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A priest walks by the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus, on Christmas Eve, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023. Bethlehem is having a subdued Christmas after officials in Jesus' traditional birthplace decided to forgo celebrations due to the Israel-Hamas war.
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Meta's CTO Andrew Bosworth opened up about the challenges to developing its immersive AR glasses.
  • Meta investing heavily into designing immersive AR glasses for a world without smartphones. 
  • The glasses are slated for commercial release by the decade's end. 
  • The company is currently working on making the design more cost-effective and integrating AI. 

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Madison McIntyre shovels crawfish at his company, Parish Seafood Wholesale.
  • Parish Seafood Wholesale processes 4 million pounds of crawfish every year.
  • Founder Madison McIntyre told Business Insider the company made $500,000 in 2022.
  • Crawfish generate $300 million a year for Louisiana's economy.

Louisiana produces 90% of the crawfish found in the United States. Most farmed crawfish


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A person removes a piece of artwork by Banksy, which depicts three drones on a stop sign.
  • Two men have been arrested after Banksy's latest artwork in London was stolen off the street.
  • Images and videos showed a man removing the piece with bolt cutters in front of onlookers.
  • Banksy revealed the artwork on Instagram on Friday — it was stolen just one hour later.

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, left, and former President Donald Trump.
  • Allies of Gov. Ron DeSantis have worked for months to boost his standing in early-voting Iowa.
  • But they've been hampered by Trump's continued appeal to GOP primary voters.
  • Some DeSantis-aligned door knockers have told voters they're backing Trump, the Times reported.

For months, the main super PAC aligned


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U.S. Navy sailor Rick Pellicciotti from Follansbee, West Virginia, dressed as Santa Claus clowns around with the painted nose cone of a S-3B Viking on the deck of the USS Constellation.
US Navy sailor Rick Pellicciotti from Follansbee, West Virginia, dressed as Santa Claus on the deck of the USS Constellation.
  • US Army regulations do not allow people dressed as Santa Claus on Army aircraft.
  • The rules also ban anyone dressed in other holiday costumes, like the Easter Bunny.
  • An Army spokesperson said the reason for the rule is "lost to the ghosts of Christmas



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Just days after Insomniac suffered a horrible data breach, Ubisoft may have avoided the same fate.

Security collective VX-Underground shared a report on X (formerly Twitter) that, on Dec. 20, an "unknown Threat Actor" got access to Ubisoft's internal tools, sharing screenshots online. They allegedly intended to get 900GB worth of data from the French game publisher behind titles like Assassin's



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A Disney Plus subscription provides access to the full catalog of Star Wars, including recent series like Ahsoka. | Image: Suzanne Tenner / Lucasfilm Ltd.

Yes, Christmas is tomorrow — and yes, we know you have yet to buy a gift. We understand that life gets busy, though, and sometimes it feels like the holidays creep up on you out of nowhere. But before you spiral into a



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Airbnb's Brian Chesky, former Twitch CEO Emmett Shear, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.
Silicon Valley tech execs came together to reinstate Altman as CEO at OpenAI.
  • Emmett Shear served as OpenAI's interim CEO for 72 hours before Sam Altman returned. 
  • He and Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky reportedly played a role in helping bring Altman back to OpenAI.
  • Chesky, Altman, and Shear all know each other from the Silicon Valley startup



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A display panel advertises tickets for a Powerball drawing.
  • The Powerball jackpot has risen to $638 million just in time for Christmas.
  • There have only been three jackpot winners who have ever won on Christmas Day.
  • The most recent Christmas win was in 2013, when a player in Missouri won $71.5 million.

As far as Christmas gifts go, this would make a decent one.

The Powerball jackpot