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Revolutionizing brain‒computer interfaces: overcoming biocompatibility challenges in implantable neural interfaces https://jnanobiotechnology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12951-025-03573-x

Fox found its culprit for high grocery prices following Democratic election victories -- Joe Biden (Craig Harrington/Media Matters for America)
https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox-found-its-culprit-high-grocery-prices-following-democratic-election-victories-joe
http://www.memeorandum.com/251217/p95#a251217p95

We're hosting a public Meeting on 27 Nov 19:30 at Harbour Hotel in Galway together with Sinn Féin, Social Democrats, Labour & Independents discussing what is next for the left following on from the presidential election.
All welcome to attend and contribute to the discussion.

China’s CO2 emissions have now been flat or falling for 18 months.
The rapid adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) saw CO2 emissions from transport fuel drop by 5% year-on-year, while there were also declines from cement and steel production.
While emissions from the power sector were flat year-on-year, a big rise in the chemical industry’s CO2 output offset reductions elsewhere.

Analysis: China’s CO2 emissions have now been flat or falling for 18 months - Carbon Brief
China’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions were unchanged from a year earlier in the third quarter of 2025, extending a flat or falling trend that started in March 2024.

Tennessee man to plead guilty to hacking Supreme Court’s electronic case filing system https://therecord.media/guilty-plea-hacking-supreme-court-case-filing-system

IRS Direct File,
the electronic system for filing tax returns for free,
will not be offered next year,
the Trump administration has confirmed.
An email sent Monday from IRS official Cynthia Noe to state comptrollers that participate in the Direct File program said that
“IRS Direct File will not be available in Filing Season 2026. No launch date has been set for the future.”
The program developed during Joe Biden’s presidency
was credited by users with…

IRS Direct File won't be available next year for submitting tax returns for free
The Trump administration has decided not to offer the IRS' electronic tax filing system for free next year, and its future is unclear. An IRS official informed state comptrollers in an email Monday that "IRS Direct File will not be available in Filing Season 2026." Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said better alternatives exist and the private sector can do a better job. The program, developed during Joe Biden's presidency, was praised for making tax filing easy and economical. However, it face…

Dnipro largely without electricity and water following explosion: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/07/dnipro-largely-without-electricity-and.html

A district court judge denies Texas AG Ken Paxton's request for a restraining order preventing Samsung from collecting data on TV watchers (Ryan Autullo/Bloomberg Law)
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/tech-and-telecom-law/sa…

Samsung Defeats Texas’ Bid to Halt TV Tech Following Court Error
Samsung Electronics America can continue to use technology that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) says allows it to unlawfully collect data on TV watchers, a judge ruled Friday.

Filings: Meta has hired Bill McGinley, a veteran Republican operative and the former top lawyer for DOGE, as a lobbyist (Emily Birnbaum/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-08/meta-hires-former-doge-trump-elect…

A year out from the 2026 midterms, with Republicans feeling the blows from a string of losses in this week’s elections,
Donald Trump and his allies are mounting a multipronged attack on almost every aspect of voting in the United States
and raising what experts say are troubling questions about the future of one of the world’s oldest democracies.
While Democratic leaders continue to invest their hopes in a “blue wave” to overturn Republican majorities in the House and Senat…