TikTok’s algorithm is infamously addicting. The app picks up on your interests quickly, and before you know it, you’re falling down an hours-deep rabbit hole every time you launch it. But the algorithm doesn’t always get it right: Sometimes, you end up seeing too much of one type of content, no matter how many times you hit “Not Interested.”

With the rise of AI-generated content, this problem only gets more frustrating. AI video generators like Sora are empowering people to produce more hyperrealistic AI slop than ever, which means you’ve likely encountered it on your feeds—whether you know it or not.

I’ve certainly laughed at some AI clips here and there, but for the most part, I can’t stand coming across them in the wild. And they aren’t just a nuisance, they can be legitimately dangerous—some have even tricked users into installing malware on their smartphones. As this content become more normalized, I worry for our collective ability to spot misinformation across our social media platforms, so whenever you can take a step to reducing or removing this content from your feeds, I encourage you to do so.

And as it happens, TikTok is now experimenting with a tool to help you control the AI slop on your For You Page. Per a Wednesday press release, the company says it will roll out the new option in the existing “Manage topics” menu of the app’s settings page. Manage topics already lets you finely tune parts of your individual TikTok algorithm to show you more of one subject or less of another—you can manage things like creative arts, current affairs, dance, fashion and beauty, food and drinks, health and fitness, humor, lifestyle, nature, pets, sports, travel. Soon, the section will add a slider for AI-generated content as well, if the option isn’t live for you already.

How to limit AI slop in TikTok

TikTok says this new option is rolling out “in the coming weeks,” which is unfortunately vague. I don’t have the option, even after installing the latest version of TikTok. However, that also means it could hit your app at any time. When it does, here’s how to use it:

1. Open TikTok, then tap “Profile” in the bottom right.

2. Tap the hamburger menu icon in the top right, then choose “Settings and privacy.”

3. Under “Content & Display,” choose “Content preferences,” then choose “Manage topics.”

4. When the option is available on your app, adjust the “AI-generated content” slider. Move it left to see less AI-generated content, or move it right to see more of this content.

Unfortunately, there isn’t a way to completely remove AI content from your TikTok feed. Hopefully with this slider in place, however, you’ll greatly reduce the amount of AI content you see, to the point where it’s effectively gone entirely.

As with most tech products, Black Friday sales are usually a good time to pick up any storage gear you’ve been eyeing. If you have a PC, PS5, gaming handheld or any other gadget that could use some extra space, we’re weeding out the junk and rounding up the best Black Friday SSD deals and other storage discounts we could already find. So far we’re seeing a handful of discounts on well-reviewed internal drives, portable SSDs and microSD cards, but we expect many more deals to pop up over the next few days, so we’ll update this post as we find more offers that are worth your time.

Best Black Friday microSD card deals

PNY microSD Express Card (256GB) for $50 at Amazon ($10 off): The only reason to buy a superfast microSD Express card right now is to expand the storage of a Nintendo Switch 2, which requires the newer format. In our guide to the best Switch 2 microSD cards, we found each model we tested to perform similarly in actual games, so your best bet is to buy whichever one you can find in stock at the lowest price. Nintendo has already announced that Samsung’s 256GB Express card will be available for “$20 off MSRP” on November 30, which should bring it down to $40. If you can wait to pounce on that offer, you should. But if you can’t for some reason, or if that deal quickly sells out, this is the lowest price we’ve tracked for PNY’s equivalent model.

SanDisk microSD Express Card (256GB) for $60 at Amazon ($8 off): Likewise, this discount matches the best price we’ve seen for SanDisk’s 256GB microSD Express card. Again, there isn’t much point in grabbing it as long as cheaper options are in stock, though this is technically the fastest all-around model we’ve tested when it comes to transferring games to and from the Switch 2’s built-in storage. (Within games, however, the difference is still minimal.) We’ll note it here just in case the other Express models completely sell out.

Best Black Friday internal SSD deals

SK Hynix Platinum P51 (1TB) PCIe 5.0 SSD for $110 at Newegg ($60 off): Most people don’t have to pay extra for the top-tier performance of a PCIe 5.0 SSD like the Platinum P51, but if you need something for more intense workloads or just want comfort of owning a more futureproof SSD, reviews around the web suggest this is one of the better options available. Just make sure you have a compatible motherboard first. This offer isn’t technically a Black Friday deal, as it expires on Thursday, but it ties the lowest price we’ve seen for the 1TB model. Use the code BNE4643 to get the full discount at checkout.

