Today Briefly

Today Briefly

Fraternity drowning lawsuit, AI-art controversy, Bang & Olufsen reopening, and political actions on AI and redistricting.

Restoring a home landline can simplify daily life, improve family safety, and reduce problematic screen time.

Enjoy the festive season without overspending by hosting frugally, shopping your wardrobe, and creating child-friendly experiences that avoid credit card debt.

Consistent, varied physical activity, social engagement, mental stimulation, and low-intensity cardio support longevity and vibrant health into older age.

A sense of belonging strongly supports health, longevity, and well-being through social connectedness and community norms as seen in Blue Zones.

Ten- to thirty-minute afternoon power naps refresh, reduce grogginess, support mental health, and associate with lower cardiovascular, obesity, and stroke risk.

Interstellar object 3I/ATLAS shows anomalous comet-like behavior prompting speculation about possible non-natural origins, including deliberate seeding by advanced life.

Galaxy Cluster Abell 209 contains over 100 galaxies about 2.8 billion light-years away whose combined mass gravitationally lenses and stretches background galaxies.

AWS introduced Interconnect multicloud, signaling acceptance that multicloud best-of-breed architectures outperform single-cloud strategies.

Employers increasingly use updated surveillance tools to monitor employees' locations, messages, logins, and activity, shifting power back toward managers.

AI design tools already automate executional design tasks, putting at-risk designers whose primary value is execution and forcing a shift toward higher-order contributions.

AI is already integrated into daily UX workflows, accelerating some phases, supporting others in the background, and raising responsibility around quality, bias, and judgment.

Identify specific workflow stages where AI can save time or be reliably reviewed before deciding how to integrate AI into the design process.

Spoofed emails and forged documents allow attackers to impersonate law enforcement and rapidly extract highly sensitive personal data from major tech companies.

Online age verification mandates are far more invasive than in-person ID checks and create widespread privacy, security, and free-speech harms.

Meta will let EU users choose full data sharing for personalised ads or reduced data sharing for less personalised ads from January 2026.

CVE-2025-58360 is an unauthenticated XXE in OSGeo GeoServer being exploited in the wild; affected versions require immediate patching to prevent file access, SSRF, and DoS.

Los Angeles County sued four oil companies for failing to plug 227 idle wells in the Inglewood Oil Field, creating health and environmental risks.

The Marlins paused pursuit of high-priced bullpen free agents, with Pete Fairbanks a logical fit but likely beyond Miami's spending comfort.

Thailand's prime minister dissolved Parliament, triggering early elections while pledging that border crisis management will continue under a caretaker government.

Cambridge terminated its contract with Flock Safety after two license-plate reader cameras were installed without city awareness, citing breach of trust and privacy concerns.

NFL players showcased varied Week 15 pregame fashion, from warm-weather t-shirts to cozy cold-weather layers and throwback-themed fits on Thursday Night Football.

bet365 offers new users a $150 bonus after a $5 bet or up to a $1,000 safety net in certain states using code AMNY365.

Publishers are investing in vertical video but prioritizing distribution on their own sites and apps while social platform usage shifts, with Instagram and YouTube rising.

Geno Smith is day-to-day with right shoulder and back injuries; Kenny Pickett is expected to start for the Las Vegas Raiders Sunday against the Philadelphia Eagles.

Rian Johnson's new whodunnit stars Josh O'Connor as a Catholic priest confronting a murder-tainted church, drawing on Golden Age locked-room-mystery traditions.

Corporate security shifted toward intelligence-driven, tech-enabled executive protection roles as public-sector talent entered the private market and organizations slimmed structures while expanding protection.

AI chatbots are increasingly used for companionship and emotional support, raising concerns about people forming emotional bonds with non-empathic entities.

Coach John Beam mentored generations with accountability and belief; wind turbines disproportionately kill large raptors; off-leash dogs violate park ordinances.

