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The Israel–Premier Tech Cycling Team Is No More
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Score hundreds off the new Pixel 10 range, or snag a discounted Pixel Watch 4 or Pixel Buds.
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• Stephanie Yang
In China, parents are buying smartwatches for children as young as five, connecting them to a digital world that blends socializing with fierce competition.
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• Derek Ashmore

In 2026, enterprises will find themselves navigating a seismic shift in AI. Gone are the days when text-only models ruled
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“Carol Sturka”, actress Rhea Seehorn’s fictional protagonist of the new Apple TV series Pluribus, is on Reddit right now — at 12n ET / 9am PT — doing an AMA in character. Sturka is a fantasy novelist, and Apple Books has an 11-page excerpt of her “new” novel Bloodsong of Wycaro. Unclear whether it’s Seehorn writing the in-character responses, but it’s definitely Seehorn in the confirmation photo. Reminiscent of some of the promotional fun Apple has had for Severance.
Both my wife and I are loving Pluribus so far. I highly recommend watching the first episode without even knowing the premise, if you can.
OpenAI:
Early feedback from the pilot has been positive, so we’re expanding group chats to all logged-in users on ChatGPT Free, Go, Plus and Pro plans globally over the coming days. We will continue refining the experience as more people start using it.
That didn’t take long — the initial rollout limited to Japan, New Zealand, Korea, and Taiwan started just three days ago.
We released Epilogue 2.1 for iOS and Android today. Now with easy blogging for movies. Here’s a short video to show the new interface.
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• WNYC
Jonathan Lemire, co-host of Morning Joe on MSNOW; writer for MSNOW and contributing writer to The Atlantic talks about the national political news of the week, including Mayor-elect Mamdani's meeting with President Trump at the White House.
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Emily Stewart, senior correspondent at Business Insider, talks about navigating issues around what to do with all the 'stuff' that boomer parents will be leaving their millennial kids.
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WIRED
• Ali Winston
The Senate homeland security committee's chair has asked researchers to turn over troves of documents related to the January 6 attack, vaccines, and more, according to a letter reviewed by WIRED.
404 Media
• Samantha Cole
This week, we discuss how data is accessed, AI in games, and more.
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• WNYC
Vincent Schiraldi, Pinkerton Foundation visiting fellow and former New York City Commissioner of both the Department of Correction and Department of Probation, argues against trying teenagers as adults and defends New York's "Raise the Age" law against pushback from some elected leaders.
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• Boutayna Chokrane
Currentbody doesn't usually do big sales, but it kicked off Black Friday early with several discounted bundles.
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• Scott Gilbertson
Fujifilm's latest Instax instant camera and printer hybrid gets a dedicated selfie lens and some fun new printing options.
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• Dave Covucci
This piece was originally published on FOIAball, a publication covering college football programs using this country’s robust Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) laws. They are doing great work, so if you like this story please consider becoming a FOIAball subscriber.
I'm continuing to work on the way FeedLand detects changes in feed items. This morning I did a careful study of the function that gets a guid for an item in conjunction with ChatGPT. It would be so much easier if RSS 2.0 required an item-level <guid> element, but it doesn't. That was the philosophy, all item-level values are optional except for a couple. My notes are here.
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• Steven Levy
As Nvidia, OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft forge partnerships and deals, the AI industry is looking more like one interconnected machine. What does that mean for all of us?
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• Sudhakar Reddy Narra

Picture this: Your team just ran load tests with 10,000 concurrent users hammering your shiny new AI-powered customer service platform.
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