Crucial T710 (2TB) PCIe 5.0 SSD for $180 at Amazon ($120 off): The T710 is Crucial’s successor to the T705. Most reviews suggest it isn’t a massive leap over the older version in real-world performance, but it’s generally faster, and it’s a more noticeable improvement in terms of power efficiency. If you’re willing to spend a little bit extra, this discount is still within $10 of the best price we’ve seen for the 2TB variant. It’s usually retailed for $230 over the last couple of months. Also at Best Buy and B&H.

Crucial P310 (2TB) M.2 2230 SSD for $130 at Amazon ($110 off): The P310 is a small-size SSD you can slot in certain thin and light notebooks or gaming handhelds like the Steam Deck. It uses cheaper QLC memory, not the faster and more durable TLC, but most reviews say it performs well for what it is. This discount is a few bucks above the largest drop we’ve seen for the 2TB model, but it’s still about $20 off the drive’s usual street price. Also at B&H.

Best Black Friday portable SSD deals

Crucial X10 (1TB) portable SSD for $85 at Amazon ($13 off): The X10 is a newer iteration of the Crucial X10 Pro, which itself is a variant of the Crucial X9 Pro, the top pick in our guide to the best portable SSDs. It uses the USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 interface, which few PCs and no Macs support, so most people won’t see a difference between it and more traditional USB 3.2 Gen 2 drives like the X9 Pro. (Pricier USB4 and Thunderbolt models, meanwhile, are much faster and generally easier to utilize.)

If the X10 is on sale for much less than the X9 Pro, however, there’s little reason to not buy it instead. That’s the case as of this writing. Plus, like our top pick, the X10 is rugged, impressively compact and fast enough for most people’s needs, though it doesn’t support hardware-based encryption. This deal is $3 more than the 1TB model’s all-time low but still $15 off its typical going rate. Other capacities are also on sale, including the extra spacious 8TB model for a new low of $385.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/deals/the-best-black-friday-deals-on-ssds-and-other-storage-devices-we-can-find-175429637.html?src=rss

Sling TV has won the first stage of a legal battle with Disney over the short-term passes that the streaming service introduced in August. The Dish Network-owned platform started offering daily ($5), weekend ($10) and weekly ($15) passes for its Sling Orange plan, which costs $46 on a monthly basis. 

Disney owns several channels that are offered through Sling TV platforms, including multiple ESPN channels and the Disney Channel. It did not take too kindly to the new offerings — Disney promptly filed a lawsuit over the short-term live TV passes, as well as an emergency request to halt them. As reported by Cord Cutters, US District Judge Arun Subramanian dismissed the latter motion after determining Disney failed to demonstrate “it would suffer irreparable harm” without the court’s immediate intervention.

“Disney hasn’t shown it has lost customers due to the passes,” Judge Subramanian wrote in an 11-page ruling, per The Verge. “The networks are being distributed in the same platform, in the same manner, that they always have, but to a broader array of Sling customers.”

A viewer might not want to sign up to a streaming service for an entire month if they only want to watch a single game (say, a winner-take-all soccer match in which a team scores three utterly sensational goals to take their country to the men’s World Cup for the first time in 28 years). However, Disney asserted that, under its agreement with Sling TV, the platform can only offer access to its channels to traditional subscribers. Under Disney’s interpretation, those are consumers who have recurring monthly subscriptions.

Judge Subramanian disagreed, pointing out that the contract defines a subscriber as “a person intentionally authorized by Dish to receive any level of video programming service or package of programming networks via the Sling Platform.” The judge added that, as far as a “subscriber” goes, “there’s no minimum subscription length or other terms specified” and the term refers to anyone who is entitled to receive “any level of video programming service or package of programming networks.” Judge Subramanian argued that this “broad definition clearly covers users of the passes at issue in this case.” 

Disney also claimed that the short-term passes would pull consumers away from its own standalone ESPN streaming service. The company offered up evidence to that end, but Judge Subramanian wrote that the documentation “doesn’t show that the passes siphon customers from ESPN Unlimited.” The judge added that, “if the passes do siphon customers from ESPN Unlimited, Disney hasn’t shown that those losses would not be quantifiable.”

