Wednesday, Dec 10th, 2025 -
Recent research from Gartner encourages organizations to block agentic browsers (or AI browsers). While these browsers could transform user interaction with websites, they could also introduce considerable cybersecurity risks. Therefore, the report asserts that " CISOs must block all AI browsers in the foreseeable future to minimize risk exposure." "There's good reason to be cautious about AI-powered ...
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday wrestled over whether to lift limits on how much political parties can spend in cooperation with candidates. The case could significantly shift the balance of political power between the parties and outside groups such as Super PACs. Republican leaders are asking the court to remove limits on how much parties can spend in coordination with federal candidates on items such as ...
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Wednesday, Dec 10th, 2025 -
Washington — The U.S. has seized a large oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, officials said Wednesday, escalating tensions between the two countries . President Trump said he assumes the U.S. will keep the oil. Bloomberg first reported the oil tanker seizure. Mr. Trump announced the seizure during a roundtable meeting at the White House, saying the tanker was "seized for a very good reason." ...
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Wednesday, Dec 10th, 2025 -
A federal judge in New York on Wednesday granted the Justice Department's request to unseal grand jury records in Jeffrey Epstein's 2019 sex trafficking case. The move comes a day after a separate judge ordered the release of grand jury records related to Ghislaine Maxwell. In his order, U.S. District Judge Richard Berman cited the law that Congress passed last month that required the DOJ to release all of its ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A Dallas congresswoman opened her Senate campaign by telling voters that she "has gone toe to toe with Donald Trump." Her Democratic primary opponent insisted that Americans are tired of "politics as a blood sport." The divergent approach highlights how U.S. Rep. are navigating a race where Democrats hope to break a three-decade losing streak in Texas. It also reflects a broader divide ...
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Wednesday, Dec 10th, 2025 -
Under the terms of a proposed Education Department settlement announced this week, millions of student loan borrowers would soon have to make payments on their debt again. The agreement centers on borrowers who signed up for the Biden administration-era Saving on a Valuable Education, or SAVE, plan. Here are the options for borrowers who remain in the SAVE forbearance. Millions of student loan borrowers whose ...
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Wednesday, Dec 10th, 2025 -
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials were expected to hand their latest peace proposals to United States negotiators Wednesday, according to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who also said Ukraine would be ready for elections within three months if partners can guarantee a safe vote during wartime and if its electoral law can be altered. Zelenskyy was responding to comments by U.S. President Donald Trump in ...
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Wednesday, Dec 10th, 2025 -
Australia's world-first social media ban for children has taken effect, with throngs of teenagers waking up to find their accounts have gone dark. Others tell BBC they have already snuck past barriers and will continue scrolling and posting freely until they are caught. The new law means social media firms - including Meta, TikTok and YouTube - must take "reasonable steps" to ensure Australians aged under 16 don't ...
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Wednesday, Dec 10th, 2025 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article This comes as the Senate tees up a vote on its plan for its own health care bill House Speaker Mike Johnson said that the House of Representatives will not vote to extend the enhanced tax credits for Obamacare, leaving more than 22 million at risk of losing their health insurance. ...
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Wednesday, Dec 10th, 2025 -
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A parent of a Kentucky State University student has been charged with murder in an on campus shooting that killed one student and critically injured another. Jacob Lee Bard was at the school's campus in Frankfort on Tuesday and fired shots at the victims at a residence hall, police said in a statement. Investigators said the shooting was isolated, but they have not publicly shared ...
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Wednesday, Dec 10th, 2025 -
The Trump administration is reportedly trying to strongarm the International Criminal Court (ICC) into changing its founding document to carve out an exception for President Donald Trump and his top officials ensuring that they are never prosecuted by the court for potential war crimes. The administration is threatening the ICC with yet more sanctions if they do not amend the Rome Statute, which established the ...
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Amazon plans to invest $35 billion in India through 2030 to support business expansion, artificial intelligence (AI) digitization, export growth and job creation. This will build on the $40 billion the company has already invested in India in terms of compensation to employees and development of infrastructure, it said in a Wednesday (Dec. 10) press release . Amazon's investments to date have built fulfillment ...
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MIAMI (AP) — Democrat Eileen Higgins won the Miami mayor's race on Tuesday, defeating a Republican endorsed by President Donald Trump to end her party's nearly three-decade losing streak and give Democrats a boost in one of the last electoral battles ahead of the 2026 midterms. Higgins, 61, will be the first woman to lead the city of Miami. She spoke frequently in the Hispanic-majority city about Trump's ...
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Wednesday, Dec 10th, 2025 -
News red__koral__ph / Pixabay Federal judge orders Trump to end California National Guard federalization A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the Trump administration to end its six-month federalization of the California National Guard, ruling the deployment lacks legal justification. US federal law ( 10 USC § 12406 ) permits the president to federalize National Guard troops only when the nation faces ...