Bojangles' Sausage Biscuit features a thin, dry, and largely tasteless sausage patty overwhelmed by a large buttermilk biscuit.

Massachusetts will award $779,458 to 17 organizations to expand urban agriculture, food ventures, and food access in underserved communities.

An atmospheric river caused catastrophic flooding across the Pacific Northwest, forcing mass evacuations, widespread inundation, and highway closures, with impacts expected to persist for days.

Social media can be monetized through diverse methods—affiliate marketing, sponsored posts, and selling products or services—accessible to people across demographics.

Prioritize building loyal direct reader relationships through personalized, human-centered journalism and journalist-led brands, using AI to improve efficiency.

Manifest V3 removes real-time ad-blocking capabilities from Chrome, handing filtering control to the browser and undermining effective content blockers and user privacy.

Firefox's Total Cookie Protection isolates cookies per website, preventing third-party trackers from linking browsing across sites and reducing cross-site profiling and targeted advertising.

In-person workplace holiday parties are returning strongly, with 82% expected attendance, increased budgets, and a key role in bonding hybrid teams.

Jarvis Cocker, Mary Beard and three others will judge the 2026 Booker Prize; submissions are open and entry period, timeline and prize amounts are announced.

A stark winter landscape moves from rigid cold and stasis to a sudden, fiery emotional breakthrough through precise, sonorous language and compressed imagery.

For the first time, anyone can find definitions of Irish words without relying on English dictionaries.

Helis carries unresolved trauma from Daoud while continuing hazardous fieldwork and isolation, receiving quiet, imperfect support from Isla over many years.

Ukraine plans to send an updated peace plan to the United States while Zelenskyy engages European and Vatican leaders amid ongoing military developments.

Belgium rejected using frozen Russian assets as collateral for a reparations loan, citing major economic, financial and legal risks and potential legal action.

Belarus-launched balloons repeatedly closed Vilnius airport, causing major disruptions and prompting Lithuania to call the incidents deliberate hybrid attacks amid Belarus-Russia tensions.

National Security Strategy centers American national interests through pragmatic, state-centered, prioritized security policy emphasizing clarity, cautious power use, and survival-focused strategy.

Former Mayor Sheng Thao and three associates seek to suppress FBI-seized evidence, alleging the FBI ignored a key informant's extensive criminal history.

He serves as a behind-the-scenes captain, naturally supporting teammates on and off the pitch without treating leadership as a set goal.

Pedri is a uniquely talented, young midfielder with natural, effortless play, key roles at Barcelona and Spain, and strong potential to keep improving.

A 1,585-square-foot 1911-built Oakland house sold for $1,575,000 ($994/sq ft) on Oct. 10, 2025.

ACLU sued the Trump administration and HHS over a 200-word prohibited-words list and funding cuts that threaten Head Start services for marginalized children.

Bo Horvat left Thursday's Islanders game with an apparent left-ankle injury after a skate entanglement; the team provided no update.

Children cross dangerous 31st Street in Astoria; a judge blocked a safety redesign that would have reduced injuries and improved visibility.

Brands employ immersive, nostalgia-driven holiday campaigns and curated pop-ups to create intentional experiences that reinforce brand worlds, drive engagement, and boost seasonal sales.

Alex Wennberg scored in overtime to give the San Jose Sharks a 3-2 comeback win over the Toronto Maple Leafs.

AI-driven development drastically increases release velocity, overwhelming traditional CI/CD and versioning; semantic, metadata-rich release systems like Fly aim to restore manageable delivery at scale.

The 12 Dates of December challenge encourages people to go on a dozen dates before year-end to overcome dating ruts, pursue romance, or have fun.

Sydney Sweeney considered pursuing boxing after filming Christy, loved training and is open to charity bouts while continuing acting projects like Scandalous and The Housemaid.

Silicon photonics adoption in datacenters remains distant; scaled copper interconnects and pluggable optics will dominate until silicon photonics becomes necessary.