Israeli parliament voted against a bill to annex Betair Illit, a large settlement in the West Bank. The vote took place on Wednesday, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the US....
📋 Key Facts ✓ Argentina’s libertarian leader Javier Milei seeks tax and labour overhaul after midterm victory ✓ Milei’s ‘chainsaw’ mini...
Thousands of student-loan borrowers are waiting for their income-driven repayment applications to be approved. nirat/Getty Images Over 800,000 student-loan borrowers are waiting for their income-drive...
Barnes & Noble is among the retailers reportedly opening more stores in 2026. Al Drago/Getty Images Retailers such as Dollar General and Nordstrom Rack plan major store expansions in the US in 2026. S...
China is taking steps to reshape the direction of its foreign investment, unveiling a revised catalogue of encouraged industries that steers overseas capital towards the advanced and technologically c...
Tahmina Watson. Courtesy of Tahmina Watson Tahmina Watson's law firm assists founders and businesses in applying for employment visas. Her advice to clients since November 2024 has been to avoid all t...
Chinese researchers have proposed a simple yet powerful theory to explain one of physics’ oldest puzzles: why time only moves forward and why travelling to the past remains impossible. Physicist Cai Q...
📋 Key Facts ✓ The Star Wars Holiday Special features the original cast visiting Kashyyyk for Life Day. ✓ Guest stars include Bea Arthur...
A family gathers around the Christmas tree while a young girl opens her present. Mike Kurtz/Getty Images Families have long decked out their homes for the holidays. Some decorations, such as tinsel, r...
Kim Kardashian at the Academy Museum Gala in Los Angeles. Emma McIntyre/Getty Images Fashion missteps were notable at events in 2025, from awards shows to the Cannes Film Festival. Jamie Lee Curtis wo...
Different cultures celebrate Christmas at different days and time zones are a thing. But it's Christmas here, so: Merry Christmas to everyone. I hope you get some rest and can spend time with people w...
Ever since digital streaming was introduced as an alternative to cable, companies like Disney, Warner Bros, Netflix, and Amazon have been finding new ways to "revolutionize" monthly subscriptions, whi...
An f/1.2 aperture is a beautiful thing. Canon's new EOS R6 Mark III is an excellent camera . It's not a groundbreaking upgrade to the 3-year-old R6 Mark II, but it takes the same body with great ergon...
Apple Fitness+ is a subscription-based service available to Apple users. Apple Apple teased "big" Apple Fitness+ updates planned for 2026 on Instagram. The service offers instructor-led classe...
Aaron Cannon cofounded an AI startup that recently raised $30 million. He also picks up his 3-year-old every day from preschool. Aaron Cannon Aaron Cannon thought up his startup, Outset, while on pate...
Tiffany Haynes with her husband and kids. Photo credit: Teresa's PHOTOWORKS Tiffany Haynes is the former COO of Fingercheck and led the company through an acquisition. She started her career in a call...
Media giants are trying to solve their engagement issues as free streamers like YouTube take viewers. John Wilson/Netflix Audiences have increasingly shifted toward free streaming services like YouTub...
Paste in my prompt to Claude Code with an embedded API key for accessing my public readonly SQL+vector database, and you have a state-of-the-art research tool over Hacker News, arXiv, LessWrong, and d...
Sports dietitian Roxana Ehsani, nutrition scientist Kevin Hall, and registered dietitian Kylie Sakaida are a few of the nutrition experts we spoke to this year. Roxana Ehsani/Kevin Hall/Kylie Sakaida ...
Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov. Manuel Blondeau/AOP.Press/Corbis/Getty Images Pavel Durov, the founder and owner of Telegram, is worth $17 billion. The messaging platform has 1 billion users and...