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- The top 25 stories curated by editors and fellow readers!

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Mysterious 'Brain Zaps' Are Being Reported By Lexapro Users. Here's
What You Should Know.

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like an electrical current.”

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Editor's Note: On Reddit, one person likened brain zaps to the sound
of "heavy winds" in their head, similar to when you yawn. Another
described it as a "sudden onset of dizziness and disorientation" or
like a "mini seizure". Online, people claim they get brain zaps after
stopping use of drugs like Lexapro (escitalopram), Cymbalta
(duloxetine), and Paxil (paroxetine), but they can happen when you
stop taking any type of antidepressant, including both selective
serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and serotonin and norepinephrine
reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs).

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How Much Control Do You Have Over Your Own Happiness?
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Social conditions and inequality affect well-being. So, why do we keep
insisting "happiness is a choice"?

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The End Game in Ukraine
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No matter who won the presidential election, the war in Ukraine was
likely to end next year. Both Ukraine and Russia are running out of
troops and struggling to call up more young men for the front lines.
That reality always meant that 2025 would be a year of negotiations.






















 










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Prince Andrew's Links to Chinese Spy Suspect Are Revealed by U.K.
Court
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Prince Andrew, the younger brother of King Charles III, has been
caught up in a suspected case of Chinese spying, after a British court
upheld a decision to bar from the country a Chinese man who was a
"close confidant" of his on national security grounds.

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The Complete Guide to Freelancing on Upwork
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Upwork is the world's largest digital freelance marketplace,
facilitating billions in annual freelance work across more than 180
countries. The platform connects businesses and freelancers for
various professional services, from software development to creative
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Full text of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's address to the
nation on Thursday
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Below is a full, official translation of President Yoon Suk Yeol's
address to the nation on Thursday. The opposition parties are
currently going berserk, claiming that the declaration of martial law
equates to insurrection.

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How Silicon Valley Is Disrupting Democracy
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Two books explore the price we've paid in handing over unprecedented
power to Big Tech--and explain why it's imperative we start taking it
back.















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The Syrian Upheaval Has Iranian Leaders Reeling, Too
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In the days since the abrupt and unexpected obliteration of Iran as a
dominant presence in Syria, the government has faced a fierce public
backlash over the billions of dollars spent and the Iranian blood shed
to back the Assad regime.

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'The Bibi Files,' with leaked Netanyahu footage, can't be seen in
Israel. Israelis are finding ways
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Veteran documentarian Alex Gibney, who in a
decades-long career has tackled many a thorny issue, wasn't planning a
film about Israel -- until one day last year, when a stunning leak
fell into his hands. The leak turned out to be more like a deluge.







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Steven Bartlett Sharing Harmful Health Misinformation in Diary of CEO
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Diary of a CEO host Steven Bartlett is amplifying harmful health
misinformation on his number-one ranked podcast, a BBC investigation
has found.

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Buying a new condo in Japan costs 10 times average salary
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TOKYO -- Prices of new housing in Japan rose faster than wages last
year, with demand for investment properties leading to a proliferation
of luxury condominiums and making the market less affordable for
actual homebuyers.






















 









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China's Xi is likely to decline Trump's inauguration invitation,
seeing it as too risky to attend
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Chinese leader Xi Jinping would likely see
President-elect Donald Trump's invitation to attend his inauguration
as too risky to accept, and the gesture from Trump may have little
bearing on the increasingly competitive ties between the two nations
as the White House changes han

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Trump says Syria 'not our fight'. Staying out may not be so easy
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When Donald Trump sat with world leaders in Paris last weekend to
marvel at the restored Notre Dame cathedral, armed Islamist fighters
in Syria were in jeeps on the road to Damascus finalising the fall of
the Assad regime.














 









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Syrian rebels seize vast haul of banned drug captagon countrys largest
export
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The dramatic collapse of Bashar al-Assad's Syrian regime has thrown
light into the dark corners of his rule, including the
industrial-scale export of the banned drug captagon.

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At this price, this EV is effectively a mobile battery with a free car
thrown in
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This week's article in Renew Economy by Giles Parkinson on plummeting
battery prices got me thinking. CSIRO's latest Gencost report found
that batteries had decreased by over 20% in the past year, although
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AMD shares 30x25 progress: New AI machines are 28.3 times faster than
2020 machines
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Performance efficiency is key to rapid performance increase of AI and
HPC processors, so AMD and other companies are fighting for it
fiercely with every new product generation.

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10 Debut Novels That Are Also Their Authors' Masterpieces
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The list skews historical, because lots of stellar young writers still
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The closely guarded secrets Of Manhattan doormen - WSJ (No paywall)
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But in Manhattans high-end buildings, theres another category of
helper to reward: the doormen. The Big Apple version of the British
beefeater, proud and loyal standard-bearers guarding some of the most
expensive real estate in the world.

