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Democratic State Lawmakers Vow to Unite and Push Back on Trump’s Deportations

19 December 2025 at 08:15
Lawmakers from a half-dozen states said Thursday they will use legislation next year to thwart the tactics of federal law enforcement carrying out immigration policies.

© Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and other federal law enforcement officers conducted a street raid in New York in October.

Police issue arrest warrant for suspect in Brown University attack, sources say

19 December 2025 at 07:12
Getty Images Members of the FBI Evidence Response Team work at the scene of a mass shooting at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island on 16 December 2025Getty Images
Members of the FBI Evidence Response Team work at the scene of a mass shooting at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island on 16 December 2025

Police have issued an arrest warrant for the suspect in a mass shooting at Brown University that killed two people and injured nine others, sources close to the investigation told the BBC's US partner, CBS News.

Authorities are now searching for the person and a car the suspect is believed to have rented, according to CBS. They have not publicly identified the suspect.

They also are looking into a possible link between the shooting at Brown and the killing of a professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology two days later.

The search is now in its sixth day, with investigators knocking on doors, asking for home-security videos, and appealing to the public for tips to find the gunman.

A news conference that police in Providence, Rhode Island, had planned for Thursday afternoon was abruptly cancelled, but they said they expected to give an update later in the day.

On Thursday, authorities told CBS sources that they are investigating possible connections between the shooting and the killing of an Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) nuclear science and engineering professor two days later.

Nuno F Gomes Loureiro, 47, from Portugal, was shot "multiple times" on Monday at his home in Brookline, Massachusetts, which is about 50 miles (80km) from Providence.

Police have obtained an arrest warrant for a suspect, sources told CBS. The sources said a rental car matching the same description was seen at both crime scenes.

Federal authorities had previously said there was no link between the two murders.

On Wednesday, authorities released a photo of an individual they believe was in close proximity to their primary person of interest.

Providence Police Chief Oscar Perez said they wanted to speak with the person, "who may have information relevant to the investigation".

The chief also said the killer "could be anywhere", adding that "we don't know where the person is or who he is".

A day earlier, police had shown footage of a person of interest where a man was seen walking around the university campus with a black mask over his mouth, possibly "casing" the area before the crime, Perez said.

Members of the public have expressed frustration that the mass shooting investigation has appeared to yield little progress so far.

In response, Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha said he believed the killer would be caught "and it is just a matter of time before we catch him".

The FBI has offered a $50,000 (£37,350) reward for information leading to the identification, arrest and conviction of the person responsible for the attack.

The shooting occurred at Brown University's Barus & Holley engineering building during final exams.

Authorities identified the two students killed as Ella Cook, a sophomore from Alabama, and Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov, an Uzbek-American freshman student.

Ex-Nascar driver and family among seven killed in US plane crash

19 December 2025 at 07:09
CBS Police car and ambulances near the crash siteCBS

A former Nascar driver is believed to be among seven people who have died in a plane crash at a regional airport in North Carolina, an official says.

The Cessna C550 aircraft is owned by a private company associated with Greg Biffle, a retired Nascar driver, CBS, the BBC's US partner, reported.

The small aircraft crashed while landing at Statesville Regional Airport around 10:20 local time (15:20GMT), aviation officials investigating the incident told reporters.

Congressman Rich Hudson of North Carolina appeared to confirm Biffle's death on X, writing that he was devastated by the loss of the racer, his wife Christina and their children.

"Greg was a great NASCAR champion who thrilled millions of fans. But he was an extraordinary person as well, and will be remembered for his service to others as much as for his fearlessness on the track," Hudson wrote, praising their aid work during hurricanes in North Carolina and Jamaica.

Professional baseball player Mitchell Garret wrote on Facebook that Biffle and his family were on their way to spend the afternoon with him.

"Unfortunately, I can confirm Greg Biffle, his wife Cristina, daughter Emma, and son Ryder were on that plane… because they were on their way to spend the afternoon with us," he wrote on Facebook. "We are devastated. I'm so sorry to share this."

Statesville Airport director John Ferguson described the aircraft as a corporate jet and said that it was already engulfed in flames when he arrived on the scene.

The business jet took off around 10:06 local time and was in the air briefly before the crash.

It crashed on the east end of the runway and authorities do not yet have information on the cause of the crash.

