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Australia's Q3 GDP expands at fastest pace in about 2 years on investment
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Australia's third-quarter GDP expands at fastest pace in about 2 years on investment, consumption boost
GDP rose 2.1% year on year, marking its strongest expansion since the third quarter of 2023 when the economy grew at the same rate.
 Australia's third-quarter economic growth missed analysts' expectations, but clocked its fastest expansion in about two years, driven by strong investment and consumer demand. The country's GDP rose 2.1% year on year, marking its strongest expansion since the third quarter of 2023 when the economy grew at the same rate, data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics showed on Wednesday. Economists were expected GDP growth of 2.2%.
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Australia's Q3 GDP expands at fastest pace in about 2 years on investment \ stacker news ~Politics_And_Law
Australia's third-quarter economic growth missed analysts' expectations, but clocked its fastest expansion in about two years, driven by strong inv...
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New Theory Suggests We’ve Been Wrong About Black Holes for 60 Years
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New Theory Suggests We’ve Been Wrong About Black Holes for 60 Years
How confusing inevitability with reality built decades of paradox. What if general relativity never actually tells us that black holes already exis...
 What if general relativity never actually tells us that black holes already exist, but only that their formation is inevitable in an infinite future we can never observe? In a new theory, Daryl Janzen, a physicist at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, Canada, questions whether we’ve mistaken mathematical inevitability for physical reality, and shows how much of our black hole story rests on that quiet leap.
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New Theory Suggests We’ve Been Wrong About Black Holes for 60 Years \ stacker news ~science
What if general relativity never actually tells us that black holes already exist, but only that their formation is inevitable in an infinite futur...
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Stock Price for Crypto Firm Founded By Trump’s Son Plummets 34% https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacharyfolk/2025/12/02/stock-price-for-crypto-firm-american-bitcoin-founded-by-trumps-son-plummets-40/ The stock price for American Bitcoin, a cryptocurrency mining firm associated with President Donald Trump’s sons Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., stumbled Tuesday, rapidly declining more than 50% at times in the morning as the price of bitcoin recovers following a recent drop.
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Stock Price for Crypto Firm Founded By Trump’s Son Plummets 34% \ stacker news ~bitcoin_Mining
The stock price for American Bitcoin, a cryptocurrency mining firm associated with President Donald Trump’s sons Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr.,...
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OpenAI declares ‘code red’ as Google catches up in AI race
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OpenAI declares ‘code red’ as Google catches up in AI race
Google’s own ‘code red’ response to ChatGPT has started paying off.
 The tides are turning in the AI race, and the pressure is getting to OpenAI. Chief executive Sam Altman reportedly declared a “code red” on Monday, urging staff to improve its flagship product ChatGPT, an indicator that the startup’s once-unassailable lead is eroding as competitors like Google and Anthropic close in.
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OpenAI declares ‘code red’ as Google catches up in AI race \ stacker news ~AI
The tides are turning in the AI race, and the pressure is getting to OpenAI. Chief executive Sam Altman reportedly declared a “code red” on Mon...
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Euro zone inflation up a notch to 2.2% in November, flash data shows
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Euro zone inflation up a notch to 2.2% in November, flash data shows
Euro zone inflation stood at 2.2% in November, a slight rise from the previous month, flash data from data agency Eurostat showed Tuesday.
 Euro zone inflation stood at 2.2% in November, marking a slight rise from the previous month, flash data from data agency Eurostat showed Tuesday. The latest consumer price index reading is just a shade above the European Central Bank's 2% target. Economists polled by Reuters expected a reading of 2.1% for the twelve months to November.
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Euro zone inflation up a notch to 2.2% in November, flash data shows \ stacker news ~Politics_And_Law
Euro zone inflation stood at 2.2% in November, marking a slight rise from the previous month, flash data from data agency Eurostat showed Tuesday. ...
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John Giannandrea to retire from Apple
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John Giannandrea to retire from Apple
John Giannandrea is retiring, and Amar Subramanya joins as vice president of AI.
 Apple today announced John Giannandrea, Apple’s senior vice president for Machine Learning and AI Strategy, is stepping down from his position and will serve as an advisor to the company before retiring in the spring of 2026. Apple also announced that renowned AI researcher Amar Subramanya has joined Apple as vice president of AI, reporting to Craig Federighi. Subramanya will be leading critical areas, including Apple Foundation Models, ML research, and AI Safety and Evaluation. The balance of Giannandrea’s organization will shift to Sabih Khan and Eddy Cue to align closer with similar organizations.
