The conventions and rituals that define the way we do politics rapidly eroded this year – setting the UK on a course into the unknownWas this the year that British democracy as we have known it began to turn into something else? Politicians, voters and journalists have made this claim before – when …

"If 60 Minutes had 'explained this' as Weiss described, the segment would have included false or highly misleading information."
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For nearly a decade, MAGA and Donald Trump were synonymous.Today, the movement's most consequential fights are unfolding beyond the control of its term-limited president — empowering rival factions to shape MAGA in their own image.Why it matters: MAGA entered the year with a sheen of invincibility, …

Scientists on the ATLAS experiment explored the polarization of W bosons to test the Higgs mechanism and gain a deeper understanding of the first moments after the Big Bang.

CBS News pulled a segment on Trump administration deportations of Venezuelan immigrants to an El Salvador prison from "60 Minutes," causing staffers and media onlookers to question whether the decision was politically motivated. Why it matters: The decision comes days after President Trump publicly …

Astrobotic said Dec. 19 it has won $17.5 million in NASA and military contracts to develop three new reusable suborbital vehicles for technology demonstrations and other applications.
The post Astrobotic secures contracts for suborbital vehicle development appeared first on SpaceNews.

A first launch of the Long March 12A Chinese state-owned reusable rocket reached orbit late Monday, but attempted recovery of the first stage downrange failed.
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Too much turkey and Baileys? Blow away the Christmas cobwebs on one of our rambles. And if that doesn’t work, they all end at a pub for a hair of the dogDistance 7 milesDuration 5 hoursStart/finish Ditchling village car park Continue reading...

The leaders of Guinea and the Central African Republic aim to consolidate power after Sunday's polls.

Prevent cloud infrastructure issues before they impact your business with AWS Support plans that combine AI-powered insights with expert guidance, offering faster response times and proactive monitoring across performance, security, and cost dimensions.

New pricing model helps maintain cost efficiency while providing flexibility with database services and deployment options.

Simplify AI experimentation with zero-infrastructure MLflow that launches in minutes, scales automatically, and seamlessly integrates with SageMaker's model customization and pipeline capabilities.

A tablet is only as good as its battery, so it's time to start taking better care of it.

There's been a surge in remittances going back to Honduras amid Trump's immigration crackdown.

A federal judge blocked Trump administration efforts to reallocate Department of Homeland Security counterterrorism and security grants away from states that won't cooperate on the president's immigration enforcement policies.Why it matters: New York's attorney general called the Trump-appointed jud…

You might be shocked at how many 'vampire devices' could be in your home, silently draining power.

The final regulation allows the federal government’s HR agency to delegate its authority to offer recruitment and relocation incentive payments to other agencies.

Drummer Chuck Redd reportedly called off his Christmas Eve performance after a vote by the board to rename the site.

Every day, millions of small-scale fishers set out to sea with simple gear and big purpose. These local fishers sustain coastal communities — casting nets not for large profits, but for meals, livelihoods, and survival. While the definition of a “small-scale fisher” differs across countries, these f…

When we think of snow, we usually think of winter. But did you know that it is always snowing in the ocean? Marine snow isn’t the kind you can sled on — this continuous underwater snowfall sustains life in the deep sea and helps regulate Earth’s climate.  WHAT IS MARINE SNOW? Marine snow is made up …

For more than two decades, amateur photographer Dale Carter has documented the physicists who come to the Black Hills for their research.

The signals intelligence titan and combatant command have been without a permanent leader for months since far-right activist Laura Loomer pushed for the firing of Gen. Timothy Haugh in April.

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. – For 72 years, in order to serve as a shortcut for crude oil from production fields in western Canada to refineries in eastern Ontario, Enbridge Inc.’s Line 5 pipeline has transported 540,000 barrels of oil and natural gas liquids daily beneath the forests and wetlands of north…

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft took off for its historic first flight on Oct. 28, 2025, at 11:14 a.m. EDT from Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, California. The one-of-a-kind aircraft flew for 67 minutes before landing and taxiing to NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in …

PLYMOUTH COUNTY, WISCONSIN — On a warm fall afternoon, dairy farmer Chris Kestell pushes through prairie brambles taller than himself, tracing a path overgrown with thickets and swarming with bees as he hikes toward a hidden waterway. Though the route is unidentifiable to the untrained eye, Kestell,…

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The demonstration of the first antimatter quantum bit paves the way for substantially improved tests of nature’s fundamental symmetries.