While the short-term passes remain in place for now (with Sling TV offering $1 per day passes until November 30 to celebrate this initial victory), the breach-of-contract lawsuit Disney has filed will move forward. Judge Subramanian also pointed out that the current agreement between the two sides runs out within the next 12 months and they’re set to start renegotiating terms soon. So, if Disney wants to prohibit the short-term passes or have its networks excluded from them, it can try to hash that out in contract talks.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/entertainment/streaming/disney-fails-in-initial-bid-to-halt-sling-tvs-short-term-streaming-passes-175000436.html?src=rss

The AI upscaling upgrade for AMD graphics cards is nearly here. On Tuesday, AMD said it will reveal FSR “Redstone,” its answer to NVIDIA’s DLSS, on December 10.

Upscaling tech has been a big sticking point in comparisons between NVIDIA and AMD GPUs. Despite big improvements in FSR 5, NVIDIA’s DLSS still outperforms AMD’s tech in most metrics. AMD hopes Redstone will close the gap.

The company hasn’t yet gone into great detail about the tech. But we know Redstone offers more than just better ML-powered upscaling. It also has improved AI frame generation, ray regeneration and radiance caching. (PC Gamer notes that Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 already has Redstone’s ray regeneration portion built in.)

Naturally, AMD is marketing it as a selling point of its RDNA 4-series GPUs. The company’s latest cards, like the Radeon RX 9070 series, are already the strongest the company has made in years. If AMD can master this tech, then its budget cards, like the already potent 9060 XT, could grow much more appealing.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/gaming/pc/amd-will-preview-its-redstone-upscaling-tech-on-december-10-174507324.html?src=rss

Hypixel Studios just dropped a massive new gameplay video for the upcoming adventure Hytale, which features over 15 minutes of footage. This comes just a day after the company brought the game back to life by buying the rights back from Riot. In other words, this new footage is quite the flex.

It’s worth noting that this isn’t a AAA-style trailer. It’s barely edited live footage from the game that was “recorded in a single morning and put together” by Hypixel co-founder Simon Collins-Laflamme. The developer says there are no “bells and whistles” included with this footage, as it features “just the game as it is.” The description goes on to call the video “raw and broken, but still beautiful.”

Hypixel says that this footage uses the original legacy engine which dates back to 2018. It’s also running on a four-year-old build. Collins-Laflamme wrote that it was important to “release raw footage today so we can break the curse once and for all.”

As for that curse, Hytale was recently canceled by Riot Games after nearly a decade of development. Just a few months later, the company managed to purchase the rights and get the game back on track. It also rehired around 30 staffers. The developer says “there’s a long road ahead, but early access is coming soon.” We don’t have a date on that early access build, but we sure do like the word “soon.”

For the uninitiated, Hytale is a fun-looking adventure game that looks like an open world take on Minecraft. Today’s footage highlights some of the game’s action and RPG mechanics, with a harrowing look at nighttime gameplay.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/gaming/pc/hypixel-studios-shows-off-new-hytale-footage-the-day-after-it-brought-the-game-back-to-life-173159607.html?src=rss

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As someone who’s still rocking an M1 MacBook Air, an iPhone 12 Pro Max, the Apple Watch SE (Gen 1), and the AirPods Pro (Gen 1), I can proudly say that using older devices is a great lifestyle decision. It saves me a lot of money and I still get access to premium products with almost all of the features I need. And now that the AirPods Pro 3 are out, it’s a great time to start looking for deals on the older AirPods Pro 2 before stocks are cleared. This Walmart deal brings the AirPods Pro 2 to an all-time low price of $139 (which is $100 off the list price), and they’re an absolutely fantastic piece technology for that price.

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Although the AirPods Pro 2 launched a few years ago, they’ve received enough software updates to make them far more capable than they were at launch. Now, the AirPods Pro 2 are also approved for use as a hearing aid in the US, and still offer excellent noise isolation with great sound quality. I live in a really noisy city and I cannot roam around without wearing my AirPods for fear of triggering my migraines. My AirPods Pro (Gen 1) do a good job at cutting out the noise, but the AirPods Pro 2 take the cancellation to another level. I’ve used and compared all three generations of AirPods, and the noise cancellation on the Pro 2 is solid. It’s not as good as that on the Pro 3, but it’s better than on the Pro 1, and the difference isn’t big enough to spend nearly twice the price for the latest product.