Statesville Airport will remain closed until further notice as crews clear debris off the runway, Mr Ferguson told reporters.

Officials did not provide any information about deaths or people aboard the aircraft during the media conference.

The National Transportation Safety Board, which is leading the investigation, said it was launching a go team to investigate the fatal crash. The team expects to arrive on scene on Thursday night.

The Statesville Regional Airport (KSVH) is owned by the City of Statesville, which is about 45 minutes north of Charlotte.

It also provides aviation facilities for Fortune 500 companies and several Nascar racing teams.

Getty Images Greg Biffle, driver of the #69, looks on from the front stretch before a heat race at a Camping World Superstar Racing Experience at I-55 Raceway on July 9, 2022 in Pevely, Missouri.Getty Images

Biffle, whose racing career spanned two decades, was named one of Nascar's 75 Greatest Drivers in 2023. The 55-year-old won 19 Cup Series races in the Xfinity Series and Craftsman Truck Series.

Known as The Biff, the Vancouver, Washington, native received national notice in 1995 when during that year's Nascar Winter Heat Series., according to his Nascar profile.

He quickly made a name for himself in the Craftsman Truck Series, winning the 1998 Rookie of Year award and the 2000 series championship.

He went on to be named 2001 Rookie of the Year in the Xfinity Series and to win the 2002 championship, becoming the first driver with championships in both the Xfinity Series and the Truck Series.

He also co-founded the organisation's Sand Outlaws Series. Although he scaled back on racing after 2016, he seemingly came out of retirement in 2019 for a one-off race at Texas Motor Speedway, which he won.

"Racing is racing," he told Nascar.com in 2021. "It's that adrenaline, you want to be better than the competition, you want to build a better piece and have a faster car. I just enjoy the competition."

Democrats release latest batch of Epstein photos as justice department deadline looms

19 December 2025 at 04:29
House Oversight Committee Steve Bannon sitting at an ornate desk across from Jeffrey Epstein in a fancy office room House Oversight Committee

The House Oversight Committee has released a batch of around 70 photos from the estate of late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

It's the third such release from a tranche of over 95,000 photos the committee has acquired from Epstein's estate. It includes images of quotes from the book Lolita written across a woman's body, and redacted images of women's foreign passports.

It comes hours before the 19 December deadline for the Department of Justice to release all files related to its investigation into Epstein.

"These new images raise more questions about what exactly the Department of Justice has in its possession," said ranking member of the committee, Robert Garcia.

What's in the images released

Some of the photos released on Thursday show Epstein speaking with professor and activist Noam Chomsky aboard a private plane; Bill Gates standing beside a woman whose face is redacted; Steve Bannon sitting at a desk across from Epstein, and former Alphabet president Sergey Brin at a dinner event.

These are the latest wealthy, powerful men to be seen in Epstein estate photos released by the House Oversight Committee - previously released photos also show US President Donald Trump and former president Bill Clinton, as well as film director Woody Allen, former US treasury secretary Larry Summers, attorney Alan Dershowitz, Andrew Mountbatton-Windsor, and others.

Appearing in the photos is not evidence of any wrongdoing, and many of the pictured men have said they were never involved in Epstein's illegal activity.

House Oversight Committee Bill Gates smiling and standing beside a woman whose face has been blacked outHouse Oversight Committee

In a statement accompanying the photo release, Democrats on the US House Oversight Committee said the Epstein estate did not provide context or timings for the pictures.

"Photos were selected to provide the public with transparency into a representative sample of the photos received from the estate, and to provide insights into Epstein's network and his extremely disturbing activities," the statement says.

The release also includes several photos of quotes from the Vladimir Nabokov novel Lolita written in black ink across different parts of a woman's body, like her chest, foot, hipbone, and back. Lolita tells the story of a young girl who was groomed by a middle-aged literature professor.

One quote from the book written across a woman's chest reads, "Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth".

House Oversight Committee a woman's foot laying across a bed with a quote from Lolita written on it "She was Lo, plain Lo, in the morning, standing four feet ten in one sock" with the Lolita book in the backgroundHouse Oversight Committee

There are also a number of photos of female passports and identification documents from countries around the world, including Lithuania, Russia, the Czech Republic, and Ukraine.

