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Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of the disgraced blood-testing startup Theranos, is reportedly set to be transferred from prison to a halfway house next year. Holmes is serving an 11-year sentence for fraud after Theranos's false claims about its technology collapsed. The report has prompted renewed debate about her case and the length of her punishment.

A tech journalist has attended a Logitech presentation in Warsaw where the company showed off its new product line, and is now sharing her impressions. The event also featured discussion panels, including one with Marcin Blacha of CD Projekt Red, the studio behind The Witcher series.

Survey data reported across several US regional news outlets indicates Latino Americans rank the environment as a more important issue than non-Latinos do. The finding, picked up by papers including the Fresno Bee and azcentral, is drawing attention as climate and pollution concerns appear to shape voter priorities differently across ethnic groups heading into election season.

The Meyer Theatre in Green Bay has announced a batch of new bookings, including a stop from the Bored Teachers comedy tour, dueling piano act Deuces Wild, and folk-bluegrass group The Last Revel. The announcement gives local audiences a look at the venue's upcoming season, mixing touring comedy with live music acts popular in the region.

A Spanish-language technology writer is warning that browser fingerprinting makes internet users far easier to identify than most people assume. Rejecting cookies is not enough to evade trackers, because the browser itself exposes parameters that uniquely identify a device across websites. The piece invites readers to check their own browser's fingerprint and reconsider how anonymous their everyday browsing really is.

A traveller in Kigali, Rwanda, posted about a small sandwich lunch while on the move. The short update, tagged with food and travel topics, drew little attention, with just a couple of likes. There is no broader news event attached to it; it reads as a personal travel note shared with a small online community interested in food and travel.

Deuces Wild, a dueling pianos act, is scheduled to perform at the Meyer Theatre in Green Bay, Wisconsin, according to an announcement from local station WLUK. The show brings the interactive, request-driven piano entertainment format to the downtown venue. The theatre regularly hosts touring music and comedy acts, and the announcement is part of its upcoming event lineup.

A new question is being raised about whether NFL players would agree to take a test that could diagnose chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) while they are still alive. CTE, the brain disease linked to repeated head impacts, has only been diagnosable after death, so a living test would be a major step for football's concussion crisis.

Tomás Martín Etcheverry and Stefanos Tsitsipas are set to meet in the first round of the ATP tournament in Tokyo. The draw has paired the Argentine against the Greek star in an early rematch-calibre contest, giving the Japanese hard-court event a high-profile opening match for fans to follow.

Not all researchers are convinced that brain changes detected via MRI scans are robust enough to be developed into a diagnostic tool. The findings, discussed in the context of Alzheimer's research, are seen by some as promising for understanding the underlying mechanisms of disease, but scientists caution the detected changes may not be reliable or consistent enough for clinical use.

Analysis from Coinbase and Wintermute shows the correlation between Bitcoin and gold is approaching its historic peak, even as the two assets' returns move apart. Bitcoin is rising while gold falls, and the 10-year US Treasury yield has climbed above 5%. Analysts suggest marginal demand currently favors Bitcoin over the traditional safe-haven metal.

A new fossil study suggests some dinosaurs ate seafood that washed up on ancient beaches, adding marine prey to what was long assumed to be a largely terrestrial diet. The finding, published by Frontiers, is drawing attention for reshaping ideas about how adaptable dinosaur feeding habits were millions of years ago.

A new examination asks whether AI-enabled technology can detect atrial fibrillation and confirm a diagnosis faster than conventional cardiac monitoring methods. Atrial fibrillation is a common heart rhythm disorder that can be difficult to catch, often requiring extended monitoring to document episodes. Researchers and clinicians are increasingly testing whether artificial intelligence tools can shorten that process and improve early detection of the condition.

Peace Brigades International addressed the United Nations in Geneva about the plight of the Garifuna people facing displacement from the Cayos Cochinos islands in Honduras. The organisation highlighted the community's ongoing struggle to remain on their ancestral territory. The intervention draws attention to land rights and displacement pressures affecting Indigenous and Afro-descendant communities in Honduras.

The Netherlands is opening a temporary emergency energy fund on 4 January, aimed at households struggling to pay high energy bills. The announcement by NOS notes criticism that the fund will not resolve what is called 'hidden energy poverty', meaning households who cut back on heating or food without seeking help. Debate is focusing on whether the support reaches the people who need it most.

Historian Pedro Aires Oliveira has published an article in the journal Negócios Estrangeiros offering an overview of the evolution of Portugal's post-colonial relations over the past 50 years, focusing on the Portuguese-speaking countries of Africa and beyond. The piece examines how ties with the CPLP countries have developed since decolonisation, drawing attention to diplomacy and shared history.

A breathing technique is circulating online, recommending two stacked nasal inhales followed by a slow, extended exhale through the mouth, repeated three times before reading the news. The idea is that the second short inhale helps reinflate the lungs and that the practice calms the nervous system before exposure to stressful headlines.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and councilmember-Nithya Raman rival appears at a mayoral forum addressing Jewish Angelenos. The two officials spoke to members of the city's Jewish community, discussing issues relevant to that constituency as part of ongoing civic engagement ahead of the election cycle.

Katie Couric has undergone a colonoscopy, nearly three decades after her husband Jay Monahan died of colon cancer in 1998 at age 42. Couric has long been a prominent advocate for colorectal cancer screening since his death, and her latest procedure is drawing attention to her continuing health awareness efforts.