Vue CEO Tim Richards criticizes Netflix's deal giving Imax a two-week exclusive run for the Narnia film, arguing it undermines the theatrical ecosystem (Alex Ritman/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/film/news/vue-cinemas-letter-imax-netflix-narn…
Apple says it will roll out more App Store ads in 2026 "to increase opportunity in search results"; Apple's website says 800M users visit the App Store weekly (Chance Miller/9to5Mac)
https://9to5mac.com/2025/12/17/apple-announces…
UC Berkeley Scientists Hail Breakthrough In Decoding Whale Communication - Slashdot
https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/11/18/049235/uc-berkeley-scientists-hail-breakthrough-in-decoding-whale-communication
Spatial Balancing: Harnessing Spatial Reasoning to Balance Scientific Exposition and Narrative Engagement in LLM-assisted Science Communication Writing
Kexue Fu, Jiaye Leng, Yawen Zhang, Jingfei Huang, Yihang Zuo, Runze Cai, Zijian Ding, Ray LC, Shengdong Zhao, Qinyuan Lei
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.13742
NFL Week 16 picks: Expert looks at teams coming off shutout losses under proven betting system
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-wee
Forget mood charts, which chemical compound are you today?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_chemical_compounds_with_unusual_names
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Samsung rolls out a software update to display promotions and ads on the Cover Screens of some Family Hub refrigerators in the US as part of a pilot program (Aamir Siddiqui/Android Authority)
https://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-confirms-smart…
Sources: 6 Chinese AI companies, including chip firms Montage and GigaDevice, are set to go public in Hong Kong in the coming weeks, aiming to raise up to $1B (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-17/…
Apple says it will roll out more App Store ads in 2026 "to increase opportunity in search results"; Apple's website says 800M users visit the App Store weekly (Chance Miller/9to5Mac)
https://9to5mac.com/2025/12/17/apple-announces…
OpenAI's chief communications officer Hannah Wong will leave in January; Wong joined in 2021 and led PR during Sam Altman's brief ouster and return in 2023 (Maxwell Zeff/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/openai-chief-communications-officer-hannah-…