Today Briefly

Today Briefly

Apple and Google enable scanning passports and some state driver's licenses into mobile wallets for TSA checkpoints and broader online identity verification.

Support employees with flexible schedules, time-management training, and mental health awareness to reduce holiday-season stress and prevent end-of-year burnout.

Adopting simple old-person habits like journaling, cooking hearty breakfasts, and savoring small pleasures improves daily life and well-being.

Maintaining bedtime rituals, accepting a temporary first-night adjustment, and using practical tools improves sleep quality while traveling.

Use File History or an external drive to transfer files, exclude unwanted folders, maintain folder organization, ensure Mac-to-PC drive formatting compatibility, and sync client email to a server.

Streaming video now accounts for 48% of NBN downloads, with uploads up 12%, downloads up 10% to 508 GB/month, and 76% of households using streaming.

Earth continuously intercepts a diverse cosmic-ray flux, including protons, antiparticles, and heavy nuclei, sometimes reaching energies well above the expected GZK cutoff.

Claire experienced prolonged, life-threatening stalking and terror by an unidentified large, human-like creature, resulting in lasting psychological trauma and narrow survival.

A Mobius strip is a nonorientable band with a single surface and edge, producing unique mathematical, physical, and practical implications such as slower-wearing conveyor belts.

AWS and Google Cloud established a common multicloud networking standard enabling simplified, private, high-speed connectivity between their clouds, with Azure joining in 2026.

AI hype mixes optimism about efficiency and resilience with fears of job loss and power concentration; prioritize understanding the mechanisms that make AI work.

Rapid AI-driven changes force UX professionals to confront shifting roles, nostalgia for interdisciplinary craftsmanship, and the evolution from generalist webmasters to specialized designers.

Real-time human interaction in live casino platforms like Dancebet builds subconscious trust through micro-signals and transparency, increasing comfort, attention, and player loyalty.

Age verification mandates sacrifice anonymity and privacy, function as censorship, and disproportionately harm marginalized communities while failing to reliably protect young people.

AWS added support for Nutanix AHV in Storage Gateway, enabling AHV hypervisor integration with Amazon S3 for hybrid cloud storage.

Italy fined Apple €98.6 million for App Tracking Transparency rules that disproportionately burden third-party developers with duplicative consent requirements and restrict App Store competition.

AI-written police reports are unproven, opaque, and risk undermining justice when bundled by dominant vendors like Axon that erase draft provenance.

EFF sustained long-term digital-rights advocacy: launching Take Back CTRL, litigating government attacks, opposing age-verification censorship and facial-recognition privacy harms, and planning a 2026 leadership transition.

Passwd offers a Google Workspace–focused, zero-knowledge enterprise password manager providing AES-256 encryption, centralized admin controls, granular permissions, audit logs, and compliance readiness.

Kyle Shanahan remains the top postseason coach candidate despite injuries and likely losing Coach of the Year to Ben Johnson or other breakthrough coaches.

Pete Fairbanks agreed to a one-year, $13 million deal with the Miami Marlins, pending a physical.

Generative AI assistants are replacing traditional search links, creating zero-click behavior and forcing SEO strategies to adapt for visibility on AI platforms.

Use large-scale automation, a personal idea database, a trained AI coach, and generative audio to boost creativity, productivity, and critical engagement with AI.

AI is replacing the information era with an intelligence era where AI generates data, enabling AI factories for workplace automation and productivity.

Blurred boundaries between fiction and nonfiction in French literature are prompting bookstores to reorganize shelving and create spaces for autofiction and personal memoirs.

Small language models deliver task-specific effectiveness with far lower compute, energy, and cost than large models, boosting ROI, productivity, and automating IT/HR workflows.

Orion 1.0 is a WebKit-based, privacy-first browser with zero telemetry, extension support, and no built-in AI to reduce agentic AI security and privacy risks.

Hamnet centers on Agnes Hathaway's grief and a family's undoing after son Hamnet's death, combining lyrical, immersive narrative, historical detail and sensitive narration.

Micro-influencers with smaller, engaged audiences and authentic endorsements deliver higher engagement and more efficient campaign results than large-following influencers.

Cisco transformed social media into active, cross-functional social customer care (SocialBridge), leveraging SMEs and an AI-powered Care Tool to deliver precise, high-quality responses.

Shawn Green delivered franchise-defining power and historic performances for the Dodgers, including a 49-homer season and a four-homer, 6-for-6, 19-total-base game.

Video podcasts will dominate, increasing engagement, community building, and ad revenue, with podcast and vodcast ad revenue projected to reach $5 billion by 2026.

