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

Editor's Pick

Jade Rubick - How to build silos and decrease collaboration (on
purpose)

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counter-intuitive, it can be beneficial to build silos and decrease
collaboration between teams. Balance the need for collaboration,
coordionation, and communication with these tips.

Continued here
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Editor's Note: "Breaking down silos" is an exhortation rather than a
diagnosis or prescription of how to improve the situation. "Breaking
down silos" blames individuals for not having a big enough vision and
working across boundaries, instead of looking with curiosity at the
system and asking why they are doing what they're doing. It's
expecting people to have your level of perspective without figuring
out why they don't.

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CDC Reveals Concerning Reason Americans Are Coughing So Much
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If you've noticed your friends, family, or coworkers coughing like
they were actively attempting to flip themselves inside out, there's a
chance they may have had whooping cough, otherwise known as Pertussis.

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Doctors Say AI Is Introducing Slop Into Patient Care
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Sharp picks a patient query at random. It reads: "Ate a tomato and my
lips are itchy. Any recommendations?" The AI, which uses a version of
OpenAI's GPT-4o, drafts a reply: "I'm sorry to hear about your itchy
lips. Sounds like you might be having a mild allergic reaction to the
tomato.






















 










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Putin Apologizes but Stops Short of Taking Responsibility for
Kazakhstan Crash
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President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia on Saturday apologized for the
crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines plane this past week, breaking the
Kremlin's three-day silence on the accident that killed 38 people. He
did not explicitly acknowledge Russia's responsibility for the crash.
Mr.

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Exploring Bitcoin's role in evading sanctions as Putin follows Trump's
lead - Will it work?
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Over the past year, the debate over Bitcoin [BTC] has shifted
worldwide. More than ever, Bitcoin is at the end of strong
favorability from governments, politicians, and traditional financial
institutions.







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Scientists Asked People To Do 1 Thing Differently While Taking A Walk.
The Results Were Astounding.
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Dacher Keltner is on a mission to fill our lives with more awe. He has
spent the last two decades studying awe, which he says is distinct
from joy or fear, and how experiencing it can positively affect our
bodies, our relationships with others and how we see and interact with
the world around us.

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Magic Mushrooms Could Boost Your Mental Health--and Traumatize You
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It's an old and tired observation, but it is annoying how the medical
community seems to flip-flop on whether eggs are good for you or not.
Some research says they're going to kill you. Others say they're
perfectly fine and not to worry.















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A Strange Banging Sound, Chaos and Prayers Before a Plane Crashes
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At first, there was a strange banging noise outside the plane. Then,
while one flight attendant was standing in the cabin, something hit
his arm, cutting it. The passengers, sensing something was terribly
wrong, began panicking. Some began praying.

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South Korea greenlights the world's largest semiconductor hub -- half
the size of Beverly Hills to house six fabs, three power plans, and
fab suppliers
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The South Korean government has greenlit the Yongin Semiconductor
National Industrial Complex three months earlier than expected, which
will significantly reduce the project planning timeline, reports
BusinessKorea.







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Dietitians Share The No. 1 Food To Eat When You're Sick -- And It May
Pleasantly Surprise You
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When you're confined to your bed with the flu or feeling annoyed about
a cough that won't go away, you may be more intentional about
incorporating health-promoting foods (the ones you can stomach, at
least, when nausea is a symptom).

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The Paper Passport Is Dying
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Smartphones and face recognition are being combined to create new
digital travel documents. The paper passport's days are
numbered--despite new privacy risks.






















 









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A Common Sleeping Pill May Reduce The Buildup of Alzheimer's Proteins,
Study Finds
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There's still so much we don't know about Alzheimer's disease, but the
link between poor sleep and worsening disease is one that researchers
are exploring with gusto.

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Startups Begin Geoengineering the Sea
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Saudi Finds Alternative To F-35; Could Become 2nd Country To Acquire
Non-American Stealth Fighters: Reports
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Saudi Arabia, a traditional ally of the United States, has been keen
on acquiring the stealthy F-35 Lightning II fifth-generation fighter
jet for years. However, with the Pentagon dragging its feet, the
kingdom is reportedly looking for an alternative.

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Severe Storms Cause Travel Delays Across the U.S. as Tornadoes
Threaten the South
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Travel out of Texas was particularly challenging. At the Dallas-Fort
Worth airport, one of the country’s busiest and the largest hub for
American Airlines, the scheduling problems continued from earlier this
week, when bad weather and a technical glitch briefly grounded the
airline’s flights. Dense fog and storms in the days since have
caused more delays.






















 









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State Dept. Designates American Teacher Held in Russia as 'Wrongfully
Detained'
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“We have long called for his humanitarian release and tried to
include him in the Aug. 1 deal, but were unable to,” the statement
said. It added that Mr. Fogel had been designated in October as
“wrongfully detained.” It was unclear why the department had
waited until this week to announce the change in classification.

