HN: Pion SCTP with RACK is 70% faster with 30% less latency Designing Predictable LLM-Verifier Systems for Formal Method Guarantee Langfuse (YC W23) Is Hiring in Berlin, Germany Building a macOS app to know when my Mac is thermal throttlingGithub Trending (Python)
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The Nature Podcast highlights of 2025 Author Correction: Rolling back human pluripotent stem cells to an eight-cell embryo-like stage Seeding opportunities for Black atmospheric scientists NAC controls nascent chain fate through tunnel sensing and chaperone action Non-equilibrium snapshots of ligand efficacy at the μ-opioid receptor Daily briefing: Explore 2025 with Leif Penguinson Author Correction: Cryo-EM structure of a natural RNA nanocage Nature's News & Views roundup of 2025 Oddly cool super-hot planet has an atmosphere it shouldn’t Are we living in a parallel universe? The strange physics of Stranger Things ‘A serious problem’: peer reviews created using AI can avoid detection AI and quantum science take centre stage under Trump — but with little new proposed funding Publisher Correction: Covalent targeted radioligands potentiate radionuclide therapy Living water and whispering rocks: Books in brief Hot spot: plants use infrared signals to say they’re ready to reproduce US–Africa bilateral health deals won’t help against diseases that ignore borders Science in 2026: the events to watch for in the coming year Point of no returns: researchers are crossing a threshold in the fight for funding Dogma-defying signalling through G proteins could lead to better pain relief Mazdutide versus dulaglutide in Chinese adults with type 2 diabetes Mazdutide versus placebo in Chinese adults with type 2 diabetes Author Correction: Neuroimmune cardiovascular interfaces control atherosclerosis How the Romans built their empire of concrete Biobanks reveal genetic complexity in human evolution Is bird flu the next pandemic? The science so far Transient hepatic reconstitution of trophic factors enhances aged immunity Gene-specific selective sweeps are pervasive across human gut microbiomes GTP release-selective agonists prolong opioid analgesic efficacy Programmable 200 GOPS Hopfield-inspired photonic Ising machine An integrated view of the structure and function of the human 4D nucleome Palaeometabolomes yield biological and ecological profiles at early human sites Astrocyte CCN1 stabilizes neural circuits in the adult brain An 11-qubit atom processor in silicon The global hydrogen budget Visualizing interaction-driven restructuring of quantum Hall edge states Prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease pathology in the community Titan’s strong tidal dissipation precludes a subsurface ocean Human assembloids recapitulate periportal liver tissue in vitro Spatiotemporal cellular map of the developing human reproductive tract Lesion-remote astrocytes govern microglia-mediated white matter repair Laser spectroscopy and CP-violation sensitivity of actinium monofluoride 3D nanolithography with metalens arrays and spatially adaptive illumination The hidden cost of video-call glitches Stopping the next flu pandemic Beauty is in the eye of the beholder Seven feel-good science stories to restore your faith in 2025 I’ve earned my PhD — what now? Mechanism for water formation on rocky exoplanets demonstrated in the lab Virology’s most wanted: the influenza virus MIT fusion-lab head shot dead: a horror ‘impossible to believe’ Flu’s link to cardiovascular disease shows why vaccination is essential Could tracking animals’ health help to avert the next pandemic? How common is Alzheimer’s? Blood-test study holds surprises Take the News & Views end-of-year quiz: vampire fungus, migratory moths and a 160-year-old mystery The Nature Podcast festive spectacular 2025 The quest to hatch a bird-flu vaccine A modular quantum processor made using phosphorus atoms in silicon A universal flu vaccine has proved challenging — could it finally be possible? Systematic maps reveal how human chromosomes are organized Restoring youth to old immune cells: mRNA therapy turns back the clock Trump team plans to break up ‘global mothership’ of climate science Annual flu vaccines are far from ideal — this is why Immunological sin: how a person’s earliest