Dr. Oz tells his federal employees to eat less during the holidays “You don’t have to try every cookie on the holiday table,” wrote Mehmet Oz in an email to staff.

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Dr. Oz tells his federal employees to eat less during the holidays

“You don’t have to try every cookie on the holiday table,” wrote Mehmet Oz in an email to staff.

Over 250 people quarantined in South Carolina as measles outbreak rages 16 cases are linked to a church, which followed exposures at four schools last week.

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Over 250 people quarantined in South Carolina as measles outbreak rages

16 cases are linked to a church, which followed exposures at four schools last week.

Big Tech joins forces with Linux Foundation to standardize AI agents The Agentic AI Foundation launches to support MCP, AGENTS.md, and goose.

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Big Tech joins forces with Linux Foundation to standardize AI agents

The Agentic AI Foundation launches to support MCP, AGENTS.md, and goose.

Days after COP30, Brazil weakened Amazon safeguards Backed by powerful corporations, nations are giving public false choices: Environmental protection or economic growth.

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Brazil weakens Amazon protections days after COP30

Backed by powerful corporations, nations are giving public false choices: Environmental protection or economic growth.

Resurrected Pebble maker announces a kind-of-smart ring for capturing audio notes The Pebble Index 01 isn't quite a smart ring, but it can do some smart things.

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Pebble maker announces Index 01, a smart-ish ring for under $100

The Pebble Index 01 isn't quite a smart ring, but it can do some smart things.

Paramount says it could get antitrust approval for WBD before Netflix Paramount has already proven it can get a controversial merger done.

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Paramount tries to swipe Warner Bros. from Netflix with a hostile takeover

Paramount has already proven it can get a controversial merger done.

Netflix’s $72B WB acquisition confounds the future of movie theaters, streaming Netflix's proposed entertainment juggernaut set to face regulatory scrutiny.

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Netflix’s $72B WB acquisition confounds the future of movie theaters, streaming

Netflix's plans to own HBO Max, DC Comics, Harry Potter to face regulatory scrutiny.

SteamOS vs. Windows on dedicated GPUs: It’s complicated, but Windows has an edge Ars testing shows SteamOS fares better on iGPUs than powerful graphics cards.

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SteamOS tested on dedicated GPUs: No, it’s not always faster than Windows

Ars testing shows SteamOS fares better on iGPUs than powerful graphics cards.

Elon Musk’s X first to be fined under EU’s Digital Service Act The biggest changes Musk made to Twitter trigger a $140 million fine under DSA.

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Elon Musk’s X first to be fined under EU’s Digital Services Act

The biggest changes Musk made to Twitter trigger a $140 million fine under DSA.

In 1995, a Netscape employee wrote a hack in 10 days that now runs the Internet Thirty years later, JavaScript is the glue that holds the interactive web together, warts and all.

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In 1995, a Netscape employee wrote a hack in 10 days that now runs the Internet

Thirty years later, JavaScript is the glue that holds the interactive web together, warts and all.