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Developer Terra and the Well will open the Well Club on the seventh floor of the Jean-Georges Miami Tropic Residences, offering spa, fitness and food-forward programming to key holders; the tower is expected to be completed in 2028.

A study published in Science links a mid-2023 disruption in the illicit fentanyl supply — likely tied to tighter controls on precursor chemicals in China — with a fall of more than a third in US deaths involving synthetic opioids by the end of 2024.

The article lists seven built-in iPhone features — including the Health app, Wind Down, Sleep Focus, Sleep Schedule, App Limits, Downtime and Night Shift — that can monitor rest and limit nighttime disruptions.

An investigation reports the Lachman fire began on Jan. 1, 2025, on parkland and was left to burn under a state park policy; the larger fires were contained on Jan. 31, 2025 and federal and private legal filings have followed.

Nvidia launched the Rubin platform, a coordinated set of six new chips designed to work as one AI supercomputer. The company said Rubin includes innovations such as updated NVLink interconnects, a Transformer Engine, Confidential Computing, a RAS Engine, and the Nvidia Vera CPU.

One to two drops of dish soap in a spray bottle of water is described as an inexpensive, skin-safe cleaner that cuts oil-based grime on many household surfaces, and using a damp cloth helps remove residue to prevent streaking.

New York leaders Zohran Mamdani and Gov. Kathy Hochul announced expansions to state-funded child care, including a new "2-care" program for 2-year-olds and $1.7 billion in added funding for the 2027 budget.

Volvo Car said global sales rose 2% year-on-year to 75,049 vehicles in December, while full-year 2025 sales fell 7% to 710,042 units.

The University of California enrolled 301,093 students in Fall 2025, an increase of 1,686 from the prior year, with more than 200,000 California resident undergraduates and 76.8% of students reported as state residents.

Northrop Grumman won a competitively awarded MUX TACAIR deal to supply a mission kit — including its Prism autonomy software and sensors — to help turn Kratos' XQ-58A Valkyrie into a Marine Corps Collaborative Combat Aircraft; the company told Breaking Defense the agreement is about $231.5 million over 24 months.

Optimove announced an AI Marketing Tools Hub that launches with 13 curated tools to guide marketers; the company says teams adopting Positionless Marketing improved campaign execution speed by 88% on average.

Heather and Michael Lyle lost two homes to wildfires in Pacific Palisades; Heather was diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer for a third time, underwent surgery and chemotherapy, and is now reported to be in remission.

The article reports Alphabet's market value rose to about $3.89 trillion, passing Apple's roughly $3.85 trillion to become the second-most valuable company, with Nvidia remaining largest at about $4.6 trillion.

Czechoslovak Group (CSG) is planning an initial public offering in Amsterdam as soon as next week and could look to raise €3–4 billion while selling about a 15% stake.

Executives say new smart glasses are lighter and more useful because of AI, and industry data show the category grew sharply in 2025.

Astronomers using the Vera C. Rubin Observatory's LSST camera identified an asteroid about 710 meters across that rotates once every 1.88 minutes; the study reports its orbit does not intersect Earth's and no impact warnings were issued.

A Swedish nationwide cohort study of more than 850,000 unvaccinated girls and women found that those eligible for high‑coverage school-based HPV vaccination had about half the rate of high‑grade cervical lesions compared with earlier unvaccinated cohorts, suggesting community-level herd protection; experts caution that precisely measuring the size of this effect is difficult.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported labor productivity rose at a 4.9% annual rate in Q3 2025, and unit labor costs fell 1.9% that quarter.

Amanda Seyfried says she was diagnosed with "really extreme" obsessive-compulsive disorder at 19 and that she continues to take medication nightly; she also reported avoiding alcohol, drugs and late nights to reduce triggers.

At CES, Tensor showed the Robocar, which can switch between full autonomous mode and a manual driving mode and includes four passenger screens and in-cabin cameras; Tensor plans a limited launch later this year in parts of the US, Europe and the UAE.

Humanoid home robots still encounter major technical hurdles, and some models raise privacy concerns because companies may allow remote human control.

A CDC study published in JAMA Internal Medicine estimates about 101,300 COVID-19 deaths from Oct 2022–Sep 2023 and about 100,800 deaths from Oct 2023–Sep 2024, and finds older adults accounted for a large share of severe outcomes.

German factory orders rose 5.6% in November, the biggest monthly gain in a year, and activity excluding large-scale orders increased 0.7% after two prior monthly gains.

Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman reassigned Al Washington to coach the linebackers and hired Charlie Partridge to coach the defensive line, moves announced after Freeman restructured his contract and decided to stay with the program.

Authorities say a Florida man was arrested and charged after a woman's body was found on Hollywood Beach on Dec. 26, 2025; the victim was identified as 56-year-old Heather Asendorf. The case remains an active criminal investigation and further legal steps are undetermined at this time.

The Kansas City Chiefs said on Jan. 7 they are aware of social media allegations of domestic violence involving Rashee Rice and are in communication with the NFL; Rice has not been charged.

Court filings say Google and Character.AI have agreed in principle to mediated settlements with families who sued over alleged harmful interactions between chatbots and minors; details and terms were not disclosed.

A federal judge in California found there is enough evidence to send Elon Musk's 2024 lawsuit against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman to a jury trial, rejecting motions to dismiss; the trial is scheduled for March.

A nonprofit review of more than 35,000 aircraft water samples found 2.7% positive for total coliform and 32 detections of E. coli; the study graded several major carriers and prompted responses from airlines and industry groups.

The Supreme Court will decide whether President Trump could use the IEEPA to impose tariffs, and analysts told Reuters that a ruling against the tariffs could require refunds and increase market volatility.