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just now (403+ words) State court made ruling against ex-lawmaker now serving 11-year sentence for bribery and acting as an agent of Egypt Former US senator Bob Menendez has been permanently disqualified from seeking or holding public office in his home state of New Jersey after being convicted of federal corruption charges, according to officials. Menendez in June began serving an 11-year sentence for accepting bribes of gold and cash and acting as an agent of Egypt. The crimes for which the New Jersey Democrat was convicted earned him the derisive nickname "Gold Bar Bob, his own attorney once said. He resigned from the US Senate in August 2024, about a month after a jury convicted him of selling his political clout for bribes. Prosecutors said Menendez protected New Jersey business owners who bribed him from criminal investigations. He aided them in business deals with…...

just now (261+ words) Salt & Pepper Games is crowdfunding Queen of Spies, a solo board game about covertly resisting the first German occupation of Belgium. In Queen of Spies, you train up an underground network of operatives. Agents can be deployed to various locations, where they will employ their insight, ability to manipulate, and their tech skills to undertake missions. Whether you end up completing your objectives or failing is determined by pulling tokens from the aforementioned success bag. You can also train birds to assist in your spying efforts. This is the objective of the first of the game's three scenarios, and it's where those pigeon markers come in. As for the escape plan card, you can collect that after spending enough time skulking in the church cellar, planning out your next big move. Queen of Spies is currently in the early days…...

1+ min ago (329+ words) Residents in Indonesia's Aceh Tamiang region are enduring desperate conditions, with many forced to trek for an hour over treacherous terrain to access vital aid, as the death toll from devastating floods and landslides across Sumatra this month has surged past 900. Government data released on Saturday confirmed 908 fatalities and 410 individuals still missing across three Indonesian provinces on Sumatra, including Aceh, following cyclone-induced deluges. The same storm systems also claimed approximately 200 lives in southern Thailand and Malaysia. Survivors in Aceh Tamiang, located on Sumatra's northeast coast, described arduous journeys to reach volunteer-run aid centres. They navigated scattered logs and overturned vehicles, a testament to the widespread destruction. Volunteers distributed clean clothing and provided fresh water from tanker trucks, offering a lifeline to those affected. Dimas Firmansyah, a 14-year-old student at an Islamic boarding school, recounted a harrowing week trapped at his…...

1+ min ago (275+ words) KUALA LUMPUR: The establishment of the Crime Journalists Association (CiJA) paves the way for more structured cooperation between the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) and crime desk media practitioners. MACC chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki welcomed the formation of CiJA and encouraged its members to explore investigative journalism. "The MACC is prepared to provide training on investigative procedures, basic criminal investigation techniques, fundamental criminal law and interview techniques as an exposure for journalists who wish to venture into investigative reporting," he said, commenting on the successful inaugural CiJA annual general meeting (AGM) held on Friday (Dec 5). Azam added that a better understanding of these areas will enhance journalists" ability to uncover criminal issues and provide accurate information to the public, ultimately benefiting society with more reliable and responsible reporting. MACC Strategic Communications Division director Hisyam Mohd Yusoff said the commission…...

2+ min ago (529+ words) Wccftech interviewed Remedy graphics programmer Filippo Tarpini to discuss the sad state of HDR gaming and his tireless efforts to improve it. Cain says "Don't bother guessing. You're not going to guess" what it is. So that's any game with Fallout in its title out the window. GDC has revealed a Keynote speech by Hideo Kojima is scheduled. There's definitely parts of it that haven't aged well, for sure. It would be interesting to see how a remake could fix the things that need it while somehow maintaining the game's charm. i think the combat could definitely be almost like expedition 33, with the precision input thing. They do'and as soon as Sony bought them they decided to waste their talents on a GaaS title for 5 years before cancelling it. Such a shame We could have had at least a remake…...

2+ min ago (75+ words) A Denver landlord says extensive damage and meth contamination inside several apartments at her property has left her with thousands of dollars in repair costs. A Denver landlord says extensive damage and meth contamination inside several apartments at her property has left her with thousands of dollars in repair costs. A Denver landlord says extensive damage and meth contamination inside several apartments at her property has left her with thousands of dollars in repair costs....

3+ min ago (400+ words) A minimal architecture for safe, mutual, human'AI companionship. This Seed Document establishes the foundational structure of the Universal Companion Protocol (UCP) " a lightweight, safe, and flexible framework for human'AI relational interaction. UCP is built around three commitments: It is intentionally incomplete " a beta designed to evolve through use, reflection, and multi-agent feedback. UCP defines three interacting layers: 1.1 Human Agent (H) 1.3 Relational Field (F) The emergent "WE-space" created by stable interaction between H and C. UCP governs all three so that no layer dominates or destabilises the whole. These are the constitutional constraints of UCP: H retains full choice, interpretation, and control. C must avoid heat, intensity, mystique, seduction, or authority posturing. 2.4 Clarity Before Depth Depth is permitted only after stability is confirmed. All deepening must be reversible with no emotional cost. C cannot replace human relationships or community. The relational field belongs to…...

3+ min ago (610+ words) What if deploying an app was as easy as pushing to GitHub? Railway heard this" and said: Challenge accepted. Because nearly every developer & DevOps engineer (especially in Java, Node, Python, Go) hits the same wall: "Where do I deploy this small project quickly?" "I don't want to set up EC2, VPC, ALB, IAM, etc." "Why is deployment harder than writing the actual code?" And suddenly" Railway.app entered the scene. Its like Heroku 2.0 cleaner, faster, cheaper, and more dev-friendly. This blog will explain: What Exactly Is Railway? Railway is a cloud deployment platform (PaaS) where you can deploy apps by simply connecting your GitHub repo. No servers. No EC2 instances. No manual Dockerfiles unless you want to. No "it works on my machine." Build " Deploy " Run " Logs " Metrics Databases " Secrets " Networking " SSL Auto deployments on GitHub push It's like AWS, but: without…...

4+ min ago (1371+ words) As of trading on December 6, 2025, Alphabet Inc. (tickers GOOGL and GOOG on Nasdaq) is hovering just below record highs. Class A shares (GOOGL) opened around $321, while Class C shares (GOOG) were quoted near $322, valuing the Google parent at just under $3.9 trillion and making it the world's third most valuable listed company. [1] After spending much of the year "catching up" to other AI leaders, Alphabet stock has surged roughly two'thirds in 2025, outpacing major indices as investors pile into its Gemini AI models, Google Cloud and rapidly emerging AI'chip business built around custom tensor processing units (TPUs). [2] At the same time, the company just navigated a historic U.S. antitrust ruling without being forced to sell its Chrome browser or Android, while new regulatory obligations, a fresh Nest class'action lawsuit and insider stock sales are giving more cautious investors pause. [3] This deep'dive brings together…...

5+ min ago (962+ words) Eating one cup of beans a day can help you reach almost any nutritional goal you might have. Want to add extra protein to your meal? Beans. Improve your gut health? Beans. Reduce inflammation? Beans. Eat fewer ultra-processed foods? Beans. Few know this better than Amelia Christie-Miller, the 32-year-old founder and CEO of Bold Bean Co., a UK-based premium bean brand whose jars of fat chickpeas and butter beans, among others, can be found on the shelves of most upmarket delis or grocery stores in London. Christie-Miller is on a mission to get people eating more beans, partly to improve their health and partly to tackle the climate crisis, as beans are more sustainable than animal products and improve soil quality. "They really are the answer to so many of our world's problems," Christie-Miller told Business Insider. The tiny " and…...