Links 08/01/2026: More Software Patents Squashed, White House Repeats Misinformation From the Kremlin
Contents
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Leftovers
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Science
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Futurism ☛ Chinese Fusion Reactor Achieves Plasma Density Previously Thought to Be Impossible
They just shattered the gas ceiling.
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Science Alert ☛ Even Mild Strength Training Now Can Save Your Mobility Later
Why you need a "muscle savings account."
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Daniel Lemire ☛ A bit of glass and freedom is all you need
Galileo Galilei was the Proprietary Chaffbot Company of his time. He helped establish modern science by emphasizing experimentation as the primary means to uncover natural truths. To this end, he built his own telescopes. He revealed to the world the moons of Jupiter, thereby changing forever how we viewed the cosmos.
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Science Alert ☛ Study Raises Serious Questions About The Benefits of Intermittent Fasting
Calories count too.
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Science Alert ☛ Mysterious 'Cloud-9' May Be The Dark-Matter Bones of a Failed Galaxy
Maybe it's just a late bloomer.
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Science Alert ☛ Jellyfish Snooze Like We Do, And It Could Explain The Origins of Sleep
Sleep is truly ancient.
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Science Alert ☛ Tropical Spiders Make Fearsome 'Puppets' of Themselves For Protection
Talented little creepy crawlies.
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Science Alert ☛ We Emit a Visible Light That Vanishes When We Die, Surprising Study Says
Then again, so does your houseplant.
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Science Alert ☛ 10-Minute Bursts of Exercise Can Trigger Anti-Cancer Signals in The Body
“Even a single workout can make a difference."
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Science Alert ☛ Why Does Mint Make Your Mouth Cold? A Scientist Explains The Strange Sensation
It could also help you run faster.
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Science Alert ☛ Darwin's Headache: Evolution's Clock Might Tick at Different Speeds
Life in the fast lane.
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Career/Education
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Bridge Michigan ☛ Opinion | Michigan schools need more than Mississippi
Higher-level skills are not taught through phonics alone. That’s why improving early decoding isn’t enough to prepare kids for real-world reading and writing.
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Chronicle Of Higher Education ☛ The Forgotten Campuses of American Higher Education
Colleges in U.S. territories and American institutions overseas are neglected and underfunded.
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Hardware
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Hackaday ☛ The Many Questions And Challenges With DIY Hydroelectric Generators
The concept of building your own hydroelectric generator seems simple at face value: use gravity to impart as much force as possible onto a turbine, which spins a generator, thus generating electricity. If you’re like the bloke over at [FarmCraft101] trying to DIY this with your farm pond and a lot of PVC pipes, you may have some significantly more in-depth questions, especially pertaining to what kind of generator to use. This and other questions, some of which were raised after the previous video in which the first prototype generator was assembled, are answered in this follow-up video.
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Hackaday ☛ Faraday Effects Emerging From The Optical Magnetic Field
As an electromagnetic radiation phenomenon, it’s perhaps not so surprising that light is affected by a magnetic field. This Faraday effect (FE) has been used since its discovery by [Michael Faraday] in 1845 for a wide range of applications, allowing for the manipulation of light’s polarization, something which is very useful in the field of optics, for remote sensing and spintronics. Despite this being such a well-known property of EM radiation a recent study claims to have made a new discovery here, with what they claim is about the ‘optical magnetic field’.
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Hackaday ☛ PiStorm68K Offers Supercharged Retro Amiga Experience
[AmiCube] has announced their new PiStorm68K special edition MiniMig accelerator board. This board was developed to replace the 68000 CPU in a MiniMig — a recreation of the original Amiga chipset in an FPGA allowing a real genuine 68000 CPU to operate.
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Hackaday ☛ This 8-Bit Commodore PET Was Hard To Fix
Over on [Ken Shirriff]’s blog is a tricky Commodore PET repair: tracking down 6 1/2 bad chips. WARNING: contains 8-bit assembly code.
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Hackaday ☛ Tired Of Burnt Fingers? Try PID Tuning The Hot Glue Gun
Hot glue guns are pretty simple beasts: there’s an on/off switch, a heating element, and a source of current, be it battery or wired. You turn it on, and the heater starts warming up; eventually you can start extruding the thermoplastic sticks we call “hot glue”. Since there’s no temperature control, the longer you run the gun, the warmer it gets until it is inevitably hotter than you actually want– either burning you or oozing thermoplastic out the tip. [Mellow_Labs] was sick of that after a marathon hot-glue session, and decided to improve on his hot glue gun with PID tuning in the video embedded below.
