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Uber Pulls Back From Electric Cars, Slashing Incentives for Drivers
Uber has discontinued its monthly electric vehicle bonuses for drivers in the United States and Canada, marking the latest in a series of rollbacks from a company that once pledged to pour $800 million into helping its drivers transition away from gasoline-powered cars. The ride-hailing giant had previously eliminated its $1-per-ride EV perk last year, replacing it with monthly bonuses that required drivers to complete 200 rides. Those monthly payments are now gone too. The company is far behind its self-imposed climate targets. Uber had pledged to reach 100% EVs in London by 2025 and across North America and Europe by 2030. Current figures paint a different picture: roughly 40% of miles in London come from EVs, while Europe sits at about 15% and North America at just 9%. The company's emissions have nearly doubled over the past three years and now exceed Denmark's total carbon footprint. Uber executives acknowledged to Bloomberg that they will likely miss their green targets. The company has doled out $539 million of its $800 million pledge through the end of 2024. Meanwhile, Uber's operating profits are set to double this year, and the company recently committed $20 billion to stock buybacks.
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GPT-5.2 Arrives as OpenAI Scrambles To Respond To Gemini 3's Gains
OpenAI on Thursday released GPT-5.2, its latest and what the company calls its "best model yet for everyday professional use," just days after CEO Sam Altman declared a "code red" internally to marshal resources toward improving ChatGPT amid intensifying competition from Google's well-received Gemini 3 model. The GPT-5.2 series ships in three tiers: Instant, designed for faster responses and information retrieval; Thinking, optimized for coding, math, and planning; and Pro, the most powerful tier targeting difficult questions requiring high accuracy. OpenAI says the Thinking model hallucinated 38% less than GPT-5.1 on benchmarks measuring factual accuracy. Fidji Simo, OpenAI's CEO of applications, denied that the launch was moved up in response to the code red, saying the company has been working on GPT-5.2 for "many, many months." She described the internal directive as a way to "really signal to the company that we want to marshal resources in this one particular area." The competitive pressure is real. Google's Gemini app now has more than 650 million monthly active users, compared to OpenAI's 800 million weekly active users. In October, OpenAI's head of ChatGPT Nick Turley sent an internal memo declaring the company was facing "the greatest competitive pressure we've ever seen," setting a goal to increase daily active users by 5 percent before 2026. GPT-5.2 is rolling out to paid ChatGPT users starting Thursday, and GPT-5.1 will remain available under "legacy models" for three months before being sunset.
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College Campuses Have Become a Front Line in America's Sports-Betting Boom
Since the Supreme Court struck down the federal prohibition on sports betting in 2018, 39 states have legalized the activity, and college campuses have emerged as ground zero for what appears to be a generational gambling problem among young men. A 2023 NCAA survey found that 60% of college students have gambled on sports, and 16% of 18-to-22-year-olds engage in what the organization classifies as problematic gambling. A Siena University poll from January found that 28% of men aged 18-to-34 who use sports-betting apps have had trouble meeting a financial obligation because of a lost bet. Timothy Fong, a psychiatry professor at UCLA, says every one of his recent clients has been an 18-to-24-year-old man seeking help for a sports-betting or cryptocurrency addiction. John Simonian, a personal-bankruptcy lawyer in Rhode Island, says he never used to see young men filing for bankruptcy -- now it's common. On November 7th, the NCAA announced it had uncovered three separate betting scandals in men's basketball where athletes intentionally played poorly in games on which they or a friend had placed wagers.
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The Game Awards Are Losing Their Luster
The Game Awards, which broadcasts tonight on Twitch, YouTube, and Prime Video, has become the biggest night on the video game calendar since launching in 2014, but the show's treatment of developers has drawn increasing criticism. At the 2023 ceremony, acceptance speeches were often cut off after roughly 30 seconds while Hideo Kojima received five minutes to discuss his upcoming game OD -- enough time for 13 acceptance speeches, Aftermath calculated. That year's show also ignored the industry's mass layoffs entirely; host Geoff Keighley acknowledged the labor crisis only at the 2024 ceremony. The show's Future Class program, launched in 2020 to celebrate game makers representing an inclusive future for the industry, has quietly ended. No new class has been named for two years. "At this time, we are not planning a new Future Class for this year," organizer Emily Weir told Game Developer.
