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Support is growing for a Bitcoin proposal that would temporarily limit the amount of data embedded in transactions, as a debate over network spam and node decentralization intensifies.
Key Takeaways:
Bitcoin Improvement Proposal 110 (BIP-110) is currently signaling support from 583 nodes, or about 2.38% of the network, according to data from The Bitcoin Portal.
Out of roughly 24,481 reachable nodes, those backing the proposal are primarily running Bitcoin Knots, an alternative node implementation often favored by operators critical of recent changes to Bitcoin Core.

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AI can develop 'personality' spontaneously with minimal prompting, research shows. What does that mean for how we use it?

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Our personalities as humans are shaped through interaction, reflected through basic survival and reproductive instincts, without any pre-assigned roles or desired computational outcomes. Now, researchers at ***** an's University of Electro-Communications have discovered that artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots can do something similar.
The scientists outlined their

Though former New England Patriots tight end Rob “Gronk” Gronkowski may delight fans with his silly antics, he’s anything but when it comes to managing his money.
The former player recently revealed that he never spent a cent of his NFL salary, using income from off-the-field activities to pay his bills. But the “Gronk” isn’t the only NFL athlete to invest his money wisely and buck the trend of well-paid athletes who later fall on financial hard times despite their astronomical paychecks.
Gronkowski’s teammate Tom Brady, former NFL running back Marshawn Lynch, and current Philadelphia Eagles

It's been a weird NFL season in 2025.
An NFL-record four teams with 11 or more losses in 2024 have already clinched playoff spots in 2025, and the Carolina Panthers could run that number up to five in Week 18. An NFL-record three teams with new coaches inheriting 12-plus loss teams have already clinched playoff spots, and if the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Atlanta Falcons win in Week 18, the 2025 NFC South will be the sixth division in NFL history to have a three-way tie for its best record.
What other craziness could happen during a Week 18 NFL weekend full of season-altering playoff implicati

Favorites went 9-7 against the spread in NFL Week 17, with the Bengals, Seahawks and Patriots all covering easily as at least seven-point favorites. But six underdogs won outright, including stunning victories by the Vikings on Christmas Day and the Falcons on Monday Night Football. In NFL Week 18, there are a lot of teams lacking motivation facing squads with a lot to play for. There are seven Week 18 NFL games with spreads of at least a touchdown, including a pair of AFC South matchups. The Jacksonville Jaguars (12-4) are trying to clinch the South ******* le and still hold out some hope of

An Australian national science agency called CSIRO launched an experiment in Antarctica that went terribly wrong — in a way that ended up going wonderfully right. A free-floating ocean robot was sent to collect data from the Totten Glacier. However, a current pulled it away from its destination and westward. It ended up in a place very difficult for scientists to ***** yze, and it returned with extremely rare and valuable data.
The ocean float has salinity and temperature sensors and was meant to go below the water and surface once every 10 days to transmit its data to satellites. Robots like

Bitcoin (BTC) has already been struggling to keep the $90,000 price mark afloat for the past few weeks and even dropped to $24,000 for a few seconds on Christmas Eve.
The screenshots of the price dip went viral on social media and sent a lot of crypto traders into a state of panic.
However, it wasn't a market-wide phenomenon.
In fact, what happened was that on Dec. 24, the BTC/USD1 trading pair on the world's largest crypto trading exchange, Binance, displayed the Bitcoin price of $24,111 for a few seconds before snapping back to the $87,000 level.
No other BTC trading pair displayed such

As interest in Bitcoin continues to rise and fall with the markets, a new study from SmartAsset offers one of the clearest snapshots yet of where Americans are actually participating in crypto. The findings reveal that enthusiasm isn’t spread evenly across the country. Some states have developed strong pockets of adoption driven by tech culture, higher incomes and a comfort with digital innovation, while others remain slow to engage.
These regional differences don’t just show where Bitcoin has the most momentum. They also help frame the broader conversation around who’s driving crypto adoptio

Michael Saylor is signaling another aggressive Bitcoin accumulation for Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy).
This signals that the firm is down on its high-stakes treasury strategy even as its MSTR stock falters.
On December 21, Saylor posted a cryptic image to X captioned "Green Dots ₿eget Orange Dots," referencing the company’s "SaylorTracker" portfolio visualization.
The post continues a year-long pattern Saylor has used to hint at a new BTC purchase. Notably, such a weekend teaser is usually followed by a Monday morning SEC filing confirming a significant acquisition.
Meanwhile, a new pu