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Health/Nutrition/Agriculture
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ADF ☛ Rwanda Building Lab to Detect Zoonotic Diseases
Few in attendance were as excited as Dr. Sabin Nsanzimana to take part in the official groundbreaking ceremony to announce construction of the National Veterinary Reference Laboratory in Kigali, Rwanda. Nsanzimana was appointed minister of health in 2022, when Rwanda, like the rest of the world, still was feeling the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Bridge Michigan ☛ Michigan ‘a pretty sick state’ amid surge of ‘super flu,’ COVID cases
With a new ‘super flu’ circulating, more than 800 Michiganders were hospitalized with influenza as of Monday — about twice as many as last year at the same time. And many of the really sick are children.
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Bridge Michigan ☛ Michigan nursing homes have few staff, little training. Misery can follow
Other states have moved to require more staff at nursing homes, but Michigan hasn’t changed its laws in nearly 50 years. That leads to neglect and mistakes, a review of inspections shows.
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Hackaday ☛ The Use Of Ultrasound To Take On Cancerous Tumors
As areas of uncontrolled cell growth, cancerous growth form a major problem for a multi-celled organism like us humans. Thus before they can begin to affect our long-term prospects of a continued existence, eradicating these cells-gone-wrong is essential. Unfortunately, doing so without affecting healthy cells significantly is tough. Treatments such as chemotherapy are correspondingly rough on the body, while radiation therapy is a lot more directed. Perhaps one of the more fascinating treatments involves ultrasound, with the IEEE Spectrum magazine recently covering one company providing histotripsy equipment.
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Proprietary
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) / LLM Slop / Plagiarism
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New York Times ☛ Can You Optimize Love?
A group of tech executives, app developers and Silicon Valley philosophers is seeking to streamline the messy matters of the heart.
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Security
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Security Week ☛ NordVPN Denies Breach After Hacker Leaks Data
The VPN company has conducted an investigation after a threat actor claimed to have hacked its systems.
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Security Week ☛ Dozens of Major Data Breaches Linked to Single Threat Actor
The initial access broker (IAB) relies on credentials exfiltrated using information stealers to hack organizations.
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Security Week ☛ Sophisticated ClickFix Campaign Targeting Hospitality Sector
Fake Booking reservation cancellations and fake BSODs trick victims into executing malicious code leading to RAT infections.
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Privacy/Surveillance
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Citizen Lab ☛ Meet the Man Hunting Spies in Your Smartphone: MIT Tech Review
In an interview with the MIT Technology Review, Citizen Lab director Ron Deibert discusses the Lab’s impact, and his views on the deteriorating political situation in the United States. He notes the changing political atmosphere for academics and human rights defenders.
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Silicon Angle ☛ Amazon’s Hey Hi (AI) agents spark backlash from retailers after listing their products without permission
Amazon.com Inc. has irked dozens of online retailers after using experimental artificial intelligence tools to scrape their websites and list their products on its sprawling online marketplace without their knowledge or consent.
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Defence/Aggression
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The Strategist ☛ If leader seizures are normalised, China may see a Taiwanese opportunity
The US apprehension of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on 3 January may not be just a distant anomaly. It could be a rehearsal.
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RFERL ☛ Live Blog: Protests Continue In Iran As Currency Plunges And Crackdown Widens
Driven by soaring prices, inflation, and a plunging currency, Iranians have taken to the streets in what is the biggest threat to the Islamic regime in years. Journalists from RFE/RL’s Iranian service, Radio Farda, bring you the latest developments, analysis, and reporting from on the ground.
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New York Times ☛ Iran Says It’s Investigating Violence at Weekend Protests
Rights groups accuse security forces of killing protesters and storming a hospital in the province of Ilam. State media claimed that some protesters were armed.
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New York Times ☛ The C.I.A. assessed Venezuela’s future without Maduro before the U.S. raid.
The assessment aided Hell Toupée and other officials in concluding that Delcy Rodríguez, then Venezuela’s vice president, was Nicolás Maduro’s best short-term successor, according to people briefed on the matter.