The AirPods Pro 2 are everything I need to keep migraines away. They block out the worst of the loud noises around me while being light and comfortable enough to wear all day. My city has extremely humid weather, which makes it near impossible to wear over-ear headphones outdoors. However, I feel quite comfortable with my AirPods, and I’ve been waiting for nearly four years to upgrade mine. While I was saving up for the AirPods Pro 3, this deal is too good to resist, and I may just get the Pro 2 instead and save the rest of my cash to upgrade my Apple Watch.

Chinese economist Gao Shanwen told a Washington panel in December that China’s real GDP growth might be around 2% rather than the official figure near 5%. By January, Gao was no longer chief economist at SDIC Securities and went silent for almost a year.
As FT points out in a long piece, China does not publish quarterly GDP breakdowns showing consumption, investment and net exports. Every other major economy produces these figures.

The IMF in 2024 gave China a C grade for national accounts. The rating puts China on par with India and below Vietnam. Fixed asset investment data showed negative growth in 2025 for only the second time in decades. Property investment has fallen consistently since 2022. But official GDP investment data shows no signs of declining.

The National Bureau of Statistics stopped publishing sectoral breakdowns of fixed asset investment in 2018. It discontinued a price series in 2021 and a land sales series in 2023. Beijing has restricted researcher access rather than addressing longstanding questions about data quality. China says it disagrees with the IMF’s C rating. The government argued its production-side GDP approach is appropriate.

Why does it matter? China is too large and too interconnected with the global economy for unreliable data to be a purely domestic issue. The lack of transparency creates problems for everyone trying to make decisions based on understanding China’s economic trajectory. As Eswar Prasad, a professor at Cornell University and former IMF official, told FT: China is one of the two biggest economies in the world. “It would be nice to know what is really going on.”

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

European policymakers have proposed sweeping changes to the way the EU regulates the tech industry. In just the last few months, the likes of Meta and Google have questioned strict EU policies relating to privacy and AI expansion, but if the European Commission’s new package of proposals are passed, a number of big tech roadblocks will be removed. Or at least lifted up a bit. 

Changes to rules around AI, cybersecurity and data will, according to policymakers, generate growth for European businesses, while “promoting Europe’s highest standards of fundamental rights, data protection, safety and fairness.” Among the proposals are amendments to the AI Act that Google has recently expressed concerns about, which would allow AI companies to access shared personal data for training models.

It also wants to simplify paperwork for smaller companies, and to make AI literacy a requirement for member states. AI oversight would also be centralized into the AI Office where general-purpose AI models are being used, a move intended to “reduce governance fragmentation.” In addition, strict rules around the use of AI in areas deemed to be high-risk, which were expected to come in next summer, could be delayed until the Commission confirms that “the needed standards and support tools” are available to affected companies.

The infamous (and admittedly very annoying) cookie banners that are foundational to the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will also be rethought under the Commission’s proposals. If approved, people would see these banners pop up with less regularity, give their consent with one click, and save their cookie preferences so they presumably could be automatically applied within a browser.

The European Commission’s “digital omnibus” now goes to the European Parliament for approval, where it could face serious opposition. While the proposals are likely to be welcomed by the rapidly-growing AI industry, sceptics could argue that watered down privacy and AI legislation is evidence of Europe bowing to pressure from big tech and Donald Trump, who has publicly criticized the EU’s digital regulation.

This would represent a marked turnaround from the EU’s long-standing reputation as the tech industry’s most stubborn adversary. Back in September, it rejected calls from Apple to repeal its Digital Markets Act (DMA), a legal framework that Apple has repeatedly been accused of violating by the EU. In the summer, Meta refused to sign the EU’s AI Code of Practice, with its global affairs officer, Joel Kaplan, calling the code an “over-reach.”

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/european-policymakers-want-to-ease-ai-and-privacy-laws-171118149.html?src=rss

Boston Dynamics’ Spot robot is now deployed by more than 60 bomb squads and SWAT teams across the US and Canada. The 75-pound four-legged machine starts at around $100,000 and has been used in armed standoffs, hostage rescues and hazardous materials incidents since its commercial debut five years ago. The Massachusetts State Police operates two Spot units purchased in 2020 and 2022. Each cost about $250,000 including add-ons funded through state grants. Last year one of the robots helped corner a suspect who had taken his mother hostage at knifepoint in Hyannis. Houston operates three units and Las Vegas has one.