Trump directs RFK Jr. to review childhood vaccine plan after hepatitis B pivot

President Donald Trump is all in on Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s plan to scrutinize the list of vaccines American children get.
Trump directed Kennedy on Friday to review the childhood vaccine schedule and potentially revise it to align with those of other developed countries, most of which recommend fewer shots.
The directive, in the form of an official presidential memo, was issued hours after federal vaccine advisers downgraded decades-old guidance urging newborn immunization against hepatitis B,

Maggots may be the key to more accurately determining when people died, according to Florida researchers, pointing to the genetic makeup of larvae.
The findings build on previous methods that investigators have used to determine when people died. Currently, investigators rely on the outer appearance of maggots and the presence of eggs on decomposing bodies to estimate people's death dates.
However, researchers at Miami’s Florida International University (FIU) have found that by observing maggots’ genes and metabolic changes, investigators can better estimate when people died.
Calling the di

Brandon Aubrey has had some impressive games in his career, but he might have outdone himself on Thursday night in Detroit. The kicker broke two NFL records against the Lions and he was one of the few bright spots for the Dallas Cowboys in a 44-30 loss at Ford Field.
Aubrey re-wrote the NFL record book with his first four field goals of the night, which came from 42, 55, 57 and 63 yards. He then tacked on a fifth one in the fourth quarter when he hit from 29 yards out, marking just the second time in his career that he's hit five field goals in a game.
With that in mind, let's take a closer

Surf Cam Captures Possible UFO Sighting in SoCal (Video)

With hundreds of cameras live-streaming continuously all across the globe – primarily, of course, to check surf conditions – Surfline has a godlike network of eyeballs.
And occasionally, it’s not just the waves that Surfline’s cams capture. The cameras have recorded (and ****** isted in solving) crimes; they’ve caught sharks breaching at popular surf spots like Lower Trestles; and dead whales slowly and sadly washing ashore.
But this next clip may just be the biggest in terms of strange phenomena, outside the realm of surfing, as ca

Bitcoin mining profitability plunged to record lows in late 2025 as the hash rate dropped below $35 per petahash per second, while production costs rose to $44.8 per petahash. This forced miners into payback periods over 1,200 days and drove a major industry shift, with 70% of top mining companies now earning revenue from artificial intelligence infrastructure.
November 2025 marked a turning point for the global Bitcoin mining industry. A confluence of collapsing margins, regulatory pressure, and strategic pivots reshaped the sector's landscape. Here are the five key trends that defined the m

After struggling with Week 12 spread picks, I went 4-1 in Week 13 thanks to underdogs pulling off upsets on Thanksgiving and Black Friday while heavy favorites took care of business on Sunday. Week 14 of the 2025 NFL season brings 14 games with it, as the San Francisco 49ers, New York Giants, Carolina Panthers and New England Patriots are on a bye.
Here's a look at our favorite NFL spread picks for Week 14.
Both these teams have dealt with poor quarterback play this season, although the Vikings have been substantially worse even when J.J. McCarthy is at the helm. Marcus Mariota has filled in

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Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) doom-callers may want to sit down. Fundstrat co-founder and Head of Research Tom Lee is back, and he's not whispering — he's declaring that "the high isn't in yet," insisting Bitcoin is nowhere near done despite a bruising November.
Lee believes the market is dramatically underestimating what happens when liquidity turns, fund managers panic-buy, and the Fed finally pivots from years of tightening.
His line in the sand: Bitcoin not only recovers, but "can make a new all

Giants at Patriots: Week 13 Monday Night Football game thread
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It’s a battle between two young quarterbacks to close out the NFL’s Week 13 as the Patriots and Drake Maye host the Giants and rookie passer Jaxson Dart.
The Giants are 2-10, finishing out the season after firing head coach Brian Daboll. The Patriots, meanwhile, have returned as one of the top teams in the NFL, sitting at 10-2 with Maye looking like an MVP candidate.
Kickoff is at 8:15 p.m. EST on ESPN.
As always, who are you rooting for? What are you watching for? Have anyone in fantasy? Let us know in the comments

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Poll workers began tallying Hondurans’ votes Sunday evening as the country moved to elect a new president only days after U.S. President Donald Trump intervened in a close race by endorsing a candidate and announcing that he would pardon a former president.
Voting was extended an hour beyond the original closing time in many locations to accommodate remaining voters. No major voting problems were initially reported by electoral authorities.
In addition to a new president, voters were casting ballots for a new Congress, as well as hundreds of local positions.
Among th

