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Why Was Life So Boring? Solving the Mystery of the “Boring Billion”  SciTechDaily
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Business News

  1. US says technology giant Tencent works with Chinese military  BBC.com
  2. Tencent, CATL Added to Pentagon’s Blacklist  The Information
  3. China Oil Major and Top Shipping Line Blacklisted by Washington  Bloomberg
  4. Tencent shares fall 8% in Hong Kong after U.S. designates it a Chinese military company  CNBC
  5. Pentagon to blacklist China’s largest EV battery and tech firms  The Washington Post

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Business News

  1. Japan stocks lead gains in Asia-Pacific markets after tech rally lifts Wall Street  CNBC
  2. Dollar Slump Offers Reprieve for Asian Currencies: Markets Wrap  Bloomberg
  3. Asia shares benefit from doubts about Trump tariffs  Reuters.com
  4. Stock market today: Asian shares mostly rise after Wall Street rally led by Nvidia  Yahoo Finance
  5. Asian Markets Mostly Up After Tech-fuelled Wall St Rally  Barron’s

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Business News

  1. UFC’s Dana White joins Meta’s board, as company moves closer to Trump  The Washington Post
  2. UFC head Dana White joins Meta’s board, Mark Zuckerberg’s second key right-wing appointment in a week  CNN
  3. Dana White, John Elkann and Charlie Songhurst to Join Meta Board of Directors  Meta Store
  4. UFC’s Dana White joins Meta’s board weeks before Trump takes office  CNBC
  5. Meta taps Trump ally and UFC CEO Dana White to join its board  NPR

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Business News

  1. FDA recommends fixing racial disparities in pulse oximeter readings  The Washington Post
  2. FDA issues draft guidance to improve accuracy of pulse oximeters for people with darker skin tones  CNN
  3. FDA seeks to boost accuracy of blood-oxygen monitors across skin tones  Reuters.com
  4. U.S. regulator aims to improve accuracy of blood oxygen devices for range of skin tones  CBC.ca
  5. Pulse oximeters may misread oxygen levels in people of color. The FDA wants to change that  The Associated Press

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Business News

  1. McDonald’s Drops Diversity Targets for Employees, Suppliers  The Wall Street Journal
  2. McDonald’s latest company to roll back ‘woke’ DEI policies as trend continues into 2025  Fox Business
  3. McDonald’s Retires Some Diversity Goals in Latest Corporate Retreat  Bloomberg
  4. McDonald’s is ending some of its DEI practices  CNN
  5. McDonald’s flip in DEI beef serves up another win for conservative critics  USA TODAY

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EY Sri Lanka Appoints Economist Talal Rafi as Director of Business Consulting  CEO Insights Asia
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Technology News

  1. Asus’ latest ROG Flow Z13 gaming tablet uses AMD’s new integrated graphics  The Verge
  2. ASUS ROG Unveils Latest Innovations Forged to Unlock Limitless Gaming Potential at CES 2025  ASUS Pressroom
  3. Asus just announced the world’s first Thunderbolt 5 eGPU — the 2025 XG Mobile  The Verge
  4. Asus unveils full suite of RTX 5000 series gaming laptops, complete with 100% DCI-P3 screens  Tom’s Hardware
  5. The SSDs and RAM on this new Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 can be upgraded entirely without tools  PC Gamer

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