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## TIER 2 STORIES (Brief RSS Summaries - mention if relevant):
- FBI Director Kash Patel says bureau ramping up AI to counter domestic, global threats FBI Director Kash Patel announces artificial intelligence expansion to combat evolving threats and keep America ahead of "bad actors" in the digital age....
- Albanese orders review of federal intelligence and policing processes in lead-up to Bondi beach attack <p>Former Asio chief Dennis Richardson to lead review into AFP and Asio processes amid growing calls for a royal commission</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/ng-interac...
- Synthetic soul: AI-generated gospel "Mississippi" singer Solomon Ray tops Christian chart <p>An <a href="https://www.axios.com/technology/automation-and-ai" target="_self">artificial intelligence</a>-generated soul singer named <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/4QQMithHxRhyk69LgkMKE...
- Influencers play detective and unleash chaos <p>As police scoured New England this week for the gunman who killed two people at <a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/12/14/brown-university-shooting" target="_blank">Brown University</a>, a parallel...
- Mamdani backs fellow democratic socialist in race to replace him in Assembly <p>State Assembly candidate Diana Moreno and New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani in an undated photo. Mamdani endorsed Moreno Saturday in the special election contest to fill his vacant seat in A...
- Chicagoans pay homage to artist Tony Fitzpatrick: 'Tony was fiercely proud of Chicago' <img alt="Artist Val Terrazas stands alongside her painting, "Warning," featured in "Black Swan Elegies: An Artists' Tribute to Tony Fitzpatrick" at the West Town Chamber of Commer...
- Despite Billy Donovan's storied success, he just isnt pushing Bulls over the hump <img alt="The Bulls started hot with five straight wins. Since then, theyve mostly tripped over themselves a familiar story in the five years Billy Donovan has been their coach." src="https://cst.brig...
- Chipotle's newest item is just a cup of 'snack' meat Craving Chipotle, but not really? Good news: The fast-casual restaurant will soon sell just cups of meat....
- Wind advisory for 25 Michigan counties until Sunday morning wind gusts up to 45 mph On Saturday at 7:04 p.m. EST a wind advisory was released by the National Weather Service in effect until Sunday at 7 a.m. EST for Emmet, Cheboygan, Presque Isle, Leelanau, Antrim, Otsego, Montmorency...
- Weather alert affecting 5 Michigan counties until Saturday evening On Saturday at 5:39 p.m. EST the National Weather Service released a special weather statement until 8:45 p.m. EST for Emmet, Cheboygan, Chippewa, Mackinac and Charlevoix counties....
- Governor Hochul signs New York's AI safety act <p>New York governor Kathy Hochul signed <a class="link" href="https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-hochul-signs-nation-leading-legislation-require-ai-frameworks-ai-frontier-models" target="_blan...
- Sony's first EV with Honda will let you remotely play PS5 in your car <p>Faraway road trips just got a lot easier, at least for the passengers. <a href="https://www.shm-afeela.com/en/news/2025-12-18/">Sony Honda Mobility</a>, the joint venture between the two Japanese c...
- Valve discontinued the last remaining LCD model of the Steam Deck <p>If you still haven't bought into the Steam Deck craze, it'll cost you a little extra to take the plunge now since Valve is only offering OLED models. Valve announced in a note on its <a class="no-a...
- AirPods Pro 3 drop to a record low of $199 <p>If you haven't yet upgraded to <a class="rapid-with-clickid" href="https://shopping.yahoo.com/rdlw?merchantId=66ea567a-c987-4c2e-a2ff-02904efde6ea&itemId=amazon_B0FQFB8FMG&siteId=us-engadge...
- You can force FSR 4 Redstone to work on RDNA 3 GPUs with new workaround for Linux systems solution requires Proton compatibility to work properly AMD's answer to Nvidia's DLSS 4 seemingly works on older hardware but is currently not officially supported....
- MSI adds auto BCLK overclocking to X870 MAX motherboards claims new 'one-click' features add up to 15% extra performance on Ryzen 7 9800X3D MSI adds several auto overclocking features, including BLCK overclocking profiles and DDR5 sub-timing overclocking profiles that boost performance up to 15% on AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D....
- AMD publishes first Zen 6 document detailing ground-up redesign on 2nm process node brand-new 8-wide CPU core with strong vector capabilities AMD's Zen 6-based CPUs may be number crunching monsters, given their core design that is partially revealed in a performance counters document....
- US lawmakers propose tax break for small stablecoin payments, staking rewards <p style="float: right; margin: 0 0 10px 15px; width: 240px;"><img alt="US lawmakers propose tax break for small stablecoin payments, staking rewards" src="https://images.cointelegraph.com/images/528_...
- Crypto community very sorry over Senator Lummis' reelection decision <p style="float: right; margin: 0 0 10px 15px; width: 240px;"><img alt="Crypto community very sorry over Senator Lummis' reelection decision" src="https://images.cointelegraph.com/images/528_aHR0cHM6L...
- Crypto market isnt scared enough to call a bottom yet: Santiment <p style="float: right; margin: 0 0 10px 15px; width: 240px;"><img alt="Crypto market isnt scared enough to call a bottom yet: Santiment" src="https://images.cointelegraph.com/images/528_aHR0cHM6Ly9zM...