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Denver Health text message campaign boosts kids' flu vaccination rates by 63% in Black communities
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Jan 8 • 8:54 PM EST • Health • 9news.com
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Utility costs, affordability messages dominate Illinois governor race

The Illinois governor’s race this year has candidates from both parties emphasizing how to make life more affordable.

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Jan 8 • 7:05 PM EST • Politics • nbcchicago.com
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Gmail is getting a Gemini AI overhaul

You can ask the search bar questions about your messages, using natural language.

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Jan 8 • 8:00 AM EST • Technology • engadget.com
Google Messages getting new long-press menu for texts, images

Following the camera and gallery redesign, Google Messages is testing a new long-press menu for text and image actions.

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Jan 7 • 4:00 PM EST • Technology • 9to5google.com
Introducing Listening Activity and Request to Jam in Messages on Spotify

We know people use Spotify not just to listen, but to share the songs, podcasts, and audiobooks they love with their friends and family. When we launched Messages last year, we gave users a place to do that right in the app. Since then, almost 40 million users have sent nearly 340 million messages, showing...

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Jan 7 • 7:45 AM EST • Technology • newsroom.spotify.com
Less than a trillionth of a second: Ultrafast UV light could transform communications and imaging

Researchers have built a new platform that produces ultrashort UV-C laser pulses and detects them at room temperature using atom-thin materials. The light flashes last just femtoseconds and can be used to send encoded messages through open space. The system relies on efficient laser generation and highly responsive sensors that scale well for manufacturing. Together, these advances could accelerate the development of next-generation photonic technologies.

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Jan 7 • 7:00 AM EST • Science • sciencedaily.com
Entertainment with a message

HOUGHTON — The Office of Sustainability and Resilience at Michigan Technological University has announced its 2026 Sustainability Film Series, which will begin Jan. 15. The series, now in its 16th year, continues the tradition of bringing timely, informative, and thought-provoking films to campus, Lauren Furey, manager of Sustainability Programs & Outreach at Michigan Tech, said […]

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Jan 6 • 7:00 PM EST • Entertainment • mininggazette.com
Threads is developing in-message games

Launching in-message games would give Threads an edge over competitors like X and Bluesky, which don’t offer built-in games.

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Jan 6 • 12:39 PM EST • Technology • techcrunch.com
MTG delivers a parting message to Republicans as she leaves Congress
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Jan 5 • 9:54 PM EST • Politics • cnn.com
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Packers President Ed Policy Delivers Strong Message on 2025 Season
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Jan 5 • 3:04 PM EST • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
US sends global message with Maduro's takedown: Trump 'means business'

'America's Newsroom' co-anchor Dana Perino joins 'Fox & Friends' to react to Nicolás Maduro's arrest and the broader global impact as President Donald Trump protects U.S. interests abroad.

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Jan 5 • 10:25 AM EST • Business • foxnews.com
UI business professor: Motivational posters may be doing just the opposite

A University of Iowa College of Business professor says motivational posters with inspirational messages that adorn many of our workplace walls often do little to motivate or inspire employees. Ken Brown, a UI professor of management and entrepreneurship, says for a poster like that to have real impact, it has to be bundled with what […]

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Jan 5 • 7:00 AM EST • Business • radioiowa.com
Flu cases surging in northern Virginia, health officials say

Get the flu shot, wash your hands and stay home if you’re sick — that’s the message coming from Virginia’s Health Department as data shows flu cases soaring in northern Virginia.

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Jan 4 • 12:38 PM EST • Health • fox5dc.com
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Belgian PM’s cat Maximus is social media star with ‘subliminal political message’

Maximus Textoris Pulcher, an official resident at Rue de la Loi 16, shows a warmer side of Bart De Wever

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Jan 4 • 6:44 AM EST • Politics • theguardian.com
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KMT chair hopes to take peace message to Beijing while on political tightrope
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Instagram boss says the platform's polished feed is 'dead' thanks to AI

In an end-of-year message, Instagram head Adam Mosseri said that the platform would have to evolve to cope with a coming flood of AI-generated content

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Jan 1 • 5:31 AM EST • Technology • businessinsider.com
Jennifer Lopez has cheeky response for why she's 'always naked' at 56

Don't like how Jennifer Lopez dresses at 56? She's got a message for you.