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Why Switzerland Is Weighing a 10 Million Population Limit
An anonymous reader shares a report: Growing support for far-right parties is pressuring European governments to introduce stricter controls on immigration. Switzerland is set to vote on a proposal that would take the idea to the next level -- imposing a cap on its population [non-paywalled link]. The initiative could lead eventually to a blanket ban on new arrivals if the number of residents rises from around 9 million currently to above 10 million, with little distinction made between refugees, skilled workers and top managers on six-figure salaries. Citizens will likely vote on the proposal next year under the country's unique system of plebiscites on constitutional amendments and policy, and polls suggest there's a chance they'll approve it. The risk is it could lead to shortages of critical skills that end up harming Switzerland's competitiveness. The outcome will show how far citizens are willing to go to preserve some of the traits that made their country such an appealing destination. [...] The right-wing Swiss People's Party, or SVP, won 28% of the vote in the last election with a campaign that presented Swiss citizenship as a privilege, not a right. It came up with the idea of a population limit in 2023, presenting it as a way to preserve the Swiss lifestyle and protect its environment from excessive human activity.
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Ars Technica
Disney says Google AI infringes copyright “on a massive scale”
Disney demands that Google immediately block its copyrighted content from appearing in AI outputs.
Ars Live: 3 former CDC leaders detail impacts of RFK Jr.’s anti-science agenda
Join us Tuesday, December 16, at 2 pm ET to hear from leaders who resigned in protest.
Gazelle’s Arroyo offers a belt drive, continuous variable transmission
Gazelle's high-end commuter offers a belt drive and continuous variable transmission.
Fewer EVs need fewer batteries: Ford and SK On end their joint venture
Ford will keep the plant in Kentucky, SK gets the one in Tennessee.
No sterile neutrinos after all, say MicroBooNE physicists
There's a less than 5 percent chance that earlier anomalies can be explained by fourth neutrino "flavor."
Disney invests $1 billion in OpenAI, licenses 200 characters for AI video app Sora
Three-year deal lets users create AI videos of Mickey Mouse, Darth Vader, and more.
Oracle shares slide on $15B increase in data center spending
Company raises its capital expenditure forecast as it doubles down on AI infrastructure bet.
NASA just lost contact with a Mars orbiter, and will soon lose another one
If NASA is serious about exploring Mars, it's past time to send new missions.
After years of resisting it, SpaceX now plans to go public. Why?
"Much of the AI race comes down to amassing and deploying assets."
After NPR and PBS defunding, FCC receives call to take away station licenses
NPR and PBS stations targeted by group involved in Carr's news-distortion probes.
A new open-weights AI coding model is closing in on proprietary options
Devstral 2 model scores 72% on industry benchmark, nearing proprietary rivals.
Cable channel subscribers grew for the first time in 8 years last quarter
Sports and YouTube TV played big roles, MoffettNathanson report says.
Kindle Scribe Colorsoft brings color e-ink to Amazon’s 11-inch e-reader
Amazon has added color e-ink to its devices more slowly than its competitors.
US taking 25% cut of Nvidia chip sales “makes no sense,” experts say
Trump’s odd Nvidia reversal may open the door for China to demand Blackwell access.
After key Russian launch site is damaged, NASA accelerates Dragon supply missions
It is by no means certain that Russia will be able to fix Site 31 soon.
Ugly infotainment mars the 2025 Subaru Forester Hybrid experience
It drives fine, but the first hybrid Forester is not without its flaws.
