Taiwan rattled by 7.0 magnitude quake, no major damage reported https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/27/asia/taiwan-earthquake-tremors-intl-latam A 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck some 32 km (20 miles) off Taiwan’s northeastern coastal city of Yilan on Saturday, the island’s weather administration said, with no immediate reports of major damage. The quake with a depth of 73 km (45 miles) was felt across Taiwan and shook buildings in the capital Taipei, the administration said, assigning it an intensity-four category meaning there could be minor damage.

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Taiwan rattled by 7.0 magnitude quake, no major damage reported \ stacker news

A 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck some 32 km (20 miles) off Taiwan’s northeastern coastal city of Yilan on Saturday, the island’s weather admin...

Zelensky heads to US for Trump peace talks after Kyiv hit by strikes

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Ukraine-Russia latest: Trump says progress made after Ukraine peace plan talks but 'thorny issues' remain

Zelensky says the 20-point peace plan is 90% agreed, but Trump says land remains the most difficult sticking point.

When they meet in Florida on Sunday, it's expected Trump and Zelensky will discuss a 20-point proposal to end the war. It's an updated take on an earlier 28-point version, which had been drawn up between US envoy Steve Witkoff and Russian negotiators.

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Zelensky heads to US for Trump peace talks after Kyiv hit by strikes \ stacker news

When they meet in Florida on Sunday, it's expected Trump and Zelensky will discuss a 20-point proposal to end the war. It's an updated take on an e...

Why Some Physicists Think We Are Living Inside A Black Hole https://www.iflscience.com/why-some-physicists-think-we-are-living-inside-a-black-hole-82039 In an attempt to reconcile some of the paradoxes discovered when studying them, physicists have proposed stranger hypotheses still, with one suggesting that they imply we live in a holographic universe, where all of what we see and perceive is in fact encoded at our universe's boundary, a 3D (plus time) representation of a two-dimensional (plus time) universe. Further than that, some have suggested that it could imply that our universe is within a black hole of a larger universe.

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Why Some Physicists Think We Are Living Inside A Black Hole \ stacker news

In an attempt to reconcile some of the paradoxes discovered when studying them, physicists have proposed stranger hypotheses still, with one sugges...

Ukrainian capital Kyiv under massive Russian attack, officials say https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukrainian-capital-kyiv-under-massive-russian-attack-officials-say-2025-12-27/ The Ukrainian capital Kyiv came under a massive Russian attack early on Saturday, with explosions sounding in the city, air defences in operation and the Ukrainian military saying missiles were being deployed. The Russian action took place two days before a meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says he is due to hold in the United States with President Donald Trump to work out details of an accord for settling the nearly four-year-old war pitting Russia against Ukraine.

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Ukrainian capital Kyiv under massive Russian attack, officials say \ stacker news

The Ukrainian capital Kyiv came under a massive Russian attack early on Saturday, with explosions sounding in the city, air defences in operation a...

Gold knocks on a 50-year closed door as BTC price faces a defining support test

Gold knocks on a 50-year closed door as BTC price faces a defining support test

Measured against U.S. money supply, gold is back at levels that marked major historical peaks, while bitcoin retraces toward a key cycle floor.

Gold is at a critical juncture when measured against U.S. money supply (M2SL), testing a level it last reached in 2011 and not surpassed since the 1970s, when the price more than tripled to a then-record $700 an ounce over the course of several years. In contrast, Bitcoin, referred to by some supporters as digital gold, has dropped toward a support level, revisiting lows it last touched during the "tariff tantrum" in April.

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Gold knocks on a 50-year closed door as BTC price faces a defining support test \ stacker news

Gold is at a critical juncture when measured against U.S. money supply (M2SL), testing a level it last reached in 2011 and not surpassed since the ...

Dark Matter Breakthrough: Physicists Crack “Big Bang Theory” Puzzle

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Dark Matter Breakthrough: Physicists Crack “Big Bang Theory” Puzzle

A new theoretical study suggests fusion reactors could do more than generate energy, they might also produce particles linked to dark matter. Resea...

A new theoretical study suggests fusion reactors could do more than generate energy, they might also produce particles linked to dark matter. Researchers at the University of Cincinnati say they have worked out, at least on paper, how fusion reactors could produce subatomic particles known as axions, a challenge that stumped two of America’s most famous fictional physicists. In the CBS sitcom “The Big Bang Theory,” particle physicists Sheldon Cooper and Leonard Hofstadter, who share an apartment, grapple with the same idea across three episodes in Season 5 but never solve it.

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Dark Matter Breakthrough: Physicists Crack “Big Bang Theory” Puzzle \ stacker news

A new theoretical study suggests fusion reactors could do more than generate energy, they might also produce particles linked to dark matter. Resea...

