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The Mez Ledger · Weekly Close December 9 – December 16, 2024 194 stories · Vol. 24 · Catalogue 51 · Issue 351 Get it by email ↓
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Syrians celebrate end of Assad rule, look toward the future

Hope and uncertainty fill the streets of Syria after the fall of Bashar al-Assad. The challenges of rebuilding are enormous after years of civil war.

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Top Stories 1 stories

  1. Syria under Assad: Torment and torture

Business 10 stories

  1. What we know about CEO shooting suspect

  2. Bankruptcy judge rejects sale of Infowars to The Onion

  3. Elon Musk wanted an OpenAI for-profit

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  1. GM exits robotaxi market, will bring Cruise operations in house

  2. Palm’s CEO emails Steve Jobs (2007)

  3. Debanking (and Debunking?)

  4. Tenstorrent and the State of AI Hardware Startups

Sports 12 stories

  1. Gukesh becomes the youngest chess world champion in history

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  1. Show HN: SmartHome – An Adventure Game

  2. Crystal Ball Trading Game

  3. Show HN: A simple web game to help learn chords and basic progressions

Technology 147 stories

  1. OpenAI whistleblower found dead in apartment

  2. Willow, Our Quantum Chip

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  1. Timemap.org – Interactive Map of History

  2. From where I left

  3. Sora is here

  4. Gemini 2.0: our new AI model for the agentic era

  5. School smartphone ban results in better sleep and improved mood: study

Entertainment 16 stories

  1. Show HN: I designed an espresso machine and coffee grinder

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  1. Dumb TVs deserve a comeback

  2. Save Music, Save the Archive

  3. Being overweight overtakes tobacco smoking as the leading disease risk factor

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