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John Giannandrea to retire from Apple \ stacker news ~AI
Apple today announced John Giannandrea, Apple’s senior vice president for Machine Learning and AI Strategy, is stepping down from his position an...
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Google’s New Gmail Update—2 Billion Users Must Now Decide https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2025/11/30/google-confirms-gmail-choice-2-billion-users-must-now-decide/ Updated on Nov. 30 with new analysis into Google’s AI upgrades and the critical decisions 2 billion users now face to maintain their security and privacy. There’s nothing to worry about, Google tells Gmail’s 2 billion users, everything is fine. Unfortunately, that’s not the case. There is a serious issue that you need to worry about. All the misleading headlines and quickfire denials have not made that go away. In recent weeks we have seen two versions of the same pattern. A loosely framed Gmail story triggering wild headlines and a public correction. First was a huge security breach framed as a new Gmail password leak. Then came a new Google policy on AI training.
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Google’s New Gmail Update—2 Billion Users Must Now Decide \ stacker news ~tech
Updated on Nov. 30 with new analysis into Google’s AI upgrades and the critical decisions 2 billion users now face to maintain their security and...
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Pope Leo insists on two-state solution to resolve Israel-Palestine conflict
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Pope Leo insists on two-state solution to resolve Israel-Palestine conflict
Crowds welcome Pope Leo in Beirut as he calls for an end to violence and promotes interfaith understanding.
 Pope Leo XIV has reiterated the Vatican’s insistence on a two-state resolution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, saying it’s the “only solution” that can guarantee justice for both sides. Leo made the comments as he flew from Turkiye to Lebanon on Sunday for the second and final leg of his maiden international voyage as pope.
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Pope Leo insists on two-state solution to resolve Israel-Palestine conflict \ stacker news ~Politics_And_Law
Pope Leo XIV has reiterated the Vatican’s insistence on a two-state resolution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, saying it’s the “only so...
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ch0k1 1 month ago
Amazon Cyber Monday deals 2025: The best sales we found from Apple, Dyson, PS
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Amazon Cyber Monday deals still available to shop: The best final sales from Apple, Dyson, PlayStation and more are up to 70% off
The best Amazon sales will save you major bucks on everything from tech upgrades to holiday gift-worthy goodies.
 There's very little that I find more satisfying than a swath of stellar sales to pick through. I've been obsessively monitoring price trackers to determine what is for sure a mega markdown and what just looks like a deep discount — so keep checking back with me for the latest price cuts and historic savings. We've spotted all-time lows galore at Amazon, along with some rare deals and best prices of the year. Take a peek at what we've discovered so far, while the most popular items are still in stock.
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Amazon Cyber Monday deals 2025: The best sales we found from Apple, Dyson, PS \ stacker news ~tech
There's very little that I find more satisfying than a swath of stellar sales to pick through. I've been obsessively monitoring price trackers to d...
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Scientists Identify the Evolutionary “Purpose” of Consciousness
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Scientists Identify the Evolutionary “Purpose” of Consciousness
Researchers at Ruhr University Bochum explore why consciousness evolved and why different species developed it in distinct ways. By comparing human...
 Researchers at Ruhr University Bochum explore why consciousness evolved and why different species developed it in distinct ways. By comparing humans with birds, they show that complex awareness may arise through different neural architectures yet serve similar purposes.
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Scientists Identify the Evolutionary “Purpose” of Consciousness \ stacker news ~science
Researchers at Ruhr University Bochum explore why consciousness evolved and why different species developed it in distinct ways. By comparing human...
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Michael Saylor's MicroStrategy moves billions in Bitcoin
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 The world's leading Bitcoin (BTC) treasury company, MicroStrategy (Nasdaq: MSTR), now rebranded to Strategy, has been moving billions in BTC. Led by co-founder and executive chairman Michael Saylor, Strategy is a software company that began accumulating Bitcoin in 2020.
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Michael Saylor's MicroStrategy moves billions in Bitcoin \ stacker news ~bitcoin
The world's leading Bitcoin (BTC) treasury company, MicroStrategy (Nasdaq: MSTR), now rebranded to Strategy, has been moving billions in BTC. Led b...
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ch0k1 1 month ago
US begins reevaluating all green cards issued to people from 19 countries
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JUST IN: 🇺🇸 US begins reevaluating all green cards issued to people from 19 countries "of concern:" 🇮🇷 Iran 🇱🇦 Laos 🇹🇬 Tog...
 USCIS not only launched the green-card review—it also froze all Afghan-related immigration and is re-examining Biden-era asylum approvals and ~233,000 refugees, with possible re-interviews and deportation proceedings if issues emerge, per a Nov. 21 memo.