This is the oldest evidence of people starting fires
We didn't start the fire. (Neanderthals did, at least 400,000 years ago.)
Sperm donor with rare cancer mutation fathered nearly 200 children in Europe
Children with the mutation have up to a 90% chance of developing cancer by age 60.
Impeachment articles filed against RFK Jr., claiming abuse of power
He's the "biggest self-created threat to our health and safety," Stevens said.
Dr. Oz tells his federal employees to eat less during the holidays
“You don’t have to try every cookie on the holiday table,” wrote Mehmet Oz in an email to staff.
Rebel News
Constitutional lawyer explains Supreme Court rulings driving B.C. land grabs
GUADELOUPE: Les faits derrière la tragédie survenue lors d’un événement de Noël !
U.S. diplomats get tough on EU's censorship of free speech
EU bureaucrats lashing out as social media displaces legacy media: Allum Bokhari
Canadian tourist was 'treated like a criminal' over a damaged passport
One Nation SURGES to record 17% in latest poll following burqa stunt
Jewish residents fearful after mezuzahs stolen from seniors' complex
Here are the facts behind Guadeloupe’s Christmas event tragedy
Indigenous groups using reconciliation as grifting tactic
Kamloops Mayor continues pursuit for transparency over sweeping Aboriginal title claim
Leftists denounce Brampton-based Roshel making armoured vehicles for U.S.
'It hurts me': Native chief interrupts bridge renaming press conference
ANNOUNCING: Rebel News launching documentary exposing ostrich farm massacre
'A tsunami': Former mainstream media 'fact-checker' warns of 'anti-feminist' resurgence
Guadeloupe locals rule out terror motive after car plows into Christmas crowd
Opposing DEI is 'stupidest thing ever': Failed former mainstream journalist
'Double standard': Justice Centre President John Carpay condemns arrest of Dr. Frances Widdowson
WATCH: African migrant drops TRUTH BOMB about Australia’s future
Federal data drop exposes massive blind spot in Canada’s COVID vaccine oversight
Childrens Health Defense
New CHD Book, ‘Total Load Theory,’ Offers Practical Guidance for Addressing Toxic Overload
Washington, D.C. – Children’s Health Defense (CHD) announced today the publication of the highly anticipated book, “Total Load Theory: Transforming Lives in Autism, ADHD, LD, SPD, and Mental Health.” Author Patricia Lemer, co-founder and Executive Director of Developmental Delay Resources (DDR), has over 50 years of experience working with families of children diagnosed with autism, ADHD, learning disabilities, and more.
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A Parent’s Guide to Healthy Children: From Preconception to Early Childhood
A Parent’s Guide to Healthy Children empowers new and expectant parents with gentle, natural, and holistic ways to promote their children’s physical, mental, and emotional well-being—from preconception through early childhood.
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Total Load Theory: Transforming Lives in Autism, ADHD, LD, SPD, and Mental Health
About one in six children and many adults are diagnosed with neurodevelopmental disorders. What causes autism, attention, learning disabilities, and anxiety? Patricia Lemer answers that question with a new paradigm: “Total Load Theory.”
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Case could lead a path to restoring the religious vaccine exemption in New York; hearing for restraining order set for August 12.
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CHD Scientists Dispel 23-Year-Old Study Debunking MMR Vaccine’s Link to Autism
According to scientists, the Danish study that refutes the causal connection between the MMR vaccine and autism lacks supporting data.
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McCullough and Leake provide readers with an unvarnished look at the history of vaccination and its rapid rise to hero status within the medical community and among the public. Often credited with “eradicating” various communicable diseases, the reality of both the successes and failures of vaccines is often at odds with the public’s perception.
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Children’s Health Defense Experts to Testify on Childhood Vaccine Injuries at U.S. Senate Hearing
Parents testify about their children’s vaccine injuries and how it has changed their lives and the lives of those around them. Additional testimony will include medical and scientific experts who will discuss the extensive research and data on vaccine injuries.