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Interior Dept. Is Caught Between Tribes in Casino Battles
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Scotts Valley and the two other tribes seeking casinos — Koi Nation
in Sonoma County, Calif., and the Coquille Indian Tribe in
southwestern Oregon — lost their land in the 1950s and 1960s when
the U.S. government terminated the federal recognition of many Native
American tribes. In more recent decades the government reversed course
and recognized the three tribes, but their federal land was never
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Egg recall escalates, American Airlines blames Boeing, and Christmas's
top toy: Business news roundup
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Toys are big business, with approximately 3 billion sold every year,
generating around $41 billion in sales. With shopping going largely
digital, it’s no surprise that many toys are following suit. As
children’s play evolves, experts say that AI-powered toys are
becoming increasingly popular, although beloved classics continue to
hold strong.

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Trump sides with Musk on support for H-1B visas for foreign tech
workers
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Musk spent more than a quarter of a billion dollars helping Trump get
elected in November. He has posted regularly this week about the lack
of homegrown talent to fill all the needed positions within American
tech companies.

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Elon Musk Doubles Down on Support for German Far-Right AfD
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Mr. Musk’s commentary was printed in the Sunday edition of the Welt,
a conservative daily owned by the Axel Springer media group, which
also owns Politico in the United States. Many of the paper’s
journalists protested the printing of the commentary, according to
reports. Eva Marie Kogel, who had been the paper’s head of opinion,
resigned from her post after the printing, she confirmed on X.

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Trump urges US Supreme Court to delay TikTok ban
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US President-elect Donald Trump has asked the US Supreme Court to
delay an upcoming TikTok ban while he works on a "political
resolution".

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Why DeepSeek's new AI model thinks it's ChatGPT
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Earlier this week, DeepSeek, a well-funded Chinese AI lab, released an
"open" AI model that beats many rivals on popular benchmarks. The
model, DeepSeek V3, is large but efficient, handling text-based tasks
like coding and writing essays with ease. It also seems to think it's
ChatGPT.

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Healthcare organizations in the US may soon get a cybersecurity
overhaul
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“From 2018-2023, reports of large breaches increased by 102 percent,
and the number of individuals affected by such breaches increased by
1002 percent, primarily because of increases in hacking and ransomware
attacks,” according to the Office for Civil Rights. “In 2023, over
167 million individuals were affected by large breaches — a new
record.”

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Labour donor Dale Vince urges a??rigorous financial scrutinya?? of
Sizewell C costs
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A government spokesperson said: "Nuclear and carbon capture are key to
our ambitious target of delivering clean power by 2030. The £2.7bn
settlement for Sizewell C provides the required funding for 2025-26,
and work will begin this coming year on major carbon capture, usage
and storage projects in the north-east to harness this gamechanging
technology - helping to protect bill payers and secure thousands of
good, skilled jobs across the country."

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a??Dubiousa?? use of the Freedom of Information Act stopping access to
files on Prince Andrew, researchers say
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She added that the legal framework for access to information had
changed over time. "This can mean that in a collection of over 15m
records, there may be instances where information has been opened
under an earlier access regime - for example the Open Government
Initiative in the 1990s - but if it were to be considered now, since
the introduction of legislation such as the Freedom of Information Act
2000 and the Data Protection Act 2018, it would not be released."

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Family of OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji demand FBI investigate
death
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In the US, you can call or text the National Suicide Prevention
Lifeline at 988, chat on 988lifeline.org, or text HOME to 741741 to
connect with a crisis counselor. In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can
be contacted on freephone 116 123, or email [email protected] or
[email protected]. In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is
13 11 14. Other international helplines can be found at
befrienders.org

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Dean Phillips, early Democratic critic of Biden, reflects on partya??s
presidential loss
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But, he said, it was "ironic that the Republican party is now
representing America's working class. It's astounding, and that was
ceded to them by people that have prioritized things like tenure over
talent, identity politics over pragmatic problem-solving. It's as
simple as that, but it takes leadership."

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Trump asks Supreme Court to pause imminent TikTok ban | TechCrunch
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Anthony Ha is TechCrunch’s weekend editor. Previously, he worked as
a tech reporter at Adweek, a senior editor at VentureBeat, a local
government reporter at the Hollister Free Lance, and vice president of
content at a VC firm. He lives in New York City.

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How Donald Trump Went From Calling for a TikTok Ban to Backing Off
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The Biden administration and members of Congress argue that the
platform’s Chinese ownership compromises U.S. security because of
the vast amount of user tracking and data collection it performs, and
because of the risk that Beijing could use the app to spread
propaganda.

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1 Person Killed and at Least 4 Injured in Texas Tornado
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A tornado warning from the service’s office in Lake Charles, La.,
was in effect until late Saturday afternoon for northwestern Cameron
Parish, just east of Texas in southern Louisiana. It warned area
residents that they faced “a life-threatening situation” in which
flying debris could turn deadly.

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Starmer asks UK regulators for ideas to boost growth
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This week Reeves also said the challenge was to fix the economy "after
15 years of neglect is huge", while shadow chancellor Mel Stride said
the figures showed "growth has tanked on Labour's watch".

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The Speed of Human Thought Lags Far Behind Your Internet Connection,
Study Finds
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Dr. Meister realized that he could estimate that flow by looking at
how quickly people carry out certain tasks. To type, for example, we
look at a word, recognize each letter and then sort out the sequence
of keys to press. As we type, information flows into our eyes, through
our brains and into the muscles of our fingers. The higher the flow
rate, the faster we can type.

