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German FAZ: Douglas Coupland shows his favorite places in Vancouver – the Quarterly City Guide010377

December 23, 2025 · Canadian artist and author Douglas Coupland became world famous with his novel “Generation X”. He only wrote to finance his art. Today he has long been known internationally for both. Here he shows us his favorite places in the “best city in the world”. If you fly off from the cruise… Continue reading German FAZ: Douglas Coupland shows his favorite places in Vancouver – the Quarterly City Guide010377

German Manager Magazine: Stock exchange: DAX companies will pay almost 53 billion euros in dividends in 2026004622

According to a study, the companies in the German leading index DAX will continue to pay high dividends to their shareholders in 2026. In total, they are expected to pay out 52.9 billion euros, almost maintaining the previous year’s high level of 53.3 billion euros. This emerges from a dividend study by DekaBank. “Although no… Continue reading German Manager Magazine: Stock exchange: DAX companies will pay almost 53 billion euros in dividends in 2026004622

Activists Downloaded Pretty Much All of Spotify

Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism Hacktivists with the group Anna’s Archive — a search engine for shadow libraries, which are unauthorized collections of digital content — say they’ve found a way to download virtually the entirety of Spotify for preservation. In a blog post detailing their work, the archivists say they’ve archived the audio… Continue reading Activists Downloaded Pretty Much All of Spotify

Gen Z Terrified of Losing Their Humanity to AI

Getty / Futurism As generative AI seeps into virtually every aspect of our daily lives through jobs, entertainment, and even food, you gotta wonder: is anyone not on board with the AI takeover? Apparently not. Former McKinsey analyst turned Dartmouth University professor Scott Anthony told Fortune that one of the feelings he’s seeing more and… Continue reading Gen Z Terrified of Losing Their Humanity to AI

Elon Musk’s Starship Explosion Endangered Hundreds of Airline Passengers

X via Reuters On January 16, SpaceX conceded that the latest prototype of its enormous Starship spacecraft had “experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly during its ascent burn” — a tongue-in-cheek admission that the massive rocket had exploded mid-flight. Countless videos circulating online showed a massive stream of reentering pieces of the Starship rocket blazing across… Continue reading Elon Musk’s Starship Explosion Endangered Hundreds of Airline Passengers

Man Describes How ChatGPT Led Him Straight Into Psychosis

Getty / Futurism 32-year-old Anthony Duncan first used ChatGPT to help with the business side of his career as a content creation. But he soon ended up talking to the OpenAI chatbot like a friend on a daily basis. What started as a harmless way to vent soon drove Duncan to blow up his personal… Continue reading Man Describes How ChatGPT Led Him Straight Into Psychosis

007 First Light’s release date gets shaken up

Entertainment The new James Bond game is getting a two-month delay. The new James Bond game is getting a two-month delay. by Jay Peters Dec 23, 2025, 6:39 PM UTC Jay Peters is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. IO Interactive… Continue reading 007 First Light’s release date gets shaken up

Data Holds the Key in Slowing Age-Related Illnesses

In 2026, we will see the beginning of precision medical forecasting. Just as there have been remarkable advances in weather forecasting with the use of large language models, so will there be for determining an individual’s risk of the major age-related diseases (cancer, cardiovascular, and neurodegenerative). These diseases share common threads, such as a long… Continue reading Data Holds the Key in Slowing Age-Related Illnesses

NYPD Sued Over Possible Records Collected Through Muslim Spying Program

A New Jersey man who previously sued the New York City Police Department in an unsuccessful quest to find out whether the NYPD’s Intelligence Division spied on him and fellow Muslims as part of its notorious and expansive “mosque-raking” program during the Michael Bloomberg era has filed a new open-records lawsuit against the city over… Continue reading NYPD Sued Over Possible Records Collected Through Muslim Spying Program