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Google is tracking your online behavior in the name of advertising, reintroducing a data collection process that ingests all of your online signals (from IP address to complex browser information) and pinpoints unique users or devices, also known as "digital fingerprinting."

The company's updated platform program policies include relaxed restrictions on advertisers and personalized ad targeting

• OpenAI's o1 model was hailed as a breakthrough in September.
• By November, a Chinese AI lab had released a similar model called DeepSeek.
• On Thursday, Google came out with a challenger called Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking.

In September, OpenAI unveiled a radically new type of AI model called o1. In a matter of months, rivals introduced

It's the most wonderful time of the year: The Steam Winter Sale (not to be confused with the second most wonderful time of the year, which is the Steam Summer Sale).

Running from Dec. 19 to Jan. 2, the sale features deep savings on tons of games, from popular titles to hidden gems that may have flown under your radar. Steam's big sale events don't come around all that often, so if you own a gaming

• I made both Ina Garten's and Martha Stewart's latke recipes to see which one I liked better.
• I preferred Garten's recipe — the simple ingredients and butter gave them a lighter flavor.
• Stewart's recipe with oil results in a more classic latke, but they were harder to flip.

Ina Garten and Martha Stewart are both known for their delicious recipes

• RFK Jr. was spotted wearing jeans and hiking boots in one of America's most exclusive gyms.
• His unusual workout gear reflects the contradictory nature of his persona and views, experts said.
• Showcasing his fitness at 70 helps to signal that his controversial views on

Hawk Tuah Girl became a breakout internet star over the summer, and her viral origin story is all too common in the digital age. It started with one of those man-on-the-street interviews designed to go viral. The questions were sexual in nature, and that, combined with the setting (a.k.a. the party scene in Nashville), was a recipe for success.

In case you somehow, some way missed it, Hawk Tuah

SAVE $80: As of Dec. 20, you can score an Apple Watch Ultra 2 for $719 at Best Buy. That's $80 off the list price.

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Starting December 28th, all new phones sold in the European Union must have USB-C. And while that deadline is still about a week away, Apple has begun pulling the iPhone SE, iPhone 14, and iPhone 14 Plus — the last models with Apple’s proprietary lightning port — from its Swiss online store.

• SpaceX employees worked grueling hours and gritty conditions in the company's early days.
• Elon Musk offered workers SpaceX stock options to poach top talent and keep them motivated.
• One expert said that for stocks to work, companies have to give employees chances to cash in.

Working at SpaceX in the

SAVE 50%: As of Dec. 20, you can score 50% off a MasterClass membership.

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A new Bluesky update aims to tamp down on the cybersquatting and fake account problem that has plagued the app.

In an update rolled out on Thursday evening, users who have verified their account by using a domain name automatically reserve their default username to prevent impersonators from taking it.