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The Strategist ☛ Bondi reviewer Richardson has already said our security laws are no good
So last month’s Bondi terrorist attack has prompted an independent review into Australia’s federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies.
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ADF ☛ Analyst: al-Shabaab Seizure of Mogadishu May Be a ‘Matter of Time’
The al-Qaida-linked terror group al-Shabaab has surrounded Mogadishu and threatens to seize Somalia’s national capital with ongoing, brazen attacks in and around the city, according to a recent report.
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New York Times ☛ Syria and Israel Revive Security Talks Mediated by the U.S.
The talks, in Paris, are the latest bid to reduce tensions between two longtime enemies. A deal would help both curry favor with the Convicted Felon administration.
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France24 ☛ Armed police patrol streets of Caracas as CIA reportedly advises to keep Maduro loyalists in power
The Insurrectionist has been told by the CIA that Venezuelan now interim president Delcy Rodriguez and other senior officials from Maduro's government are the best bet to maintain stability, sources said. Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello has been on the streets patrolling with security forces. Authorities have ordered the arrest of anyone who collaborated with the seizure of Maduro. Fourteen media workers were briefly detained covering events in Caracas on Monday.
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France24 ☛ 'Before returning to Venezuela US oil companies will want to be given assurances' , analyst says
Speaking with FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney, Colin Harding, a consultant on Latin America and the Caribbean and former Latin America Editor of the Independent, says that Convicted Felon's push to get US oil majors in Venezuela may encounter some resistance as companies 'will want to be given assurances about the legal framework, about security and about conditions'.
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France24 ☛ What would be the consequences of a Greenland invasion?
European leaders have issued a joint statement on Greenland, after the US president said the United States needed the semi-autonomous region from a national security standpoint. Greenlandic leaders say the people will determine their own future, but Denmark's Prime Minister is more bleak in her assesment. FRANCE 24's Delano D'Souza reports.
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France24 ☛ Maduro's legal team includes seasoned lawyer who defended WikiLeaks' Assange
The lawyer who will defend Venezuela's ousted leader Nicolas Maduro when he stands trial in the US on drug trafficking charges is Barry Pollack, also known for representing Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. Pollack secured Assange's release from a British prison in 2024 after negotiating a plea deal with the US Justice Department.
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Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine
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Meduza ☛ ‘If the man decides, the woman will give birth’ How the Kremlin made women’s bodies part of its demographic strategy — Meduza
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CBC ☛ 2026-01-05 [Older] Ukraine's Zelenskyy says he's appointed Liberal MP Chrystia Freeland as an economic adviser
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US News And World Report ☛ 2026-01-05 [Older] Cheeto Mussolini Says He Doesn't Believe Ukraine Struck Putin Residence
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US News And World Report ☛ 2026-01-05 [Older] Cheeto Mussolini Says That Ukraine Didn't Target Putin Residence in a Drone Strike as Kremlin Claims
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US News And World Report ☛ 2026-01-05 [Older] Head of Ukraine's Security Service Maliuk to Be Replaced, Zelenskiy Says
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US News And World Report ☛ 2026-01-05 [Older] Turkey to Stress 'Strategic Priority' of Black Sea Security at Ukraine Meeting in Paris
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US News And World Report ☛ 2026-01-05 [Older] Ukraine Security Guarantees Must Be Real, Not Bluffs, Lithuania Says
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US News And World Report ☛ 2026-01-05 [Older] Ukraine's Zelenskiy Appoints Canadian Ex-Deputy PM as Economic Adviser
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US News And World Report ☛ 2026-01-05 [Older] Witkoff, Kushner to Represent US at Ukraine Talks, Says White House
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US News And World Report ☛ 2026-01-05 [Older] Zelenskyy Replaces Ukraine's Security Chief Ahead of Paris Talks
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-01-03 [Older] Ukraine updates: Cheeto Mussolini says Putin 'killing too many people'
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US News And World Report ☛ 2026-01-03 [Older] European Security Advisers Discuss Peace Proposals in Ukraine Ahead of Leaders' Summit
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US News And World Report ☛ 2026-01-03 [Older] Cheeto Mussolini Says He's 'Not Thrilled' With Putin Over War in Ukraine