ICE recently spent around $78,000 on a similar robot from Canadian manufacturer Icor Technology that can also deploy smoke bombs. Civil liberties groups have raised concerns about normalizing militarized policing. The NYPD suspended its limited Spot program in 2021 after public backlash over cost and surveillance concerns before later reinstating it and purchasing two units. The Electronic Frontier Foundation says there should be state and federal laws providing guidance on appropriate use of such technology. About 2,000 Spot units now operate globally.

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

Porsche just revealed the long-awaited Cayenne Electric luxury SUV, which is being called the “most powerful production Porsche of all time.” The specs back this up, as the new Cayenne seems like an absolute beast.

It boasts up to 1,139hp of power, translating to 850kW. The vehicle can hit 162MPH and go from 0 to 60 miles per hour in just 2.4 seconds. The recently-released rear-wheel drive electric Taycan sedan takes 4.5 seconds to reach 60 miles per hour. Of course, these specs vary depending on several configuration options.

The EV Cayenne does include the company’s “push to pass” button, which provides a ten second power boost. This adds approximately 173hp to let you squeeze past a slowpoke on the highway.

Porsche is also claiming that the Cayenne Electric is a towing powerhouse. The company says it can tow up to 3.5 tons, which works out to over 7,700 pounds, when properly equipped. That’s an absolutely insane metric, as 3.5 tons is heavier than a modern pickup truck with all possible bells and whistles.

This is an EV so we gotta get into charging. Porsche says it features up to 400kW of charging power under ideal conditions, which should let it go from 10 to 80 percent in under 20 minutes. It’s also the first electric Porsche to support inductive charging. The vehicle will come equipped with a Tesla Supercharger/NACS fast-charging port on the driver side and a CCS/AC port on the passenger side.

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It’s also the first EV SUV to get the company’s Active Ride technology. This is the hydraulic suspension system found on the Taycan and Panamera.

As for the interior, you can’t miss the unique bending screen. This is called the Flow Display, and it’s a vertically-installed screen in the center that curves toward the bottom. It’s the largest display ever in a Porsche and will run on the company’s brand-new OS. We don’t have actual measurements for this display, but we do know that it’s bookended by a separate 14.25-inch OLED instrument cluster. There’s also an optional passenger display.

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The OS includes a new AI-powered voice assistant. Porsche says this system can understand complex instructions and take actions accordingly. We’ll have to see how that works out in the real world. Porsche says the assistant can adjust climate controls, seat heating and ambient lighting, while also taking stuff like traffic and local points of interest into account.

Now onto the bad news. This is a Porsche so the new Cayenne will absolutely demolish any and all bank accounts. The standard version starts at $111,000, while the Cayenne Turbo Electric starts at $165,350. Preorders are open right now, with customer deliveries expected in the summer.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/transportation/evs/porsche-has-electrified-the-cayenne-and-its-a-beast-163443958.html?src=rss

Netflix’s December lineup has a little something for everyone, from familiar original series to live sports. Emily in Paris returns for a fifth season (Dec. 18), this time set in Rome. The final installment of Stranger Things is coming at the end of the month—the first half of season five premiered in November—with volume two releasing at 5 p.m. PT on Christmas Day and the finale at 5 p.m. PT on New Year’s Eve.

There’s also Love Is Blind: Italy (Dec. 1) and My Next Guest with David Letterman and Adam Sandler (Dec. 1), in which Letterman joins Adam Sandler backstage on his comedy tour, and What’s In The Box? (Dec. 17), a new game show hosted by Neil Patrick Harris.

On the film side, Daniel Craig returns as Detective Benoit Blanc in a new Knives Out mystery called Wake Up, Dead Man (Dec. 12). The standalone sequel to Glass Onion also stars Josh O’Connor, Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Jeremy Renner, Mila Kunis, Kerry Washington, and Andrew Scott.