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Tracking Putins feared secret agencyfrom inside a Russian prison and
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The spy unit that arrested a Wall Street Journal reporter is leading
the biggest campaign of internal repression since Stalin era.

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Trump to Europe: Overseeing a Ukraine cease-fire would be your job -
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The president-elect told the French and Ukrainian leaders that he
would want European troops to be present in Ukraine.

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Netflixs extraordinary parental leave was part of its culture. Thats
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Employees worry the pullback and other new restrictions mean the
entertainment giant is losing the identity that fueled its success.

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US manufacturers are stocking up on imports ahead of tariffs - WSJ (No
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A gauge of procurement activity in manufacturing in November hit its
highest level in more than a year.

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Leaders of rich nations are deeply unpopular. That spells trouble
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LONDONOne lesson from an unprecedented year of elections around the
world is that voters in industrialized countries are particularly
unhappy, ready to boot unpopular leaders out of office and making it
more difficult for politicians in power to enact bold programs of
change.

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Crypto ads crackle in a Trump-energized landscape - WSJ (No paywall)
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Those astral projections are an abrupt departure from Geminis somber
tone in 2019, when its ads argued that the sector needed to protect
investors from crypto chaos through best practices and rules. The
slogan then? The Revolution Needs Rules."

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Why Anti-Drone Tech Companies Can't Zap New Jersey's Aerial Invaders -
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Counter-drone tech companies protect private and government clients
from invading craft going where they shouldnt, but they arent allowed
to take down the Garden States unknown intruders.

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How Gen AI and Analytical AI Differ and When to Use Each - Harvard
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Organizations that have recently discovered generative AI are at risk
of overlooking an older and better-established form of AI, which the
authors call analytical AI. This form of AI is by no means obsolete
and is still an important resource for the great majority of
companies. While a few applications of AI employ both analytical and
generative AI, the two AI approaches are largely separate. To make
decisions about the relative importance and value of generative AI and
analytical AI, organizations must first understand the differences
between the two technologies, and the different benefits and risks
associated with each. They can then make decisions about which to
prioritize under what circumstances based on their strategies,
business models, risk tolerance, and other situations. Without an
understanding of their differences, however, organizations risk
under-utilizing one or both types to transform their businesses.

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Can you read as well as a ten-year-old? - The Economist (No paywall)
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Does it often feel as if the world is getting stupider? Data released
on December 10th by the OECD, a club of mostly rich countries, suggest
this may not be all in your head. Roughly every ten years the
organisation asks adults in dozens of places to sit tests in numeracy
and literacy. The questions it poses are not abstract brainteasers,
spelling tests or mental arithmetic. They aim to mimic problems people
aged 16-65 face in daily life, whether they are working in a factory
or an office, or simply trying to make sense of the news.

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Luigi Mangione and the Making of a Modern Antihero - The New Yorker
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He is from a wealthy and prominent Maryland family, the valedictorian
of a prestigious private school, an Ivy League graduate. His family
and friends speak of him fondly, and they worried about him when he
fell off the grid, some months ago. His reading and podcast habits, as
gleaned from his Goodreads account and other traces of his online
footprint, can be summed up as declinist conservativism, bro-science
and bro-history, simultaneous techno-optimism and techno-pessimism,
and self-improvement stoicism, according to Max Read, who writes on
tech and Internet culture. In other words, a typical-enough diet for a
contemporary twentysomething computer-science guy, and certainly not
the stuff of alarm.

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McKinsey pays $650mn in case over its work for opioid makers - FT (No
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Former senior partner also agrees guilty plea in connection with
consulting firms work for Purdue Pharma and others

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Australian start-up launches first solar-powered battery swap station
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Janus Electric, a New South Wales based start-up that has developed
technology to electrify trucks and use swappable batteries, has
unveiled its first solar-powered battery swap station at the Moorebank
Intermodal Precinct in Sydney.

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Companies could see mass resignation of Gen Z, millennials in 2025
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In Checkr's survey of 3,000 U.S. workers, 51 percent of Gen Z (those
who are 18-27 years old) and 47 percent of millennials (those who are
28-43 years old) said they would find a new job if they weren't given
a raise in 2025.

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Why The Onions Infowars bid has been blocked for now
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How Biden Could Clear Death Row and Stop Trump's Execution Plans
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Five days before Joe Biden was sworn in as President and effectively
stopped federal executions, the Trump Administration executed its 13th
federal inmate, Dustin Higgs. Higgs was sentenced to die by lethal
injection for kidnapping and ordering the killings of three women in
Maryland in 1996. Before Donald Trumps first term, there hadnt been a
federal execution in the U.S. in 17 years, and Higgs death marked a
grisly record for Trump: no President in more than a century had put
as many people to death.