flu infections dictate life-long immunity Safety regulations for cloning and a compass that finds true north Science’s role in my Great British Sewing Bee success Scientists skip key US meetings — and seize on smaller alternatives How my institution strengthened research despite chronic underfunding AI is transforming the economy — understanding its impact requires both data and imagination Giving a voice to animals: Laos’s national herpetologist on her day-to-day How fasting boosts breast cancer therapy NSF softens grant-review rules to cope with backlog The best science images of 2025 — Nature’s picks How 2025 showcased the power and resilience of science Grant cuts, arrests, lay-offs: Trump made 2025 a tumultuous year for science Tracing pollution in the lives of Arctic seabirdsCNN
Some on-air claims about Dominion Voting Systems were false, Fox News acknowledges in statement after deal is announced Dominion still has pending lawsuits against election deniers such as Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell Here are the 20 specific Fox broadcasts and tweets Dominion says were defamatory Judge in Fox News-Dominion defamation trial: 'The parties have resolved their case' 'Difficult to say with a straight face': Tapper reacts to Fox News' statement on settlement Millions in the US could face massive consequences unless McCarthy can navigate out of a debt trap he set for Biden White homeowner accused of shooting a Black teen who rang his doorbell turns himself in to face criminal charges Newly released video shows scene of Jeremy Renner's snowplow accident Jake Gyllenhaal and Jamie Lee Curtis spent the Covid-19 lockdown together Toddler crawls through White House fence, prompts Secret Service response Jamie Foxx remains hospitalized nearly a week after 'medical complication' A 13-year-old dies after participating in a Benadryl TikTok 'challenge' See pizza delivery guy take out suspect fleeing police Netflix is winding down its DVD business after 25 years FTC chair Lina Khan warns AI could 'turbocharge' fraud and scams Eating too much of these foods is driving the rise in type 2 diabetes, study says ADHD medication abuse in schools is a 'wake-up call' Apple CEO was presented with an original Macintosh. See his reaction Democrats bash Justice Clarence Thomas but their plan to investigate ethics allegations is unclear Russia is 'going backwards' in equipment and deploying post WWII-era tanks, according to Western officials Two Russians claiming to be former Wagner commanders admit killing children and civilians in Ukraine 'My stomach is hurting from laughing': Hear panelist's reaction to DeSantis' threat to Disney GOP prepared to block vote to replace Feinstein on Senate Judiciary Oklahoma governor calls on officials to resign over recording of racist and threatening remarks McCarthy slams Biden in handling of US debt US warns Russia not to touch American nuclear technology at Ukrainian nuclear plant Repeated gunshots fired on live TV as ex-lawmaker shot by assassins FDA clears the way for additional bivalent boosters for certain vulnerable individuals Maine authorities detained a person of interest after 4 people were found dead in a home and 3 others shot while driving Southwest says flights resumed after delays caused by 'tech issues' Damar Hamlin cleared to resume football activities after January cardiac arrest Pilot makes history after landing on top of a 56-story hotel Top US Navy admiral defends non-binary sailor amid some Republican criticism Fulton County DA says fake Trump electors are incriminating one another and wants lawyer disqualified High speed trains are racing across the world. But not in America Podcast: One country musician is calling for other artists to oppose assault rifles Here's what you need to know if you haven't filed your return yet — and even if you have Undocumented immigrants are paying their taxes today, too Opinion: Why millionaires like us want to pay more in taxes 'World's longest' purpose-built cycling tunnel opens in Norway Artist rejects photo prize after AI-generated image wins award These ships disappeared in Lake Superior a century ago. Watch as they're found again Erotic images of seniors show sex and intimacy in new light China's economy is off to a solid start, rising 