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Latest Poll: Almost Half of American Voters Support Reevaluating CDC’s Childhood Vaccine Schedule
A poll of over 1,000 registered voters revealed that only 30% support maintaining the current vaccine schedule, 21% undecided, and 48% believe that vaccine manufacturers should not be immune from lawsuits for injuries.
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Vaccines: Mythology, Ideology, and Reality
Hear from Peter McCullough and John Leake about their new book. The word “vaccine” derives from the Latin word for cow. The English physician, Edward Jenner, coined it in his 1798 pamphlet ”An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae.” The last two Latin words mean “Smallpox of the Cow,” or cowpox. Jenner […]
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Canary In a (Post) Covid World: Money, Fear and Power (Canary In a Covid World)
Amazon #1 Best Seller Thirty seven courageous voices—doctors, researchers, scientists, lawyers, journalists, ethicists, and creatives—reveal how powerful interests used the COVID-19 crisis as a tool to reshape our world. This is a rich, varied, and deeply disturbing story, told by some of the world’s bravest and most qualified voices, of how our health care, information, […]
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Canary In a Covid World: How Propaganda and Censorship Changed Our (My) World
Amazon #1 Best Seller across multiple categories and a defining book of the Covid era. A groundbreaking work, it offers unparalleled insights and may be the most important compilation from this pivotal time. The 34 authors, the Canaries, are courageous people. They are critical thinkers, who are prepared to put everything on the line to […]
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A Comprehensive and Accessible Guide to the IEP Process The IEP process can be confusing, frustrating, and time-consuming. Understanding what your child or student needs is one thing, but getting them help and resources can be another thing altogether. Drawing on decades of experience, Jennifer Laviano and Julie Swanson are uniquely positioned to guide both […]
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Discover the ultimate guide to delicious, paleo- and keto-friendly meals that your kids will love! In this groundbreaking cookbook, renowned chef Pete Evans presents 120 easy, mouthwatering recipes designed to keep your little ones happy and healthy.
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Latest Poll: More Than One-Third of Moderate Voters Do Not Trust Federal Health Agencies
The poll of over 1,000 registered voters revealed that more than half oppose government vaccine mandates and believe the public should have the right to sue vaccine manufacturers for injuries.
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Children’s Health Defense CEO, Mary Holland, Esq. Statement on Pardon of Anthony Fauci
Children’s Health Defense is profoundly disappointed by President Biden’s preemptive pardon of Anthony Fauci today, which prevents the possibility of a conviction for federal crimes dating back to January 1, 2014. "We know that Tony Fauci lied."
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New research suggests COVID-19 vaccinated individuals may ‘shed’ spike protein to unvaccinated women
Striking trend of menstrual irregularities is comparable in both populations when in close proximity.
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New CHD Book Uncovers the Mechanisms That Turn Medicine Deadly
Meticulously researched exposé reveals the many ways modern medicine puts patients’ lives at risk.
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New CHD Book Presents Analysis of COVID Policy by Independent Scientists
Children’s Health Defense (CHD) and Skyhorse Publishing released “Down the COVID-19 Rabbit Hole: Independent Scientists and Physicians Unmask the Pandemic” today.
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New research examines the role of the immune system in the development of Autism Spectrum Disorder
Children’s Health Defense (CHD) Chief Scientific Officer, Dr. Brian Hooker, PhD, co-authored a new paper, “The Neuroimmunology of Autism” published this week on the multidisciplinary research platform Preprints.org.
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CHD Scientists Identify 19 Different Diseases Associated with Routine Infant Vaccine
Wyeth’s HibTITER® shot linked to gastrointestinal, respiratory, and dermatological adverse outcomes
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The Gateway Pundit
A lawsuit against the Royal Caribbean cruise line alleges that a passenger who died last December was served 33 drinks at the bar before security detained him for unruly behavior and killed him. Michael Virgil, 35, had reportedly become belligerent after being served dozens of drinks and could not find his room when he attacked and threatened to kill several crew members.
