Gadgets
The Lego Smart Brick backlash, explained
By Creative Bloq ・ Jan 08, 2026
Our phones are smart. Our watches are smart. Even our fridges are smart. Is anything sacred in today...
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Economy
Workers' rights reforms will cost billions less after concessions, analysis shows
By BBC ・ Jan 08, 2026
1 hour ago Archie MitchellBusiness reporter A series of concessions on Labour's flagship workers' ri...
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Artificial Intelligence
China Is Investigating Meta’s Acquisition of the AI Start-Ip Manus
By The New York Times ・ Jan 08, 2026
China is investigating whether Meta’s acquisition of the artificial intelligence start-up Manus viol...
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Health Care
PA, NJ and DE are seeing flu uptick
By WHYY ・ Jan 08, 2026
From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover...
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Markets
A year after LA fires, survivors face a perfect storm of insurance shortfalls and rising homebuilding costs
By CNN ・ Jan 08, 2026
See what’s changed in Altadena since it was ravaged by wildfires. Upgrade to watch the full report....
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Jobs
The national championship contender with a coaching staff in total flux
By NBC News ・ Jan 08, 2026
When No. 6 Ole Miss takes the field Thursday in the Fiesta Bowl — the first semifinal in the College...
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Jobs
California’s exodus isn’t just billionaires - it’s regular people renting U-Hauls, too
By Los Angeles Times ・ Jan 08, 2026
It isn’t just billionaires leaving California. Anecdotal data suggest there is also an exodus of reg...
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Virtual Reality
'It can be unnecessary - and even too much': Are violent video games like Grand Theft Auto 6 becoming too realistic?
By BBC ・ Jan 08, 2026
The latest in the franchise is the most hyped release of 2026 and looks set to push the boundaries o...
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Space
How SpaceX Rockets Put Passenger Planes at Risk
By ProPublica ・ Jan 08, 2026
When SpaceX CEO Elon Musk chose a remote Texas outpost on the Gulf Coast to develop his company’s am...
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Economy
investors look ahead to key jobs report
By CNBC ・ Jan 08, 2026
U.S. Treasury yields moved marginally higher on Thursday as investors looked ahead to key jobs data...
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TV
‘The Pitt’ Asks: Is TV Better in Small Doses?
By The New York Times ・ Jan 08, 2026
I don’t watch TV the way you do. I don’t mean that I watch smarter or better or with greater discern...
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Movie
Josh O’Connor’s Masterly 2025 Performances: ‘Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery’ and More
By The New York Times ・ Jan 08, 2026
Last fall, during what I now think of as our Season of Josh O’Connor Content, the British actor stea...
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Economy
Tech titans divided over whether to pay billionaire tax or flee California
By The Guardian ・ Jan 08, 2026
A battle is brewing in California over a plan to tax billionaires – with tech titans divided over wh...
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Movie
Vera C. Rubin Observatory discovers enormous, record-breaking asteroid in first 7 nights of observations
By Live Science ・ Jan 08, 2026
Scientists analyzing the first images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory have discovered the fastest...
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Health Care
House to vote on renewing Affordable Care act subsidies : NPR
By NPR ・ Jan 08, 2026
Against the wishes of House Speaker Mike Johnson, the House of Representatives is set to vote Thursd...
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Jobs
John Harbaugh plans to wait until next week to start interviewing for coaching jobs
By NBC Sports ・ Jan 08, 2026
John Harbaugh will take his time before interviewing for his next job. Harbaugh is not expected to c...
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Movie
Jon Bernthal & Tessa Thompson Netflix Mystery
By The Hollywood Reporter ・ Jan 08, 2026
The enticing combination of well-regarded source material, an elusive auteur tackling television for...
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Space
2 dead, 6 wounded in shooting outside LDS church in Salt Lake City
By The Salt Lake Tribune ・ Jan 08, 2026
Two people were killed and six were injured in a shooting outside a Salt Lake City church where a me...
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Movie
Warner Bros rejects Paramount takeover, tells shareholders to stick with Netflix
By abcnews.go.com ・ Jan 08, 2026
NEW YORK -- Warner Bros. again rejected a takeover bid from Paramount and told shareholders Wednesda...
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Movie
2026 Actor Award nominations: See the full list of nominees
By abcnews.go.com ・ Jan 08, 2026
Nominations are in for the 2026 Actor Awards presented by SAG-AFTRA, formerly known as the Screen Ac...
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Jobs
Rep. Steny Hoyer, the longest-serving House Democrat, to retire at the end of term
By NPR ・ Jan 08, 2026
WASHINGTON — Rep. Steny Hoyer of Maryland, the longest-serving Democrat in Congress and once a rival...
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Movie
Johnny Knoxville Announces New 'Jackass' Movie for 2026
By Deadline ・ Jan 08, 2026
Paramount promised that they’d up their annual slate to 15 movies in 2026, and gradually, they’re ge...
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Mobile
A year after LA wildfires destroyed thousands of homes, fewer than a dozen rebuilt
By abcnews.go.com ・ Jan 08, 2026
LOS ANGELES -- On the first anniversary of the most destructive wildfires in the L.A. area, the scan...
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Movie
'Jackass 5' Movie Coming to Theaters in June
By Variety ・ Jan 08, 2026
Not even a bull-induced brain hemorrhage and broken ribs can stop Johnny Knoxville. A brand new “Jac...
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Movie
Matt Damon says cutting one thing out of his diet got him down to his 'high school' weight
By Yahoo News Singapore ・ Jan 08, 2026
Matt Damon, 55, says he made a big diet change to prepare for his latest film, "The Odyssey." He sai...
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Space
Why Russian Tourists Are Flocking to Southern China’s Beaches
By The New York Times ・ Jan 08, 2026
Gathered on New Year’s Eve in the banquet hall of a beachside hotel in southern China, tipsy reveler...
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Mental Health
‘The Pitt’ Renewed For Season 3 At HBO Max Ahead Of Season 2
By Deadline ・ Jan 08, 2026
The Pitt will stay open. HBO Max has renewed the medical drama for a third season ahead of the launc...
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Economy
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 7, 2026
By Institute for the Study of War ・ Jan 08, 2026
Toplines The US Coast Guard seized two oil tankers with links to Russia for attempting to bypass US...
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Space
2 killed, 6 others injured in shooting at Salt Lake church parking lot
By KSL.com ・ Jan 08, 2026
SALT LAKE CITY — Two people were killed and six were injured in a shooting in Salt Lake City's Rose...
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Books
Stranger Things’ Duffer Brothers on New Episodes Amid Conformity Gate
By E! NEWS ・ Jan 08, 2026
Watch : Netflix Addresses ‘Stranger Things’ Secret Episode Theory After Series Finale The Party's Du...
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