Chrome Adds Long‑Requested Vertical Tabs in Canary

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Lead Google has enabled a long‑requested vertical tabs option in the latest Chrome Canary build for desktop, allowing users to move tab thumbnails into a side rail. The toggle appears when you right‑click the horizontal tab bar and offers a corresponding “Show tabs at the top” setting to return to the conventional layout. The sidebar … Read more

Eric Swalwell Enters 2026 California Governor Race

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Lead On November 21, 2025, Representative Eric Swalwell, 45, announced he will run for California governor in the 2026 election, declaring a campaign focused on housing, jobs and countering former President Donald Trump. Swalwell, who helped manage the 2021 impeachment of Mr. Trump, made the bid public on his campaign website and appeared that night … Read more

Trump administration’s 28-point Ukraine-Russia peace plan presented to Zelenskyy – ABC News

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Lead: The Trump administration presented a 28-point draft peace proposal to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Thursday that would require substantial concessions from Kyiv while offering NATO-style security guarantees, a senior U.S. official told ABC News. The draft, created by special envoy Steve Witkoff with input from Secretary of State Marco Rubio and … Read more

Gap CEO says its viral denim campaign wasn’t just a hit online — it drove double-digit growth in sales, fueled by Gen Z

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Lead: Gap Inc. reported that its summer “Better in Denim” campaign translated viral attention into measurable sales gains, the company said on its third-quarter earnings call on November 21, 2025. CEO Richard Dickson told investors the campaign delivered more than 8 billion impressions and 500 million views and helped produce double-digit growth in denim. Gap … Read more

Anxiety Over A.I. Spending Returns to Global Markets

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Lead On Nov. 20, 2025, Asian markets reversed a short-lived rally as investor concern about excessive A.I.-related capital expenditure spread from the United States to Seoul, Tokyo and Taipei. The Kospi fell more than 3 percent in early trading, led by declines in chip makers such as SK Hynix, which slid over 7 percent. Benchmarks … Read more

Dramatic photos show UPS plane ablaze as engine detaches

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Lead: Federal investigators on Thursday released a sequence of airport surveillance images showing a UPS cargo jet shedding an engine and erupting into flames during takeoff at Louisville. The preliminary National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) report and photos document the engine separating, fire spreading, and the aircraft becoming airborne before it later crashed in a … Read more

Rocket returned, lightly used: Why Blue Origin’s landed New Glenn booster is so clean

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Blue Origin’s New Glenn first stage returned to Earth largely unblemished after a Nov. 13, 2025 launch from Cape Canaveral that carried NASA’s twin ESCAPADE probes to space. The booster descended for about nine minutes and touched down on Blue Origin’s autonomous recovery ship, then was rolled into a hangar at Cape Canaveral Space Force … Read more

Hands On With Google’s Nano Banana Pro Image Generator

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On Thursday, Google introduced Nano Banana Pro, an upgraded image generation model aimed squarely at business users and creative teams worldwide. The release embeds the model into Googles Gemini app and connects it to Google Slides and Google Ads for streamlined production of marketing assets. Early tests show notable gains in text rendering and 4K … Read more

Japan’s October exports beat estimates as Asia and Europe demand rises

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Japan’s goods exports in October unexpectedly outperformed forecasts, rising 3.6% year-on-year as shipments to Asia and Western Europe strengthened. The figure exceeded a Reuters poll median of 1.1% but trailed September’s 4.2% gain. Growth to Asia rose 4.2% and shipments to Western Europe jumped 8.8% year-on-year, offsetting a 2.7% fall to North America and a … Read more

Asian Stocks Fall After Volatile U.S. Session, Set for Worst Week Since April

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November 20, 2025 — Asian equities dropped after a turbulent U.S. session, with investors retreating from risk amid fresh doubts over lofty valuations and whether heavy corporate spending on artificial intelligence will produce the expected returns. The MSCI All Country World Index fell almost 3% on the week, on track for its steepest weekly decline … Read more

Jelly Roll FINALLY reveals his new look after shaving beard for first time in 10 years – KOMO

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Lead: On Nov. 20, 2025, country artist Jelly Roll posted a video revealing he shaved his beard for the first time in 10 years, unveiling a clean-shaven face in a clip shared on Instagram. The moment followed months of visible weight loss and came amid his busy 2025 performance schedule, including the iHeartRadio Music Festival … Read more

Federal prosecutors move to dismiss charges against woman shot by Border Patrol agent in Chicago

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Lead Federal prosecutors on Thursday moved to dismiss criminal charges against Marimar Martinez, 30, and Anthony Ruiz, 21, who were accused of using vehicles to box in a U.S. Border Patrol SUV on Oct. 4 on Chicago’s southwest side. Border Patrol Agent Charles Exum then exited his vehicle and shot Martinez multiple times; she sustained … Read more

The A.I. Boom Has Found Another Gear. Why Can’t People Shake Their Worries?

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Lead: On Nov. 20, 2025, markets and tech campuses alike registered a new surge in artificial intelligence investment after blockbuster corporate results and fresh data-center builds, including OpenAI’s Stargate site in Abilene, Texas. Nvidia reported nearly $32 billion in quarterly profit, up 65 percent from a year earlier and 245 percent from two years prior, … Read more

Cop30 standoff: Dozens threaten to block outcome unless fossil-fuel roadmap included

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Lead: At the Cop30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil, a coalition of countries has threatened to block any final outcome that does not include a roadmap to phase out fossil fuels, escalating tensions as talks run into overtime. The escalation centers on a leaked letter signed by at least 29 governments that set the inclusion … Read more