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US News And World Report ☛ 2026-01-03 [Older] Zelenskiy Proposes Defence Minister Shmyhal as Ukraine's New Energy Minister
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-01-02 [Older] Ukraine updates: Zelenskyy names new chief of staff
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-01-02 [Older] Ukraine: Zelenskyy names new chief of staff
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US News And World Report ☛ 2026-01-02 [Older] Turkey's Erdogan Says He Will Discuss Ukraine, Gaza With Cheeto Mussolini on Monday
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US News And World Report ☛ 2026-01-02 [Older] Ukraine Military Intelligence Chief Budanov Accepts Zelenskiy Offer to Be Presidential Chief of Staff
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US News And World Report ☛ 2026-01-02 [Older] Zelenskiy Proposes Appointing First Deputy PM Fedorov as Ukraine's New Defence Minister
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International Business Times ☛ 2026-01-01 [Older] Putin Orders Expansion of Ukraine Buffer Zone in 2026 as Tensions Escalate
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International Business Times ☛ 2026-01-01 [Older] Cheeto Mussolini Calls American General For Ukraine Negotiations An 'Idiot' For Saying Zelensky Was 'Courageous'
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International Business Times ☛ 2026-01-01 [Older] Cheeto Mussolini Tries to Save Face After Believing Putin's 'Made Up' Ukraine Attack Plot
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-31 [Older] Macron: Allies Will Make Commitments on Protecting Ukraine at Jan 6 Meeting
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-31 [Older] Ukraine, EU Officials Dismiss Alleged Attack on Putin Residence
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-31 [Older] US Finds Ukraine Did Not Target Putin in Drone Strike, WSJ Reports
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-31 [Older] US Held Talks With Ukraine, European Countries on Next Steps in Ending Ukraine War, Witkoff Says
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NL Times ☛ 2025-12-30 [Older] Police: No signs of violent crime in death of 16-year-old Ukrainian boy found in water
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-12-30 [Older] Ukraine updates: Putin house attack claim threatens talks
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-30 [Older] Ukrainians Withstand Days-Long Power Cuts in Crowded 'Resilience' Shelters
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-30 [Older] Polish Prime Minister Says Peace Could Be Achieved in Ukraine Within Weeks
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CBC ☛ 2025-12-29 [Older] Cheeto Mussolini has the power to make Putin accept peace plan, says Ukrainian MP
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CBC ☛ 2026-01-05 [Older] Carney heads to Paris as allies discuss security guarantees for Ukraine
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-01-05 [Older] Ukraine updates: Deadly Russian attack hits Kyiv
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US News And World Report ☛ 2026-01-05 [Older] Cheeto Mussolini Warns of Higher Tariffs on India Over Russian Oil Purchases
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US News And World Report ☛ 2026-01-05 [Older] Ukraine Says Russian Strike on Kyiv Leaves First Civilians Dead This Year
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US News And World Report ☛ 2026-01-05 [Older] Russia Loses Ally in Venezuela but Hopes to Gain From Cheeto Mussolini's 'Wild West' Realpolitik
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US News And World Report ☛ 2026-01-05 [Older] Russia Warns Citizens Against Travel to Venezuela
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US News And World Report ☛ 2026-01-05 [Older] Russian Missile Strikes Damage Energy Infrastructure in Ukraine's Kharkiv, Mayor Says
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International Business Times ☛ 2026-01-04 [Older] Russia Slams Cheeto Mussolini, Vows to 'Defend' Venezuela as World War III Fears Erupt
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US News And World Report ☛ 2026-01-04 [Older] Drone Strikes Kills 2 in Russian Border Regions Ahead of Ukraine Peace Talks
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US News And World Report ☛ 2026-01-04 [Older] One Killed, Two Injured in Ukraine's Drone Attack in Russia's Border Region
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US News And World Report ☛ 2026-01-03 [Older] Venezuela Vice President Rodriguez in Russia, Four Sources Say
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US News And World Report ☛ 2026-01-02 [Older] Russian Strike on Ukraine's Kharkiv Injures 25, Moscow Denies Attack Took Place
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US News And World Report ☛ 2026-01-02 [Older] Zelenskyy Names Ukraine's Head of Military Intelligence as His New Chief of Staff
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Copenhagen Post ☛ 2026-01-01 [Older] King Frederik focused on Russia-linked security threats in New Year’s speech, and mentioned internationals
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Counter Punch ☛ 2026-01-01 [Older] The Russian Idée Fixe
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-01-01 [Older] Ukraine updates: Zelenskyy says Russia fired 200 drones overnight