Hondurans vote in election shadowed by Trump aid threats

Hondurans are casting their ballots in a general election that is being dominated by threats from US President Donald Trump.
There are five presidential candidates on the bill, but the poll is essentially being seen as a three-way race between former defence minister Rixi Moncada of the leftist Libre party, TV host Salvador Nasralla from the centrist Liberals, and businessman Nasry "Tito" Asfura, of the right-wing National Party.
Trump has thrown his support behind Asfura and threatened to cut financial aid to the Central American n

Meta is under investigation in Italy for allegedly breaching EU rules by integrating its Meta AI **** istant into WhatsApp without user consent.
The country’s antitrust watchdog said it may impose interim measures on the US tech giant as it widened a probe into whether it abused its dominance by blocking rival AI chatbots from its messaging service WhatsApp.
The case underscores growing regulatory scrutiny of Big Tech’s push into generative AI, as platforms with massive user bases such as WhatsApp become key gateways for new services.
On Wednesday, the authority said it was widening an inve

Week 12 has arrived for NFL DFS players, and there are three matchups on the Sunday 'main slate' that feature an over/under of 50 points or higher. Lions vs. Giants, Colts vs. Chiefs and Patriots vs. Bengals will all be potential sources of major offense. While NFL DFS lineups won't feature Ja'Marr Chase (suspension) this week, they could feature Joe Burrow, who has returned to practice for the first time in around two months and is eyeing a return from his toe injury.
Which NFL DFS picks from those matchups should you target, and are there players from potentially lower-scoring games like Se

‘Oh my God, this is our Tanzania’: CNN investigation shows police fatally shooting protesters, signs of mass graves

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story contains disturbing images.
In the chaotic aftermath of Tanzania’s disputed presidential election last month, police and gun-wielding men on patrol shot at groups of protesters, many of whom appeared unarmed or were holding only rocks and sticks, a CNN investigation has found.
Geolocated videos from the scenes, audio forensic **** ysis of the shots fired and first-hand accounts from witnesses and victims document the brutality unleashed on young de

A breakthrough experiment led by a team from the University of Stuttgart in Germany brings a quantum internet a step closer, with physicists teleporting a quantum state between photons produced by separate light sources for the first time.
The achievement allows engineers to bounce quantum information through repeating stations consisting of 'quantum dots' over long distances without loss or disruption.
Sending signals over a distance puts it at risk of losing critical elements of information. In a standard broadband internet cable, light signals carrying data are boosted using amplifiers, b

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A research trip along the coast of Baja California, Mexico, led to a world first.
Scientists from Oregon State University and the U.S. military's Naval Information Warfare Center were aboard the Pacific Storm research vessel in June 2024, searching for the elusive ginkgo-toothed beaked whale and other rare sea creatures, according to The Guardian. The ginkgo-toothed beaked whales are so rare that, until this voyage, there were no photos of the species alive in the wild, only shots of dead ginkgo-toothed beaked whales found on beac

UPS plane that crashed in Kentucky, killing 14, had cracks in engine mount

Federal investigators released dramatic photos Thursday of an engine flying off a doomed UPS cargo plane that crashed two weeks ago, killing 14 people in Kentucky, and said there was evidence of cracks in the left wing's engine mount.
The MD-11 plane only got 30 feet (9.1 meters) off the ground, the National Transportation Safety Board said, citing the flight data recorder in its first formal but preliminary report about the Nov. 4 disaster in Louisville, Kentucky.
Three pilots on the plane were killed along with 1

A team of astronomers has discovered a supermassive black hole that is 100 million times the mass of the sun. This impressive discovery was found using the powerful James Webb ****** e Telescope's (JWST) infrared eye. The research team believes this black hole existed during cosmic noon, a term used to refer to the time period 4 billion years after the Big Bang — of which there is now a new model to try to explain the origins of the universe.
The JWST has helped to discover what are referred to as little red dots. They are points of light from the early cosmos that aren't fully understood. Gi

US budget cuts risk creating blind spots in Earth monitoring systems that would imperil weather forecasting and climate research for years to come, the deputy chair of a key UN-backed climate monitoring body warned in an AFP interview.
Peter Thorne is the deputy chair of the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS), a little-known but crucial UN-backed programme that tracks and evaluates data on the atmosphere, land and ocean.
"In the 30 years I've been in this game, we've always seen incremental improvements in our ability to diagnose the Earth system," Thorne, who is also a professor at Irel

Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Buffalo Bills NFL game: How to watch, kickoff time, TV channel and more
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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers lost to the New England Patriots last Sunday (not entirely surprising given the Pats' current winning streak), but they'll need a win against another AFC East powerhouse, the Buffalo Bills, to keep up with the rest of the top teams in the NFC. The Bucs will head to Highmark Stadium in Buffalo this week for an early window game on Sun

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