Researchers from the ATLAS collaboration have introduced a new neural simulation based-inference technique to analyse their datasets
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This bargain batch is dangerous in that very specific way where titles you already love suddenly feel like sensible purchases.

A mid-infrared femtosecond laser tuned to the collagen absorption peak can ablate pancreatic cancer while preserving healthy pancreatic tissues
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Restoration Ecology, Volume 33, Issue 8, November 2025.

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Collection of expert analysis on the legality of the U.S. strike on Venezuelan vessels in the Caribbean, the consequences of the strike, and related issues.
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What stories or topics merited more attention in 2025, and which might inform law and policy conversations in 2026?
The post Nine Stories That Deserved More Attention in 2025 – and Might Shape 2026 appeared first on Just Security.

After 25 years of continuous human presence in space, the International Space Station remains a training and proving ground for deep space missions, enabling NASA to focus on Artemis missions to the Moon and Mars. The orbiting laboratory is also a living archive of human experience, culture, and con…

A "Cyber Shield" would enable the United States and its Indo-Pacific allies to attribute quickly, act collectively, and stem Beijing’s cyber coercion.
The post America’s Cyber Retreat Is Undermining Indo-Pacific Security appeared first on Just Security.

Low snowpack, leftover burn scars, and abnormally warm temperatures are supercharging the atmospheric rivers hitting the Pacific Northwest.

Amazon Bedrock now supports reinforcement fine-tuning delivering 66% accuracy gains on average over base models.

Deploy AI agents with confidence using new quality evaluations and policy controls—enabling precise boundaries on agent actions, continuous quality monitoring, and experience-based learning while maintaining natural conversation flows.

New Lambda capability lets you build applications that coordinate multiple steps reliably over extended periods—from seconds to up to one year—without paying for idle compute time when waiting for external events or human decisions.

Scale vector storage and querying to new heights with S3 Vectors' general availability—now supporting up to 1 billion vectors per index, 100ms query latencies, and expanded regional availability, while reducing costs up to 90% compared to specialized databases.

New capabilities help optimize application performance, analyze unlimited prefixes, and simplify metrics analysis through S3 Tables integration.

Accelerate AI model development with new training features that enable instant recovery from failures and automatic scaling based on resource availability.

Reduce data management complexity and costs with automatic normalization across sources, native analytics integration, and built-in support for industry-standard formats like OCSF and Apache Iceberg.

Accelerate AI model development with new training features that enable rapid recovery from failures and automatic scaling based on resource availability.

Access fully managed foundation models from leading providers like Google, Kimi AI, MiniMax AI, Mistral AI, NVIDIA, OpenAI, and Qwen, including the new Mistral Large 3 and Ministral 3 3B, 8B, and 14B models through Amazon Bedrock.

New features enable automatic cost optimization through intelligent storage tiering and simplified table replication across AWS Regions and accounts.

Manage development, testing, and production database workloads more efficiently with new features including Developer Edition support for SQL Server, M7i/R7i instance support with optimize CPU, and expanded storage options up to 256 TiB.

Build and optimize large-scale vector databases up to 10 times faster and at a quarter of the cost with new GPU acceleration and auto-optimization capabilities that automatically balance search quality, speed, and resource usage.

Can you believe it? We’re nearly at the end of 2025. And what a year it’s been! From re:Invent recap events, to AWS Summits, AWS Innovate, AWS re:Inforce, Community Days, and DevDays and, recently, adding that cherry on the cake, re:Invent 2025, we have lived through a year filled with exciting mome…

Access FSx for NetApp ONTAP file data through S3 to enable AI/ML workloads and analytics—letting you use enterprise file data with Bedrock, SageMaker, and analytics services while it remains in your file system.