4.5% in Q1 2023 Even when wives make as much as husbands, they still do more at home McDonald's is upgrading its burgers Google-parent stock drops on fears it could lose search market share to AI-powered rivals Bidets save you money and reduce waste — we tested the best options out there 50+ products to make your life easier and our planet cleaner Mother's Day is around the corner. Here are 50+ thoughtful gifts she'll love A head-to-toe guide of how men should dress this spring, and where they should shop 42 of the most useful travel products you can buy on Amazon The 7 best high-yield savings accounts of April 2023 Taxes are due tomorrow. Here's how to file for an extension Composting is an easy way to reduce food waste. Here's how to do it We stopped using aluminum foil for cooking and you should too. Here's what to use instead The beloved Dyson Supersonic hair dryer is at its lowest price ever Everything you need to know about Way Day 2023, Wayfair's biggest sale of the year The 10 best Amazon deals to shop this week Mifepristone saved my life The 2024 presidential alternative many voters will want Why isn't the House Judiciary Committee looking into Thomas? Top secrets come spilling out How did Sudan go from casting off despotic rule to this? Michelle Yeoh set to return in new 'Star Trek' movie Recap: 'Succession' finds dark humor in the aftershocks 'Yellowjackets' leans hard into '90s music nostalgia, and we're here for it Jeremy Renner revisits 'the amazing group of people' who helped him recover from his accident Review: 'Barry' takes a whack at its farewell seasonNPR News
'Bomb cyclone' forecasted to bring heavy snow, blizzard conditions and dangerous travel Russia sends 3 Iranian satellites into orbit, report says Viral global TikToks: A twist on soccer, Tanzania's Charlie Chaplin, hope in Gaza Memory loss: As AI gobbles up chips, prices for devices may rise Brigitte Bardot, sex goddess of cinema, has died For Ukrainians, a nuclear missile museum is a bitter reminder of what the country gave up Trump says Ukraine and Russia 'closer than ever' to peace after talks with Zelenskyy Jeffrey R. Holland, next in line to lead Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, dies at 85 Winter storm brings heavy snow and ice to busy holiday travel weekend Disability rights advocate Bob Kafka dead at 79The Atlantic
The Sad Dads of Hollywood North Road, Fall 2020 The Slow, Inevitable Death of the Bowl Game Some of Our Most-Read Stories of 2025 The Santa Presidency Good Intentions Gone Bad 55 Facts That Blew Our Minds in 2025 The Year in Food A ‘Trump Class’ Folly on the High Seas A 2025 Ranking You Won’t Read Anywhere Else How About a Little Less Screen Time for the Grown-Ups The Best Poetry for Dark Winter Days The Most Memorable Advice of 2025 The World Has Laws About Land and Sea, but Not About Ice Aphoristic Intelligence Beats Artificial Intelligence To Understand Today’s Left, Remember Daniel Patrick Moynihan Where Stranger Things Lost Itself Dusty Pillars Watching Someone Fail Shouldn’t Be So Fun Is Victor Wembanyama Too Tall? Netflix vs. Paramount How to Follow the Right Star So This Is Why Trump Didn’t Want to Release the Epstein Files An Idiosyncratic Christmas Playlist Why Has Comedy Become So Right-Wing?Vox
Ezra Klein’s year of Abundance How to break free of “money dysmorphia” — and 3 other tips on generosity The 2025 stories that prove people still run toward danger Why is the US bombing Nigeria? American women want to opt out America’s other populist, socialist big-city mayor What podcasts do to our brains Why 2025 was hell for job hunters The 12 Days of Christmas: The story behind the holiday’s most annoying carol The eternal awkwardness of winter breakAl Jazeera