Most of the information on the documents, like names and birth dates, is redacted but the House Oversight Committee said in a press release that the passports belong to "women whom Jeffrey Epstein and his conspirators were engaging".

Another photo shows Epstein sitting at a desk closely surrounded by three female figures whose faces have been redacted - one has her hand on Epstein's chest under his shirt, and another is crouching to look at a nearby laptop. Epstein appears to be helping the third put on a bracelet.

House Oversight Committee Epstein sitting at a desk closely surrounded by three female figures - whose faces have been redacted - one of whom has her hand on Epstein's chest under his shirt, and another who is crouching to look at a laptop.House Oversight Committee

Another image released is a screenshot of text messages from an unknown person who says they have been sent "some girls" and are asking for "$1000 per girl".

House Oversight Committee screenshot of a series of text messages in which someone says "i have a friend scout she sent me some girls today" and "but she asks 1000$ per girl" and "i will send you girls now" and "maybe someone will be good for J?" House Oversight Committee

Photo release comes ahead of DOJ deadline

The committee has thousands of images in its possession from the Epstein estate, which are "both graphic and mundane", its statement on Thursday explained.

The House Oversight Committee first subpoenaed the estate of Epstein, who died in a New York prison in 2019 while awaiting trial on allegations of sex trafficking, in August.

The photos and files the Epstein estate gave to the committee are separate from what is largely referred to as "the Epstein files". Those are documents within the justice department's possession related to its own investigation into Epstein.

Under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which President Trump signed into law last month, the DOJ has until 19 December to release its files. The extent of what's contained in the DOJ's files is unknown, and it's likely that much of the content will be heavily redacted, similar to House Oversight Committee materials.

Pope Leo names Ronald Hicks next archbishop of New York

19 December 2025 at 06:25
Reuters Archbishop-designate Ronald Hicks (left) and Cardinal Timothy Dolan, outgoing Archbishop of New YorkReuters
Archbishop-designate Ronald Hicks (left) and Cardinal Timothy Dolan, outgoing Archbishop of New York celebrate Mass in New York

Pope Leo has named Bishop Aldon Ronald Hicks as the next archbishop of New York.

Bishop Hicks, who - like the pope - is from the Chicago area and served in Latin America, will lead one of the Roman Catholic Church's most populous and important postings in the United States.

The 58-year-old replaces the retiring Cardinal Timothy Dolan, 75, who was seen as a conservative with close ties to President Donald Trump. Hicks said he accepted his appointment, which was announced on Thursday, with "an open heart" and Dolan called it "an early Christmas gift" for New Yorkers.

Last month, Hicks joined other bishops to condemn the Trump administration's large scale immigration-related arrests as part of its mass deportation agenda.

Hicks' early life and pastoral career closely mirror Pope Leo's. He grew up in South Holland, a short distance from Leo's Dolton neighbourhood in the suburb of Chicago.

While Pope Leo spent two decades as a missionary in Peru, Hicks worked at an orphanage in El Salvador from 2005 to 2010, according to a biography released by the New York archdiocese. Hicks was appointed bishop of Joliet by Pope Francis in 2020.

Like the pope, Hicks has been outspoken about his concerns for immigrants.

"Deeply rooted in our Gospel tradition of loving our neighbor, this letter affirms our solidarity with all our brothers and sisters as it expresses our concerns, opposition, and hopes with clarity and conviction," he said, in response to a joint-letter written by US bishops expressing concerns about the situation immigrants in the United States face.

"It is grounded in the Church's enduring commitment to the Catholic social teaching of human dignity and a call for meaningful immigration reform," he said

The Trump administration has carried out large scale immigration arrests in the Chicago area, leading to clashes between federal agents and residents protesting their presence.

The bishops' letter comes as churches grapple with how to respond to immigration activity that affects their members.

The majority of people at risk of deportation are Christians, with 61% of the at-risk group being Catholics, according to a report by the US Catholic Bishops Conference.

Hicks will now leave his position as bishop of Joliet for the ornate sanctuary at St Patrick's Cathedral in Manhattan where he will lead 2.5 million Catholics in the nation's largest city.

His appointment comes a week after Cardinal Dolan, who has served in New York City for about 16 years, announced the archdiocese will set up a $300 million fund to settle claims of clergy sex abuse.

