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• How to break free from smart TV ads and tracking
• Chatbot-powered toys rebuked for discussing sexual, dangerous topics with kids
• Rocket Report: Neutron’s Hungry Hippo is deemed ready, Whither Orbex?
• Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic announced as a KOTOR spiritual successor
• Jonathan Blow has spent the past decade designing 1,400 puzzles for you

• Phoronix
• Blender Working On KosmicKrisp Support For Vulkan On macOS
• AMD ROCm 7.10 Released - Strix Point APUs Now Officially Supported
• Framework Raises DDR5 Memory Prices By 50% For DIY Laptops
• Linux Patches Fix eMMC Secure Erase Of 1GB Taking ~10 Minutes To Now Just 2 Seconds
• Vulkan 1.4.336 Released With NVIDIA Compute Occupancy Priority Extension

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• Cryptographers Show That AI Protections Will Always Have Holes
• Why Is Ice Slippery? A New Hypothesis Slides Into the Chat.
• The Polyglot Neuroscientist Resolving How the Brain Parses Language
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• ‘Reverse Mathematics’ Illuminates Why Hard Problems Are Hard

• Universe Today
• Gravitational Lenses Deliver a Verdict on the Hubble Tension
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• Did Life Begin in Prebiotic Surface Gels?
• A New Five-Year Survey Of The Magellanic Clouds Will Answer Some Questions About Our Neighbours
• Why 2025 is an Amazing Year to Catch the Geminid Meteors

• Scientific American Content: Global
• What Time Is It on Mars?
• AI as the New Empire? Karen Hao Explains the Hidden Costs of OpenAI’s Ambitions
• COVID Vaccines Slashed Kids’ ER Visits by 76 Percent, Study Finds
• U.S. Approves First Device to Treat Depression with Brain Stimulation at Home
• Before Flowers Existed, Ancient Cycad Plants Lured Insects with Heat

• ProPublica
• The FDA Rarely Forces Manufacturers to Recall Dangerous Medical Devices, Watchdog Report Finds
• Utah Leaders Are Hindering Efforts to Develop Solar Despite a Goal to Double the State’s Energy Supply
• Senator Demands Federal Agencies Halt Small Business Contracts, Citing Investigation of Native Hawaiian Firm
• The Shakedown: Trump’s DOJ Pressured Lawyers to “Find” Evidence That UCLA Had Illegally Tolerated Antisemitism
• Senator Endorses Discredited Doctor’s Book on a Chemical He Claims Treats Everything From Autism to Cancer

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• Greece’s Broken Democracy Is a Warning for Europe
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• The Data Center Boom Could Trigger Blackouts

• Follow the Money
• Russia’s shadow fleet shakes off Western sanctions to keep oil revenues flowing
• Podcast | The hidden U.S. influence on Europe’s policymaking
• Russia’s dark fleet goes darker as fears grow over arms smuggling and sanctions evasion
• Newsletter | The EU’s plan to classify (almost) everything
• Israel’s biggest defence company suspended by NATO amid corruption probe

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• The Man Who Broke Offshore Wind
• Trump Is “Basically Shutting Down the Legal Immigration System”
• This Young Soccer Squad Has Never Faced a Rival Like Donald Trump
• Indiana Republicans Just Defied Trump’s Pressure Campaign to Rig Their Congressional Maps
• We’d Never Deport Veterans, Noem Says in Earshot of Deported Veteran

• The Guardian
• Welcome to the 2026 World Cup shakedown! The price of a ticket: the integrity of the game | Marina Hyde
• ‘If we build it, they will come’: Skövde, the tiny town powering up Sweden’s video game boom
• ‘Mo has misjudged the mood’: five Liverpool fans on the Salah saga
• ‘He was struggling with his breath. I sat beside him and sang’: the choir who sing to people on their deathbeds
• ‘Rebranded plantations’: how empire shaped luxury Caribbean tourism

• FD - Home
• Hoe Duitse autobouwers zich door de Chinese concurrentie lieten overrompelen
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• Wennink: Nederland moet meer dan €150 mrd investeren in economie
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• Opsporingsbaas Mol van Arbeids­inspectie: slechte werkgevers aanpakken prioriteit

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• Germany summons Russian ambassador over alleged election interference and cyberattacks
• Italian media braces for shake-up as Greek buyer swoops in for Gedi
• Gabala’s mountains, udi culture and savalan wine: explore Azerbaijan’s hidden alpine retreat
• Building Green: Rethinking construction for a low-energy Europe
• EU countries agree temporary €3 flat customs fee for small imported parcels

• The Japan Times: All Stories
• Alzheimer's drug hunt learns from cancer fight's multi-target playbook
• Nippon Steel to invest ¥6 trillion over five years to fiscal 2030
• Thailand's snap poll set to boost odds for PM Anutin, but risks loom
• Vonn claims sensational first ski World Cup win since 2018
• BOJ will raise policy interest rate at next meeting, according to sources

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• Broodmager, onder de luizen en bloedworminfecties: verwaarloosde paarden weggehaald bij eigenaar
• Limburg wil aanhaken bij hsl-trein tussen Duitsland en Londen

• Nieuws, achtergronden en onderzoeksjournalistiek - NRC
• Kabinet ruziet over mest en mist daardoor Brusselse deadline voor waterkwaliteit. ‘Minister Wiersma wil ondanks alles weer haar zin doordrijven’
• Kerstdiner voor iedereen – van vleeseter tot vegetariër en van glutenmijder tot liflafjeshater
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• Riskante vlucht van de Nobelprijswinnares via Curaçao liep nog bijna mis
• Rutger Bregman: ‘De eerste die een koude douche verdiende was ikzelf’

• De Groene Amsterdammer
• Grootmeester Alexander Donchenko vertelde na winst over een droom. Eerder kon niet, dat had ongeluk kunnen brengen
• De best verzorgde boeken, een anonieme veiling en een spektakelstuk: deze cultuur tipt De Groene
• Patagonië gaat zijn wereldberoemde gletsjer Perito Moreno verliezen
• Kroatische veteranen klagen de nazi-band Thompson aan
• Marokkaanse journalisten staan terecht voor verzonnen misdaden

• News - South China Morning Post
• US rare earth firm outlines strategy to build China-free supply chain for minerals
• US judge blocks ICE from re-detaining Abrego Garcia, amid Trump-era immigration clash
• China digs in for trade ‘struggles’ as Beijing eyes dual strategy of growth and resilience
• Lee Kuan Yew’s 38 Oxley Road home officially declared Singapore ‘national monument’
• Hongkongers urged to get Covid vaccine as next infection wave approaches

• Axios
• Trump embraces great power cooperation with China and Russia
• Indiana rejection cuts into Trump's push to gain more GOP House seats
• Photos: Pacific Northwest faces "catastrophic" flood threats from days of heavy rains
• Trump says he's pardoned Tina Peters, but that may not save her from prison
• Trump signs executive order targeting state AI laws