Clare Valley's new Wine & Wilderness Trail pairs a six-day, 62-mile wilderness hike with acclaimed Shiraz and dry Riesling, wildlife viewing, and upgraded wine-focused accommodations and experiences.

Shohei Ohtani tops MLB AAV rankings at $70 million, with heavy deferrals that significantly lower luxury-tax AAV calculations.

Mast General Store offers a nostalgic, antique-style shopping experience with a wide selection of bulk candy, including recommended dark chocolate coffee beans.

A sweltering, tense lunch with a world-famous magician exposes discomfort, celebrity eccentricity, and a recent on-set argument undermining the interview.

Viral Cartel Inc. produces TikTok-style film edits to help studios engage young viewers; founder Amid Mohamed's Sonic the Hedgehog 3 edit earned a Clio shortlist.

Many people grew up eating unusual, nostalgic food pairings like ketchup on bread, peanut-butter bologna, and toast dunked in hot chocolate.

Some Jimmy John's sandwiches are bland or poorly balanced; avoid selections like the Country Club if you prefer distinctive, well-composed sandwiches.

John Mueller annually answers Christmas-day SEO questions, advising on international SEO choices, hreflang implementation, Search Console consolidation, and favicon troubleshooting.

Younger workers increasingly prefer more in-office time to access networking, social interaction, and to avoid potential career penalties from remote work.

Google Chrome, the default Android browser, collects extensive user data for advertising; Samsung Internet aligns business incentives with stronger privacy protections.

Declining continuous smartphone location sharing preserves personal privacy and autonomy, avoiding social pressure and constant tracking despite potential convenience for reassurance during travel.

An Employer of Record centralizes payroll, compliance, and local employment management to simplify cross-border hiring and reduce legal and financial risk.

Vocabulary, conversation, and voice shape English; careful word choice and avoidance of linguistic tics distinguish strong voice from self-parody.

The United States and Ukraine agreed on many peace-plan elements, but control of Donbas territories and management of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant remain unresolved.

Stable Wines is a candlelit basement wine bar in Islington offering expertly selected low-intervention wines, a short changing menu of snacks, and mostly walk-in service.

Buttery chardonnays gain creamy, buttery flavor primarily through malolactic conversion, producing aromas of brioche, ripe yellow apples, and pears.

Short turnarounds and injuries made Gameweek 14 difficult for FPL managers; five free transfers will help manage AFCON-related absences.

Real Madrid are seriously considering a potential 60 million move for Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes, with a release clause potentially enabling the transfer.

Rep. Harriet Hageman launched a Wyoming Senate campaign with Trump’s endorsement, emphasizing conservative priorities, energy and agriculture leadership, and defending Trump-related positions.

Marcus Rashford's Barcelona loan has been successful; Barcelona are pursuing his permanent signing via a reported €30m buy clause despite financial constraints.

Lewandowski faces multiple transfer options, with Saudi Pro League interest and his Barcelona contract expiring in June 2026.

Nike will release a 90s-inspired iridescent FC Barcelona retro kit in late summer 2026 with holographic crest, turquoise-pink gradient stripes, and a 1990s-style product tag.

Lightscape offers a vivid holiday light installation; a satirical Santa interview critiques holiday roles; a trans person confronts Harry Potter fandom and alienation.

Prominent artists, architects, filmmakers, and curators—including David Lynch, Frank Gehry, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, and Koyo Kouoh—died in 2025, leaving significant cultural legacies.

An artist balances early-morning family routines, regular painting sessions, and local cultural resources while drawing creative inspiration from nearby landscapes, galleries, and community.

Cowboys are heavy 8.5-point favorites on Christmas despite three straight losses; Commanders start 39-year-old Josh Johnson at QB amid offensive collapse and coaching uncertainty.

Real Madrid are targeting Liverpool duo Florian Wirtz and Ibrahima Konate to strengthen Xabi Alonso's side and close the gap on Barcelona.

Lucy Bronze displayed extraordinary toughness playing Euro 2025 with a fractured tibia while Arsenal staged a surprising Champions League run.

Smartphone design revived notable creativity this year, with playful, distinctive models and affordable modular options countering bland, efficiency-driven devices.

Oppo's K15 Turbo Pro will feature a MediaTek Dimensity 9500s chipset, 50MP primary camera, active cooling fan, 6.78-inch LTPS OLED display, and large battery.

Panthers prospects display mixed progress this season: injuries, World Junior selections, and varied scoring across SHL, KHL/VHL/MHL, WHL, and junior leagues.

2025 featured prominent sapphic cultural moments, including debate over the 'lesbian boyfriend' label and wider recognition of diverse lesbian identities and expressions.

Nvidia licensed Groq's inference technology, hired several Groq engineers, and Groq will remain an independent company under a non-exclusive agreement.