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Dec 31, 2025 • 5:08 PM EST • Entertainment • usatoday.com
Man charged with allegedly threatening Kennedy Center president

The Justice Department charged a Virginia man on Tuesday for allegedly sending a threatening text message to presidential envoy and Kennedy Center President Richard Grenell.

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Dec 31, 2025 • 11:58 AM EST • Politics • cnn.com
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New York State health commissioner concerned about rise in flu cases

If you're feeling sick, stay home and avoid large gatherings for the New Year. That's the message from the New York State health commissioner.

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Dec 30, 2025 • 5:42 PM EST • Health • cbs6albany.com
Madison musicians share heart health message after surviving cardiac events at same venue

The Brief

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Dec 29, 2025 • 7:46 PM EST • Health • channel3000.com
Gmail to Let Users Change Their Addresses While Keeping Data

Under the shift, which Google said would eventually be rolled out to all users, old addresses would remain active. Messages and services would not be lost.

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Dec 28, 2025 • 1:47 PM EST • Technology • nytimes.com
Fake Science Is Growing Faster Than Legitimate Research, New Study Warns

New research reveals organized networks linking paper mills, intermediaries, and compromised academic journals

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Dec 26, 2025 • 9:54 AM EST • Science • scitechdaily.com
A Christmas message

Jonathan Freedland and the Politics Weekly America team are taking a break this week, but will be back with a new episode in the new year

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Dec 26, 2025 • 12:00 AM EST • Politics • theguardian.com
‘We won, the president lost,’ Jimmy Kimmel says in Christmas message

Jimmy Kimmel gave a Christmas address on British broadcaster Channel 4 poking fun at the state of America under President Trump.

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Dec 25, 2025 • 11:56 PM EST • Entertainment • latimes.com
Jimmy Kimmel Delivers Scathing Christmas Day Message: ‘Tyranny Is Booming’

'We won, the President lost...'

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Dec 25, 2025 • 1:27 PM EST • Entertainment • cbs19news.com
MQTT Pager Build Is Bringing Beepers Back

Pagers were once a great way to get a message to someone out in public; they just had to be cool enough to have one. These days, they’re mostly the preserve of doctors and a few other niche o…

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Dec 25, 2025 • 1:00 PM EST • Technology • hackaday.com
'Radical Left Scum.' Trump Xmas cheer greets rivals, heralds economy

Trump heralded Christmas with messages criticizing 'Radical Left Scum' and promoting the country's economic growth.

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Dec 25, 2025 • 9:18 AM EST • Politics • usatoday.com
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Black men's mental health explored in Pulitzer-winning Detroit Rep play

Through the power of friendship, we are able to see the power in ourselves. This is the message of playwright Eboni Booth’s lovely “Primary Trust.”

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Dec 25, 2025 • 6:03 AM EST • Health • freep.com
What Americans would tell Donald Trump or Democratic leaders if they could

Most Americans don’t have faith that their political leaders care what they have to say. But if they had the chance to tell Washington something, a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS finds, they’d say plenty, much of it about the economy.

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Dec 24, 2025 • 6:01 AM EST • Politics • cnn.com
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Paul Mauro on Gene Simmons' advice about politics: I didn’t see this coming

‘The Five’ discusses KISS rocker Gene Simmons’ message to Americans to stay out of other people’s politics.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 6:04 PM EST • Politics • foxnews.com
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VIDEO: The future of health education in North Dakota

UND President Armacost talks with Dean Marjorie Jenkins about UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences initiatives for 2026 and beyond

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Dec 23, 2025 • 1:02 PM EST • Health • blogs.und.edu
Ben Sasse announces stage 4 pancreatic cancer diagnosis

The former U.S. Senator and University of Florida President shared a candid message about mortality, faith and family.