Goodbye June (Dec. 24) also has a stacked cast, including Helen Mirren, Toni Collette, Andrea Riseborough, Johnny Flynn, and Kate Winslet—the film is her directorial debut. Four siblings are dealing with their mother’s nearing death over the holiday season.

Finally, the live events lineup in December includes Jake vs. Joshua: Judgment Day (Dec. 19) and two Christmas Day NFL match-ups: Cowboys vs. Commanders and Lions vs. Vikings.

Here’s everything else coming to Netflix in December, and everything that’s leaving.

What’s coming to Netflix in December 2025

Coming soon

• Cashero—Netflix Series

• Pro Bono—Netflix Series

• Robby Hoffman: Wake U—Netflix Comedy Special

Available December 1

• All The Empty Rooms—Netflix Documentary

• CoComelon Lane: Season 6—Netflix Family

• Love is Blind: Italy—Netflix Series

• My Next Guest with David Letterman and Adam Sandler—Netflix Series

• Playing Gracie Darling—Netflix Series

• Troll 2—Netflix Film

• A League of Their Own

• As Good as It Gets

• Bad Teacher

• Big Momma’s House

• Big Momma’s House 2

• Brightburn

• Burlesque

• Cheaper by the Dozen

• Cheaper by the Dozen 2

• Christmas Break-In

• Downton Abbey

• Godzilla

• Hollow Man

• Joy for Christmas

• Kung Fu Panda

• Kung Fu Panda 2

• Kung Fu Panda 3

• Little Women

• Pulp Fiction

• Stripes

• The Ugly Truth

• Victoria: Seasons 1-3

• What Lies Beneath

• The Wolf of Wall Street

• Zero Dark Thirty

Available December 2

• Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches: Season 2

• Matt Rife: Unwrapped – A Christmas Crowd Work Special—Netflix Comedy Special

Available December 3

• My Secret Santa—Netflix Film

• The Northman

• Stranded with my Mother-in-Law: Season 3—Netflix Series

• With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration—Netflix Series

Available December 4

• A Lot Like Christmas

• The Abandons—Netflix Series

• The Believers: Season 2—Netflix Series

• Forrest Gump

• Fugue State 1986—Netflix Series

• I Wish You Had Told Me—Netflix Film

• Lali: Time to Step Up—Netflix Documentary

• Mean Girls (2004)

Available December 5

• Jay Kelly—Netflix Film

• Love and Wine—Netflix Film

• The Making of Jay Kelly—Netflix Documentary

• The New Yorker at 100—Netflix Documentary

• The Night My Dad Saved Christmas 2—Netflix Film

• The Price of Confession—Netflix Series

• Owning Manhattan: Season 2—Netflix Series

Available December 7

• Babylon

• Cast Away

Available December 8

• Elmo and Mark Rober’s Merry Giftmas—Netflix Family

Available December 9

• Badly in Love—Netflix Series

• Blood Coast: Season 2—Netflix Series

• Masaka Kids, A Rhythm Within—Netflix Documentary

• The West Wing: Seasons 1-7

Available December 10

• The Accident: Season 2—Netflix Series

• Record of Ragnarok: Season 3—Netflix Series

• Simon Cowell: The Next Act—Netflix Documentary

Available December 11

• The Fakenapping—Netflix Film

• Had I Not Seen the Sun: Part 2—Netflix Series

• Lost in the Spotlight—Netflix Film

• Man Vs Baby—Netflix Series

• Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft: Season 2—Netflix Series

