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World’s oldest person, Tomiko Itooka, dies in Japan aged 116

Itooka, who died at a care home in Ashiya, enjoyed bananas and had been a keen mountain climber. A Japanese woman who was the world’s oldest living person has died at the age of 116.. Tomiko ...
The Guardian - Jan. 4
World's oldest person Tomiko Itooka dies aged 116

Ms Itooka lived through two world wars and was credited with a sprightly spirit all her life.
BBC News - Jan. 4
New Orleans victim's family visits site of attack, shares his last text

Hand in hand, the family of the 21-year-old man walked down Bourbon Street to where he died in a terror attack on New Year's Day.
CBS News - Jan. 4
Secularists must remember that religion is on the rise

Western rationalists have always assumed that atheism is the logical end point of prosperity. But I’m no longer so sure
Financial Times - Jan. 4
Pep: De Bruyne age a factor in City future talks

Pep Guardiola has said that Kevin De Bruyne's age will play a factor in whether Manchester City extend him to a new contract or not.
ESPN - Jan. 4
Meta shuts down its AI character accounts that users called 'creepy and unnecessary'

Since late 2023, around a dozen AI Instagram and Facebook accounts created by their social media parent company Meta quietly existed on the platforms.
NBC News - Jan. 3
EPA determines formaldehyde poses an ‘unreasonable risk’ to humans and must be regulated

The Biden administration has officially determined the chemical formaldehyde poses an “unreasonable” risk to human health and should be regulated. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said ...
The Hill - Jan. 3
A Book App Used AI to ‘Roast’ Its Users. It Went Anti-Woke Instead

One year-end summary from Fable, a social app where people share what books they read, told the user, “Don’t forget to surface for the occasional white author, OK?”
Wired - Jan. 3
FAA Head Says Boeing Must Put Culture of Safety Above Profits

A year after the midair blowout of a 737-MAX door panel sent the company in a downward spiral, federal aviation chief Mike Whitaker said the planemaker still has work to do to ensure its jetliners ...
Inc. - Jan. 3
Apple to pay $95m to settle claims Siri listened to users’ private conversations

Settlement of proposed class-action lawsuit represent nine hours of profit for Apple, which has denied wrongdoing. Apple has agreed to pay $95m in cash to settle a proposed class-action lawsuit ...
The Guardian - Jan. 3
2025 will test the ageing warhorses of the Middle East

There are few grounds for optimism over the Palestinian question but the west can help Syria get back on its feet
Financial Times - Jan. 3
US Steel’s tortuous un-merger is a deal for the ages

Would-be acquirers prepare for era where big is no longer bad, but foreign still might be
Financial Times - Jan. 3
Red Wings Must Make Obvious Trade

The Detroit Red Wings need to make a trade to clear out their logjam.
Yahoo Sports - Jan. 3
How Meta’s latest research proves you can use generative AI to understand user intent

By thinking about recommendation as a generative problem, you can tackle it from new angles and use LLMs to better understand user intent.
VentureBeat - Jan. 3
'Masterful' novelist David Lodge dies aged 89

Lodge was twice nominated for the Booker Prize in the 1980s for comic novels Small World and Nice Work.
BBC News - Jan. 3
Barcelona to fine e-scooter users up to €500 for riding on pavements

Council to crack down on antisocial behaviour linked to rapid rise of e-scooter riders in city . Anyone riding an electric scooter on the pavement or without a helmet in Barcelona faces a fine of ...
The Guardian - Jan. 3
UK mortgage approvals fall in November

Unexpected decline interrupts recovery in housing market activity
Financial Times - Jan. 3
The 50 must-see TV shows for 2025

Sally Wainwright goes punk! Michaela Coel is back! And Robert De Niro smashes on to streaming like a man with something to prove! Here’s your complete guide to 2025’s unmissable TV . Thanks to ...
The Guardian - Jan. 3
Wayne Osmond, brother of Donny and Marie, dies at age 73