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Dec 23, 2025 • 11:15 AM EST • Politics • floridapolitics.com
Libxml2 Narrowly Avoids Becoming Unmaintained

In an excellent example of one of the most overused XKCD images, the libxml2 library has for a little while lost its only maintainer, with [Nick Wellnhofer] making good on his plan to step down by …

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Dec 23, 2025 • 7:00 AM EST • Technology • hackaday.com
ChatGPT Now Has a 2025 Year-End Summary Feature Like Spotify Wrapped

OpenAI added a year-end summary feature to ChatGPT, allowing users to get a personalized overview of their 2025 ChatGPT usage. The summary is similar to year-end wrap-ups from companies like Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, and other services. ChatGPT offers up an overview of themes discussed and chat stats, such as busiest chatting day, number of overall chats, messages sent, and more.

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Dec 22, 2025 • 7:12 PM EST • Technology • macrumors.com
ChatGPT’s yearly recap sums up your conversations with the chatbot

How many messages did you send to ChatGPT this year?

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Dec 22, 2025 • 5:12 PM EST • Technology • theverge.com
From CIA officer to Governor: Abigail Spanberger on intelligence and politics : Sources & Methods

Virginia governor-elect Abigail Spanberger will be the first woman and the first former CIA officer to lead the commonwealth.Host Mary Louise Kelly talks to Spanberger about her unconventional career path that took her from Langley to D.C. and now to Richmond, and how some of her skills from gathering intelligence come in handy in politics. Email the show at sourcesandmethods@npr.orgNPR+ supporters hear every episode without sponsor messages and unlock access to our complete archive. Sign up at plus.npr.org.

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Dec 22, 2025 • 4:00 PM EST • Politics • npr.org
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Google may be bringing a Magic Cue-like feature to all Android devices

Google is testing new Contextual Suggestions in Android that recommend actions based on your routine or location.

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Dec 22, 2025 • 3:14 AM EST • Technology • androidauthority.com
Science says we’ve been nurturing “gifted” kids all wrong

A major international review has upended long-held ideas about how top performers are made. By analyzing nearly 35,000 elite achievers across science, music, chess, and sports, researchers found that early stars rarely become adult superstars. Most world-class performers developed slowly and explored multiple fields before specializing. The message is clear: talent grows through variety, not narrow focus.

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Dec 21, 2025 • 7:00 AM EST • Science • sciencedaily.com
Quantum entanglement could connect drones for disaster relief, bypassing traditional networks

Any time you use a device to communicate information—an email, a text message, any data transfer—the information in that transmission crosses the open internet, where it could be intercepted. Such ...

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Dec 20, 2025 • 12:10 PM EST • Technology • phys.org
Trump hits the road in his campaign to change perceptions of the economy

The president's speech in North Carolina included lengthy asides that had little to do with the core message the White House is trying to push about his economic agenda.

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Dec 20, 2025 • 12:43 AM EST • Politics • nbcnews.com
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The Biggest Lie in Texas Politics

Ahead of the midterm elections, the state Democratic party is leaning on an old message.

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Dec 17, 2025 • 1:35 PM EST • Politics • texasmonthly.com
A new era for sports communication at UNC Hussman  | UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media

