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OpenAI acquires Torch, a one-year-old AI healthcare app that aggregates and analyzes medical records; source: OpenAI is paying $100M in equity (Laura Mandaro/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-agrees-buy-ai-healthcare-app-1…

OpenAI Agrees to Buy AI Healthcare App For About $100 Million
OpenAI has agreed to buy Torch, a one-year-old AI healthcare app, for about $100 million in equity, according to a person with direct knowledge of the acquisition. Torch enables customers to view and analyze their health data from health systems such as Kaiser Permanente, medical scanning firms ...

Le Monde: Ukraine agrees to pull back troops and create a demilitarized zone in Donbas: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/12/le-monde-ukraine-agrees-to.html

Major streaming platforms are increasingly adopting "pause ads", which appear when viewers pause content and can include full-screen, interactive formats (Brian Steinberg/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/big-streamers-bet-in…

Big Streamers Bet on Increasingly Aggressive ‘Pause Ads’
Big streamers are placing more focus on aggressive "pause ads" that pop on screen after a viewer calls for a halt in the action.

Great news.
Akenfield is wonderful book, as was the BBC film based on it (possibly available at BFI).
British Library acquires archive of rural life writer and essayist Ronald Blythe | Books | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jan

Microsoft Legend of the Week: David Akers https://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/video/microsoft-legend-of-the-week-david-akers-raiders-eagles-2025-nfl-week-15

Genetic Mutation Could Pave the Way for Self-Fertilizing Cereal Crops and a Revolution in Agriculture https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/genetic-mutation-could-pave-the-way-for-self-fertilizing-cereal-crops-and-a-r…

Genetic Mutation Could Pave the Way for Self-Fertilizing Cereal Crops and a Revolution in Agriculture
In laboratory experiments, the researchers successfully engineered this change in barley and found that the mechanism worked there as well.

Man, today's Metacurity is packed with tons of critical infosec developments you should know, including
--Google sues Chinese smishing giant Lighthouse Enterprise for scams across 120 countries,
--UK proposes new cyberattack defenses,
--UK to allow tests of AI systems to gauge CSAM potential,
--Oz spy chief says China probed country's telecom networks,
--China blames US gov't for $13B LuBian theft,
--Google unveils Private AI Compute,
--M…

Google sues Chinese smishing giant Lighthouse Enterprise for scams across 120 countries
UK proposes new cyberattack defenses, UK to allow tests of AI systems to gauge CSAM potential, Oz spy chief says China probed country's telecom networks, China blames US gov't for $13b LuBian theft, Google unveils Private AI Compute, MSFT issues fixes for 63 flaws, much more

Meta Quest: Preiserhöhung und längere Release-Zyklen geplant
Meta will sein VR-Geschäft nachhaltiger ausrichten und plant, Meta Quest teurer zu machen sowie größere Pausen zwischen neuen Gerätegenerationen einzulegen.

EU agrees to indefinitely freeze Russian assets, clearing path for Ukraine 'reparations loan': https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/13/eu-agrees-to-indefinitely-freeze.html

Divisions and disarray among the extreme right over the US attack on Venezuela: some pro-Trrumpism, some emphasise national sovereignty as sacred above all, and some closer to Russia.
La extrema derecha no sabe cómo colocarse ante la agresión de Trump en Venezuela y el imperialismo de EEUU.

La extrema derecha no sabe cómo colocarse ante la agresión de Trump en Venezuela y el imperialismo de EEUU
El secuestro de Maduro ha expuesto las contradicciones internas de la internacional reaccionaria en Europa entre quienes defienden la soberanía de las naciones por encima de todo, los arrastrados del trumpismo y los más próximos a Rusia