Any Israeli presence in Somaliland will be a ‘target’: Houthi leader Mozambique win first ever AFCON game, while Algeria reach last 16 US President Trump says Russia-Ukraine truce talks in ‘final stages’ Kyrgios beats Sabalenka 6-3, 6-3 in ‘Battle of the Sexes’ tennis showdown When Palestinian existence is portrayed as hate Javad Zarif: Main threat to the Middle East is Israel, not Iran Protests turn deadly during demonstration in Syrian city of Latakia Niger’s military rulers order ‘general mobilisation’ against armed groups One year in Israeli detention, Dr Hussam Abu Safia’s son pleads for release Syria protests updates: Deadly clashes erupt as hundreds demonstrate Video: What do Rohingya refugees think about Myanmar’s election? US-Israel ties: What Netanyahu and Trump will discuss in Florida Gaza storm kills Palestinian woman as Israeli curbs on aid compound misery Kyrgios beats Sabalenka 6-3, 6-3: ‘Battle of the Sexes’ – as it happened Somalia condemns Israel’s recognition of Somaliland as ‘naked invasion’ Video: Israel slammed for recognising breakaway region of Somaliland Libya lays army chief of staff to rest in Misrata Defence spending has “fundamentally rebalanced” NATO UN’s Amina Mohammed: Why women pay the highest price in war Week in Pictures: From Gaza rains, France farmers protests to Myanmar vote Brigitte Bardot, French film icon turned far-right provocateur, dies at 91 Thousands in Kabul attend Afghanistan’s national buzkashi championship Israel kills over 700 relatives of Palestinian journalists in Gaza: Report Guinea votes in first polls since 2021 coup, military leader likely to win Video: Myanmar’s military holds first election since 2021 coupArs Technica
Embark on a visual voyage of art inspired by black holes In the ’90s, Wing Commander: Privateer made me realize what kind of games I love Ars Technica’s Top 20 video games of 2025 Being Santa Claus is a year-round calling SPEED Act passes in House despite changes that threaten clean power projects TV Technica: Our favorite shows of 2025 How AI coding agents work—and what to remember if you use them China just carried out its second reusable launch attempt in three weeks Leaked Avengers: Doomsday teaser is now public FCC’s import ban on the best new drones starts today OpenAI’s child exploitation reports increased sharply this year “Yo what?” LimeWire re-emerges in online rush to share pulled “60 Minutes” segment F1’s new engines are causing consternation over compression ratios The Splay is a subpar monitor but an exciting portable projector In a surprise announcement, Tory Bruno is out as CEO of United Launch Alliance Call of Duty co-creator and Battlefield lead Vince Zampella dies in car crash Safety panel says NASA should have taken Starliner incident more seriously World’s largest shadow library made a 300TB copy of Spotify’s most streamed songs US blocks all offshore wind construction, says reason is classified Odyssey trailer brings the myth to vivid lifeSlashdot
There Was Some Good News on Green Energy in 2025 'No Happy Ending for Movie Theatres', Argues WSJ - No Matter Who Wins Warner Bros. Did Tim Cook Post AI Slop in His Christmas Message Promoting 'Pluribus'? Texas Father Rescues Kidnapped 15-Year-Old Daughter After Tracking Her Phone's Location Up Next for Arduino After Qualcomm Acquisition: High-Performance Computing Google's 'AI Overview' Wrongly Accused a Musician of Being a Sex Offender How Will Rising RAM Prices Affect Laptop Companies? Challenges Face European Governments Pursuing 'Digital Sovereignty' Is Dark Energy Weakening? Sal Khan: Companies Should Give 1% of Profits To Retrain Workers Displaced By AI Military Planners Dread the Arctic, 'Where Drones Drop Dead and GPS Goes Haywire' OpenAI is Hiring a New 'Head of Preparedness' to Predict/Mitigate AI's Harms Researchers Show Some Robots Can Be Hijacked Just Through Spoken Commands New Runtime Standby ABI Proposed for Linux Like Microsoft Windows' 'Modern Standby' Is Russia Developing an Anti-Satellite Weapon to Target Starlink?Gizmodo
The ‘Stranger Things’ Brothers on Resolving Relationships and Character Closure Attackers Caused So Much Havoc Inside Rainbow Six Siege, Ubisoft Shut Down the Whole Game Prime Video May Expand ‘Fallout’ With a Reality Show Spinoff We Now Know What You’ll Be Charged if You Puke in a Tesla Robotaxi ‘Dune 3’ May Fight ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ For Your Holiday Time The Absolute Universe Gave DC a Great Comics Year Draft Chinese AI Rules Outline ‘Core Socialist Values’ for AI Human Personality Simulators ‘This Will Be a Stressful Job’: OpenAI Is Hiring for a Position That Sounds Horrifying Tim Blake Nelson Wrote a Novel About Superhero Actors Why Is Wonder Woman Like This? Zack Snyder Reveals Henry Cavill in the Reeves Superman Suit California Might Tax Billionaires. Cue the Inevitable Tech Billionaire Tantrum ‘Ben 10’ Was, First and Foremost, for Kids—and Also for Itself ‘Last Airbender’ Fans Will Fight to See Their ‘Avatar’ in Theaters ‘Wicked: For Good’ Comes Home Next Week With a Bubble Full of Extras Scientists Make Material That Can Morph Into Anything With the Pull of a String Uh Oh: Male Mosquitoes Can Feed on Our Blood, Too James Cameron Will Tell Us the Future of ‘Avatar,’ No Matter What Deepfakes Leveled up in 2025—Here’s What’s Coming Next ‘Stranger Things’ Star Jamie Campbell Bower on Playing Vecna’s VariationsSmithsonian Magazine
