Sal Khan: A.I. Will Displace Workers at a Scale Many Don’t Realize

https://ift.tt/G4Au9zT benefiting from A.I. should donate a small percentage of their profits to retrain the workers the tech will displace.

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'Such an easy game to ref' - Dyche 'stunned' by 'bizarre' VAR calls

https://ift.tt/kHvQ1sT Forest manager Sean Dyche is critical of the officials over some "bizarre" decisions in his side's late 2-1 defeat by Manchester City.

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I Was the President’s Pardon Attorney. He’s Making a Mockery of the Pardon Process.

https://ift.tt/InZ6xsi who wants to live in a safe, fair and free country should be alarmed.

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The Race to Save the Sacramento Mountains Checkerspot Butterfly

https://ift.tt/l8A1hMz Sacramento Mountains checkerspot butterfly is critically endangered, with the last known larva living in a lab in New Mexico.

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Family of man missing at sea pay tribute

https://ift.tt/xACMak9 family of Matthew Upham have named him as one of the swimmers who went missing on Christmas Day.

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Robert Lindsey, Times Reporter and Reagan Ghostwriter, Dies at 90

https://ift.tt/Zi7DmKW nonfiction spy thriller “The Falcon and the Snowman,” which became a film, grew out of his work as a journalist covering the West Coast for The Times.

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A Man Who Shunned Cheap Sentiment Left a Gift for Others: Life

https://ift.tt/RSzO75J Costello was a cleareyed writer who might have found this article a bit treacly. Such is the cost of being a good guy.

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Brazil ex-President Jair Bolsonaro's surgery for hernia 'successful'

https://ift.tt/jhqw1UX former leader is serving a 27-year sentence for plotting a coup after losing the 2022 presidential election.

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Officials discover a million more documents potentially related to Epstein case

https://ift.tt/eQxPj4I US Department of Justice says reviewing the material could delay release by a "few more weeks".

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Mail Carriers Keep Making the Rounds, Despite a Murky Future

https://ift.tt/S2Yc6Nn the much-derided agency loses billions, postal workers quietly, and sometimes heroically, serve their communities.

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Explosion hits packed mosque in Nigeria

https://ift.tt/wfISlGH say the blast happened as people were gathered for evening prayers.

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Russell Brand Is Charged With Additional Counts of Rape and Sexual Assault

https://ift.tt/wktUJsG actor, comedian and YouTuber now faces seven counts of rape and sexual assault in Britain.

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Why France's Kylian Mbappe had £1.3m ethics bonus in PSG contract

https://ift.tt/bYtpNUW St-Germain were told they must hand over a £1.3m "ethics bonus" to Kylian Mbappe as part of his court battle win - what are these payments?

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Did Charlie Javice’s 147-Member Legal Team Expense $529 in Gummy Bears?

https://ift.tt/DTdolZm has had to pay tens of millions in legal costs for the convicted fraudster. It wants the public to see a newly unredacted list of itemized expenses.

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US pauses offshore wind projects over security concerns

https://ift.tt/PSmtsed Trump administration has long opposed wind power, most often citing cost and reliability concerns.

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'Hearts have arrived'...but McInnes warns they can get better

https://ift.tt/Kw4Vduh "have arrived" as Scottish Premiership title contenders after beating Rangers for the second time this season, says Kris Boyd.

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‘Avatar’ Sequel Is Neither Fire Nor Ash at North American Box Office

https://static01.nyt.com/images/2025/12/21/multimedia/21biz-box-avatar1-btvj/21biz-box-avatar1-btvj-mediumSquareAt3X.jpg“Avatar: Fire and Ash” took in $88 million over the weekend, a sizable No. 1 total that nonetheless fell 34 percent behind the opening for its franchise predecessor.

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Conservative Leaders Can’t Ignore Candace Owens

https://ift.tt/Ip6kenY right mastered influencer politics. Now they’re tearing the movement apart.

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Engineer becomes first wheelchair user to go to space

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/240/cpsprodpb/aaef/live/0a1fee50-ddd6-11f0-a8dc-93c15fe68710.jpg"It was the coolest experience!" said Michaela Benthaus after the 10-minute Blue Origin flight.