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What other conditions could weight-loss drugs treat?
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Nancy Pelosi hospitalized during a congressional delegation abroad,
her office says
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Nancy Pelosi speaks during a news conference on Nov. 19, 2024 in front
of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC.

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How Claude Became Tech Insiders' Chatbot of Choice
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His fans rave about his sensitivity and wit. Some talk to him dozens
of times a day -- asking for advice about their jobs, their health,
their relationships. They entrust him with their secrets, and consult
him before making important decisions. Some refer to him as their best
friend.

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YouTube quietly made some of its web embeds worse, including ours
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For about a year, I've gotten notes from readers asking why our
YouTube embeds are broken in one very specific way: you can no longer
click the title to open the video on YouTube.com or in the YouTube
app. This used to work just fine, but now you can't.

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TSMC Lifts the Curtain on Nanosheet Transistors
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TSMC described its next generation transistor technology this week at
the IEEE International Electron Device Meeting (IEDM) in San
Francisco. The N2, or 2-nanometer, technology is the semiconductor
foundry giant's first foray into a new transistor architecture, called
nanosheet or gate-all-around.

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The airline industry's 'Big 3' will get even bigger next year
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“Alaska’s timing couldn’t have been more propitious as Hawaiian
executes a turnaround which we estimate should result in earnings
accretion much sooner than what is typically expected from an airline
merger and at a higher level than previously forecast,” Deutsche’s
analysts wrote.

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The Tax Penalty on Married Women Hiding in Plain Sight
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Millions would be better off if the US changed its joint filing
system.

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Milei, Musk and Maga: Is Argentina influencing the US?
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Milei's next big test of public opinion will come in October 2025,
when Argentina holds midterm elections. That could prove crucial in
deciding whether his small-government revolution determines the
country's future - or whether, like previous attempts at reform, it
runs out of steam.

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Bank of America Flagged Suspicious Payments to Epstein Only After He
Died
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The memo, prepared by staff working for Senator Ron Wyden, the Oregon
Democrat and chair of the Senate Finance Committee, recommended that
Mr. Wyden ask the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement
Network to investigate Bank of America’s conduct. The finance
committee has been conducting its own investigation into the large
payments from Mr. Black to Mr. Epstein for nearly two years.

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What the Polio Vaccine Has Meant for Public Health
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Salk himself objected to the use of a placebo during the clinical
trial; he couldn’t imagine depriving a child of a lifesaving
vaccine. As the petition before the F.D.A. notes, the current vaccine,
manufactured by Sanofi, was not tested against a placebo; scientists
and doctors almost universally agree that withholding a lifesaving
vaccine would be unethical.

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TikTok influencers flee Romania amid tax probe into their election
role
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"This investigation will also assess any causal links between those
payments and a particular candidate in the Romanian presidential
election," said Toni Grebla, the head of the electoral office, about
the tax probes.

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Federal Reserve is likely to cut interest rates next week. Here's what
that means for you
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However, refinancing a federal loan into a private student loan will
forgo the safety nets that come with federal loans, he said, "such as
deferments, forbearances, income-driven repayment and loan
forgiveness and discharge options."

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Syrians Celebrated a New Chapter
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The largely celebratory mood belied the monumental challenges facing
Syria, a country still racked by sectarian divisions after a 13-year
civil war that human rights groups estimate killed hundreds of
thousands of people.

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Rodney Jenkins, Star of the Show-Jumping Circuit, Dies at 80
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“What made Rodney truly exceptional was his humility and his
unwavering belief in the horses he rode,” Britt McCormick, president
of the United States Hunter Jumper Association, said in a statement.
“He often credited his success to their brilliance, saying, ‘The
horse makes the rider — I don’t care how good you are.’”

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The US military is now talking openly about going on the attack in
space
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years. With our unique combination of technical savvy and wide-ranging
interest in the technological arts and sciences, Ars is the trusted
source in a sea of information. After all, you don’t need to know
everything, only what’s important.

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Americans spend more years being unhealthy than people in any other
country
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Ars Technica has been separating the signal from the noise for over 25
years. With our unique combination of technical savvy and wide-ranging
interest in the technological arts and sciences, Ars is the trusted
source in a sea of information. After all, you don’t need to know
everything, only what’s important.

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ZeniMax Online Studios workers form their own union
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Workers at other major game studios have followed the lead of QA
workers at ZeniMax by forming their own unions. Sega of America
workers unionized last March. More than 500 staffers who work on
Blizzard’s World of Warcraft voted to form their union over the
summer. Workers at Bethesda Game Studios, the developer behind
Starfield, The Elder Scrolls and Fallout games, also voted to create a
union in July.

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The extremely online life of the American teenager
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Nearly half of US teens are "almost constantly" online, though the
platforms they spend their time on vary significantly, according to a
new Pew survey. Despite some variety in their overall online habits,
virtually all teenagers use YouTube.

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