Ten Top Smithsonian Stories of 2025, From Eerie Clay Puppets With Detachable Heads to a New Look at the American Revolution Banksy Unveils Two New Murals of Children Gazing Up at the Sky Days Before Christmas A Forgotten Louisa May Alcott Story Showcases the Author's Twist on Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol' Women Are More Likely to Have Irritable Bowel Syndrome. This Newfound Gut Pain Pathway Might Explain Why The Top Ten Dinosaur Discoveries of 2025, From Preserved Blood Vessels to the Return of a Short King The Mysterious Hjortspring Boat That Sank in Denmark 2,400 Years Ago Is Still Revealing Its Secrets In a First, Astronomers May Have Witnessed a Rare Double Explosion of a Star Called a Superkilonova Recovered Steamer Trunks Reveal the Overlooked Histories of Filipino American Farm Workers in the Early 20th Century Denmark's Postal Service Is About to Stop Delivering Physical Letters After 400 Years Need a Quick Boost in Physical Strength? Try Blurting Out Some Curse Words, a Study SuggestsInfoQ
Docker Makes Hardened Images Free in Container Security Shift MinIO GitHub Repository in Maintenance Mode: What's Next for the Open Source Object Storage? How Authress Designed for Resilience and Survived a Major AWS Outage Running Modern ES2023 JavaScript Inside Go Using QJS and WebAssembly AWS Launches Network Firewall Proxy in Preview to Simplify Managed Egress Security Cloudflare Open Sources tokio‑quiche, Promising Easier QUIC and HTTP/3 in Rust Uber Adopts Amazon OpenSearch for Semantic Search to Better Capture User Intent Benchmarking beyond the Application Layer: How Uber Evaluates Infrastructure Changes and Cloud Skus Presentation: Changing Power Dynamics: What Senior Engineers Can Learn From Junior Engineers Podcast: Effective Mentorship and Remote Team Culture with Gilad Shoham Beyond Win Rates: How Spotify Quantifies Learning in Product Experiments QCon AI NY 2025 - Becoming AI-Native without Losing our Minds to Architectural Amnesia How Artificial Intelligence Can Help Us Connect with Customers AWS and Google Cloud Preview Secure Multicloud Networking Orion: New Zero-Telemetry, Zero-Ad, AI-Proof Browser for Privacy-Focused UsersDynomight
Good if make prior after data instead of before Why the chicken crossed the road, according to various entities Underrated reasons to be thankful V Make product worse, get money Dating: A mysterious constellation of facts Pointing machines, population pyramids, post office scandal, type species, and horse urine Will the explainer post go extinct? Y’all are over-complicating these AI-risk arguments Shoes, Algernon, Pangea, and Sea Peoples Dear PendingKetchup You can try to like stuff I guess I was wrong about AI persuasion Futarchy’s fundamental flaw — the market — the blog post Heritability puzzlers New colors without shooting lasers into your eyes My 9-week unprocessed food self-experiment Links for July Do blue-blocking glasses improve sleep? Scribble-based forecasting and AI 2027 The AI safety problem is wanting Thoughts on the AI 2027 discourse Moral puzzles: Man vs. machine Please take my weird moral puzzles quiz Futarchy’s fundamental flaw Optimizing tea: An N=4 experiment My advice on (internet) writing, for what it’s worth DumPy: NumPy except it’s OK if you’re dum The Heat Mirage: My least-favorite internet maneuver I don’t like NumPy How to title your blog post or whateverMarginal Revolution
Sunday assorted links The Hainan Free Trade Port A Call for New Aesthetics The Macroeconomic Effects of Tariffs: Evidence From U.S. Historical Data More Saturday assorted links Saturday assorted links A model of girl happiness, a compensatory-use study Friday assorted links Scientific discoveries will be made by the young Cayman (U.S.) fact of the day Will AI Improve Undergraduate Economics Education? Emergent Ventures India, 15th cohort Christmas assorted links Marginal Returns to Public Universities Merry ChristmasNot Boring