Zelensky says he plans to meet Trump in Florida for peace talks Sunday https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/26/europe/zelensky-trump-talks-ukraine-russia-intl Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he plans to meet his US counterpart Donald Trump in Florida Sunday, as part of efforts to reach a peace deal to end Russia’s nearly four-year war in Ukraine. Speaking to reporters Friday, Zelensky cautioned that he could not say whether the meeting would lead to a firm agreement, but said the two sides would aim to “finalize as much as we can.” Earlier on Friday, the Ukrainian leader had struck an optimistic note, writing on X that “a lot can be decided before the New Year.”

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Zelensky says he plans to meet Trump in Florida for peace talks Sunday \ stacker news

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he plans to meet his US counterpart Donald Trump in Florida Sunday, as part of efforts to reach a peace...

BTC Price News: plunges to $24,000 on Binance against USD1

BTC Price News: plunges to $24,000 on Binance against USD1

Such sudden price changes are often due to thin liquidity and can be exacerbated by fewer active traders during quieter hours.

Bitcoin briefly displayed $24,111 on Binance in a sharp wick on the BTC/USD1 trading pair late Wednesday before snapping back above $87,000 within seconds, according to exchange data.

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BTC Price News: plunges to $24,000 on Binance against USD1 \ stacker news

Bitcoin briefly displayed $24,111 on Binance in a sharp wick on the BTC/USD1 trading pair late Wednesday before snapping back above $87,000 within ...

Hackers Exploiting 3-Year-Old FortiGate Vulnerability to Bypass 2FA on Firewalls

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Hackers Exploiting Three-Year-Old FortiGate Vulnerability to Bypass 2FA on Firewalls

Cybercriminals are actively abusing a long-patched Fortinet FortiGate flaw from July 2020, slipping past two-factor authentication (2FA) on firewal...

Cybercriminals are actively abusing a long-patched Fortinet FortiGate flaw from July 2020, slipping past two-factor authentication (2FA) on firewalls and potentially granting unauthorized access to VPNs and admin consoles. Fortinet’s PSIRT team detailed the in-the-wild attacks in a recent blog post, urging admins to audit configurations immediately to avoid compromise.

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Hackers Exploiting 3-Year-Old FortiGate Vulnerability to Bypass 2FA on Firewalls \ stacker news

Cybercriminals are actively abusing a long-patched Fortinet FortiGate flaw from July 2020, slipping past two-factor authentication (2FA) on firewal...

China's new solar battery converts sunlight into stored electricity

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China's new solar battery converts sunlight into stored electricity

Chinese scientists have built a solar battery that captures sunlight and stores electricity at the same time with 4.2 percent efficiency.

Chinese researchers have built a solar redox flow battery (SRFB) that can harvest sunlight and store energy at the same time, while reaching a solar-to-electricity conversion efficiency of 4.2 percent under simulated sunlight.

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China's new solar battery converts sunlight into stored electricity \ stacker news

Chinese researchers have built a solar redox flow battery (SRFB) that can harvest sunlight and store energy at the same time, while reaching a sola...

World’s oldest Bitcoin Mining Pool celebrates 15th anniversary, ha

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World’s oldest Bitcoin Mining Pool celebrates 15th anniversary, has mined 1,311,339 bitcoins worth $115 billion — group has 255 billion times more hash power than at inception

Slush proposed the first cooperative mining operation dubbed Bitcoin CZ, which became Slush Pool, and continues to run as the Braiins Pool.

Slush proposed the first cooperative mining operation dubbed Bitcoin CZ, which became Slush Pool, and continues to run as the Braiins Pool.

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World’s oldest Bitcoin Mining Pool celebrates 15th anniversary, ha \ stacker news

Slush proposed the first cooperative mining operation dubbed Bitcoin CZ, which became Slush Pool, and continues to run as the Braiins Pool. [2 comm...

World’s oldest Bitcoin Mining Pool celebrates 15th anniversary, ha

Tom

World’s oldest Bitcoin Mining Pool celebrates 15th anniversary, has mined 1,311,339 bitcoins worth $115 billion — group has 255 billion times more hash power than at inception

Slush proposed the first cooperative mining operation dubbed Bitcoin CZ, which became Slush Pool, and continues to run as the Braiins Pool.

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World’s oldest Bitcoin Mining Pool celebrates 15th anniversary, ha \ stacker news

Slush proposed the first cooperative mining operation dubbed Bitcoin CZ, which became Slush Pool, and continues to run as the Braiins Pool. [2 comm...

Physicists Tighten the Net Around the Elusive Sterile Neutrino

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Physicists Tighten the Net Around the Elusive Sterile Neutrino

High-precision measurements from the KATRIN experiment strongly limit the existence of light sterile neutrinos and narrow the search for new physic...

Neutrinos are extremely difficult to detect, yet they are some of the most abundant matter particles in the Universe. The Standard Model includes three known types, but discoveries showing that neutrinos oscillate revealed that they have mass and can change from one type to another as they move.

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Physicists Tighten the Net Around the Elusive Sterile Neutrino \ stacker news

Neutrinos are extremely difficult to detect, yet they are some of the most abundant matter particles in the Universe. The Standard Model includes t...