New memory-optimized instances deliver up to 5 GHz processor speeds and 3 TiB of memory—ideal for electronic design automation workloads and memory-intensive databases requiring high single-threaded performance.

New service acts as an always-on DevOps engineer, helping you respond to incidents, identify root causes, and prevent future issues through systematic analysis of incidents and operational patterns.

The week after AWS re:Invent builds on the excitement and energy of the event and is a good time to learn more and understand how the recent announcements can help you solve your challenges and unlock new opportunities. As usual, we have you covered with our top announcements of AWS re:Invent 2025 t…

After using Linux for nearly 30 years, I've created a list of the best Linux distributions I've used since the beginning. Here they are.

Looking for a new browser? After testing nearly all of them, these are my top picks.

A simple button combination unlocks Roku's hidden menu, which offers advanced features.

The Oura Ring 4 is one of the best products I've tested; however, it's also quite expensive. Here's how to decide between the newest model and its predecessor.

Your TV's old but reliable USB port can do more than just broadcast local content.

Too much cached data can make your Roku system lag and stutter. Here's how to easily put an end to it.

The OnePlus Buds 4 offer flagship-level active noise cancellation for a budget-friendly price.

As schools and universities take varying stances on AI, some teachers believe the tech can democratize tutoring. Here's how - and where the drawbacks lie.

Turn your cable outlets into high-speed internet ports with this simple, low-cost adapter - no rewiring required.

Running out of iPhone space? Don't panic-buy a new phone or more iCloud+. Here's how to free up space fast.

If you love Samsung's feature-packed software, this OneUI tool is your next rabbit hole to explore.

I spent a weekend tweaking my home network to improve my Wi-Fi speed and connectivity. Here's what worked.

A 98-inch TV can help create a truly cinema-like experience in the comfort of your own home. We've tested the best from brands like Hisense, TCL, and Sony.

By searching these hidden codes, you'll uncover hidden genres and obscure shows on Netflix.

When solar falls short, portable wind power like the Shine Turbine keeps devices running.

Let's break down all of ChatGPT's consumer plans to see whether a subscription is worth it - especially since the free plan already offers a lot.

Some things really are too good to be true, like this GaN charger from eBay.

Unions and thinktank urge action to save sector hit by sky-high energy bills, cheap imports and underinvestmentBritain will lose a piece of its national identity if the country’s ceramics industry is allowed to descend further into crisis without state assistance, the government has been warned.Cera…

Over the holiday period, the Guardian leader column is looking ahead at the themes of 2026. Today we look at the impact of devolution on growing volatility of party political allegianceNext year will be pivotal in British politics, and 7 May will be the point around which things pivot. Elections to …

Boxing Day hunts take place in England as poll suggests 65% of people think government neglects rural areasTraditional Boxing Day hunts have gathered across England, as opponents of a planned ban on trail hunting claimed Keir Starmer’s government had “alienated rural people”.The warning came from th…

Going into 2026, the economy has little forward momentum. And there’s the issue that things may get worse before they get better Continue reading...

In an exclusive interview, the head of the TUC Paul Nowak says a customs union with the EU could boost the UK’s economyKeir Starmer should seek out a far closer relationship with Europe, including a possible customs union, the head of the TUC has said.Paul Nowak, TUC general secretary, said the Brit…

Wes Streeting’s wish for deeper trade relations to help fight against Farage is shared by growing number of MPsWhen Keir Starmer stood on the Labour conference stage in 2018 and defied Jeremy Corbyn to call for a second Brexit referendum with remain as an option, it put him in pole position to becom…

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Exclusive: Chloë Deakin tells how she wrote to Dulwich college master to argue against Farage’s nomination as prefectIt was 1981 and Nigel Farage was turning 17. He was already a figure of some controversy, as would become a lifelong habit, among the younger pupils and staff at Dulwich college in so…

Our cartoonists look back at a year of covering tragedy, farce and everything in between – and having to draw far too many Donald TrumpsIn a year in which I’ve drawn too many cartoons about powerful people acting with impunity, the fall of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor stood out to me as a rare win for…

New protections for hares, and more humane conditions on farms, should be welcomed by allLooking after wildlife and improving the lives of farm animals and pets are the related but distinct aims of the government’s new animal welfare strategy for England. Its launch is timely: more than 1 billion ch…

Many of his supporters hoped the prime minister would restore the UK’s commitment to international law. Yet Labour’s record over the past year has been curiously mixedBy Daniel Trilling. Read by Simon DarwenRead the text version here Continue reading...