As director of UNC Hussman’s Sports Communication Focus Program, Distinguished Associate Professor of Sports Communication Livis Freeman is building on the work of the school’s legendary Distinguished Professor for Sports Communication John Sweeney. Sweeney, who retired last year, developed one of the most respected sports communication programs in the country. Freeman, now in his 12th year at the school, is launching an ambitious expansion of the program that is transforming how UNC prepares students for careers in sports media. The most visible change came this fall with a reimagining of “MEJO 377: Sports Communication.” Previously offered as two sections with 30 students each, the course expanded to 96 students and welcomed former UNC basketball star and NBA veteran Tyler Hansbrough as the co-instructor with Freeman, bringing real world professional experience directly into the classroom every week. The course has been a huge success. Students have participated in recording a podcast with Hansbrough and learned from an impressive lineup of guest speakers. Steve Kirschner, UNC’s senior associate director of athletics for communications, was the first in the course’s guest speaker series, followed by UNC Hussman alumni including Kaitlyn Schmidt ’23 from Bleacher Report, Deaton Bell ’90 from Turner Sports and Becca Royer ’19 from the Philadelphia 76ers. Travis Tygart, CEO of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, also shared his insights with the class. The highlight of the semester came when Roy Williams, who coached Hansbrough and the Tar Heels to a national championship in 2009, visited the classroom. Former UNC men’s basketball players Luke Maye and Marcus Ginyard showed up to support their former coach and Hansbrough, creating an unforgettable experience as Williams entertained students with stories and insights that captivated the room. Student demand has been overwhelming. The course reached capacity within two days of registration opening, with more than 40 students on the waitlist. “Students want to learn from people who have actually lived these experiences,” Freeman said. “Tyler shares insights into media relations, broadcast production and athlete communications that you simply can’t get from a textbook.” The model proved so successful that the school secured funding to continue it for the next five years, with a different former professional athlete co-teaching each fall. The school’s curriculum committee approved a proposal to expand the course to 150 to 200 students starting in fall 2026. This change will make it an introductory course accessible to students from across the University, transforming it into a showcase course for the entire campus. The course redesign represents just one piece of a broader sports communication program overhaul. This fall, the curriculum committee approved “MEJO 390: Sports Play by Play,” the first course of its kind at UNC. Limited to 10 advanced students, the course will be taught by Matt Krause, the current voice of UNC women’s basketball and an ACC Network broadcaster. Students will call actual games across multiple sports including women’s softball, soccer, volleyball, field hockey and lacrosse, as well as men’s soccer and lacrosse. They will also shadow broadcasts of men’s and women’s basketball games. “The sports broadcasting industry is exploding with streaming platforms and conference networks creating unprecedented demand,” Freeman said. The course emerged directly from student advocacy, led by Anna Laible ’26 and others who pushed for hands-on broadcasting experience. Professional equipment has been acquired, partnerships with UNC Athletics are in place and a soft launch began this semester with three experienced students calling games to test the system. The program’s growth extends into other specialized areas as well. Last spring, Stembler Professor Charlie Tuggle launched a new sports event management and hospitality course in partnership with On Location, a company that manages major sporting event experiences. The course provided students with opportunities to travel to the Super Bowl and NFL Draft, and Tuggle plans to take a group to the 2026 Milan Olympics this spring. Looking ahead to spring 2026, Associate Professor Ryan Thornburg will debut a sports data visualization course, adding another dimension to the program’s skill-building offerings. The curriculum expansion reflects the increasingly diverse career paths available in sports media, from traditional journalism and broadcasting to digital analytics and strategic communication. The program is also diving into one of college athletics’ most transformative developments: Name, Image and Likeness rights. Freeman’s “MEJO 466: Sports Marketing” class collaborated last spring with Associate Professor Gary Kayye’s “MEJO 371: Advertising Creative” class on a project with UNC’s Carolina NIL group to help rebrand their organization. That same semester, Kayye’s class envisioned Chapel Thrill, UNC football’s new pregame concert and entertainment experience. And Shaun Anderson, the school’s Knight Chair in Sports, Race and Media, continues to explore the broader implications of NIL through his research and teaching. These NIL-focused initiatives give students direct exposure to the business side of college athletics at a moment when the landscape is rapidly evolving. “Our students aren’t just learning about these changes,” Freeman said. “They’re actively helping shape how schools and athletes navigate them.” The transformation of UNC Hussman’s sports communication program reflects a broader philosophy about how to prepare students for careers in a rapidly changing industry. By bringing in professional practitioners like Hansbrough and Krause, partnering with industry leaders like On Location and ACC Network, and engaging with current issues like NIL, the program ensures students graduate with both theoretical knowledge and practical experience. For alumni who remember the foundations John Sweeney built, the expansion represents an evolution rather than a departure. The program still emphasizes strong reporting, strategic communication, ethical communication and critical thinking. But now it also offers students the chance to call live games, work on real NIL campaigns and learn directly from former professional athletes. “We’re not just teaching students about sports media,” Freeman said. “We’re giving them the tools, experiences and connections to actually build careers in it.” With new courses launching, professional partnerships deepening and enrollment expanding, UNC Hussman’s sports communication program is positioning itself as a national leader in preparing the next generation of sports media professionals. For current students, the message is clear: if you’re interested in sports communication, there’s never been a better time to be at UNC Hussman. And for the hundreds of students trying to get off waitlists and into these new courses, the school is working to create more opportunities. The program John Sweeney built is growing in ways that honor his legacy while meeting the demands of a new era in sports media.

