5.7 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush Region
Afghanistan earthquake today: a 5.7 magnitude earthquake hit the Hindu Kush on Friday, December 19, 2025; monitoring networks later listed a mainshock near 36.20N, 69.37E (Mw 5.2). No immediate casualties were reported as authorities checked for damage and possible aftershocks. What happened and where it was recorded Seismological monitoring networks recorded an earthquake in the […]
Anthropic Agent Skills Open Standard: Anthropic Opens a Portable “Skills” Format for AI Agents
Anthropic on Dec. 18, 2025 expanded Claude’s Skills and published the Agent Skills open standard, aiming to make reusable AI workflows easier to manage in organizations and portable across skills-compatible tools. Why Anthropic is betting on “skills” as the next layer for workplace AI? Businesses have experimented with chatbots for drafting emails, summarizing documents, and […]
Why is Paramount Not Working on TV: Common Issues and Solutions
Is your Paramount app giving you trouble on your TV? Many viewers face problems with Paramount not working on TV, from loading errors to freezing screens. You’re not alone in this frustrating situation. Most Paramount issues can be fixed with simple steps like restarting your device or checking your internet connection. Power cycling your TV […]
Meta’s “Mango” AI Model Signals Bigger Push Into Image and Video Creation
Meta Mango AI model is in development as a next-generation system for AI-generated images and video, with reports pointing to a first-half 2026 target, as Meta expands consumer tools like the Vibes AI video feed and deepens its generative media strategy. What happened Meta is developing a new artificial intelligence model code-named “Mango” that is […]
Is Paramount Having an Issue: Understanding Current Streaming Problems and Outages
Is your Paramount+ screen frozen again? Many users face problems with the app crashing, shows not loading, or the dreaded black screen. Is Paramount having an issue right now? This question pops up often when you just want to watch your favorite shows. Paramount+ is a major streaming service owned by ViacomCBS that millions of […]
16 Best FP&A Software Tools for 2026: Features, Pricing, Pros & Cons [Expert Review]
FP&A is not just an annual budget task anymore. In 2026, finance teams are expected to forecast often, explain results fast, and support decisions in real time. That is hard to do with dozens of spreadsheets, manual copy-paste, and “final_v12” files. This guide compares the best fp&a software tools so you can pick a platform […]
Putin Calls European Leaders ‘Piglets’ as EU Summit Backs €90 Billion Ukraine Loan
Putin calls European leaders piglets as EU leaders met in Brussels to approve a €90 billion loan for Ukraine for 2026–2027 and to debate how frozen Russian assets could help fund Kyiv’s future needs. What happened at the EU summit in Brussels European Union leaders met in Brussels on December 18–19, 2025 with two urgent […]
Neuromorphic Computing Scales Up as Brain-Inspired Chips Target Lower-Power AI
Neuromorphic computing—brain-inspired hardware designed to run AI with less energy—is moving from lab prototypes to large deployed systems, as researchers and national labs test whether spiking, event-driven designs can reduce costs and power limits in real-world computing. What neuromorphic computing is—and why it matters now? Neuromorphic computing is a style of computing that takes cues […]
24 Tech Giants Join Trump’s Genesis Mission AI Initiative as DOE Ramps Up National Science Platform
The U.S. Department of Energy says 24 organizations—from OpenAI and Google to Microsoft, NVIDIA, and Oracle—have signed collaboration agreements backing President Donald Trump’s Genesis Mission AI initiative to accelerate AI-driven scientific discovery and strengthen U.S. competitiveness. What happened and why it matters The Department of Energy (DOE) announced on December 18, 2025 that it has […]
GPT-5.2-Codex Launch: OpenAI Rolls Out a New Agentic Coding Model for Real-World Engineering
OpenAI on Dec. 18, 2025 released GPT-5.2-Codex (gpt-5-2-codex), a new agentic coding model in Codex for paid ChatGPT users, targeting large software changes and defensive cybersecurity workflows with added safeguards. What OpenAI released and who can use it now? OpenAI’s release centers on GPT-5.2-Codex, a model designed specifically for coding work that goes beyond quick […]
Google NotebookLM Data Tables Add a Spreadsheet-Style Boost to Research Work
Google has added NotebookLM data tables (announced Dec. 18, 2025), a new feature that turns information from your sources into structured tables you can export to Google Sheets, as part of a broader push to make NotebookLM faster and more useful for research. What’s new: Data Tables in NotebookLM NotebookLM is Google’s research assistant designed […]
OpenAI Seeks $100B in Funding as Valuation Talks Reach $830B
OpenAI seeks $100B in funding in reported early discussions that could value the ChatGPT maker as high as $830B, as the company accelerates spending on AI infrastructure, data centers, and the computing power needed to train and run next-generation models. What the $100B fundraising discussion looks like? OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, is reported to […]