Effective challenge to the alarming rise of far-right, anti-migrant politics starts with the grassrootsAusterity, cost of living pressures and a chronic lack of investment have damaged the physical and social fabric of some UK towns and neighbourhoods far more than others. In places where large numb…

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Scheme has not replied to complaints and Pensions Ombudsman says it needs evidence of thatI retired from the civil service five months ago and I’ve still not received my pension. I’ve complained to the Civil Service Pension Scheme (MyCSP) repeatedly, but it doesn’t reply.The Pensions Ombudsman says …

Take this hopeful thought into 2026: the tyrants we endure always falter, and their ‘seismic’ upheavals are usually false dawnsFor those who lived through the cold war, the fall of the Berlin Wall on 9 November 1989, was an unforgettable moment. The sinister watch towers with their searchlights and …

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Sadiq Khan’s office blames delay on lack of government guidance on links between gambling ads and harmGambling companies have spent nearly £5m to advertise on the London transport network since Sadiq Khan pledged to stop them from doing so, amid a prolonged impasse between the mayor’s office and the…

Life goes on in a vibrant Greater Manchester neighbourhood after a plan for an attack was thwarted“They tried to kill us. They failed. Let’s eat,” Andrew Walters said.It is an old Jewish joke that’s as relevant as ever in Greater Manchester in the face of today’s threats. Continue reading...

Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (binutils, curl, gcc-toolset-13-binutils, git-lfs, httpd, httpd:2.4, keylime, libssh, mod_md, openssh, php:8.3, podman, python3.12, python3.9, python39:3.9, skopeo, tomcat, tomcat9, and webkit2gtk3), Fedora (mingw-glib2, mingw-libsoup, and mingw-python3…

Graphite is an effort to unify
illustration, raster editing, desktop publishing, and animation in one
browser-based application. The project has been in development since
2020 and announced its first alpha release in 2022. According to creator Keavon Chambers, the project's mission is to become
"the…

The BPF verifier works, on a theoretical level, by considering every possible
path that a BPF program could take. As a practical matter, however, it needs to
do that in a reasonable amount of time. At the

2025 Linux Plumbers Conference, Mahé Tardy and Paul Chaignon
gave a detailed explanation
(slid…

Linus has released 6.19-rc3 for testing. "Another week, another -rc release.

Except the past week has obviously been the holiday week, and this rc
release is pretty small as a result. Very much as expected."

Arnd Bergmann began his 2025 Linux
Plumbers Conference session on the future of 32-bit support in the
Linux kernel by saying that it was to be a followup to his September talk on the same topic. The
focus this time, though, was on the kernel's "high memory" abstraction, and
when it could be removed…

Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (container-tools:rhel8, grafana, opentelemetry-collector, and thunderbird), Red Hat (kernel), and SUSE (cheat, libsoup, mariadb, mozjs52, python310, python315, qemu, rsync, and zk).

Another year has reached its conclusion. That can only mean one thing: the
time has come to take a look back at the
predictions we made in January and evaluate just how badly they turned
out. Much to our surprise, not all of our predictions were entirely
accurate. It has been a wild year in the L…

Version
6.20 of the Incus container and virtual-machine management system
has been released. Notable changes in this release include a new
standalone
command to add IncusOS servers to a cluster,
qcow2-formatted
volumes for clustered LVM, and reverse
DNS records in OVN. See the announcement for a ful…

The systemd v259
release was announced on December 17, just three months after
v258. It is a more modest release but still includes a number of
important changes such as a new option for the run0 command
(an alternative to sudo), ability to mount user home directories from the host in virtual
machin…