My 5 Favorite Not Boring Essays of 2025 Weekly Dose of Optimism #174 Weekly Dose of Optimism #173 Hardware is a Fruit Weekly Dose of Optimism #172 Cable Caballero Weekly Dose of Optimism #171 Weekly Dose of Optimism #170 The Company as a Machine for Doing Stuff Weekly Dose of Optimism #169 Weekly Dose of Optimism #168 Take Weird Ideas Seriously Weekly Dose of Optimism #167 Weekly Dose of Optimism #166 Weekly Dose of Optimism #165 Weekly Dose of Optimism #164 Thatch Weekly Dose of Optimism #163 Weekly Dose of Optimism #162 Weekly Dose of Optimism #161Coding Horror
The Road Not Taken is Guaranteed Minimum Income Let's Talk About The American Dream Stay Gold, America The Great Filter Comes For Us All I Fight For The Users The 2030 Self-Driving Car Bet Updating The Single Most Influential Book of the BASIC Era Building a PC, Part IX: Downsizing The Rise of the Electric Scooter Electric Geek Transportation Systems An Exercise Program for the Fat Web The Cloud Is Just Someone Else’s Computer What does Stack Overflow want to be when it grows up? There is no longer any such thing as Computer Security To Serve Man, with SoftwareNASA Breaking News
Studying Physics in Microgravity Santa Visits Artemis II Rocket OPERA: Addressing Societal Needs with Satellite Data Get In, We’re Going Moonbound: Meet NASA’s Artemis Closeout Crew Artemis II Crew Launch Day Rehearsal Artemis II Flight Crew, Teams Conduct Demonstration Ahead of Launch NASA Astronaut Nick Hague Retires NASA’s Hubble Reveals Largest Found Chaotic Birthplace of Planets I Am Artemis: Grace Lauderdale Curiosity Blog, Sols 4750-4762: See You on the Other Side of the SunQuanta Magazine
How Dad’s Fitness May Be Packaged and Passed Down in Sperm RNA The Year in Mathematics The Year in Physics The Year in Computer Science The Year in BiologyScience Daily
The deep ocean has a missing link and scientists finally found it Mini brains reveal clear brain signals of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder Fusion reactors may create dark matter particles Losing weight in midlife may have a hidden brain cost Zombie worms are missing and scientists are alarmed A rare cancer-fighting plant compound has finally been decoded Large Hadron Collider finally explains how fragile matter forms Hidden heat beneath Greenland could change sea level forecasts A massive scientific review put alternative autism therapies to the test Stanford scientists uncover why mRNA COVID vaccines can trigger heart inflammation Physicists close in on the elusive sterile neutrino Cancer cells depend on a dangerous DNA repair trick Scientists may have found the best place for humans to land on Mars A new superconductor breaks rules physicists thought were fixed Eating more vitamin C can physically change your skin This tiny chip could change the future of quantum computing Something fundamental about black holes may be changing This strange magnetism could power tomorrow’s AI A Christmas tree 80 light-years wide appears in space This common food ingredient may shape a child’s health for life A strange star near a black hole is defying expectations Astronomers discover one of the Universe’s largest spinning structures How Earth endured a planet-wide inferno: The secret water vault under our feet Oceans are supercharging hurricanes past Category 5 This popular painkiller may do more harm than good Back from the dead: “Extinct” fish rediscovered in a remote Bolivian pond after 20 years Scientists found a way to restore brain blood flow in dementia Why some people keep making the same bad decisions What are asteroids really made of? New analysis brings space mining closer to reality New technology eliminates “forever chemicals” with record-breaking speed and efficiency Scientists say evolution works differently than we thought What you eat could decide the planet’s future Scientists reverse Alzheimer’s in mice and restore memory Why consciousness can’t be reduced to code AI supercharges scientific output while quality slips We are living in a golden age of species discovery A surprising