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(LinkedIn) #Neuroscience in 2026: Realistic milestones the scientific community can achieve https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/neuroscience-2026-realistic-mil…

Neuroscience in 2026: Realistic Milestones the Scientific Community Can Achieve
As we enter 2026, neuroscience stands at a rare inflection point. The convergence of large-scale data generation, artificial intelligence, neurotechnology, and translational medicine is enabling progress that was aspirational only a decade ago.

Samsung's Galaxy XR gets beta support for Google's realistic avatar system for video calls, a Travel Mode, and a built-in PC remote desktop feature (David Heaney/UploadVR)
https://www.uploadvr.com/samsung-galaxy-xr-android-xr-likeness-beta-travel-mode…

Samsung Galaxy XR Gets Realistic Face-Tracked 'Likeness' Avatars
Samsung Galaxy XR's Android XR now has a Persona-like realistic avatar system for video calls, called Likeness, as well as a Travel Mode and a built-in remote desktop app.

Texas Rep. Marc Veasey to drop his reelection bid (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/12/08/congress/texas-rep-marc-veasey-to-drop-his-reelection-bid-00682223
http://www.memeorandum.com/251208/p143#a251208p143

Dallas Cowboys' Way-Too-Early 2027 Super Bowl Odds Released https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/news/dallas-cowboys-way-too-early-2027-super-bowl-odds-released

🎈 First complete record of global underground CO₂ storage released
#co2

First complete record of global underground CO₂ storage released
The first-ever audited account of the actual amounts of CO2 stored underground by CCS projects globally has been released. It was created by a new international consortium of scientists and industrial partners, including NTNU.

Soeben erreichte mich diese E-Mail von der VHS:
leider muss ich Ihnen mitteilen, dass unsere Veranstaltung „Weniger arbeiten“ mit Prof. Dr. [geschwärzt] heute Abend ausfällt, da die Referentin verhindert ist.
#Realsatire #WTG

🥳 JavaScript Database (JSDB) version 6.1.4 released:
• Adds TypeScript type definitions
Been meaning to do this for a while and finally got round to it :)
https://codeberg.org/small-tech/jsdb#javascript-database-jsdb

jsdb
A zero-dependency, transparent, in-memory, streaming write-on-update JavaScript database for the Small Web that persists to a JavaScript transaction log.

Governor Pritzker's Sanctuary Illinois Released More than 1,700 Criminal Illegal Aliens Including Murderers, Pedophiles, and Kidnappers (Department of Homeland Security)
https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/12/08/governor-pritzkers-sanctuary-illinois-released-more-1700-criminal-illegal-aliens
http://www.memeorandum.com/251208/p99#a251208p99

Source: Chinese AI startup Zhipu anonymously released its new AI model on OpenRouter under the name Pony Alpha; Zhipu plans to launch GLM-5 later this week (Juro Osawa/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/chinas-zhipu-rolls-new-ai-mo…

China’s Zhipu Rolls Out New AI Model in Stealth Mode
Zhipu, one of China’s prominent AI developers, has anonymously released its new large language model under a different name on OpenRouter, a popular AI model marketplace for developers. Pony Alpha, a new open-source LLM launched on OpenRouter a few days ago, is Zhipu’s new model, known as GLM-5, in disguise, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter. In a post on X,

Marcy Kaptur Faces Her Toughest Race Yet After Ohio's Republican Redistricting (Tyler Spence/NOTUS)
https://www.notus.org/2026-election/ohio-marcy-kaptur-democratic-reelection-redistricting
http://www.memeorandum.com/260210/p22#a260210p22