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Justice Department found over one million potentially relevant Jeffrey Epstein documents, delaying release and prompting congressional concern and calls for an inspector general review.

Get the family outdoors during the Christmas break to relieve cabin fever, reduce tensions, and refresh everyone with fresh air and new scenery.

Men attend anonymous retreats to escape assigned roles and expectations, seeking safety to lower defenses, express vulnerability, and pursue mental-health–focused self-care.

Chiang Mai coworking hubs attract hackers, ex‑Silicon Valley workers, Russian and Ukrainian coders, and crypto enthusiasts drawn by low costs and extended startup runways.

Users can adopt mostly free open-source software while keeping their existing Windows or macOS by refreshing the OS and replacing proprietary applications.

Social media algorithms create individualized filter bubbles that intensify political polarization and holiday family tensions; discuss systemic technological processes rather than debating personal beliefs.

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.

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.

Facts alone do not motivate teams; designers must frame problems with context, emotion, and narrative to drive action.

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.

LLM context should be managed as layered human memory—semantic, working, and long-term—to preserve conversation continuity, relevant history, and evolving meaning.

AI can turn scattered user research into functional personas that provide consolidated, multi-perspective, on-demand user feedback to inform decisions across an organization.

Year-end wrap-ups have proliferated across apps, turning users' personal activity data into entertaining recaps while exposing extensive tracking and data monetization.

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.

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

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

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.

AI investment and talent competition surged in 2025, fueling sustained, high growth in AI-related jobs such as data and analytics engineering.

Mogadishu holds the first direct local council elections in 56 years amid opposition boycotts, heavy security, and ongoing threats from al-Shabab.

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.

CVE-2020-12812 allows LDAP users with 2FA on FortiGate SSL VPN to bypass second-factor authentication when username case mismatches under specific configurations.

Matthew Stafford leads the NFL with 4,179 yards and 40 touchdowns, is an MVP contender and three-time Pro Bowler.

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.

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

Josh Sweat was named a Pro Bowl alternate despite being the only NFC player with double-digit sacks and leading the NFL in forced fumbles.

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

A 1924 alternate-history thriller follows Benedykt Gierosawski's Siberian mission to find his exiled father amid a spreading sentient cold called the gleiss.

Rockies retained Andy Gonzalez and Jordan Pacheco and reassigned Ron Gideon to assistant bench coach amid wider coaching and front-office changes.

Mozambique's coastal regions around Vilanculos are emerging as a boutique tourism hotspot with intimate, design-led hotels and island-based luxury experiences.

James Kavanagh's annual Christmas dinner plate post became a popular social media tradition with many followers seeking his approval.

Vikings place Kelly on injured reserve after a third concussion; Byrd signs a two-year deal; several players exhaust gameday elevations, requiring 53-man roster signings.

Designating a player for assignment removes him from the 40-man roster and starts a short window for trade, waiver placement, or release.

A once-accomplished father died from a treatable colon blockage, leaving children to confront his decline, secrecy, and a tarnished legacy during a cold, somber visitation.

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.

Eurostar's AI chatbot had four vulnerabilities enabling HTML injection and prompt leakage; researchers who reported them were accused of "blackmail" by Eurostar's security head.

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.

Social media transforms PR into continuous, direct, content-driven engagement that requires strategic planning, integrated creative skills, and resources to manage reputation and exploit opportunities.

A clear, cohesive, and consistent brand narrative sustains audience engagement through shifting social platforms and viral cycles.

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.

Frequent journaling can be both therapy and a legitimate path to memoir; questioning whether the work is self-serving or intended for readers is normal.

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.

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

Javonte Williams' breakout 2025 performance likely raises his market value, making a Cowboys return uncertain despite Dallas missing the playoffs.

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.

Barcelona await City Council approval to open the North Stand, which would raise Spotify Camp Nou capacity to 62,000 spectators.

Barcelona is considering re-signing La Masia defender Mika Marmol as a low-cost, familiar defensive reinforcement to boost depth amid injuries and financial limits.

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

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

Heritage Foundation's 'Restoring America's Promise' continues Project 2025's conservative agenda for 2025–26, emphasizing anti-LGBTQ, anti-abortion, deregulation, and 'family' policies.

Full-day museum visits during the holiday slowdown provide uninterrupted presence and reflection that refuels creativity, clarifies priorities, and returns leaders to work with renewed energy.

Londoners blend diverse cultural and culinary traditions into Christmas celebrations, mixing Gujarati, Iranian, Jewish and other practices within family gatherings.

Recent films display self-indulgence, merchandising-driven remakes, listless musicals, overwrought storytelling, and lazy knockoff filmmaking.

The new SpongeBob film remains gleefully silly and nostalgic, entertaining both children and adults while exploring growth through absurd gags, cameos, and inventive animation.

Guest intoxication at a family gathering distressed children and led the host to label the condition 'drunk,' upsetting the kids but clarifying the situation.

Ana Fedina illustrated about 120 pieces for Critical Role's 216-page The Armory of Heroes and has contributed art to major games like Diablo IV.

Partner's obsessive water monitoring and strict household quotas create invasive control, tension, and resistance within the relationship.

A maths teacher convicted of sexual activity with pupils and jailed for six and a half years has been indefinitely banned from teaching with no right to reapply.

A passenger was fatally shot during an altercation that escalated into gunfire aboard a northbound Metro 206 bus in Exposition Park.

Humanoid robots could create a global market up to $9 trillion by 2050, with China driving demand and household models arriving within five years.

Parents in China view AI chatbot toys as companions and educational tools, sometimes forming emotional attachments that raise concerns about overdependence.

A blended family has maintained a harmonious joint Christmas for 25 years, with divorced parents and remarried partners sharing rituals, practical cooperation, and affection.

Golden Pharaoh is a slots-focused modern online casino with code-driven multi-step welcome bonuses, high x50 wagering, varied providers, and KYC withdrawal checks.

Firefighters rescued a woman swept miles downstream in San Jose Creek and took her to hospital; creek depth two feet, current about 8–10 mph.

Explosions and drone strikes near Moscow and Crimea caused deaths and widespread interceptions, while Russian bombardment of Odesa caused a sunflower oil spill harming wildlife.