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Sabalenka stomps to third straight Aussie final

Aryna Sabalenka moved one win away from becoming the first woman since 1999 to win three consecutive Australian Open titles, recovering from a slow start to beat good friend Paula Badosa 6-4, 6-2 and return to the final.

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Kate Knibbs

‘Neo-Nazi Madness’: Meta’s Top AI Lawyer on Why He Fired the Company

In an exclusive interview with WIRED, celebrated intellectual property lawyer Mark Lemley elaborates on why he quit and what he makes of the AI copyright battlefield.

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Makena Kelly

The Who's Who of MAGA Influencers You Should Know About by Now

Welcome to Trump 2.0, where these creators have the ears not only of their audiences but of the president as well.

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Andy Greenberg

Subaru Security Flaws Exposed Its System for Tracking Millions of Cars

Now-fixed web bugs allowed hackers to remotely unlock and start millions of Subarus. More disturbingly, they could also access at least a year of cars’ location histories—and Subaru employees still can.

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David Fucillo

Your daily NFL trivia game, Thursday edition

Think you can figure out what NFL player we’re talking about? You’ll get five clues to figure him out.

We’re back for another day of the SB Nation in-5 daily trivia game. We’ve made an adjustment to showing the games. We’ve linked back to previous days rather than embedding them so as to create a single day experience.

Game instructions are at the bottom if you’re new to the game! Feel free to share your results in the comments and feedback in the Google Form.

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Sometimes It Feels So Good To Be Bad — Which Disney Villain Are You?

I'm sorry, but Hades is TOO funny!

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Simbarashe Cha

Winter Fashion in NYC: Cheerful Clothes for Dreary Weather

A sense of play has characterized some of the most exciting outfits in the streets of New York this winter.

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Clay Risen

José Jiménez Dies at 76; Turned a Gang Into a Voice for Puerto Ricans

He retooled the Young Lords into a militant advocacy and service organization, modeled after the Black Panthers. Based in Chicago, it had chapters nationwide.

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Sara Ruberg

Honolulu Police Arrest Suspect in 1977 Murder of Dawn Momohara

DNA evidence helped lead long-stymied detectives to a suspect in the murder of Dawn Momohara, 16, who was strangled and found dead at her high school.

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David Pierson

Trump’s Hint at Deal Making Gives China a Little Breathing Room

Whether it is over TikTok, fentanyl or trade, Beijing might welcome a compromise to buy time to address its ailing economy and bolster its position globally.

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Jennifer Granholm

China Will Be Thrilled if Trump Kills America’s Green Economy

President Trump seems poised to roll back the very incentives that are reviving American manufacturing.

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Bret Stephens

What It Means That No Republican Is Acting on the Pete Hegseth Allegations

Party loyalty remains strong even for nominees who go down. Pete Hegseth’s no different, but the Trump era has strengthened it even more.

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Calum Marsh

Winter Books to Read When It’s Cold Outside

Chilly thrillers, snowy fantasies and Alpine adventure novels exquisitely capture the atmosphere of the season.

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Richard C. Paddock and Muktita Suhartono

Thailand Starts Recognizing Same-Sex Marriage

Hundreds of people began registering their marriages at a mall in Bangkok, as Thailand became one of the few places in Asia to legalize same-sex unions.

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Ellen Barry

People With A.D.H.D. Are Likely to Die Significantly Earlier Than Their Peers, Study Finds

A large study found that men lost seven years of life expectancy and women lost nine years, compared with counterparts without the disorder.

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Kevin Roose

A Test So Hard No AI System Can Pass It — Yet

The creators of a new test called “Humanity’s Last Exam” argue we may soon lose the ability to create tests hard enough for A.I. models.

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Cade Metz and Meaghan Tobin

How Chinese A.I. Start-Up DeepSeek Is Competing With OpenAI and Google

The company built a cheaper, competitive chatbot with fewer high-end computer chips than U.S. behemoths like Google and OpenAI, showing the limits of chip export control.

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David Yaffe-Bellany and Ryan Mac

How Trump Decided to Pardon Silk Road Founder Ross Ulbricht

Libertarian and crypto allies of Ross Ulbricht, who was serving a life sentence for distributing drugs on his Silk Road website, leveraged President Trump’s desire for political support to secure his release.

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Ephrat Livni

Why Is Israel Targeting Jenin, West Bank?

As Israel withdraws some of its troops from Gaza during a cease-fire there, it has turned attention to another Palestinian territory — in particular a city with a history of militant activity.

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Adam Rasgon and Iyad Abuheweila

Hamas Takes Charge in Gaza After 15 Months of War

Israel says it has killed thousands of the armed group’s members and destroyed much of its infrastructure, but since the cease-fire started Hamas has shown it still holds power in the enclave.

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