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Bluesky, a Twitter-like platform for short-form updates, has experienced rapid growth, reaching 17 million users in just a week and topping Apple’s app store. Similarly, Threads, Meta's alternative to Twitter, gained 15 million users in November alone, signaling a surge in interest for new social platforms.

Jennifer Lopez, Angelina Jolie, and a pregnant Jennifer Lawrence turned heads at the 15th annual Governors Awards in Los Angeles. Lopez, 55, dazzled in a sheer, silver beaded gown, marking her first major appearance since filing for divorce from Ben Affleck in August.

Big tech stocks experienced a massive selloff, with nearly $500 billion wiped from market capitalization as a post-election rally lost momentum amid fears of hawkish monetary policies.

Apple’s Emergency SOS via Satellite feature, introduced with the iPhone 14, has surpassed its initial two-year free period without any charges being implemented yet.

In 2016, approximately 120,000 bitcoin, then worth $71 million, were stolen in a hack on the Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange. By 2022, as the value of the stolen cryptocurrency soared to $4.5 billion, law enforcement arrested Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan for their involvement in the theft and laundering of the funds, recovering $3.6 billion at the time.

Ahold Delhaize, a leading food retailer, experienced a cybersecurity incident affecting its US brands, including Giant Food and Hannaford.

Chinese President Xi Jinping expressed readiness to work with Donald Trump to strengthen US-China relations. During a meeting with Joe Biden, Xi highlighted the importance of long-term peaceful coexistence between the two nations.

The Biden administration has tackled ransomware as a national security threat, disrupting networks, recovering payments, and targeting key operators. Despite these efforts, ransomware attacks have continued to rise, with 2024 set to break records.

Super Typhoon Man-yi, locally known as Pepito, has forced the evacuation of over half a million people as it threatens the Philippines with devastating winds and rains. The storm made its first landfall in Catanduanes province on Saturday and is expected to strike Luzon, the country’s largest island, by Sunday afternoon.

Heroku CEO Bob Wise has left Salesforce, confirmed by a spokesperson who expressed appreciation for his contributions. Wise initially joined Heroku as General Manager from Amazon Web Services, where he was head of Kubernetes and the open-source program office.

The Onion's parent company has purchased Alex Jones' Infowars, which was auctioned to help pay the $1.5 billion Jones owes to Sandy Hook families for his false claims about the tragedy.

The South African government has ceased aid to illegal miners trapped in an abandoned mine as part of a crackdown on unlawful mining activities. Police halted food and water supplies, aiming to force miners, who can remain up to 4 kilometers underground for months, to come to the surface.