Economy
Russia seeks $230bn in damages from Euroclear over seized assets
By The Guardian ・ Dec 15, 2025
Russia’s central bank has said it is seeking $230bn (£170bn) in damages from Euroclear, as the Kreml...
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Internet
Merriam-Webster names slop as its 2025 word of the year
By NBC News ・ Dec 15, 2025
After yet another year of high-profile news stories and internet trends, Merriam-Webster has chosen...
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Mobile
Verizon refused to unlock man’s iPhone, so he sued the carrier and won
By Ars Technica ・ Dec 15, 2025
When Verizon refused to unlock an iPhone purchased by Kansas resident Patrick Roach, he had no inten...
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TV
Sydney's Bondi Beach; Brown University; Rob Reiner : NPR
By NPR ・ Dec 15, 2025
Good morning. You're reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inb...
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Internet
Brian Walshe trial: Jury reaches verdict in murder case
By CNN ・ Dec 15, 2025
[Breaking news update, published at 11:47 a.m. ET] A jury in Dedham, Massachusetts, convicted Brian...
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Environment
Thousands of U.S. farmers have Parkinson’s. They blame a deadly pesticide.
By MLive.com ・ Dec 15, 2025
Paul Friday remembers when his hand started flopping in the cold weather – the first sign nerve cell...
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Physics
Person of interest in deadly Brown University shooting released
By WCVB ・ Dec 15, 2025
The person of interest who had been detained in connection with the fatal mass shooting at Brown Uni...
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Internet
BBC Verify: Videos show impact of mass drone attacks launched by Ukraine and Russia
By BBC ・ Dec 15, 2025
How has the UK government performed against its key pledges? Ben Chu BBC Verify policy and analysis...
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Markets
Dow Jones Futures Rise After AI Sell-Off; Tesla, Eli Lilly Lead 5 Stocks In Buy Areas
By Investor's Business Daily ・ Dec 15, 2025
Information in Investor’s Business Daily is for informational and educational purposes only and shou...
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Mobile
Apple, Google forced to issue emergency 0-day patches
By theregister.com ・ Dec 15, 2025
Apple and Google have both issued emergency patches after zero-day bugs were caught being actively e...
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Jobs
Deloitte's CTO: companies are spending 93% on tech and only 7% on people and that has to change
By Fortune ・ Dec 15, 2025
Briggs highlighted this “93-7” split as something that really surprised him—and a critical error. Or...
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Mobile
Google Maps in Gemini just got way smarter at finding your next favorite spot
By Android Authority ・ Dec 15, 2025
Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Gemini now puts Google Maps first in local searches, replacing...
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Medicine
Want a Healthier Brain in 2026? Sign Up for Well’s 5-Day Challenge.
By The New York Times ・ Dec 15, 2025
Your brain is amazing. Its 86 billion neurons enable you to dance and sing, read a book, solve an eq...
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Internet
Methylene blue is popular on TikTok. What's behind the claims? : NPR
By NPR ・ Dec 15, 2025
Wellness enthusiasts seeking to hack their way to health and longevity have a new favorite remedy —...
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Space
The UN's International Asteroid Warning Network is closely watching comet 3I/ATLAS. Here's why.
By Live Science ・ Dec 15, 2025
As the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS prepares for its closest approach to Earth on Dec. 19, it's being...
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Economy
For Americans, the love for chain restaurants runs deep
By NPR ・ Dec 15, 2025
Affordable, familiar and reassuring are the features that make American chain restaurants a near-ubi...
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Art
Louvre workers vote to strike in another blow to the Paris museum
By ABC News ・ Dec 15, 2025
PARIS -- Workers at the Louvre Museum voted Monday to strike over working conditions and other compl...
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US stocks drift ahead of a week full of economic updates
By AP News ・ Dec 15, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is drifting in mixed trading on Monday at the start of a week full of ec...
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Art
Whitney Biennial Names 56 Artists to Unwind These ‘Weird Times’
By The New York Times ・ Dec 15, 2025
There were beers in Honolulu and coffees in Vienna; lengthy drives across the southwestern United St...
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Movie
Rob Reiner, Hollywood Director, and His Wife Are Found Dead: Live Updates
By The New York Times ・ Dec 15, 2025
Mr. Reiner, 78, was the son of a pioneering television comedian. He became a popular sitcom actor hi...
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Jobs
The Winners and Losers of the NFL Week 15
By The Ringer ・ Dec 15, 2025
Every week this NFL season, we will break down the highs and lows—and everything in between—from the...
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Markets
CNBC Daily Open: U.S. stocks retreat from highs as Broadcom leads tech sell-off
By CNBC ・ Dec 15, 2025
The sell-off in artificial intelligence stocks continued unabated Friday stateside. Broadcom shares...
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Economy
China Approaches First Investment Decline in 3 Decades
By The New York Times ・ Dec 15, 2025
Investment in China slowed drastically in November, propelling the country closer toward its first a...
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Music
‘Emily in Paris,’ Plus 10 Things to Watch on TV This Week
By The New York Times ・ Dec 15, 2025
Between streaming and cable, viewers have a seemingly endless variety of things to watch. Here is a...
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Internet
Merriam-Webster’s 2025 word of the year is 'slop'
By WRAL ・ Dec 15, 2025
Creepy, zany and demonstrably fake content is often called “slop.” The word's proliferation online,...
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Jobs
‘The last bastion before collapse’ - Louvre museum closed as workers begin strike
By The Guardian ・ Dec 15, 2025
The crisis-hit Louvre museum in Paris was closed on Monday as workers began a strike to demand urgen...
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Software
New Galaxy S23 update makes it more secure
By SamMobile ・ Dec 15, 2025
After the Galaxy S25 and the Galaxy S24, Samsung has now released the December 2025 security patch f...
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Environment
The rise and fall of Jimmy Lai, whose trajectory mirrored that of Hong Kong itself
By The Guardian ・ Dec 15, 2025
On Monday, a Hong Kong court convicted Jimmy Lai of national security offences, the end to a landmar...
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Internet
Chris Chalk on Playing Dick Hallorann
By Rolling Stone ・ Dec 15, 2025
I n It: Welcome to Derry, HBO’s prequel series to Stephen King’s epic about a demonic, shape-shiftin...
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TV
Two found dead at L.A. home owned by director Rob Reiner
By NBC News ・ Dec 15, 2025
LOS ANGELES — Two people were found dead at the home of director Rob Reiner on Sunday, law enforceme...
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