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Runway launches GWM-1, its first world model, which uses frame-by-frame prediction to simulate physics, and updates Gen 4.5 to add native audio and more (TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/11/runway-releases-its-first-w…

Runway releases its first world model, adds native audio to latest video model | TechCrunch
Runway debuts a physics-aware world model that simulates reality to train agents and power video, robotics and avatar applications.

Veteran Becomes First Double-Amputee to Climb Highest Peak on Every Continent: Conquering the 7 Summits https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/veteran-is-first-double-amputee-to-climb-highest-peak-on-every-continent…

Veteran Becomes First Double-Amputee to Climb Highest Peak on Every Continent: Conquering a 7-Summit Challenge
A veteran who lost both his legs became the first double amputee to reach the summit of the highest peaks on every continent in the world.

The Guardian names Netflix's former director of product Allan Donald as its first VP of product; Donald oversaw the content discovery operation at Netflix (Alice Brooker/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/me

Guardian poaches from Netflix for first vice president of product
Netflix director of product Allan Donald has been named as The Guardian's first vice president of product.

Ukraine, US hold first reconstruction talks as economic recovery tied to peace deal: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/10/ukraine-us-hold-first-reconstruction.html

Now, 10,000 EV drivers in Finland are contributing to grid stability. The smart charging service Synergi, which already optimises EV charging according to dynamic power prices, now provides FCR support to the national grid using this aggregated fleet.
https://tech.eu/2025/11/12/finlands-fi

Finland’s first EV virtual power plant goes live
After years of R&D, energy startup Synergi today launched Finland’s first EV virtual power plant. Synergi is the first company in Finland to aggregate thousands of electric vehicles via its consumer app, effectively creating a virtual power plant that supports grid balancing when needed. For consumers, this means the ability to earn rewards with home EV charging. Synergi‘s free mobile app is already trusted by over 10,000 households. Check out our earlier interview with Antti Hämmäinen,â…

NFL reduces time between picks in draft's first round by 2 minutes: Source https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6879500/2025/12/10/nfl-draft-cuts-time-first-round-2026/

Starcloud, which launched a satellite with a Nvidia H100 chip in November, says the satellite is running and querying responses from Google's Gemma (Pia Singh/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/10/nvidia-backed-starcloud-tr…

‘Greetings, earthlings’: Nvidia-backed Starcloud trains first AI model in space as orbital data center race heats up
The company's Starcloud-1 satellite is running Gemma, an open model from Google, marking the first time in history that an LLM has been trained in outer space.

Trump 'extremely frustrated' with Russia, Ukraine amid slow peace progress, White House says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/12/trump-extremely-frustrated-with-russia.html

2026 NFL mock draft: Projecting all 32 first-round picks after Seahawks' Super Bowl win

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/news/2026-nfl-mock-draft-first-round-proj…

Russian court issues first known fine for YouTube likes under army ‘discreditation’ law: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/10/russian-court-issues-first-known.html