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Dec 17, 2025 • 10:30 AM EST • Sports • hussman.unc.edu
Amid extremist attacks, Senate must stop playing politics with Walker nomination

Each delay sends a message — not only to victims, but to their persecutors — that religious freedom is negotiable.

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Dec 17, 2025 • 8:30 AM EST • Politics • thehill.com
Book prepares K-12 leaders for the next public health crisis

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — In a new book, a team of experts in educational policy, epidemiology and public health chronicles the challenges faced by educators, public health authorities and school officials during the COVID-19 pandemic and offers a guide to some of the lessons learned as K-12 schools weathered that crisis. One key message: Collaboration between […]

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Dec 16, 2025 • 8:00 AM EST • Health • news.illinois.edu
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Trump administration takes its economic message to Pennsylvania again as Vance heads to swing state

President Donald Trump bragged to Pennsylvanians last week that he’d delivered an “unbelievable” economy. Now, it’s up to Vice President JD Vance to explain why they’re not yet feeling the benefits.

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Dec 16, 2025 • 4:00 AM EST • Politics • cnn.com
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15 years into Obamacare, the GOP health care message is as muddled as ever

The party is again struggling to unite behind an alternative to expiring insurance subsidies used by millions of Americans.

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Dec 15, 2025 • 4:45 AM EST • Health • politico.com
Microsoft: December security updates cause Message Queuing failures

Microsoft has confirmed that the December 2025 security updates are breaking Message Queuing (MSMQ) functionality, affecting enterprise applications and Internet Information Services (IIS) websites.

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Dec 15, 2025 • 4:04 AM EST • Technology • bleepingcomputer.com
Analysis: Two mass shootings many time zones apart shatter communities and expose fraught politics

At about 4:20 p.m. on a cold Rhode Island Saturday, a message from Brown University flashed up on cellphones all over campus — everyone should run or take cover from an active shooter.

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Dec 15, 2025 • 12:00 AM EST • Politics • cnn.com
Millikan Closed For School, Sports on Monday Due to Construction Issue

Millikan High will be closed on Monday, December 15 due to an issue stemming from construction on campus. Flooding led to an electrical issue according to school administration, which sent a message out to parents and families telling them that the campus would be closed on Monday. School will

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Dec 14, 2025 • 10:55 PM EST • Sports • the562.org
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Google Messages has a major problem, and I'm sick of it

Google Messages has improved in recent years, but it's missing something that all rival messaging platforms offer.

