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After Volume 1 of Stranger Things Season 5 arrived on Nov. 26, audiences quickly identified several continuity problems in the new episodes. Viewers pointed to conflicting flashback details in Episode 4, “Sorcerer,” and a mismatch over Will Byers’s age during his abduction. The discrepancies rekindled earlier fan disputes — including the so‑called “Birthdaygate” — and … Read more

Lead Samsung has formally introduced the Z TriFold, a three‑panel foldable set to debut in South Korea on December 12, 2025 and arrive in the U.S. in the first quarter of 2026. The device features a 10.0‑inch inner display, a 6.5‑inch outer cover screen, and a dual‑hinge construction that folds two outer panels inward over … Read more

Lead On Monday, Dec. 1, 2025, the 10-2 New England Patriots host the 2-10 New York Giants at Gillette Stadium in a Week 13 Monday Night Football game with an 8:15 p.m. ET kickoff. New England arrives on a nine-game winning streak and is jockeying for the AFC’s top seed, while New York is already … Read more

Lead Cyber Monday 2025 has delivered some of the deepest price cuts we’ve seen on recent Apple hardware: AirPods Pro 3 for $220, the Apple Watch Series 11 for $329 and a four-pack of AirTags for $63. Major retailers including Amazon, Best Buy, Walmart and Target are matching or beating Apple’s own offers, while Apple’s … Read more

Lead Robby Stein, VP of Product for Google Search, told the Limitless podcast that one of Googles largest AI advantages is its ability to learn about users from connected services and tailor responses accordingly. His comments, highlighted in a TechCrunch piece published 1 December 2025, describe how Gemini and Workspace integrations let Google’s models draw … Read more

Dec. 1, 2025 — The 35th Gotham Awards opened the 2025–26 U.S. awards season Monday evening at Cipriani Wall Street in New York, with a livestream on Variety’s YouTube channel starting at 4 p.m. PT. Presented by the Gotham Film & Media Institute, the ceremony highlighted an unusually broad field after the organization removed its … Read more

On Monday night U.S. stock futures were largely unchanged after major benchmarks opened lower earlier in the session, snapping five-day winning streaks. Traders cited growing risk-off sentiment as investors weighed persistent inflation, lofty AI-driven valuations and recent weakness in cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin plunged about 6% in the prior session — its worst day since March — … Read more

Smartphones by age 12 linked to higher risks of depression, poor sleep and obesity, study finds Lead: A new peer-reviewed analysis reports that children who own smartphones by age 12 show higher rates of mental health problems and obesity than peers without phones. Researchers from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, UC Berkeley and Columbia analyzed ABCD … Read more

Lead CD Projekt Red (CDPR) says it intends to ship three full Witcher sequels within a six-year window following the release of The Witcher 4, despite a long gap since The Witcher 3. The studio pointed to its 2022 switch from REDEngine to Unreal Engine as a key reason it expects faster, more predictable development. … Read more

Lead For the first time since the World Health Organization established World AIDS Day in 1988, the United States did not officially commemorate the day on Dec. 1, 2025. The State Department instructed employees not to mark the observance, saying “an awareness day is not a strategy,” and the White House held no public ceremony. … Read more

Lead On December 1, 2025, Lane Kiffin announced he will leave Ole Miss after accepting the head coaching job at Louisiana State University, a move reported to carry a seven year deal that pays 13 million dollars per year. The term sheet, reviewed by multiple outlets, values the contract at 91 million dollars before additional … Read more

Lead On Nov. 27, 2025, a Soyuz rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and reached orbit carrying Russian cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, Sergei Mikaev, and NASA astronaut Chris Williams. While the spacecraft proceeded to the International Space Station, powerful rocket exhaust dislodged a ground service platform that then fell into the flame trench, … Read more

Lead On November 26, 2025, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, an Afghan national living in the United States, is accused of shooting two members of the West Virginia National Guard a few blocks from the White House in Washington, D.C. Twenty-year-old Specialist Sarah Beckstrom died of her wounds; 24-year-old Specialist Andrew Wolfe remains in serious condition, Gov. Patrick … Read more

Lead: Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin is facing intensified national media scrutiny following the team’s loss to the Buffalo Bills on Dec. 1, 2025. Reporters and commentators have focused attention on Tomlin’s job security and the direction of a franchise long associated with stability under his leadership. The criticism accelerated in the hours after … Read more

Lead: In late November, torrential monsoon rains and tropical cyclones plunged parts of Southeast Asia into catastrophic flooding, leaving more than 1,100 people dead across the region. In Pidie Jaya, Aceh province, Indonesia, 63-year-old Aminah Ali clung to her rooftop for 24 hours as 3-metre waters swept through her village; on Sumatra more than 600 … Read more