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Foods with healthy-sounding buzzwords could be hiding added sugar in plain sight (opens in new tab) (ABC News)

Zelenskyy and Trump Meet to Discuss Ukraine War Resolution

• Zelenskyy to meet with Trump as efforts to end Russia-Ukraine war remain elusive (opens in new tab) (NPR)
• WATCH: Trump and Zelenskyy to meet in Florida (opens in new tab) (ABC News)

Brazil's Bolsonaro undergoes medical treatment for hiccups (opens in new tab) (BBC News)

Russia attacks Ukraine with dozens of drones ahead of Trump-Zelenskyy meeting (opens in new tab) (ABC News)

Cross sets up Littler tie, Anderson wins thriller (opens in new tab) (BBC News)

Viral global TikToks: A twist on soccer, Tanzania's Charlie Chaplin, hope in Gaza (opens in new tab) (NPR)

Brigitte Bardot: French Cinema Icon and Cultural Legend Dies

• Brigitte Bardot, sex goddess of cinema, has died (opens in new tab) (NPR)

For Ukrainians, a nuclear missile museum is a bitter reminder of what the country gave up (opens in new tab) (NPR)

'Devoted' dad dies after assault outside pub (opens in new tab) (BBC News)

Pelosi predicts Dems win House gavel back in ‘26, reflects on career, Jan. 6 attack (opens in new tab) (ABC News)

WATCH: Looking back at 2025's biggest movie and TV show hits (opens in new tab) (ABC News)

AI Chip Demand and Alzheimer's Prevention Advances

• Memory loss: As AI gobbles up chips, prices for devices may rise (opens in new tab) (NPR)

Ex-England batter and ECB boss Morris dies (opens in new tab) (BBC News)

Egyptian dissident should be deported from UK, Tories say (opens in new tab) (BBC News)

TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Battlefield Winners Across Industries

• The 33 top health and wellness startups from Disrupt Startup Battlefield (opens in new tab) (TechCrunch)
• The 14 fintech, real estate, proptech startups from Disrupt Startup Battlefield (opens in new tab) (TechCrunch)

tc-ematch(8) extended matches for use with "basic", "cgroup" or "flow" filters (opens in new tab) (Hacker News)

AI Wrapped: The 14 AI terms you couldn’t avoid in 2025 (opens in new tab) (MIT Technology Review)

Black Holes: Visual Art, Scientific Discovery, and Simulation Insights

• Embark on a visual voyage of art inspired by black holes (opens in new tab) (Ars Technica)

Sam Altman is hiring someone to worry about the dangers of AI (opens in new tab) (The Verge)

'PromptQuest' is the worst game of 2025 (trying to make chatbots work) (opens in new tab) (Hacker News)

Designing Predictable LLM-Verifier Systems for Formal Method Guarantee (opens in new tab) (Hacker News)

Langfuse (YC W23) Is Hiring in Berlin, Germany (opens in new tab) (Hacker News)

Science's Triumphs and Challenges: 2025 Year in Review

• MIT Technology Review’s most popular stories of 2025 (opens in new tab) (MIT Technology Review)

Four bright spots in climate news in 2025 (opens in new tab) (MIT Technology Review)

Tech Deals: Pixel 10, Switch 2, and Gaming Discounts

• Pixel 10 phones and Switch 2 games round out this week’s best deals (opens in new tab) (The Verge)

MayimFlow wants to stop data center leaks before they happen (opens in new tab) (TechCrunch)

The paints, coatings, and chemicals making the world a cooler place (opens in new tab) (MIT Technology Review)

Two new wireless Samsung speakers for 2026 lean into aesthetics (opens in new tab) (The Verge)

OpenAI Expands AI Safety and Risk Management Leadership

• OpenAI is looking for a new Head of Preparedness (opens in new tab) (TechCrunch)

SPEED Act passes in House despite changes that threaten clean power projects (opens in new tab) (Ars Technica)

The Google Pixel Watch 4 made me like smartwatches again (opens in new tab) (TechCrunch)

Santa Claus: Year-Round Commitment and Holiday Adventures

• Being Santa Claus is a year-round calling (opens in new tab) (Ars Technica)

Meet the man hunting the spies in your smartphone (opens in new tab) (MIT Technology Review)

Best Entertainment and Gaming of 2025

• Ars Technica’s Top 20 video games of 2025 (opens in new tab) (Ars Technica)
• The best PS5 games from 2025 (opens in new tab) (The Verge)

Scientists discover beer bottle in the Mariana Trench (2024) (opens in new tab) (Hacker News)

In the ’90s, Wing Commander: Privateer made me realize what kind of games I love (opens in new tab) (Ars Technica)

Ubisoft shuts down ‘Rainbow Six Siege’ servers following hack (opens in new tab) (The Verge)

AI Predictions and Superhuman Persuasion Capabilities Realized

• OpenAI's Sam Altman warned of AI's "superhuman persuasion" in 2023, and 2025 proved him right (opens in new tab) (The Decoder)

Microsoft CEO Nadella tells managers Copilot's Gmail and Outlook integrations ‘don't really work’ and steps in to fix them (opens in new tab) (The Decoder)

Resemble AI drops Chatterbox Turbo, an open-source text-to-speech model that clones voices in five seconds (opens in new tab) (The Decoder)

OpenAI Expands AI Safety and Risk Management Leadership

• OpenAI seeks new "Head of Preparedness" for AI risks like cyberattacks and mental health (opens in new tab) (The Decoder)

Nvidia's $20 Billion Groq Acquisition: Strategic Speed and Supply Chain Move

• Nvidia's $20 billion Groq deal sure looks like an acquisition as 90 percent of staff moves over (opens in new tab) (The Decoder)

Fusion reactors may create dark matter particles (opens in new tab) (Science Daily)

A massive scientific review put alternative autism therapies to the test (opens in new tab) (Science Daily)

Mini brains reveal clear brain signals of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder (opens in new tab) (Science Daily)

Hidden Costs: Brain Health, Cognition, and Well-Being

• Losing weight in midlife may have a hidden brain cost (opens in new tab) (Science Daily)

Scientific Breakthroughs: Ocean, Space, Medicine, and Physics Discoveries

• The deep ocean has a missing link and scientists finally found it (opens in new tab) (Science Daily)