As Warren Buffett retires, uncertainty looms for Berkshire Hathaway [The Economist]
Super strength: China’s year of dominance [The Economist Podcasts] #Podcasts
The contours of 21st-century geopolitics will become clearer in 2026 [The Economist (The World Ahead)]
UAE’s AI ambitions advance [The EIU]
Why Big Companies Struggle to Negotiate Great Deals [Harvard Business Review]
Trump and Zelensky appear more upbeat - but show little evidence that peace is near for Ukraine [BBC]
Erasing the Verdict: The Ongoing Shock of Trump’s Cocaine Kingpin Pardon [Bloomberg]
US pledges $2 billion in humanitarian support to UN, State Department says [Reuters]
Tents flooded by heavy rains in Gaza amid calls for Israel to let in aid [AL-Jazeera News]
A Reckoning for the Stalled Gaza Peace Plan [The New Yorker 100]
The terrible Nintendo controller that helped make VR happen [The Verge]
The 10 most read stories on Future Perfect in 2025 [Vox]
Police charge driver who allegedly killed a pedestrian while livestreaming on TikTok [TechCrunch]
AI Wrapped: The 14 AI terms you couldn’t avoid in 2025 [MIT Technology Review]
Retired Navy SEAL Jocko Willink shares 5 exercises you can do anywhere to build muscle, burn fat, and live longer [Business Insider]
2025 confirme que la French Tech tient le rythme. Les levées sont là, l’écosystème avance. En route pour 2026 ! [LinkedIn]
Ukraine war live: US has offered 15 years of security guarantees, says Zelenskyy [The Guardian] do you really want the War in Ukraine to last about 15 years? What is this? The #MilitaryIndustrialComplex? The War in Ukraine should be over BEFORE the FIFA World Cup 2026 begins.
Zero House for the Middle East [The New York Times]
Midair Helicopter Crash In New Jersey Leaves 1 Dead And Another Critically Injured [Huffington Post]
So This Is Why Trump Didn’t Want to Release the Epstein Files [The Atlantic]
'This Week' Transcript 12-28-25: Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi & Rep. Mike Turner [FiveThirtyEight]
Is anything real anymore? In 2025, even sports fans started to doubt. — The integrity of games might be sports’ most precious commodity. This year’s gambling scandals have fans questioning it — a trend some view as an existential threat. [The Washington Post]
French All-Star Game: Second-tier American basketball players thrive in France [Le Monde FR]
The 41 best Apple TV shows, ranked [Mashable]
DNA-Tailored Healthcare Is the Future—So I Decided to Try It [VICE]
These Apps Let You Bet on Deportations and Famine. Mainstream Media Is Eating It Up. [The Intercept_]
Why heart attacks surge between Christmas and New Year’s [National Geographic]
Teens are having disturbing interactions with chatbots. Here's how to lower the risks [NPR]
New California laws could reshape housing, AI regulation starting Jan. 1 [Cap Radio News]
L’armée, miroir d’une France sans boussole [Le Monde diplomatique] Je vous demande une Berline, ou JDM, Monsieur.
The Year the World Started to Recognize Genocide in Sudan [Foreign Policy]
How Deepfakes Could Lead to Doomsday [Foreign Affairs]
Japan’s Long Return to Artificial Intelligence [The Diplomat]
The Year in Physics [Quanta Magazine]
Return to the Moon [NASA]
International fugitive hunt leads to 85 arrests [INTERPOL]
Space Force’s Commercial Reserve Fleet Moves Out of Pilot Phase [Air & Space Forces Magazine]
Best Road-Trip Cars For Small Families [MOTORTREND]
What’s up, everybody! It’s Monday, January 5th, 2025. It’s Major Content Curation day, and a new episode of “Coffee With Zack” in English on its way tonight. Hopefully.