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Why tech giants such as Microsoft, Amazon, Google and Meta are betting
big on nuclear power
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After nuclear was largely written off in the past due to widespread
fears about meltdowns and safety risks â and misinformation that
dramatized those concerns â experts are touting tech's recent
investments as the start of a "nuclear revival" that could accelerate
an energy transformation in the U.S. and around the world.

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Gaza Humanitarian Crisis Worsens Amid Israel-Hamas Cease-Fire Push:
What to Know
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Israel says that its target is Hamas and that it does everything
possible to limit the loss of civilian life. But the increasingly dire
humanitarian situation has prompted a particularly scathing chorus of
condemnation from the United Nations and international human rights
organizations.

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Netanyahu to Have Prostate Removal Surgery
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Mr. Netanyahu is also in the midst of testifying in his own corruption
case, in which he is accused of bribery, fraud and breach of trust in
three separate but related cases that have divided Israeli citizens
and caused years of political turmoil.

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Syria's New Government Steps Up Pursuit of Assad Loyalists
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On Wednesday, an attempt to arrest Mohammed Kanjou al-Hassan, the
former director of military justice under Mr. al-Assad, set off deadly
clashes in the Tartus area — part of the heartland of Mr.
al-Assad’s Alawite minority. Security forces were ambushed by
loyalists of the former government in the area, according to the
Britain-based war monitoring group, the Syrian Observatory for Human
Rights.

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Parker Solar Probe survived its close approach to the sun and will
make two more in 2025
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The probe’s current orbit takes it closest to the sun about every
three months. It’ll swing back around for two more close flybys in
2025, on March 22 and June 19. The probe is expected to transmit the
data from its latest close approach soon, once it’s in a better
location to do so. “The data that will come down from the spacecraft
will be fresh information about a place that we, as humanity, have
never been,” said Joe Westlake, the director of the Heliophysics
Division at NASA Headquarters. “It’s an amazing accomplishment.”

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Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket completes final test for its first
flight
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New Glenn's wet dress rehearsal for its maiden flight was a success.

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Beaches, beer and a rare suspended lake a?? why cana??t Nigeria
attract more tourists?
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"You have to create a culture of serving people, not just have people
in service roles ⦠A lot of that work has to be top-down driven,
with policymakers at the federal and state levels," said Effiong.
"Many potential Nigerian tourist hotspots are left on their own to
figure this out and it makes for a hodge-podge of experiences."

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Venezuelan opposition members holed up in Argentine embassy call it
a??prisona??
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Argentina and Peru backed the opposition's election win, causing
diplomatic friction with the Maduro government. Brazil has since taken
over operations of both countries' embassies in Venezuela.

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South Koreans stage mass rally to demand removal of Yoon Suk Yeol
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As night fell on Saturday and the pro-Yoon protest packed up, the
pro-impeachment protesters continued to stream through the city
centre, their glittering light sticks illuminating the march in the
sub-zero temperatures.

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Man dies after shark bite while fishing with family off Queensland
coast
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A woman suffered significant injuries to her leg from a shark bite
while snorkelling in the ocean off Mackay in October, and another
woman in her late 20s was bitten on the right leg by a suspected bull
shark in Elizabeth Bay in Sydney Harbour in January.

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Elon Musk pens German newspaper opinion piece supporting far-right AfD
party
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The AfD is running second in opinion polls and might be able to thwart
either a centre-right or centre-left majority, but Germany’s
mainstream, more centrist parties have pledged to shun any support
from the AfD at the national level.

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At least 15 men in GisA?le Pelicot rape and assault trial appeal
against convictions
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"All Gisèle Pelicot wanted is to have the accused convicted for
what they did to her. As for the personal sentences, she respects the
decision of the court and finds no solace in them."

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WHO a??appalleda?? by Israel attack on northern Gazaa??s last
functioning major hospital
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"My working assumption is that in the foreseeable future, only we can
ensure our security," he said, rejecting the possibility of a foreign
peacekeeping force. "I doubt there will be an effective entity that
can provide security in Gaza, which is why I believe Israel will need
to remain the controlling force from the Mediterranean to the Jordan
River, west of the river," Sa'ar said.

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Third person arrested after man fatally hit by car in Blackburn on
Christmas Day
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“We know there was an altercation in the Gate prior to the fatal
incident outside, which is linked. I would ask any witnesses we
haven’t already spoken to or anybody with mobile phone footage to
also make contact with my team.”

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Driver in 80s arrested after pedestrian dies following collision in
Bedfordshire
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“We are asking anyone who was in the area at the time and witnessed
the collision or has any dashcam footage to please get in touch with
us as a matter of urgency to help our investigation.”

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All I want for Christmas is $1.22bn: Mega Millions ticket matches all
six numbers
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Mega Millions ticket prices are set to rise from $2 to $5 in April.
The increase will be one of many changes that officials say will
result in improved jackpot odds, more frequent giant prizes and even
larger payouts.

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Toddler wanders within feet of 400ft cliff near rim of KA