• The Town—Netflix Series

Available December 12

• The Amazing Digital Circus: Season 1: episodes 5-7

• City of Shadows—Netflix Series

• Home for Christmas: Season 3—Netflix Series

• Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery—Netflix Film

Available December 13

• The Talented Mr. Ripley

Available December 14

• PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie

Available December 15

• A Cowboy Christmas Romance

• Christmas at the Chalet

• The Christmas Classic

• Christmas on the Alpaca Farm

• The Creature Cases: Chapter 6—Netflix Family

Available December 16

• Castle Rock: Seasons 1-2

• Culinary Class Wars: Season 2—Netflix Series

Available December 17

• The Manny: Season 3—Netflix Series

• Murder in Monaco—Netflix Documentary

• What’s In The Box?—Netflix Series

Available December 18

• 10DANCE—Netflix Film

• Emily in Paris: Season 5—Netflix Series

Available December 19

• A Time For Bravery—Netflix Film

• Breakdown: 1975—Netflix Documentary

• The Great Flood—Netflix Film

• Jake vs. Joshua: Judgment Day—Netflix Live Event

Available December 22

• The Closer: Seasons 1-7

• Elway—Netflix Documentary

• Sicily Express—Netflix Series

Available December 23

• Eden

• King of Collectibles: The Goldin Touch: Season 3—Netflix Series

Available December 24

• Downton Abbey: A New Era

• Goodbye June—Netflix Film

• Tom Segura: Teacher—Netflix Comedy Special

Available December 25

• Christmas Gameday: Cowboys vs. Commanders—Netflix Live Event

• Christmas Gameday: Lions vs. Vikings—Netflix Live Event

• Stranger Things 5: Volume 2—Netflix Series

Available December 26

• Cover-Up—Netflix Documentary

Available December 29

• Members Only: Palm Beach—Netflix Series

Available December 30

• Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story—Netflix Documentary

• Ricky Gervais: Mortality—Netflix Comedy Special

Available December 31

• Sleeping with Other People

• Stranger Things 5: The Finale—Netflix Series

What’s leaving Netflix in December 2025

Leaving December 1

• Austin Powers in Goldmember

• Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

• Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

• Back to the Future

• Back to the Future Part II

• Back to the Future Part III

• Beverly Hills Cop

• Beverly Hills Cop II

• Beverly Hills Cop III

• Billy Madison

• Clueless

• Cold Pursuit

• The Dark Tower

• Downton Abbey

• E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

• Edge of Tomorrow

• Escape Room

• Game Night

• The Goonies

• The Happytime Murders

• Inglourious Basterds

• Kicking and Screaming

• The Nutty Professor

• The Nutty Professor II: The Klumps

• Paddington

• Wonka

Leaving December 3

• How I Met Your Mother: Seasons 1-9

Leaving December 5

• Compliance

Leaving December 7

• Gods of Egypt

Leaving December 9

• Daddy’s Home

• Daddy’s Home 2

Leaving December 17

• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2

Leaving December 18

• The 100: Seasons 1-7

• Arrow: Seasons 1-8

• Supernatural: Seasons 1-15

Leaving December 25

• Transformers

• Transformers: Age of Extinction

• Transformers: Dark of the Moon

• Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Leaving December 29

• 10 Things I Hate About You

• Idiocracy

• Sweet Home Alabama

Leaving December 30

• Ready Player One

Leaving December 31

• Evil: Seasons 1-3

On Monday, veteran game developer Rebecca Ann Heineman died in Rockwall, Texas, at age 62 after a battle with adenocarcinoma. Apogee founder Scott Miller first shared the news publicly on social media, and her son William confirmed her death with Ars Technica. Heineman’s GoFundMe page, which displayed a final message she had posted about entering palliative care, will now help her family with funeral costs.

Rebecca “Burger Becky” Heineman was born in October 1963 and grew up in Whittier, California. She first gained national recognition in 1980 when she won the national Atari 2600 Space Invaders championship in New York at age 16, becoming the first formally recognized US video game champion. That victory launched a career spanning more than four decades and 67 credited games, according to MobyGames.

Among many achievements in her life, Heineman was perhaps best known for co-founding Interplay Productions with Brian Fargo, Jay Patel, and Troy Worrell in 1983. The company created franchises like Wasteland, Fallout, and Baldur’s Gate. At Interplay, Heineman designed The Bard’s Tale III: Thief of Fate and Dragon Wars while also programming ports of classics like Wolfenstein 3D and Battle Chess.

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An anonymous reader shares a report: Federal health officials have linked two massive US measles outbreaks, confirming that the country is about two months away from losing its measles elimination status, according to a report by The New York Times. The Times obtained a recording of a call during which officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed to state health departments that the ongoing measles outbreak at the border of Arizona and Utah is a continuation of the explosive outbreak in West Texas that began in mid- to late-January. That is, the two massive outbreaks are being caused by the same subtype of measles virus.

This is a significant link that hasn’t previously been reported despite persistent questions from journalists and concerns from health experts, particularly in light of Canada losing its elimination status last week. The loss of an elimination status means that measles will once again be considered endemic to the US, an embarrassing public health backslide for a vaccine-preventable disease.

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