Gold is a 'reactive metal' by accidentally creating a new material in the lab

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Scientists uncover unexpected reactivity in gold by creating gold hydride

Researchers accidentally formed gold hydride under extreme pressure, challenging gold’s long-held inert reputation and shedding light on hydrogen...

In a high-pressure lab experiment, scientists accidentally created a new compound called gold hydride. This particular hydride formed when thin gold foil met dense hydrogen at pressures hundreds of thousands of times Earth’s atmosphere and blazing temperatures.

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Gold is a 'reactive metal' by accidentally creating a new material in the lab \ stacker news

In a high-pressure lab experiment, scientists accidentally created a new compound called gold hydride. This particular hydride formed when thin gol...

13 EU countries & Japan condemn Israel’s approval of new West Bank settlements https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/24/middleeast/israel-palestinians-west-bank-hnk-intl Thirteen European countries and Japan have condemned Israel’s decision earlier in the month to approve 19 new Jewish settlements in the Occupied West Bank saying the move harmed the prospects for long term peace and security in the region. “Such unilateral actions, as part of a wider intensification of the settlement policies in the West Bank, not only violate international law but also risk fueling instability,” they said in a joint statement.

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13 EU countries & Japan condemn Israel’s approval of new West Bank settlements \ stacker news

Thirteen European countries and Japan have condemned Israel’s decision earlier in the month to approve 19 new Jewish settlements in the Occupied ...

Nvidia to license Groq technology, hire executives https://www.reuters.com/business/nvidia-buy-ai-chip-startup-groq-about-20-billion-cnbc-reports-2025-12-24/ Nvidia (NVDA.O), opens new tab has agreed to license chip technology from startup Groq and hire away its CEO, a veteran of Alphabet's (GOOGL.O), opens new tab Google, Groq said in a blog post on Wednesday. Groq specializes in what is known as inference, where artificial intelligence models that have already been trained respond to requests from users. While Nvidia dominates the market for training AI models, it faces much more competition in inference, where traditional rivals such as Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.O), opens new tab have aimed to challenge it as well as startups such as Groq and Cerebras Systems.

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Nvidia to license Groq technology, hire executives \ stacker news

Nvidia (NVDA.O), opens new tab has agreed to license chip technology from startup Groq and hire away its CEO, a veteran of Alphabet's (GOOGL.O), op...

Surreal, disturbing video shows humanoid robots delivered for border patrol duty

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Bizarre video shows humanoid robots preparing for border patrol duties between China and Vietnam

China is about to send humanoid robots to work at a busy border with Vietnam.

China is about to send humanoid robots to work at a busy border with Vietnam. UBTECH Robotics has won a $37 million contract, to deploy its Walker S2 machines there starting this month.

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Surreal, disturbing video shows humanoid robots delivered for border patrol duty \ stacker news

China is about to send humanoid robots to work at a busy border with Vietnam. UBTECH Robotics has won a $37 million contract, to deploy its Walker ...

Scientists Discovered a Creature That Breaks a Fundamental Rule of Biology

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Scientists Discovered a Creature That Breaks a Fundamental Rule of Biology

A new study finds that at least one Archaea has surprisingly flexibility when interpreting genetic code, which goes against a long-held rule of bio...

The building blocks of life are formed from a simple process: DNA is transcribed into RNA, which then becomes proteins. And all life follows the same instructions for how those proteins form—instructions based on 61 codons made of three nucleotides, all of which are combinations of the four nucleic acids named adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G), and uracil (U).

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The building blocks of life are formed from a simple process: DNA is transcribed into RNA, which then becomes proteins. And all life follows the sa...

Super simulation shows that something changed in the universe

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Supercomputer simulation reveals a mismatch in how galaxies cluster across the universe

The FLAMINGO super simulation maps the universe from its earliest moments but finds galaxies cluster less than cosmological models predict, deepeni...

A new super simulation called FLAMINGO maps the universe from its first moments to today, and it intensifies a stubborn cosmology puzzle.

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Super simulation shows that something changed in the universe \ stacker news

A new super simulation called FLAMINGO maps the universe from its first moments to today, and it intensifies a stubborn cosmology puzzle.

BTC slips below $88,000, but Strategy, Circle, Gemini among those sharply lower

Bitcoin price news: BTC slips below $88,000, but Strategy, Circle, Gemini among those sharply lower

Digital asset treasury companies — the year's worst performers — were also hardest hit on Tuesday.

Bitcoin led crypto markets lower Tuesday, down by about 1% over the past 24 hours to just below $88,000. The decline came even as gold, silver and copper all surged to record highs (though have pulled back a bit in Tuesday afternoon trade). U.S. stocks are ahead modestly, the Nasdaq gaining 0.45%.

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BTC slips below $88,000, but Strategy, Circle, Gemini among those sharply lower \ stacker news

Bitcoin led crypto markets lower Tuesday, down by about 1% over the past 24 hours to just below $88,000. The decline came even as gold, silver and ...