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Overwhelming Russian Forces Conquer Key Donetsk Region Stronghold of Seversk (VIDEOS)
Russians prepare for the assault on the Slaviansk-Kramatorsk agglomeration, the last fortified bastions in Donetsk.
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WATCH: Charlie Kirk Assassin Tyler Robinson Smirks as He Makes First In-Person Appearance in Court
Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson made his first in-person appearance in court on Thursday.
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Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley responded to Trump’s criticism over the ‘blue slip’ agreement stonewalling the confirmations of the president’s US Attorneys.
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By Wayne Allyn Root Think of all the dangerous criminals in America… America is overrun by murderers, rapists, kidnappers, drug traffickers, MS-13 gangbangers, carjackers, home invaders, armed robbers, perverts and pedophiles.
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DHS Secretary Kristi Noem was mobbed and surrounded by a crowd of unhinged leftists after exiting a House Homeland Security Committee Hearing, where she testified on threats to the homeland and illegal immigration. Noem testified alongside National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent and FBI National Security Branch Operations Director Michael Glasheen on Thursday.
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JUST IN: Senate Rejects Dueling Healthcare Plans as Obamacare Implodes
The Senate failed to advance a Republican healthcare plan in a 51-48 vote on Thursday.
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WATCH LIVE: White House Press Briefing After Trump Admin Seizes Oil Tanker Near Venezuela – 1 PM ET
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt will deliver a press briefing today amid escalations in Trump’s ongoing war against drug traffickers and terror after the US seized a Venezuelan oil tanker on Wednesday.
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Turncoat Rep.
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Why “Discriminatory” Immigration is the Fairest System
The media attempts to create outrage by accusing the U.S.
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Rep.
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WATCH: Ukraine Strikes Another Oil Tanker from the Russian Shadow Fleet
Navigation in the Black Sea is getting more and more dangerous.
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As reported earlier, the alleged January 6 Pipe Bomber Brian Cole who was finally identified five years after the fact, was arrested last Thursday.
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At least two leftists broke out screaming during Kristi Noem’s opening statement at a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on Thursday, leading to their removal from the hearing and arrest. “Stop ICE raids!
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BREAKING: Obama Judge Orders “Immediate Release” of MS-13 Gang Member Kilmar Abrego Garcia
A federal judge on Thursday ordered the release of MS-13 gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
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Summit News
Infowars
NATO Chief Tells Europe To Prepare For A World War-Sized Conflict With Russia
Despite the West starting the Ukraine war in 2014, Rutte used Moscow's reaction to being encroached upon and encircled over decades as proof Europe must directly fight Russia.
WATCH: White House Press Briefing After Trump Admin Seizes Venezuelan Oil Tanker
Press sec explains Trump admin intends on seizing oil from Venezuelan vessel.
Seattle Refugee Shocked by Charlotte’s Illegal Immigration Crisis
“The Biden administration and the Democrats broke the social contract with all of America because every single major city that is a sanctuary city, like Charlotte, is now a border city," Gentry Gevers says
Watch: Dem Rep. Calls Murder Of DC National Guardswoman An “Unfortunate Accident”
Top Democrat downplays attack that killed a guardswoman and put a guardsman in critical condition.
Obama-Appointed Judge Orders Kilmar Abrego Garcia To Be Released from ICE Custody Immediately
Latest ruling in deportation saga comes as Judge Xinis issued similar order last month.
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Silver Explodes To Record High! Analysts Say Precious Metal Could Hit Triple Digits By Next Year
Alex Jones was right again!
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Rep Massie Introduces Bill For US To Dump ‘Cold War Relic’ NATO
Under pressure from Trump, NATO members agreed this year to gradually raise their defense spending to 5% of GDP, significantly above the old 2% guideline.
African migrants have been involved in a number of high-profile crimes targeting women in Italy in recent months.