brain cleanup reduced epileptic seizures and restored memory This new 3D chip could break AI’s biggest bottleneck Physicists found a way to make thermodynamics work in the quantum world This tiny peptide could help stop brain damage after injury “Purifying” photons: Scientists found a way to clean light itself These nanoparticles kill cancer cells while sparing healthy ones This ultra-sensitive imaging system can spot cancer earlier Your roommate’s genes may be shaping your gut bacteria Scientists find a weak spot in deadly fungus that shut down hospital intensive care units Why evolution rewarded ants that sacrificed protection A new drug could stop Alzheimer’s before memory loss begins This simulation reveals what really happens near black holes This cancer-fighting molecule took 50 years to build This fish-inspired filter removes over 99% of microplastics Dinosaur bones found almost on top of each other in Transylvania MIT scientists strip cancer of its sugar shield Hidden brain maps that make empathy feel physical Physicists made atoms behave like a quantum circuit Are they really listening? Watch their blinks Study links full-fat cheese to lower dementia risk This AI finds simple rules where humans see only chaos A traditional Brazilian plant shows unexpected strength against arthritis Why one long walk may be better than many short ones Global warming could trigger the next ice ageSpaceflight Now
Live Coverage: SpaceX tries again to launch Italian Earth observation satellite Former ULA president and CEO Tory Bruno joins Blue Origin H3 rocket suffers upper stage anomaly, fails to correctly deploy navigation satellite Tory Bruno steps down as President, CEO of ULA Astronauts, launch teams practice Artemis 2 countdown Space Development Agency awards roughly $3.5 billion to 4 companies for 72 missile tracking and warning satellites Rocket Lab launches 4 novel DiskSat satellites for U.S. Space Force, NASA Senate confirms Jared Isaacman as 15th NASA Administrator SpaceX flies Starlink mission using Falcon 9 booster flying for a 30th time SpaceX launches Wednesday morning Starlink mission from Kennedy Space CenterSpace Daily
AI systems proposed to boost launch cadence reliability and traffic management China debuts Long March 12A reusable rocket in Jiuquan test flight Curiosity Blog, Sols 4750-4762: See You on the Other Side of the Sun Lunar dust model maps how charged grains stick to spacecraft NASA team presses MAVEN recovery before Mars solar conjunction Wind-Sculpted Landscapes: Investigating the Martian Megaripple 'Hazyview' AST BlueBird 6 enters orbit as record low Earth orbit cellular array Axelspace sets multi launch framework with Exolaunch for AxelLiner mission growth When 5G networks bolster satellite navigation Space ground fluid AI framework targets satellite powered 6G edge intelligence Starlight falls short in giant star wind power SPHEREx completes first full sky infrared map of the cosmos CoDICE instrument returns first-light particle data for IMAP mission Webb maps carbon rich atmosphere on distorted pulsar planet Hubble pinpoints asteroid smash ups in nearby Fomalhaut systemSpace News
Synspective tapped to provide satellite imagery for Japan’s new military constellation Former ULA chief Bruno joins Blue Origin Perseverance continues science mission amid uncertainty about Mars Sample Return Innospace plans second launch in 2026 after failure of first Hanbit-Nano rocket Indian rocket launches AST SpaceMobile’s next-gen BlueBird 6 satellite ESA to hire 520 new staff as workforce expansion begins in 2026 How physics AI is transforming the future of space engineering Long March 12A reaches orbit in first reusable launch attempt, but landing fails CACI to buy space technology firm ARKA for $2.6 billion United Launch Alliance chief Tory Bruno resigns Microgravity Research Rideshare Program Launched by Genesis, Experiments from €6K to and from SSO It’s time to unburden space cooperation with China Desert Works Propulsion expands U.S. ion propulsion capability through domestic manufacturing partnership and test capacity growth Japan’s H3 suffers second-stage anomaly, QZS-5 satellite lost Isaacman emphasizes accelerating NASA programs as he takes agency’s reins Rocket Lab wraps up record launch year Blue Origin flies first wheelchair user to space NASA safety panel recommends review of Artemis plans Space Development Agency awards $3.5 billion in contracts for missile-tracking satellites Hungary’s 4iG commits to $100 million Axiom Space investment ESA weighing options to address exploration funding shortfall Middle East Space Conference 2026 Returns to Muscat as a Strategic Platform for Regional Growth The hidden backbone of space security: how to keep satellites safe through proper logistics Astrobotic secures contracts for suborbital vehicle developmentMartin Fowler
