Urban VPN Proxy Accused of Harvesting AI Chat Conversations
The browser extension Urban VPN Proxy has been reportedly collecting users’ AI chat conversations
Day: December 16, 2025
Key details of the latest Ukraine peace deal – and the main hurdles Russia keeps putting in the way
Donald Trump says talks on security guarantees for Ukraine ‘close to 95 per cent’ complete
Russian sliders return to World Cup luge training in Lake Placid, N.Y., amid controversy
There are six Russian sliders on the entry list for this weekend’s World Cup luge races in Lake Placid, N.Y., all hoping to accumulate enough standings points to earn a berth at this winter’s Milan-Cortina Olympics.
Mbappé wins legal battle against PSG
After months of legal wrangling, the Paris labour court found on December 16 that the Paris St Germain football club failed to pay Kylian Mbappe for three months, ordering 60 million euros in unpaid salary and bonuses. The French striker took PSG to c…
Meta launches prompt-based sound separation model SAM Audio in its Segment Anything Playground, letting users isolate individual sounds from complex recordings (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE)
Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE:
Meta launches prompt-based sound separation model SAM Audio in its Segment Anything Playground, letting users isolate individual sounds from complex recordings — Meta Platforms Inc. is bringing prompt-b…
Study reveals shocking number of packages stolen every day
Seventy-five percent of people surveyed said they’ve had more than one package stolen this past year
Nicaragua Bans Tourists From Bringing Bibles Into the Country
Tourists entering Nicaragua are no longer allowed to carry Bibles into the country.
Susie Wiles confirms Trump is in the Epstein files: They were ‘young, single playboys together’
Wiles also torched Pam Bondi for her handling of the Epstein matter and described JD Vance as a longtime ‘conspiracy theorist’
Kash Patel’s cringey ‘love story’ podcast alongside girlfriend drops at worst possible time amid Brown shooting manhunt
‘The optics of a podcast with your GF coming out while the FBI is failing at a manhunt are just awful,’ one critic noted.
Instagram unveils its first TV app, initially available on Amazon’s Fire TV as a test with plans to expand to other TV platforms (Kurt Wagner/Bloomberg)
Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg:
Instagram unveils its first TV app, initially available on Amazon’s Fire TV as a test with plans to expand to other TV platforms — Meta Platforms Inc.’s Instagram unveiled its first dedicated TV app, which l…