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– Renewed border fighting between showed no signs of abating Wednesday, leaving hundreds of thousands of displaced people in both countries living in strained conditions as more flooded into Associated Press reporters on the Thai side of the border heard sounds of outgoing, indirect fire Wednesday. About 400,000 people have been evacuated from affected areas in Thailand and around 700 schools closed while ...
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News Florida governor designates CAIR as foreign terrorist organization Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Monday signed an executive order designating the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) as a foreign terrorist organization. The executive order, an unprecedented step at the state level, cites a supposed connection between the Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR as the primary justification for the designation. ...
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Wednesday, Dec 10th, 2025 -
Archaeologists discovered Palaeolithic fire-making tools in a field in the east of England A team of UK researchers led by the British Museum say they have uncovered evidence that humans made fire around 400,000 years ago, pointing to fire-making tools and materials found in a field in Suffolk in eastern England. "The discovery at the Palaeolithic site in Barnham evidences the creation and control of fire, which ...
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Wednesday, Dec 10th, 2025 -
U.S. banking regulators are warming up to cryptocurrency in a way never seen before. For much of the digital asset sector's history, crypto companies have accused U.S. regulators of regulatory arbitrage by enforcement, while regulators accused the industry of racing ahead of basic risk controls. Banks, caught in the middle, largely stayed on the sidelines, experimenting quietly while waiting for a clearer signal. ...
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Wednesday, Dec 10th, 2025 -
President Donald Trump's crusade against renewables was dealt a blow on Monday when a federal judge vacated a January executive order that halted wind energy development on public lands. In May, 17 states and the District of Columbia filed suit against Trump over the order, which directed federal agencies to "not issue new or renewed approvals, rights of way, permits, leases, or loans for onshore or offshore wind ...
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Wednesday, Dec 10th, 2025 -
Energy drinks might give you wings, unleash the beast or fuel your grind - but chugging too many might pose a serious stroke risk, doctors warn. An otherwise fit and healthy man in his 50s with a daily eight-can habit found out the hard way, a case study published Tuesday in the journal BMJ Case Reports states. This patient suffered permanent damage from a minor stroke caused by extremely high blood pressure, ...
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday wrestled with whether to allow Alabama to execute a man with low cognitive function, a ruling that could set new rules for states to condemn those with borderline intellectual disabilities to death row. Roughly two hours of intense arguments did not seem to produce a consensus among the justices over how states should assess IQ tests to determine mental disability. In a landmark 2002 ...
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Heart disease has long been the top killer of women in the United States, but new research suggests uterine fibroids, which many may not even be aware they have, could be putting them at a significantly greater risk. A large, 10-year study found that women with leiomyomas had an 81% higher long-term risk of heart disease than those without the common condition. Women with fibroids — generally benign tumors ...
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Wednesday, Dec 10th, 2025 -
LONDON (AP) — Iceland's national broadcaster said Wednesday it will boycott next year's Eurovision Song Contest because of discord over Israel's participation, joining four other countries in a walkout of the pan-continental music competition. Broadcasters in Spain, the Netherlands, Ireland and Slovenia told contest organizer the European Broadcasting Union last week that they will not take part in the ...
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Wednesday, Dec 10th, 2025 -
Trump's odd Nvidia reversal may open the door for China to demand Blackwell access. Donald Trump's decision to allow Nvidia to export an advanced artificial intelligence chip, the H200, to China may give China exactly what it needs to win the AI race, experts and lawmakers have warned. The H200 is about 10 times less powerful than Nvidia's Blackwell chip, which is the tech giant's currently most advanced chip that ...
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Wednesday, Dec 10th, 2025 -
Children with the mutation have up to a 90% chance of developing cancer by age 60. A single sperm donor who carries a rare cancer-causing genetic mutation has fathered at least 197 children across 14 countries in Europe, according to a collaborative investigation by 14 European news groups . According to their investigative report, some of the children have already died, and many others are expected to develop ...
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– Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado's daughter accepted the in Norway on her mother's behalf Wednesday, and said in a speech written by Machado that Venezuela shows the world "we must be willing to fight for freedom." Machado has been in hiding and hasn't been seen in public since Jan. 9, when she was briefly detained after joining supporters in a protest in Caracas, Venezuela's ...
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Wednesday, Dec 10th, 2025 -
SAN FRANCISCO ( KRON ) – Instacart, the San Francisco-based company that operates its eponymous grocery delivery app, is responding to reports that it charged some customers more than others for the exact same items as part of an artificial intelligence-enabled experiment. The allegations stem from a study conducted by Consumer Reports , an advocacy group known as Groundwork Collaborative, and the non-profit ...