Fragments: December 16 Writing Fragments Fragments Dec 11 Fragments Dec 4 Fragments Nov 19 My Foreword to "Frictionless" The Learning Loop and LLMs Fragments Nov 3 Agentic AI and Security Fragments and Links Understanding Spec-Driven-Development: Kiro, spec-kit, and Tessl Anchoring AI to a reference application To vibe or not to vibe Some thoughts on LLMs and Software Development From Black Box to Blueprint Research, Review, Rebuild: Intelligent Modernisation with MCP and Strategic Prompting Building your own CLI Coding Agent with Pydantic-AI Chatting with Unmesh about building language with LLMs Bliki: Expansion Joints Team OKRs in Action Impact Intelligence, addressing common objections Quick but worthwhile links Actions to improve impact intelligence The Reformist CTO’s Guide to Impact Intelligence How far can we push AI autonomy in code generation? Partner with the AI, throw away the code Who is LLM Generative AI in software and essaying Three worthwhile articles yesterday I still care about the codeEmbedded Artistry
What I’ve Been Up To (20251205) Life After Burnout Automating Away the Fun Parts Creating Deterministic Zip Files with Git Commit Timestamps Papers in Systems: Schön on Dynamic Conservatism Reclaim Your Data: Freeing a Wi-Fi Sensor from the Cloud 2022-2023 Quarterly Discussion Panel Archives Exploring Serverless CI/CD for Embedded Devices How to cherry-pick Specific Files from a Commit 2023 in Review Managing Issues and Improving Products After Launch Resolving Git Commit History Divergence Due to Case-Sensitive Rename Operations Responses to the Commentariat on the -Werror Article Leveraging Your Toolchain to Improve Security Best Practices for Safeguarding Your Connected Devices Q&A: How Do You Stay on the Path and Make it to “Done”? Q&A: How Many Iterations Do You Recommend for Scaling From a Prototype to Mass Production? Q&A: To What Degree Should We Understand Other Disciplines? Meson Pattern: Monorepo that Supports Individual Subproject Builds From Concept to Launch: What It Takes to Build and Ship a New Device The Simple Fixes on the Quest for Improved Performance Schrödinger’s Meeting Building a Simplified CLI Using Invoke (for Monorepo Management) Replacing find Shell Commands with Python Q&A: What Pieces of the OTA Update Pipeline Should You Front Load? Q&A: How Do You Manage Updates that Introduce Incompatible Changes? Q&A: Where Should Firmware Update Capabilities Live? Dealing With Duplicated Files in a Monorepo Over-the-Air Updates and Fleet Management at Scale Configuring a Linker Script for Accurate Linker Memory Usage ReportingAttack Magazine
Versatile 80s Synth Keys Time’s Running Out To Get Eventide’s Temperance Lite Plugin For Free Istanbul Ghetto Club Vocana – A New Steaming Service Challenging Spotify Arturia Pigments 7: The Best Gets Even Better Start FL Studio Projects In Your Browser With New Web Beta WAVS Launches New Desktop App That Syncs With DAW Playhead, BPM & Key Chloe Battelle – “Proggy House Really Gets The Crowds Going Right Now’ CRSSD Festival Unveils Full Spring 2026 Lineup Floorplan Step Up For New fabric Records MixDJ TechTools
Traktor MX2: Native Instruments’ New 2-Channel Controller Akai Launches MPC Live III Standalone With 8-Core Processor, Clip Matrix, Stems, and 3D Pads Ableton launches Live 12 Suite rent-to-own plan – and it’s not a subscription Meet the TR-1000: Roland’s new analog/digital drum machine with built-in sampling Spotify (finally) slides into Rekordbox, Serato, and Algoriddim djay (again) – for better or worse? The CDJ-3000X is here: an iterative upgrade of the media player for $3,000 / £2,399 Review: Focusrite Scarlett 18i20 4th Gen Meet Chordcat: a compact sequencer for writing progressions on the go