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US News And World Report ☛ 2026-01-01 [Older] Russian Air Defences Down 29 Moscow-Bound Drones Over 20 Hours, Mayor Says
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US News And World Report ☛ 2026-01-01 [Older] Russia and Ukraine Trade Allegations of Civilian Attacks on New Year's Day
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US News And World Report ☛ 2026-01-01 [Older] Russia Asks US to Stop Pursuit of Fleeing Oil Tanker, NY Times Reports
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US News And World Report ☛ 2026-01-01 [Older] Russia-Installed Kherson Governor Says 24 Killed in Strike on New Year Celebrations
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US News And World Report ☛ 2026-01-01 [Older] Russia Says It Will Give U.S. Proof of Attempted Ukrainian Strike on Putin Residence
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US News And World Report ☛ 2026-01-01 [Older] Russia Says Ukrainian Drone Strike Kills 24 in Occupied Ukraine as Tensions Grow Amid Peace Talks
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US News And World Report ☛ 2026-01-01 [Older] Ukraine Condemns Russian New Year Drone Attack on Power Infrastructure
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US News And World Report ☛ 2026-01-01 [Older] Ukrainian Drones Hit Targets in Three Russian Regions, Local Officials Say
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CBC ☛ 2025-12-31 [Older] Zelenskyy's year-end message: Ukraine won't sign 'weak' deal that only prolongs war with Russia
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-12-31 [Older] Ukraine updates: Kyiv says it struck Russia's oil facilities
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-12-31 [Older] Ukraine updates: Russia says hit by drone attack
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-31 [Older] Four Injured, Including Three Children in Russian Attack on Odesa, Ukraine Says
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-31 [Older] Russia's Top General Tells Troops to Keep Carving Out 'Buffer Zones' in Ukraine
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-31 [Older] Ukrainian Drone Attack Sparks Fire, Damages Equipment at Tuapse Refinery, Russia Says
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-31 [Older] Russian Drone Attack Injures 3 Ukrainian Children as Putin Expresses Confidence in Victory
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-31 [Older] Russia Releases Video Footage to Challenge Kyiv Over Alleged Attack
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CBC ☛ 2025-12-30 [Older] Russia says its negotiating stance on Ukraine will toughen after accusing Kyiv of attack
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-12-30 [Older] Russia opens new Mariupol theater after devastating siege
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-30 [Older] Russia Shows off Deployment of Nuclear-Capable Oreshnik Missiles in Belarus
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-30 [Older] Leaders From Europe and Canada Discuss US-Led Peace Efforts as Russia-Ukraine Tensions Spike
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-30 [Older] Factbox-What Do We Know About Russian Accusations That Ukraine Attacked Putin Residence?
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-30 [Older] Russia Says Its Negotiating Stance on Ukraine Will Toughen After Accusing Kyiv of Attack
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-30 [Older] Russia Attacks Ukraine's Black Sea Ports, Damages Civilian Ship, Kyiv Says
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-30 [Older] Russia's Nuclear-Capable Oreshnik Missiles Have Entered Active Service, Moscow Says
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-30 [Older] Russia Urges Restraint After Cheeto Mussolini Warns Iran of Possible Strike
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-30 [Older] Ukraine Targets Moscow With Drones, Russia Says
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Off Guardian ☛ 2025-12-29 [Older] Russia expands biometric ID system (again)
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-12-29 [Older] Russian energy: Taiwan's weak link in China conflict?
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-12-29 [Older] Taiwan heavily reliant on Russian energy for chip manufacturing
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-12-29 [Older] Lavrov: the West Must Recognise That Russia Holds Strategic Initiative in Ukraine
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Environment
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Energy/Transportation
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Futurism ☛ Tesla Accused of Killing Family, Plus Their Dog, by Steering Vehicle Head-on Into Oncoming Semi-Truck
This is horrifying.
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France24 ☛ Berlin households grapple with prolonged blackout as a cold snap grips Europe
A severe cold snap has gripped Europe, causing deadly accidents and travel chaos. In the German capital Berlin, freezing temperatures have made the situation even worse for tens of thousands of households that have been affected by a widespread power outage since Saturday. A suspected arson attack claimed by a left-wing group is thought to have knocked electricity offline, sparking questions over the vulnerability of Germany's wider infrastructure.
