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James Ransone died by suicide on Friday.

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It's the most wonderful/commercial/triggering/obligatory time of the year when sleigh bells ring, eggnog slings, and holiday classics get their moment in the sun...or softly falling snow as it were. In honor of the season, we bring you a list of the zodiac signs as characters from classic Christmas movies. Read on, tune in and jingle...

Muriel Robin était l'invitée de Laurent Delahousse dans 20h30 le dimanche ce 21 décembre 2025 sur France 2. L'actrice est apparue en larmes lors d'une séquence sur la chaîne.

Une demande de brevet de Tesla décrit une façon d’intégrer une antenne, qui pourrait être une antenne Starlink, au toit d’un véhicule électrique. Malheureusement, il ne s’agit pas encore d’une annonce officielle. Mais le document prouve que l’idée fait son chemin.

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Medetomidine has extreme and fast-acting withdrawal symptoms – and the detox centers that help patients are struggling with how best to cope

The staff at harm reduction hub Sunshine House in the middle of Kensington, a neighborhood in north-east Philadelphia home to the most notorious open drug scene in the US, often reverse at least one overdose per day.

But the mutating illegal drug supply is regularly conjuring new drugs with novel sets of potentially deadly risks. For the past 18 months, there has been a new drug in circulation, the veterinary sedative medetomidine, also known as “rhino tranq”. It has perhaps the most extreme and fast-acting withdrawal symptoms of all known street drugs.

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© Photograph: Matt Rourke/AP

© Photograph: Matt Rourke/AP

© Photograph: Matt Rourke/AP

It was 1995, and I had spent the evening carousing and drinking neat vodka. Now I was trapped in a friend’s flat in Paris, with no phone – and he had flown to New York

Winter 1995: I wake to the sound of a vacuum cleaner repeatedly striking the door near my head. I’m in a small bed in a tiny room. Wherever I am, I’m hungover.

I remember: I’m in Paris, after a big night out. Just the one night – I’d arrived on the Eurostar the previous afternoon with a friend. We’d gone out for drinks, then to a cool restaurant, then somewhere to drink more. The rest was blurry, but we ended up back at this apartment – owned by the company my friend worked for – drinking neat vodka until my friend remembered he was catching an early plane to New York.

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© Illustration: Mark Long/The Guardian

© Illustration: Mark Long/The Guardian

While the country’s capital is loosening regulations, the Catalan city is strengthening social housing. Their outcomes will affect all our futures

In Spain, two cities face the same crisis, but are responding in fundamentally different ways. Over the past decade, the cost of housing in Madrid and Barcelona has soared – with rents rising by about 60% and sale prices by 90% – leaving young people, working families and retired people struggling to stay in their homes or even find one.

Yet, while one city is betting everything on construction and giving free rein to big investors, the other is cautiously trying to steer the housing market towards the public good, despite political and institutional constraints.

Jaime Palomera is a researcher on housing and inequality, author of The Hijacking of Housing, and co-founder of the Barcelona Urban Research Institute (IDRA) and the Tenants’ Union

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© Composite: Guardian Design/Reuters/Getty Images

© Composite: Guardian Design/Reuters/Getty Images

Guardian analysis of 20 major companies in UK and US shows mentions of Pride on social media have fallen substantially in past two years

The UK’s biggest businesses are rolling back their public support for Pride celebrations, Guardian analysis suggests, prompting warnings that “clear signals” were needed in the face of growing global LGBTQ+ hostility.

Analysis of social media posts by the country’s biggest companies found mentions of Pride had plummeted by 92% since 2023, mirroring a trend seen in large American firms.

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© Photograph: John MacDougall/AFP/Getty Images

© Photograph: John MacDougall/AFP/Getty Images

We’ve recently seen how ChatGPT was used to trick Mac users into installing MacStealer, and now a different tactic has been found to persuade users to install a version of MacSync Stealer.

The Mac remains a relatively difficult target for attackers thanks to Apple’s protections against the installation of malware. However, Mac malware is on the increase, and two recently-discovered tactics discovered by security researchers highlight the creative approaches some attackers are using …

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Battlefield 6 est un beau succès, et DICE veut le faire savoir à tout le monde, avec à la clé de beaux projets pour l’année 2026. De quoi faire plaisir à beaucoup de joueurs.

Their combined records dropped to a dismal 5-25 with two weeks to go before the merciful end of another disastrous football year.

Russian general Fanil Sarvarov killed in Moscow car bombing as investigators suspect Ukrainian intelligence involvement in the deadly attack on Monday.

Major incident declared as 50-metre-long breach opens up and discharges water on to surrounding land

Ten people have been helped to safety after a sinkhole opened up in a Shropshire canal, pulling in boats and discharging large volumes of water on to surrounding land.

Emergency services declared a major incident after the 50-metre-long sinkhole breached the canal in the West Midlands, leaving boats teetering on the edge of a steep drop or stuck at the bottom of the cavity.

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© Photograph: Shropshire fire and rescue service

© Photograph: Shropshire fire and rescue service

© Photograph: Shropshire fire and rescue service

Une cyberattaque massive perturbe les services de La Poste ce lundi. La Banque Postale est également touchée par « un incident » technique.

Faustine Bollaert a pris quelques jours de repos et ne sera pas aux commandes de l'émission Ca commence aujourd'hui sur France 2 ce lundi 22 décembre 2025. La chaîne publique a opéré pour une autre stratégie.

Apple is reportedly testing next-generation ultra-thin flexible glass (UFG) for its book-style foldable iPhone as it works to make the display crease invisible and potentially solve one of the most persistent issues of existing foldable displays.


According to Weibo-based leaker Digital Chat Station, Apple is evaluating UFG panels with uneven thickness, using thinner glass in the folding area to improve flexibility while retaining thicker sections elsewhere for rigidity and durability.

Unlike existing foldables, which rely on ultra-thin glass (UTG) that inevitably deforms along the hinge, UFG is designed to distribute bending stress more evenly across the panel. In theory, this approach could reduce the crease to the point where it becomes visually imperceptible during everyday use.

The testing is said to be ongoing as Apple refines manufacturing processes and long-term reliability targets ahead of an expected 2026 launch alongside the iPhone 18 Pro models.

The timing may appear late in Apple's development cycle, but it doesn't necessarily suggest a delay. Apple is likely currently transitioning from design validation into early production validation, where the big hardware decisions are already locked in, but more high-risk components continue to undergo final qualification.

Apple testing UFG now could be part of an effort to validate the novel way it's being applied, rather than to do with a decision about whether to use the technology at all. Apple could have more mature UTG solutions available as a fallback if its targets are not met. The report also claims that multiple Chinese display makers are also evaluating UFG-based solutions, suggesting the technology is approaching commercial readiness.

• iPhone Fold: Launch, Pricing, and What to Expect From Apple's Foldable

The foldable iPhone is expected to feature a book-style design with an approximately 5.3- to 5.5-inch outer display and a 7.8-inch inner screen. It will reportedly use liquid metal hinges to achieve a virtually crease-free display and is expected to be priced between $2,000 and $2,500, making it Apple's most expensive iPhone ever.
This article, "Apple Still Testing Ultra-Thin Glass to Eliminate Foldable iPhone Crease" first appeared on MacRumors.com

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