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Google is testing AI-powered article summaries on participating publishers’ Google News pages as part of a new pilot program, the search giant announced Wednesday. News publishers participating in the pilot program include Der Spiegel, El País, Folha, Infobae, Kompas, The Guardian, The Times of India, The Washington Examiner, and The Washington Post. The purpose of the new commercial partnership program is to “explore how AI can further drive audience engagement,” Google said in a blog post. As part of its new AI pilot program, the company will work with publishers to experiment with new features in Google News. By adding…

People wait in line for security screening at Terminal 5 at JFK Airport on August 29, 2025 in New York, New York.Michael M. Santiago | Getty ImagesThe United States plans to impose social media checks on some tourists as President Donald Trump continues to tighten travel restrictions on foreign travelers. Tourists, including those from the United Kingdom, Australia, France and Japan, will be required to submit a five-year social media history as part of their application to visit the United States, according to a notice posted Wednesday by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The proposal, which has received a…

Investors are betting there’s room for another startup that uses artificial intelligence to help software engineers write code faster. The difference with Kilo Code is that it counts the previous one. GitLab CEO Sid Sijbrandij is also one of the founders.On Wednesday, Kilo Code announced $8 million in seed funding with support from Breakers, Kota Capital, General Catalyst, Quiet Capital, and Tokyo Black.Sijbrandij is a self-taught developer who helped popularize the GitLab tool for source code collaboration, deployment, and testing. GitLab went public in 2021 and is valued at over $6 billion. Sijibrandai stepped down as CEO last year to…

U.S. Trade Representative Jamison Greer testifies before the Commerce, Judiciary, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on the Capitol Building in Washington, DC, on December 9, 2025. Chip Somodevilla | Getty ImagesThe Swiss government announced on Wednesday that a previously announced agreement to lower U.S. tariffs on the country’s imports to a cap of 15% will apply retroactively to Nov. 14.The agreement reached last month reduced the president’s 39% tariff on Swiss imports. donald trump It was imposed in August.The Swiss Economy Ministry announced on Wednesday that both countries will be able to claim customs…

KYIV, UKRAINE – U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday bristled at a question about the Ukrainian president during an interview with media outlet Politico. He admonished Volodymyr Zelensky for failing to hold a presidential election and accused him of not ending the war with Russia as an excuse to cling to power.”They talk about democracy, but it’s gotten to the point where it’s no longer a democracy,” Trump told Politico, referring to President Zelenskiy, who was elected with more than 70% of the vote in April 2019 but whose five-year term would have expired in 2024 under normal circumstances.But there’s…

Pat Cummins missed the last two games against England with a back injury but has officially returned as captain of Australia’s side, which will go on to win the series in Adelaide next week.Cummins has been suffering from a back problem and missed the eight-wicket wins over England in Perth and Brisbane, leading to a 2-0 lead heading into the match against Adelaide Oval on 17 December. Josh Hazlewood, usually the first choice in the bowling attack along with Cummins and Mitchell Starc, was ruled out of the team for the rest of the series with an Achilles tendon and…

The Starcloud-1 satellite will launch into space from a SpaceX rocket on November 2, 2025.Provided by: SpaceX | Star CloudNvidiaStarCloud, a startup backed by , has trained artificial intelligence models from space for the first time, signaling the arrival of a new era of orbital data centers that can alleviate Earth’s escalating digital infrastructure crisis. Last month, the Washington-based company launched a satellite equipped with an Nvidia H100 graphics processing unit, sending a chip into space that is 100 times more powerful than any GPU computing ever in space. The company’s Starcloud-1 satellite is currently running and querying for responses…

US President Donald Trump announced a $12 billion aid package for farmers, providing financial support to a core part of his political base that has been hit hard by falling crop prices and trade policy.President Trump announced the plan Monday at the White House in Washington, D.C., along with Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins and several farmers, saying, “Maximizing domestic farm production is a critical part of how we make America affordable again and lower food prices.”Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of listRollins said the initial phase of the Farmer Bridge Assistance Program will provide $11 billion to row…

london — British photographer Mark Mescone spent four days trekking through Rwanda’s Virunga Mountains in search of gorillas, and his patience and determination finally paid off. There he met a young male gorilla who was willing to show off his dancing skills. Mescone captured it on camera and won the top prize at this year’s Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards. “One young man was particularly enthusiastic about displaying his acrobatic talents, including pirouetting, tumbling and high kicks. It was a pure joy to watch him perform, and I’m thrilled to be able to capture his playfulness in this image,” Mescone said…

The World Darts Championship is back and bigger than ever, broadcast live on Sky Sports, with the rapid rise of Luke Littler helping the sport reach unprecedented levels of interest and excitement. Littler was less than a year old when darts’ marquee event first moved to Alexandra Palace, but the teenager is now back as defending champion and looking to add another achievement to his already remarkable darts career. Littler had high expectations from an early age. He first played the sport on a magnetic board as a toddler while still in diapers, and talks about hearing walk-ons from Phil…