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Kristi Noem.
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said that the Trump administration would be pausing the US green card lottery.
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Sam Altman.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says the company has gone "code red" multiple times — and expects it to keep happening as the AI race heats up.
Engadget : Technology

Google's latest addition to its NotebookLM artificial intelligence research platform is a feature called Data Tables. The tool can collect and synthesize information across multiple sources into a chart that can be exported to Google Sheets. All Pro and Ultra users will have access to the feature today, and Data Tables will roll out to all users over the coming weeks.

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The ripples of the auto industry's chip shortage are still being felt, as evidenced by Honda. Bloomberg reported on Wednesday that the automaker will suspend production in Japan on January 5 and 6. (Honda didn't specify the affected factories.) In addition, all three of the automaker's Guangqi Honda Automobile plants in China will shut down from December 29 to January 2.

Engadget : Business, Politics, Technology

Trump media, the company behind the president's personal social media platform Truth Social, is inexplicably merging with a Google-backed fusion energy company called TAE Technologies. The deal is worth $6 billion, according to reporting by Financial Times.

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Donald Trump and Melania Trump at a White House holiday reception.
President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump host a holiday reception, Friday, December 12, 2025, at the White House.
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A Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS) successfully launches from the flight deck of the Independence-class littoral combat ship USS Santa Barbara (LCS 32) while operating in the Arabian Gulf, Dec. 16.
A US warship launched a one-way attack drone for the first time this week.
Engadget : Style, Technology

The Ultrahuman Ring Air now has the capacity to track snoring and general respiratory health. This is thanks to proprietary technology called Respiratory Health PowerPlug, which is basically a suite of audio analysis tools along with some "advanced biomarker tracking" and AI tomfoolery.

Mashable : Style, Technology
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