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- China’s Rising Debt Spurs Moody’s to Cut Credit Outlook
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- China Evergrande’s Crash Was Accelerated by Questionable Accounting
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AP News
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CNN
- Indictments dropped against 17 Austin police officers accused of assault during 2020 George Floyd protests
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Washington Post
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Huffington Post
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Axios
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Digg
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Vice
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Medium
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The Guardian
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BBC
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Reason
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The Daily Beast
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ABC News
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CNBC
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NPR
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LA Times
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Salon
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Newsweek
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The Intercept
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Slate
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The Atlantic
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Metafilter
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Time
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PBS Newshour
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MSNBC
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Insider
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FastCompany
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Google Business
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NYT Business
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The Hill
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Rolling Stone
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Arts & Letters Daily
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Smithsonian
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Science News
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New Scientist
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TMZ
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Variety
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Vanity Fair
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The Onion
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Bleacher Report
- With or Without Trevor Lawrence, Jaguars Are Not Good Enough in Top-Heavy AFC
- Pelicans Wow Fans with NBA In-Season Tournament Win vs. Kings Despite Quiet Zion Game
- NFL Playoff Scenarios 2023-24 Week 14: Projected Matchups After Jaguars vs. Bengals
- Jake Browning Impresses NFL Fans Replacing Injured Joe Burrow in OT Win vs. Jaguars
- Trevor Lawrence's Ankle Injury Concerns NFL Fans as Jaguars Lose to Browning, Bengals
- NFL Rumors: Jaguars' Trevor Lawrence Suffers Sprained Ankle Injury vs. Bengals
- Tyrese Haliburton Says Pacers' 'Expectation Is to Win' 2023 NBA In-Season Tournament
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ESPN
- 'Lit the world on fire': Browning thrills in Cincy win
- Pels lean on 'trust,' ride collective effort to Vegas
- Haliburton's 1st triple-double powers Pacers in IST
- Browning, Bengals beat Jaguars as Trevor Lawrence suffers ankle injury
- Jags' Lawrence exits after ankle injury in OT loss
- Undefeated FSU wins Women's College Cup final
- Transfer portal roundtable: Best QB fits, exoduses at OU, Ohio State, under-the-radar prospects
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GQ
- This Was the Year of Extremely Awkward Joaquin Phoenix Love Scenes
- 49 Infallible Gift Ideas for Dads (and Dad-Types)
- Ryan Gosling's Super-Stylish Sweater Is Nearly Half-Off
- If You Must Wear a Festive Sweater, Make It Count
- 17 Objectively Correct Reasons to Go All-In on Dress Pants This Winter
- The Right Turtleneck Will Make You a Holiday Season Style God
- Meet the London Jeweler Who Keeps Burna Boy and Skepta Dripping In Ice
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Refinery29
- Sorry Beanies & Gloves, Oversized Scarves Are Our Go-To Winter Accessory
- Anthropologie Is A Gift-Giver’s Paradise: Here Are 20 Excellent Ideas For Everyone On Your List
- The 16 Best Cashmere Sweaters For Channeling A Nancy Meyers Movie
- This Size-Inclusive Parade x Betsey Johnson Collab Is A Y2K Kid’s Dream
- One Stop Shop: Madewell Gifts For Everyone On Your List
- 6 Latine Christmas Movies & Shows to Watch This Season
- Neptune In Pisces Means It’s Time To Make Some Tough Decisions
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Outside
- Colorado’s New Wolves Will be Named by Middle Schoolers. Well, Kind Of