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US begins reevaluating all green cards issued to people from 19 countries \ stacker news ~Politics_And_Law
USCIS not only launched the green-card review—it also froze all Afghan-related immigration and is re-examining Biden-era asylum approvals and ~23...
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6.0-magnitude earthquake rocks the Anchorage area of Alaska, largest since 2021
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A 6.0-magnitude earthquake rocks the Anchorage area of Alaska, largest since 2021
The U.S. Geological Survey says a 6.0-magnitude earthquake has rocked south central Alaska. The quake struck Thursday morning about 7 miles west-no...
 A 6.0-magnitude earthquake rocked the Anchorage metropolitan area Thursday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake struck at about 8:11 a.m. local time at a depth of 69 kilometers (43 miles), according to the USGS. Its epicenter was located 12 kilometers (7 miles) west-northwest of Susitna, Alaska, an area located about 67 miles (108 kilometers) northwest of the city. There were no immediate reports of significant damage.
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6.0-magnitude earthquake rocks the Anchorage area of Alaska, largest since 2021 \ stacker news ~hyperlinks
A 6.0-magnitude earthquake rocked the Anchorage metropolitan area Thursday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake struck at ab...
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At long last, the mystery of lightning on Mars is solved https://www.npr.org/2025/11/26/nx-s1-5616433/mars-rover-lightening-space Mini-lightning strikes created by whirling dust devils on Mars have been detected accidentally by the microphone on board the Perseverance rover. The chance discovery is direct evidence of a form of lightning on Mars, researchers say in a report published in Nature. They describe how the rover's microphone picked up signs of electrical arcs just a few centimeters long, which were accompanied by audible shockwaves.
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At long last, the mystery of lightning on Mars is solved \ stacker news ~science
Mini-lightning strikes created by whirling dust devils on Mars have been detected accidentally by the microphone on board the Perseverance rover. T...
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Scientists have searched for dark matter for decades & may have found a glimpse
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Scientists have searched for dark matter for decades. One thinks he may have caught a glimpse.
Research published Tuesday by a Japanese astrophysicist says gamma rays may have been generated by the collision of dark matter particles.
 Few things in the universe are as perplexing as dark matter — the invisible and exotic “stuff” that is thought to make up most of the matter in galaxies. The theory goes like this: To reconcile our current understanding of physics with what we observe in the cosmos, there must be massive amounts of matter that we can’t see. Scientists are sure that this “missing matter” exists because of the gravitational effects it exerts, but detecting it firsthand has eluded scientists, who have had to indirectly infer how dark matter occupies the universe.
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Scientists have searched for dark matter for decades & may have found a glimpse \ stacker news ~science
Few things in the universe are as perplexing as dark matter — the invisible and exotic “stuff” that is thought to make up most of the matter ...
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Nvidia says its GPUs are a 'generation ahead' of Google's AI chips
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Nvidia says its GPUs are a 'generation ahead' of Google's AI chips
It was in response to Wall Street's concern that Google's TPU chips could threaten Nvidia's dominance of the AI infrastructure industry on Tuesday.
 Nvidia on Tuesday said its tech remains a generation ahead of the industry, in response to Wall Street's concerns that the company's dominance of AI infrastructure could be threatened by Google's AI chips. "We're delighted by Google's success — they've made great advances in AI and we continue to supply to Google," Nvidia said in a post on X. "NVIDIA is a generation ahead of the industry — it's the only platform that runs every AI model and does it everywhere computing is done."
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Nvidia says its GPUs are a 'generation ahead' of Google's AI chips \ stacker news ~tech
Nvidia on Tuesday said its tech remains a generation ahead of the industry, in response to Wall Street's concerns that the company's dominance of A...
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Binance sued by Oct. 7 victims' families for allegedly aiding Hamas
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Binance sued by Oct. 7 victims' families for allegedly aiding Hamas through crypto exchange
President Donald Trump last month pardoned CZ, whom the White House said was a casualty of the Biden administration's "war on cryptocurrency."
 Dozens of families of the victims of the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks in Israel by Hamas sued Binance, alleging the top cryptocurrency trading platform knowingly helped transfer hundreds of millions of dollars in support of terrorist activities.
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Binance sued by Oct. 7 victims' families for allegedly aiding Hamas \ stacker news ~Politics_And_Law
Dozens of families of the victims of the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks in Israel by Hamas sued Binance, alleging the top cryptocurrency trading platform kn...
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