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31 Dec 2025 5:41pm GMT

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31 Dec 2025 5:00pm GMT

Another year wraps up, and with it comes the annual ritual of taking stock. What were the movies, TV shows and books from this year that stood out to you? Not necessarily the ones that dominated conversation or topped charts, but the ones you found yourself recommending to friends, or returning to for a second watch or read. Share your picks and, if you're inclined, a line or two on what made them stick.

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31 Dec 2025 5:00pm GMT

Colossal Biosciences, the Texas-based startup now valued at more than $10 billion that has attracted investments from Paris Hilton, Peter Jackson and Tom Brady, claimed earlier this year to have resurrected the dire wolf -- an animal that disappeared at the end of the last ice age -- but a group of leading canid experts concluded the company had done no such thing. The scientists found that Colossal had made 20 edits to the DNA of grey wolves and the resulting animals did not substantially differ from wolves currently roaming North America. Beth Shapiro, Colossal's own chief scientist, acknowledged to New Scientist: "It's not possible to bring something back that is identical to a species that used to be alive. Our animals are grey wolves with 20 edits that are cloned." Nic Rawlence, director of the palaeogenetics laboratory at the University of Otago in New Zealand, added: "Rather than true de-extinction, Colossal's attempts are genetically engineered poor copies at best, passed off as the real deal." The company has nevertheless pressed forward. It has launched projects to revive the Tasmanian tiger, the dodo, and the moa and plans to unveil its interpretation of the woolly mammoth -- a genetically modified Asian elephant adapted to survive at -40C -- in the coming years. The Trump administration cited the dire wolf announcement while making efforts to cut the US endangered species list, calling de-extinction technology a potential "bedrock for modern species conservation."

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31 Dec 2025 4:40pm GMT

This time, a Colorado plant scheduled to shut down will be kept on standby.

31 Dec 2025 4:30pm GMT

Starting in July 2026, every public school district in California will be required to have policies on the books that restrict or prohibit students from using smartphones during the school day, thanks to Assembly Bill 3216 that Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law back in 2024. The legislation also mandates that districts update these policies every five years. Newsom had previously signed related legislation in 2019, though that earlier law merely affirmed that school districts have the authority to regulate smartphone use rather than requiring them to do so.

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31 Dec 2025 4:01pm GMT

Micro 2.0.15 terminal text editor marks a return after a long hiatus, bringing broad syntax enhancements and stability fixes.

31 Dec 2025 2:33pm GMT

The past year has seen plenty of hacks and outages. Here are the ones topping the list.

31 Dec 2025 1:15pm GMT

Archinstall 3.0.15, a guided installer for Arch Linux, introduces COSMIC desktop support, rEFInd boot manager integration, smarter Zram defaults, and more.

31 Dec 2025 12:38pm GMT

In a year where lofty promises collided with inconvenient research, would-be oracles became software tools.

31 Dec 2025 12:00pm GMT

Wishing all Linuxiac readers a happy, healthy, and peaceful 2026 filled with warmth, kindness, and (open-source) moments worth remembering.

31 Dec 2025 8:47am GMT