- How to Score the Best National Park Campsites for Summer
- Smash or Pass: The Ski Edition
- The First Rule of Running After Childbirth Is That There Is No Rule
- You Should Have a Favorite Tree. Let Me Tell You About Mine
- Running the Nakasendo, an Ancient Postal Route Across the Japanese Alps
- Who Is Courtney Dauwalter‘s New Ultramarathon Partner? It‘s Her Mom
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The Verge
- The new Astro A50 X headset switches between your consoles and PC using HDMI passthrough
- The Fiat 500e is a tiny, affordable EV that’s only emission is classical music
- PlayStation accounts are being ‘permanently suspended’ and no one knows why
- The Verge’s favorite holiday gifts under $100
- The UK tries, once again, to age-gate pornography
- DoorDash makes tipping an afterthought to protest New York City’s wage raise
- Spotify cancels industry-favorite podcast Heavyweight
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Engadget
- PSA: The cheapest Tesla car won't qualify for full federal tax credit starting January 1
- Rockstar just released a trailer for Grand Theft Auto 6
- Audio giant Rode acquires rival Mackie to expand its focus on creators
- Sony’s WH-1000XM5 headphones are down to an all-time low of $250
- Meta is disconnecting Messenger and Instagram chat later this month
- ChatGPT says that asking it to repeat words forever is against the rules
- Verizon subscribers can get Netflix and Max for $10 a month
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Wired
- The 'Grand Theft Auto VI' Trailer Is Here. And It’s Already Causing Mayhem
- Spotify Is Screwed
- George Santos Is Now on Cameo
- Our Favorite Outdoor Security Cams for Your Home or Business
- US Lawmakers Want to Use a Powerful Spy Tool on Immigrants and Their Families
- Sony Access Controller Review: A Beautiful Addition for All Gamers
- Want to Store a Message in DNA? That’ll Be $1,000
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Techmeme
- Inside America’s School Internet Censorship Machine
- Meta, IBM, and 50+ other companies and organizations form AI Alliance, a coalition dedicated to work on open source AI including to share tech and reduce risks
- ArmorCode, which consolidates vulnerability data from connected apps and software infrastructure for analysis, raised a $40M Series B led by HighlandX
- Google upgrades Gmail's spam filters with RETVec, a text vectorizer that understands “adversarial text manipulations”, like emojis and special characters
- Ted Sarandos says Netflix didn't see significant “interruption” due to Hollywood strikes and is still targeting a $17B content budget for 2024
- Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says the company plans to build a network of chip plants in Japan in partnership with the country's companies to meet AI chip demand
- The UK tries, once again, to age-gate pornography
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Hacker News
- Thieves return Android phone when they realize it's not an iPhone
- Tesla battle with Swedish unions spreads to Denmark
- Windows users report appearance of unwanted HP app
- 23andMe confirms hackers stole ancestry data on 6.9M users
- Starring the Computer
- San Francisco now at 35% office vacancy rate, highest ever recorded: data
- Tesla whistleblower casts doubt on car safety
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Slashdot
- Research Finds That Renting Ages You Faster Than Smoking, Obesity
- Cicadas Are So Loud, Fiber Optic Cables Can 'Hear' Them
- China Sinks 1400-Ton Data Center In Sea With Power of 6 Million PCs
- YouTuber Who Deliberately Crashed Plane For Views Is Headed To Federal Prison
- Rockstar Officially Unveils GTA 6 Trailer
- US Issues Warning To Nvidia, Urging To Stop Redesigning Chips For China
- Automakers' Data Privacy Practices 'Are Unacceptable,' Says US Senator
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Futurism
- Facebook Accused of Pressuring Harvard to Fire a Disinformation Expert
- The Hubble Has Broken Down Again
- Tesla Has Quietly Built a New Vehicle That Riffs on the Cybertruck
- Elon Musk Was Reportedly “Speechless” When Someone Pointed Out a Basic Flaw in His Mars Plan
- James Webb Spots Strange "Ghostly" Object Reappearing
- Amazon's AI Reportedly Suffering "Severe Hallucinations" and "Leaking Confidential Data"
- Carbon Dioxide Is Becoming More Fearsome, Scientists Find
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404 Media
- Asking ChatGPT to Repeat Words ‘Forever’ Is Now a Terms of Service Violation
- The Quantified Clit: This Urologist Is Making a Smart Wearable for the Clitoris
- Behind the Blog: Pickleball Drama, Auto-Generated Women, and Really Big Drone Contracts
- The Mystery Customer for Palmer Luckey’s Aircraft-Killing Drone Is U.S. Special Forces
- 'FYI Pickleball DRAMA': Local Governments Overwhelmed By Tennis-Pickleball Turf Wars, Documents Show
- Our Second FOIA Forum! 11/30, 1PM EST
- A Massive Repair Lawsuit Against John Deere Clears a Major Hurdle
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Polygon
- Can Feebas be shiny in Pokémon Go?