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Cynthia Lummis, a One-Term G.O.P. Senator, Will Not Seek Re-election

https://ift.tt/ez0wApo conservative who has served in the Senate since 2021, Ms. Lummis attributed the decision to the “difficult, exhausting session” this fall on Capitol Hill.

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NY Gov. Kathy Hochul to Sign Prison Reform Bill After Beatings and Deaths

https://ift.tt/S12RmTB guards have been accused of more than 120 acts of brutality that amounted to torture in the past decade in New York, a Times investigation found.

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Foreign prison officers exempted from stricter visa rules

https://ift.tt/3rcJBPh follows warnings some jails were facing a staffing crisis after salary requirements were raised.

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England staring at Ashes defeat after Australia dominate on day two

https://ift.tt/amOKuA2 batters have another day to forget as Australia dominate with the ball on day two of the third Ashes Test, with the tourists closing on 213-8, still 158 runs behind Australia's first innings total of 371, with the home side closing in on an Ashes series victory with two matches to spare.

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Billionaire Jared Isaacman confirmed as Nasa chief after turbulent nomination

https://ift.tt/PzEO0lZ amateur jet pilot is the the first NASA administrator in decades to come directly from outside government.

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M.I.T. Professor Is Fatally Shot in His Home

https://ift.tt/t0LU1sA professor, Nuno F.G. Loureiro, was pronounced dead at a hospital on Tuesday morning. The authorities said they had opened a homicide investigation.

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Fifa introduces some £45 World Cup tickets after backlash

https://ift.tt/8Tg4NPJ introduces a small number of "more affordable" $60 (£45) tickets for all 104 matches at the 2026 World Cup following criticism of its pricing structure for the tournament.

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The 52 Best Breakup Lines (Said in Real Life)

https://ift.tt/WvuLhmi mark the winter holidays — an especially popular time to break up — we asked people around the world for their most striking parting words to each other.

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Iranian Nobel laureate taken to hospital after 'violent arrest', family says

https://ift.tt/uRycvmP Mohammadi told her family in a phone call that she was beaten on the head and neck by plainclothes agents in Mashhad last week.

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Hospitalized Brown Student Describes Hiding from Shooter

https://ift.tt/rFTie1f student, in his first year at Brown, described helping others who were more seriously injured than him as they hid in their classroom.

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'Burning, annoying' - Frank calls for time after 'very bad' Spurs loss

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/240/cpsprodpb/fb48/live/cd6ffd40-d913-11f0-b67b-690eb873de1b.jpg"It's pretty evident if no-one gets the time, no-one can turn it around," says Thomas Frank as Spurs beaten at Nottingham Forest.

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Trump’s Nvidia Deal Undermines National Security

https://ift.tt/QM30noy week, Donald Trump announced that he would allow Nvidia to sell its powerful H200 chips to China. The Times Opinion editor, Kathleen Kingsbury, argues that the move undermines national security.

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'Worst 48 hours' since I joined Chelsea - Maresca

https://ift.tt/nmVYztq manager Enzo Maresca says the past 48 hours are “the worst” since joining the club last summer.

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DoorDash Deliverer Faces Tampering Charges Tied to Food Order

https://ift.tt/eZTBc1R authorities said the woman, who was making a delivery for DoorDash, was captured on a doorbell camera spraying an unknown aerosol.

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Charlotte Church reveals she has ditched deodorant

https://ift.tt/VHU4BR7 Traitors star says she stopped using it because she was concerned about chemicals.

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Does Trump have a plan to reform healthcare in America?

https://ift.tt/A2Va5T9 the president has doubled down on his criticism of Europe.

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Pakistan’s Ex-Spy Chief Sentenced to Prison After Court-Martial

https://ift.tt/oPkNbSA. Gen. Faiz Hameed, an ally of the former prime minister, Imran Khan, once led Pakistan’s powerful Inter-Services Intelligence agency.

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Rare 15th Century Jewish Prayer Book, Looted by the Nazis, to Be Sold

https://ift.tt/GWYyp2Q illuminated manuscript, confiscated from the Rothschild banking dynasty during the Holocaust, is expected to draw at least $5 million.

