U.S. grants TSMC annual licence to import U.S. chipmaking tools into China (www.reuters.com)
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Public Domain Day 2026 in Literature (standardebooks.org)
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HOSTS.TXT (github.com)
Several dozen believed killed in fire at New Year''s Eve party Swiss ski resort (www.bbc.com)
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DeepSeek kicks off 26 with paper signalling push to train bigger models for less (www.scmp.com)
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AI in the Global Lexicon of 2025 (redalemeden.com)
Starlink 2025 Progress Report (starlink.com)
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Cinderella Stamp (en.wikipedia.org)
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The NYC subway station chosen for Mamdani''s swearing-in (www.npr.org)
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Static Protocols in Python: Behaviour over Inheritance (patrickm.de)
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Denmark becomes first country in world to end letter delivery (www.abc.net.au)
MHC: Manifold-Constrained Hyper-Connections (arxiv.org)
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The Zirpslop Report, 2025 [video] (www.youtube.com)
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Bokehlicious Selfies in Python (2020) (www.rahulrav.com)
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Pixar''s True Story (computerhistory.org)
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C#-Style Property in C (vorbrodt.blog)
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2025 Year End Report on the Federal Judiciary – Chief Justice John Roberts [pdf] (www.supremecourt.gov)
Saks Prepares for Bankruptcy After Missing Debt Payment (www.wsj.com)
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