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Wednesday, Dec 10th, 2025 -
Space agency is investigating after Maven abruptly stopped communicating to ground stations over the weekend Nasa has lost contact with a spacecraft that has orbited Mars for more than a decade, though the US space agency said it was trying to re-establish a communications link. Maven abruptly stopped communicating to ground stations over the weekend. Nasa said this week that the spacecraft had been working fine ...
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Wednesday, Dec 10th, 2025 -
Sherrone Moore's time at Michigan is suddenly over. The Wolverines fired their head football coach on Wednesday afternoon. Michigan fired Moore for cause, too, due to an investigation that uncovered off-the-field transgressions. Michigan confirmed the move on Wednesday afternoon, and said Moore "engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a staff member." Further specifics of that relationship, or when the ...
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A conservative United States federal judge was seen attending a political rally hosted by President Donald Trump this week, prompting a nonprofit watchdog group to file an ethics complaint against him. Judge Emil Bove, who serves on the U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals, was nominated by Trump in June, and narrowly approved by a deeply divided Senate in a 50-49 vote the following month . Prior to his nomination, ...
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The software giant posted quarterly results that fell short of Wall Street's revenue expectations on Wednesday, and shares slid more than 11% in after-hours trading. "Capex & financing needs have been the biggest investor question over the last two months, weighing on the stock," wrote Derrick Wood, an analyst at TD Cowen, ahead of the earnings call. , reassured analysts that the company's debt remains in ...
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Wednesday, Dec 10th, 2025 -
Women are hitting the top of the corporate ladder only to find something waiting for them: exhaustion. According to a report published Tuesday by McKinsey and LeanIn.org, a nonprofit founded by Sheryl Sandberg, burnout among senior-level women is the highest it has been in the past five years. Around 60% of these women said they have frequently felt burned out at work in the past few months, compared with 50% of ...
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Wednesday, Dec 10th, 2025 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Madison Muller and Rachel Cohrs Zhang, Bloomberg News WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration is investigating whether COVID-19 vaccines caused deaths in adults, as part of a safety review that earlier appeared to just be focused on children. The investigation, being conducted across different divisions of the FDA, comes at a time when U.S. Health and Human ...
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We're long past relying only on smartphones for our mobile computing needs. iPhones and Android devices are routinely paired with specific wearable accessories: can also help with the latter, reducing the need to use a wrist wearable. In this crowded ecosystem where ideas often get recycled, wearable company Pebble managed to deliver a surprise accessory; a ring with no health sensors. Instead, is a smart AI ...
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has ordered diplomats to revert to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor Antony Blinken's decision to adopt Calibri a "wasteful" diversity move, according to a leaked internal cable. The department switched to Calibri, a modern sans-serif font, in January 2023, saying it was a more accessible font for people with disabilities because it did ...
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Wednesday, Dec 10th, 2025 -
Big 12 Conference commissioner Brett Yormark said Notre Dame athletic director Pete Bevacqua was "totally out of bounds" for his comments on the Atlantic Coast Conference this week. Notre Dame have a football scheduling alliance with the ACC and are a full member of the conference in other sports. Bevacqua has claimed the ACC damaged Notre Dame's chances at making the College Football Playoff, instead campaigning ...
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Wednesday, Dec 10th, 2025 -
Reading time 4 minutes The South Carolina Department of Public Health reported 27 new cases of measles on Tuesday, all identified since last Friday, bringing the total number of identified cases in the state this year to 114. There are currently at least 254 people in quarantine in South Carolina, though the problem isn't just confined to one state. The latest figures from the CDC, which haven't been updated in ...
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Egypt and Iran are calling on football's governing body to intervene in the LGBTQ+ Pride celebration planned to coincide with their group stage match in Seattle at the 2026 World Cup . Egypt's Football Association (EFA) said on Tuesday it had sent a letter to Fifa urging them to prevent any LGBTQ+ Pride-related activities during the national team's match against Iran next June. The EFA argues in the letter that ...
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Tuesday, Dec 9th, 2025 -
from European Union regulators, who opened an investigation Tuesday into the company's use of online content for its President Donald Trump's administration, though EU officials denied they were singling out American Big Tech companies. The European Commission, which is the 27-nation bloc's top antitrust enforcer, said it's examining whether Google has breached competition rules through its use of content from web ...
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( The Hill ) – More American newborns are not receiving vitamin K shots, according to a study published Monday in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The study found that from January 2017 to December 2024, 3.92 percent of the more than 5 million newborns in a U.S.-based electronic database did not receive a vitamin K shot. The share of newborns who did not receive the shot rose from 2.92 ...
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