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Dec 14, 2025 • 6:00 AM EST • Technology • androidauthority.com
The Birth Keepers: I choose this, episode one

The Free Birth Society was selling pregnant women a simple message: they could exit the medical system and take back their power by free birthing. But Nicole Garrison believes FBS ideology nearly cost her her life

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Dec 13, 2025 • 12:00 AM EST • Science • theguardian.com
SCV’s top cop speaks with business community

Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station Capt. Brandon Barclay, the SCV’s de facto “chief of police,” shared a message with the business community Thursday, touting another month of reduction in overall crime numbers […]

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Dec 12, 2025 • 11:42 PM EST • Business • signalscv.com
Tory transport culture wars risked making roads less safe, says minister

Lilian Greenwood condemns Conservative ‘mixed messages’ and promises a system that works for everybody

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Dec 12, 2025 • 9:00 AM EST • Politics • theguardian.com
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A controversial Democratic message makes a return: From the Politics Desk

Plus, Trump's political dilemma on the economy.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 5:09 PM EST • Politics • nbcnews.com
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WhatsApp is trying to reinvent voicemail

It’s now easier to send a voice or video message when someone doesn’t answer their phone.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 12:00 PM EST • Technology • theverge.com
A divided GOP forges ahead on health care message — without plan to address spiking premiums

Congressional Republicans are taking a major political gamble this week, laying out a GOP health care agenda that ignores the soon-to-expire enhanced subsidies that help tens of millions of Americans afford Obamacare — despite pleas from some in their own party.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 12:02 AM EST • Health • cnn.com
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A divided GOP forges ahead on health care message — without plan to address spiking premiums

Congressional Republicans are taking a major political gamble this week, laying out a GOP health care agenda that ignores the soon-to-expire enhanced subsidies that help tens of millions of Americans afford Obamacare — despite pleas from some in their own party.

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Dec 11, 2025 • 12:02 AM EST • Politics • cnn.com
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GOP strategist on Trump’s economic message: ‘I’m watching him struggle and it reminds me of the previous administration’
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Dec 10, 2025 • 9:28 PM EST • Politics • cnn.com
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Tax Tip - Businesses: Add or update your email address now to avoid missing important CRA messages

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) now sends most business correspondence online through the My Business Account portal in your CRA account, instead of by paper mail.

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Dec 10, 2025 • 9:01 AM EST • Business • finance.yahoo.com
Trump defends tariffs as he launches economic tour: 'You can give up certain products. You could give up pencils.'

President Donald Trump is touring swing states to defend his tariffs and sell the message that the economy is booming.

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Dec 9, 2025 • 11:14 PM EST • Business • businessinsider.com
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UC Berkeley suspends pro-Palestinian lecturer over political advocacy in classroom

A Berkeley lecturer known for his Gaza hunger strike has been suspended for political advocacy in the classroom — a move Muslim rights advocates say sends a chilling message.

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Dec 9, 2025 • 8:53 PM EST • Politics • sfchronicle.com
Trump offers farmers $12-billion bailout to offset pain from trade war : The NPR Politics Podcast

President Trump has announced a $12-billion bailout plan for farmers, designed to offset the impacts they have felt from a trade war with China. We discuss how this program fits into Trump’s broader economic policy agenda, and whether it detracts from his message that tariffs will be a boon for the country’s economy.This episode: national political correspondent Sarah McCammon, White House correspondent Danielle Kurtzleben, and senior national political correspondent Mara Liasson.This podcast was produced by Casey Morell and Bria Suggs, and edited by Rachel Baye.Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi.Listen to every episode of the NPR Politics Podcast sponsor-free, unlock access to bonus episodes with more from the NPR Politics team, and support public media when you sign up for The NPR Politics Podcast+ at plus.npr.org/politics.Please let us know what you think of our show and how we can make it better by filling out this quick survey. As a token of our appreciation, three respondents will be randomly selected to receive a $25 gift card.

