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This is Europe's secret weapon against Trump: it could burst his AI bubble (Johnny Ryan/The Guardian)

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Norman Podhoretz, 1930-2025 -- My father died tonight, December 16, a month shy of his 96th birthday. (John Podhoretz/Commentary Magazine)

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Asahi Linux Gets Microphone Working For M2 Pro/Max, Eyes Installer Improvements

The Asahi Linux project is out with their latest status report to highlight upstream improvements made for the newly-minted Linux 6.18 kernel as well as some of their efforts going on downstream within Asahi Linux itself...
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Specifications of hardware and software interfaces should be mandatory as well as circuit schematics.

All has to be reproducible by others. Allow third party suppliers.

I don't understand why this is accepted for the electronics industry while automotive and machinery do not have the privilege.

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Harvard Secretly Investigates Students Over Larry Summers Video on Epstein (New York Times)

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Weekday Morning Art/Dev Stream!

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The Atari-branded hotel dream is still alive and now wants you to invest.

Nearly six years after a licensing deal was supposed to result in eight Atari-themed hotels across the country a new developer is hoping thousands of retro gaming fans are willing to invest at least $500 to help fund plans to start building the first one in Phoenix, Arizona, starting late next year.



Trump administration to dismantle key climate research center (Ruby Mellen/Washington Post)

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#BBC Pay freeze for Father Christmas but elves fare better w.st/UkA3b
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#BBC Classical music broadcaster Sir Humphrey Burton dies w.st/cYj8k
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#BBC Why this month's inflation figure may be good news for you w.st/z2BsL
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#BBC Childcare reforms could cut costs for families by over 50% w.st/ARH4M
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‘Music needs a human component to be of any value’: Guardian readers on the growing use of AI in music theguardian.com/music/2025/dec… #Artificialintelligence(AI) #Popandrock #Technology #Computing #Culture #Music




Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for December 17, 2025

Infinite rooms and endless corridors, an apocalyptic satire, interplanetary political scandal, and more of today's best book deals.
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