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We are doing another Xogot jam, join us for chapter three:
https://blog.xogot.com/xogot-jam-3-is-coming-jam-2-winners/

Xogot Jam 3 Is Coming + Jam 2 Winners
Xogot Jam 3 is happening in just under a month! Join us for just over 2 weeks of holiday tinkering, small side projects, and creative exploration on iPad or iPhone.

Jimmy Cliff,
Jamaican reggae singer,
actor and cultural icon,
dies aged 81
Star of The Harder They Come
had hits including
You Can Get It If You Really Want
and I Can See Clearly Now
https://www.

Advantage China: Trump's tantrums push US allies closer to Beijing (Amy Hawkins/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/jan/25/china-europe-canada-charm-offensive-trump
http://www.memeorandum.com/260125/p14#a260125p14

Sam Altman and Jony Ive say they have settled on a design for OpenAI's device, speaking to Laurene Powell Jobs; Ive says it could debut in "less than" two years (Stevie Bonifield/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/827607/openai-h…

Jony Ive and Sam Altman say they finally have an AI hardware prototype
Altman and Ive’s mysterious AI device is finally taking shape, with a “playful” design that could be revealed within the next two years.

In Channel 4's 2025 Alternative Christmas Message, Jimmy Kimmel addressed his suspension by ABC, saying "We won, the President lost and now I'm back on the air" (Alex Ritman/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/tv/global/jimmy…

Jimmy Kimmel Says ‘We Won, the President Lost’ in Christmas Message
Jimmy Kimmel has delivered a scathing attack on president Donald Trump in a special Christmas Day message, claiming 'Tyranny Is Booming' in the US

Tests show GPT-5.2 on ChatGPT citing Grokipedia as a source on a wide range of queries, including on Iranian conglomerates and Holocaust deniers (Aisha Down/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan…

How an innocent woman's name was tied to the Jan. 6 pipe bombs (Jennifer Jacobs/CBS News)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jan-6-pipe-bombs-innocent-womans-name/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251125/p115#a251125p115

Sen. Jim Justice, wife to pay $5 million in back taxes to settle IRS suit (Leo Sands/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/11/25/west-virginia-jim-justice-tax-irs-lawsuit/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251125/p28#a251125p28

As startups flood the market with AI shopping agents, Amazon is playing defense by blocking agents' access to its site and investing heavily in its own tools (Annie Palmer/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/24/amazon-faces-a-dilemma-fight…

Amazon faces 'leader's dilemma' — fight AI shopping bots or join them
Agents like OpenAI's Instant Checkout and Perplexity's Instant Buy threaten to reshape the e-commerce landscape.

GOP Sen. Jim Justice sued by federal government over $5 million in back taxes (Raquel Coronell Uribe/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/jim-justice-west-virginia-republican-sued-5-million-back-taxes-irs-doj-rcna245767
http://www.memeorandum.com/251124/p125#a251124p125