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Palestine Action hunger strikers call for urgent meeting with ministers

https://ift.tt/Kx3F2ba for eight remand prisoners waiting to go on trial say they could die in prison as part of their protest.

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Brigitte Macron’s Slur Against Feminist Protesters Prompts an Outcry in France

https://ift.tt/mqrBXQF Macron used a slur to criticize protesters who had interrupted a show by a French comedian accused of rape in 2021, in a case that was dismissed.

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Thirteen Labour MPs vote for talks on joining EU customs union

https://ift.tt/SLxfr3e hundred MPs voted for and 100 against the Liberal Democrats' bill, which would require the UK to begin talks with the EU for a new customs union.

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Non-league Macclesfield to host holders Palace in FA Cup third round

https://ift.tt/LG3toZT club Macclesfield are drawn against holders Crystal Palace in the third round of the FA Cup.

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Chelsea unbeatable no more - is WSL now Man City's to lose?

https://ift.tt/aSTlxM5 585 days, and 34 Women's Super League games, Chelsea's unbeaten domestic league run is at an end - so is it now Manchester City's title to lose?

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Katy Perry Posts Photos With Justin Trudeau Amid Romance Rumors

https://ift.tt/Nw9BbqD. Perry and Mr. Trudeau, the former prime minister of Canada, posed together in photos and videos on Instagram, making them “Instagram official.”

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US National Park Service removes free entry on MLK Day and Juneteenth

https://ift.tt/BiroxQ9 Trump administration is adding Flag Day, which is also President Trump's birthday, to its list of fee-free entry days at national parks.

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'F1 title decider could hardly be better set up'

https://ift.tt/HtwVGYc maths and task seem simple for Lando Norris heading into the F1 title decider but Max Verstappen retains hope of "some Abu Dhabi magic".

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How Batteries Got Cheaper and Made the Electric Grid More Reliable

https://ift.tt/8APK5hJ early grid battery was installed in the Atacama Desert in Chile 15 years ago. Now, as prices have tumbled, they are increasingly being used around the world.

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Jamie's Italian to return six years after collapse

https://ift.tt/Vs5G3n7 Oliver is relaunching his casual dining brand in the UK backed by the people behind Prezzo.

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'I am a leader, not a boss' - Celtic's Nancy

https://ift.tt/bg0jY3w Nancy has joined Celtic as "a leader" first and foremost after arriving as manager.

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Cold Weather Forecast to Bring Chilliest Temperatures of the Season

https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/01/11/multimedia/2024-01-08-cold-tracker-index/2024-01-08-cold-tracker-index-mediumSquareAt3X-v2037.jpegThere’s no denying it. It’s really December.

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Nancy takes Celtic job and vows 'exciting football'

https://ift.tt/C5dErB1 have confirmed the appointment of Wilfried Nancy as their new manager on a two-and-a-half year contract.

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Presenter Woods 'taken ill' during England coverage

https://ift.tt/HJuWY87 Laura Woods appears to faint while leading the coverage of England's friendly against Ghana on Tuesday.

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Elon Musk’s Foundation Grows to $14 Billion, but Gives Little to Outsiders

https://ift.tt/xELrZt9 philanthropy has become one of America’s biggest, but most of its giving went to charities closely tied to the world’s richest man.

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Holly Willoughby fined £1,600 for careless driving

https://ift.tt/cPCHpM9 TV presenter drove her Mini Cooper without due care and attention near her home in Richmond.

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Russian Launch Site Mishap Leaves Country’s Space Program in Limbo

https://ift.tt/HEn2JhR ability of Russia to launch astronauts to the International Space Station remains in limbo after an incident last week at the Baikonur base in Kazakhstan.

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Sutton's predictions v Tailenders host Felix White

https://ift.tt/7ovUjyw Sport football expert Chris Sutton takes on Felix White - and AI - with his predictions for the midweek Premier League fixtures.

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OBR head resigns over Budget day publishing error

https://ift.tt/wAxhYSR government's official forecaster inadvertently published a crucial Budget document early.

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