Wayne Osmond started his musical career as an original member of The Osmonds with his brothers.
CBS News - Jan. 2
Remains found near Michigan music fest site, 6 years after fan disappeared

Authorities are trying to identify human remains discovered near the site of an annual music festival in northern Michigan
ABC News - Jan. 2
AARP’s AgeTech Investor Network is helping tech entrepreneurs target the aging population

AARP has started its AgeTech Investor Network, aimed at helping startups get off the ground in the AgeTech market.
VentureBeat - Jan. 2
Wayne Osmond, member of the singing Osmond family, dies aged 73

Utah-born singer dies at hospital after ‘massive stroke’, making him first of hugely successful US pop group to die. Wayne Osmond, the smooth baritone of pop group the Osmond Brothers and later the ...
The Guardian - Jan. 2
Rosita Missoni, co-founder of Italian label, dies aged 93

Yahoo News - Jan. 2
Rosita Missoni, co-founder of Italian label, dies aged 93

Lombardy's president, who confirmed the news, says Missoni's death is "a great loss for Italy".
BBC News - Jan. 2
Rosita Missoni, Italian fashion house matriarch, dies at age 93

Rosita Missoni, the matriarch of the iconic Italian fashion house that made zigzag-patterned knitwear high fashion, has died
ABC News - Jan. 2
U.K.'s biggest dinosaur footprint site discovered: "So surreal"

It is hoped the discovery will provide clues about how dinosaurs interacted, as well as their size and the speeds at which they moved.
CBS News - Jan. 2
Ágnes Keleti, the world's oldest Olympic medal winner, dies at age 103

Ágnes Keleti, a Holocaust survivor and the oldest living Olympic medal winner, has died. She was 103.
The Hill - Jan. 2
Italian fashion designer and ‘colour genius’ Rosita Missoni dies aged 93

Founder of renowned knitwear brand was at forefront of bringing Italian ready-to-wear industry to global market. Rosita Missoni, the esteemed Italian fashion designer who co-founded the eponymous ...
The Guardian - Jan. 2
Liverpool vs. Man United is a rivalry for the ages but looks like a mismatch now

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ABC News - Jan. 2
Removal of waste from site of 1984 Bhopal disaster dismissed as ‘farce’

Indian government accused of PR stunt after moving 337 tonnes of toxic waste that had been held in containers. Forty years after one of world’s deadliest industrial disasters struck the Indian city ...
The Guardian - Jan. 2
Toxic waste from site of gas leak which killed thousands removed after 40 years

The deadly gas leak at the Union Carbide factory in central India killed thousands in 1984.
BBC News - Jan. 2
UK's biggest ever dinosaur footprint site unearthed

About 200 footprints made by dinosaurs 166 million years ago have been unearthed in a quarry in Oxfordshire.
BBC News - Jan. 2
Industrial policy must be practical not performative

New structures and pronouncements mean little unless business takes them seriously — there is no appetite for talking shops
Financial Times - Jan. 2
Damascus Uncorked: Syria Throws a New Year's Party for the Ages

People set aside divisions and anxiety about the future to mark a once-in-a-lifetime moment of renewal.
The Wall Street Journal - Jan. 1
Diet and exercise strategies that may lower your 'biological age'

New Year’s resolutions to eat healthier or exercise more might have the added benefit of helping to reduce one's “biological age,” some recent research suggests.
NBC News - Jan. 1
Advertisers Keep Avoiding News Sites, and Publishers Have Had Enough of It

Brands are skittish about appearing near stories on politics and violence, but news outlets say their fears are overblown.
The Wall Street Journal - Jan. 1
Grieving families of victims of S. Korean plane crash visit site for memorial service

Grieving relatives of people killed in a plane crash in South Korea have visited the site to pay respects to their loved ones on New Year’s Day
ABC News - Jan. 1
Where fans overwhelmingly believe 49ers must improve this offseason

An overwhelming majority of 49ers fans believe San Francisco needs to address one key position through any and all means possible this NFL offseason.
Yahoo Sports - Dec. 31

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