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Dec 9, 2025 • 4:07 PM EST • Politics • npr.org
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Pebble's founder introduces a $75 AI smart ring for recording brief notes with a press of a button

After rebooting the Pebble smartwatch, founder Eric Migicovsky is expanding his company's device lineup with a new smart wearable: an AI-powered smart ring known as Index 01. Named for the finger where the ring is meant to be worn, the new $75 ring is not meant to be a competitor to the always-on, always-listening AI devices, like the AI pendant Friend, but instead offers a way to record quick notes and reminders with a press of a button on the ring's side. AI only comes into play via the open source, speech-to-text, and AI models that run locally on your smartphone, via the open source Pebble mobile app. That is, if the Ring's button is not being pressed, it's not recording. (And this is a press-and-hold gesture, too, which means you can't start the ring's recording and then let go to surreptitiously record a conversation.) You can wear the stainless steel ring while in the shower, washing hands, doing dishes, or in the rain, but you would have to take it off for other water-related activities, like swimming. At launch, it's water-resistant to 1 meter. The ring is also not a fitness tracker or sleep monitor. It doesn't record details about your heart rate or health. And it's not there to be your AI friend. "I'm not trying to build some AI assistant thing," Migicovsky told TechCrunch in an interview. "I build things that solve one main problem, and they solve it really well," he explains. "I think of as external memory for my brain...that's what this is. It's always with you." Plus, the ring has been designed to be highly reliable and privacy-preserving, he says, as all your thoughts are stored on your phone, not in the cloud. There is no subscription. Migicovsky has been wearing the ring for three months now and says he cannot imagine going back to a world where he doesn't always have a memory device with him. "The problem is that, during the day, I get ideas or I remember something, and if I don't write it down that second, I forget it," he says. The ring solves this problem, he adds, without becoming another device you need to charge. "The battery lasts for years," Migicovsky claims. Technically, the ring is said to support roughly 12 to 14 hours of recording. On average, the founder says he uses it 10-20 times per day to record 3-6 second thoughts. At that rate, he'll get about two years of usage. When the ring's battery dies, you can ship it back to the company for recycling. When using Index, you can record up to five minutes of audio, which can be saved to the ring and synced to your phone later. This makes sense for recording briefer, personal thoughts and notes, even when you don't have your phone handy, but it wouldn't work for recording a longer chat, like a presentation, meeting, or in-person interview of some kind. The ring also supports 99+ languages and has a bit of on-device memory, in case you're not in Bluetooth range of your device, where the recording is ultimately saved and transcribed. (The raw audio is retained, too, in case the speech-to-text is garbled due to loud background noise). If you own a Pebble smartwatch or one from another brand, your recorded thought can even appear on the watch's screen so you can verify it's correct. The ring works with Pebble's mobile app, which offers notes and reminders, but can optionally integrate with your phone's calendaring system, too, or other apps, like Notion. And the ring's software is open source, which makes it hackable by the community, the founder points out. Because of its open nature, the ring's button is already programmable. In addition to the press-and-hold gesture, you can program the ring to do other things with a single or double press, like play or pause your music or control the shutter on your phone's camera. You could use it to send a message through the universal chat app Beeper, which Migicovsky also created, or you could add your own voice actions via MCP. A new approach to hardware Migicovsky acknowledges that hardware can be difficult to get right -- as the previous exit of Pebble to Fitbit showed. (Fitbit, too, was later acquired by Google in 2021). "I didn't earn any money during Pebble -- we exited, but it was not a great exit," Migicovsky admits. This year, however, he decided to reboot the Pebble project after Google open sourced the PebbleOS, which opened up the door to new hardware. With his new company, Core Devices, Migicovsky plans to do things differently. Still, the founder doesn't regret his previous choices, he clarifies. "I wouldn't have gone back and changed anything. I loved what we built. I loved what we did. I love the company that we built, but it's not the only way to build a company," he told TechCrunch. " And, speaking as an ex-YC partner, there are -- there's a time and a place for building a venture-backed startup. Some companies are phenomenal when they raise money and build a big team, and I tried that...I think what I'm doing now is trying an alternative path, which is start from profitability," he says. The new company is a small team of five, self-funded, and focused on sustainability. So far, Core Devices has shipped the Pebble 2 Duo smartwatch with a black-and-white display. Its first run sold out, and the company is now preparing to ship the upgraded version, the Pebble Time 2. The newer device, which has seen 25,000 pre-orders, is a stainless steel watch with a larger, color e-ink screen. 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