- Introducing Polygon’s puzzle partner, Puzzmo
- Grand Theft Auto 6 trailer brings back a 1989 Tom Petty song
- Where to find Weapon Cases in Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 1
- Grand Theft Auto 6’s first trailer is here
- True Detective: Night Country is focused on the best parts of season 1
- Fortnite made Peter Griffin buff
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Boing Boing
- Watch: house explodes as cops approach it to serve search warrant
- Fugitive kangaroo punches cop in the face
- Six months jail for YouTuber who filmed self bailing out of plane for the views
- Tucker Carlson's right-hand man at Fox sued for sex assault
- pig too excited about snack to eat it
- Man hijacks bus, takes it on
- Ye and Elon Musk's Imaginary Chat
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Lifehacker
- Today’s Wordle Hints (and Answer) for Tuesday, December 5, 2023
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- These Beats Headphones Are up to 50% Off Right Now
- Use This Workaround to Send High Quality Photos and Videos on WhatsApp
- The Google Pixel 7 Pro Is on Sale for Its Lowest Price Ever
- How That Viral Wedding Dress Photo Showed a Bride In 3 Different Poses Simultaneously
- The Best Apps for Improving Memory
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Pinboard
- AI and Trust
- How Google takes the pain out of code reviews, with 97% dev satisfaction
- ‘How do you reduce a national dish to a powder?’: the weird, secretive world of crisp flavours
- LLM Visualization
- A Minimum Complete Tutorial of Linux ext4 File System
- Chronobiologist and Nobel Laureate in Medicine Michael Rosbash: ‘Lack of sunlight during the day is worse than electric lighting at night’
- The Placeholder Girlfriend - by Conor Barnes
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Buzzfeed
- 30 Kitchen Gifts From Wayfair That Are As Useful As They Are Luxurious
- A Foot Callus Remover And 11 Other Products That’ll Temporarily Turn Your Body Into A Bit Of A Horror Show
- People Are Sharing How Millionaires And Billionaires Really Act, And It's Very Eye-Opening
- 59 Presents That Actually Won't Get Re-Gifted
- People Are Sharing The Ridiculously Overpriced Items They No Longer Can Buy
- 25 Home Products From Walmart You'll Probably Be Tempted To Buy After Reading This Post
- Give Your Bank Account A Break With These 28 Beauty Products That Are Better Than Pricier Versions
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Brightside
- Woman Hasn’t Missed a Single Day of Work in 74 Years
- May Our Dance Never End,’ Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas Celebrate 23rd Wedding Anniversary
- A Woman Ended Her Marriage Just 24 Hours After Saying “I Do”, All Because of an Embarrassing Prank
- The Irwin Family Is Bound to Get Bigger, Thanks to Robert Irwin and His Girlfriend
- I Caught My Mother-In-Law Breastfeeding My Baby
- Kim Kardashian Playfully Suggests Her Family ’Scammed the System’ to Get Famous: “We Aren’t Supposed to Be Here”
- 10+ Items That Require an Ingenious Mind to Understand
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Wikipedia Current Events
December 4
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2023 Israel–Hamas war
- 2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- At least 316 Palestinians have been killed and 664 injured during the last 24 hours in the Gaza Strip. (Al Jazeera)
- Telecommunication services have been cut off in the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian telecoms company Paltel has said, as Israel intensifies its military operations. (Al Jazeera)
- United Nations shelters across Gaza record a spike in infectious diseases such as diarrhoea and skin infections, while only one hospital can take on complex surgery or critical trauma cases. One UN shelter in Gaza also reported a hepatitis A outbreak on Friday. (Al Jazeera)
- Qatari prime minister Al Thani calls for an "immediate, comprehensive and impartial international investigation" into Israel’s military activities in Gaza. (Al Jazeera)
- 2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- The White House says that United States Congress funds designated for providing aid to Ukraine would run out by the end of the year, due to opposition from members of the Republican Party, in a letter made available to the public. (Al Jazeera)
- The Financial Times reports that the European Union is facing difficulties in agreeing on a new aid package, due to opposition from member states. (Al Jazeera)
- Russian generals killed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Voronezh Oblast governor Aleksandr Gusev announces the death of major general Vladimir Zavadsky, deputy commander of the 14th Army Corps, at his combat post in Ukraine. (Reuters)
- Aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
Business and economy
- Gold prices reach a new peak of US$2,135.39 per ounce, surpassing the previous record from 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. (AFP via The Economic Times)
Disasters and accidents
- 2023 eruption of Mount Marapi
- Eleven hikers are found dead and thirteen more are missing after Mount Marapi's eruption in West Sumatra, Indonesia, on Sunday. (AFP via CNA) (The Guardian)
International relations
- Foreign relations of the European Union, Foreign relations of Niger
- Niger's military junta announces the termination of its military missions with the European Union, including EUCAP Sahel Niger, amidst ongoing jihadist insurgencies. (AFP via Euractiv)
Politics and elections
- 2023 Guayana Esequiba crisis
- 2023 Venezuelan referendum
- Voters in Venezuela approve the claim of sovereignty over Guayana Esequiba in a controversial referendum. The National Electoral Council announces that more than 10.5 million votes were cast with 95% being in favour of Venezuelan sovereignty over the region. (The Guardian)
- 2023 Venezuelan referendum
- 2024 United States presidential election
On This Day
December 5: Krampusnacht in parts of Central Europe
- 1757 – Seven Years' War: Prussian troops under Frederick the Great defeated Austrian forces at the Battle of Leuthen (pictured).
- 1807 – Napoleonic Wars: British ships began a raid on Griessie after the Dutch captain refused a British demand for surrender.
- 1918 – National Guards and Sokol volunteers protested in Zagreb, leading to an armed clash with regiments of the Home Guard and former Common Army.
- 1933 – The prohibition of alcoholic beverages in the United States officially ended when the Twenty-first Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, repealing the Eighteenth Amendment.
- 1958 – Britain's first motorway, the Preston By-pass, opened to the public.