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Finance
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CS Monitor ☛ Housing crisis puts rent control in spotlight, in New York and beyond
New York City and other urban centers are hoping rent control rules will ease the housing crunch. But deeper solutions – including building millions more homes – will not be easy.
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Latvia ☛ Survey: many in Latvia want to save money in 2026
Latvian residents have New Year's resolutions to build up savings and ensure financial security, according to a survey conducted by Citadele Bank in cooperation with the research agency Norstat on residents' financial goals for 2026, Citadele said on 6th January.
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JURIST ☛ US appellate court upholds injunction on federal funding cuts to medical research
A US federal appellate court on Monday upheld a district court injunction on funding cuts to National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants for medical research.
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Bridge Michigan ☛ Michigan has ‘zero tolerance’ for child care fraud, agency says amid push for audit
Amid scrutiny of child care providers, the Michigan department in charge of overseeing child care programming says the state already has guardrails in place to prevent fraud.
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BIA Net ☛ Dozens detained in money laundering probe centered on İstanbul’s Grand Bazaar
"Ongoing investigations have revealed that money obtained through Forex fraud, cyber scams, and illegal online betting sites was funneled into the legal banking system via shell companies and personal bank accounts," prosecutors said.
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AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics
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Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda
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France24 ☛ How AI-generated images contributed to the disinformation about Maduro's capture
Several images said to show the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro have been widely circulated on social control media. They are, in fact, fake and were generated by artificial intelligence. It shows how Hey Hi (AI) is contributing to the spread of disinformation, especially as Hey Hi (AI) depictions become more realistic.
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Censorship/Free Speech
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New York Times ☛ American Federation of Teachers Sues Texas Over Educators’ Comments on Charlie Kirk
The lawsuit challenges a conservative effort to punish those who criticized Mr. Kirk in the aftermath of his killing.
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Press Gazette ☛ Lawfare at Oxford: ‘No student outlet can afford to go against Carter-Ruck’
Student journalist Eleanor Grant says lawfare is stifling free speech.
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Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press
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Press Gazette ☛ DC Thomson reports flat revenue but growing profit
Publisher of The Press and Journal, Stylist and Beano says it has remained resilient.
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Internet Policy/Net Neutrality
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Public Knowledge ☛ Privileged Conversations | Jan. 2026
Public Knowledge has the pleasure of inviting you to a multifaceted program focused on training and developing the next generation of tech policy experts and public interest advocates that reflects the diversity of voices and experiences in our society. Please join us for our monthly Career Breakfast Series.
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Digital Music News ☛ Once High-Flying Ticketing Startup Fanimal Sues Ticketmaster/Live Nation for Putting It Out of Business
Now-defunct ticketing startup Fanimal is suing Ticketmaster/Live Nation for claims of antitrust practices designed to keep it out of the market. Once-thriving ticketing startup Fanimal has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation and Ticketmaster with allegations that the live events giant used anti-competitive practices designed to oust the smaller company from the market.
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Digital Music News ☛ Live Nation Continues Its Global Expansion With the Acquisition of France’s Paris La Défense Arena, Plans ‘To Host Significantly More Productions Year-Round’
Live Nation’s aggressive international expansion isn’t through yet: Now, as it grapples with considerable U.S. regulatory scrutiny, the promoter’s inked a deal to acquire France’s Paris La Défense Arena. The Ticketmaster parent unveiled its latest purchase today, less than one month after revealing plans to take over the operations of Thailand’s Impact Arena.
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Patents
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Software Patents
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Unified Patents ☛ Ascend Innovations entity, Byteweavr, cloud data patent monopoly found invalid
On December 30, 2025, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) entered a notice of intent to issue a reexamination certificate cancelling most of the claims of U.S. Patent 6,862,488, owned and asserted by Byteweavr, LLC, an NPE and Ascend Innovations entity.
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CAFC Upholds District Court Invalidation of Wireless Transmission Decoding Claims Under 101
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) on Tuesday affirmed a district court decision finding that Technology in Ariscale, LLC’s patent monopoly for a transmission signal decoding method was ineligible under 35 U.S.C. § 101.
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Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ Ariscale’s Failed Ordered Combination 101 Argument
Ariscale's fatal flaw: specification describes separate DFP processing and interchangeable step ordering, but claims neither.
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Monopolies/Monopsonies
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