"As a church, we can never rest in our efforts to prevent abuse, to protect children and to care for survivors," the incoming archbishop said at a news conference. "While this work is challenging, it's difficult, it's painful, I hope it will continue to help in the areas of accountability, transparency and healing."

James B. Hunt Jr., North Carolina Governor Who Kept State Blue, Dies at 88

19 December 2025 at 08:21
During his 16 years in office, he earned national acclaim for his focus on education. But losing his bid for the Senate in 1984 cost him a shot at the presidency.

© J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press

Gov. James B. Hunt Jr. of North Carolina in 1982. He sustained the state’s Democrats as a political force for more than a quarter century, even as he lost a vicious Senate race to Jesse Helms in 1984.

科技爱好者周刊(第 378 期):预测是新的互联网热点

19 December 2025 at 08:06

这里记录每周值得分享的科技内容,周五发布。

本杂志开源,欢迎投稿。另有《谁在招人》服务,发布程序员招聘信息。合作请邮件联系(yifeng.ruan@gmail.com)。

封面图

武汉首座电梯升降桥最近建成开放。因为上游有船厂,所以大桥有四根巨大的电梯柱,用来升起桥面,让船通过。(via

预测是新的互联网热点

大家大概想不到,美国互联网的热点,现在不是 AI 网站,而是一种全新的网站,叫做"预测市场"(prediction market)。

这类网站像雨后春笋一样,每天都在冒出来。最有名的预测市场,目前是 PolyMarket

预测市场的用途,就是预测各种各样的事情。以 PolyMarket 为例,首页顶部就是各种预测的分类。

热门事件、突发事件、最新预测、政治、体育......

只要是你能想到的事情,它都提供预测

以上周末为例,首页热门预测如下(上图)。

  • 《时代》杂志的年度人物是谁?
  • 《时代》杂志年度人物名单会泄露吗?
  • 美联储一月份的决定是什么?
  • OpenAI 下一次的大模型发布是哪一天?

你随便选一个,点进去就能看到,各种情况的概率。

上图预测的是,2025年12月5日至12日期间,马斯克会发多少条推文。

可以看到,概率最高的情况是440条~450条,概率33%,概率最低的情况是400条~419条,概率1%。

正是因为对于几乎任何问题,它都有实时的详细预测,美国人现在已经不怎么看民调了,改成看这种预测网站了。因为民调的抽样方法和样本大小,总是有局限的,反而是预测网站更反映市场的真实看法。

你可能会问,这些预测结果怎么产生?如何确保准确?

答案很简单,结果来自于用户的下注。

你看好哪一种情况,就可以对它下注。看好的人多,这种情况对应的概率就会上升,反之下降。

实质上,它的每一个预测都是一支股票,股价就是它的概率,1%的概率就是股价0.01元,100%的概率就是股价1元。

举例来说,某种情况的当前概率是2%,那么相当于0.02元。你看好这种情况,假定就花了100元买入。

结果,正如你的预测,它变成了现实,概率上升为100%,价格就变成了1元,相比你的买入价,整整上涨了50倍。于是,你投入的100元就变成了5000元。

反之,你预测错了,这个结果没有实现,概率变为0%,也就是0元,你投入的100元将一分都收不回来。

最近,美国的一条热门新闻就是,一个男子在 PolyMarket 上,对一个2%的小概率事件投入3000美元。结果,预测准确,他收回了12.5万美元。

为了方便世界各地的人参与,也是为了保证匿名,这种预测网站都采用稳定币交易。

所以,它的本质就是一个巨大的彩票市场,允许用户买卖自己最感兴趣、最熟悉的事件,这是它快速流行起来的根本原因。参与的人多了以后,反过来提高了预测的准确性。

我觉得,它的前景不可限量,一定会火爆的井喷式发展,传统彩票可能会被它彻底淘汰。

它把任何不确定的事情,都变成了彩票,实时量化了每一种可能性的概率,并且提供了金钱翻倍的途径。这一方面很有参考价值,可以用来判断未来情况,另一方面也非常有娱乐性和刺激性。

国产 Nano Banana Pro 的图片幻灯片生成

上个月,谷歌发布了新一代图像编辑模型 Nano Banana Pro(其实就是 Gemini 3 Pro 的图像分支)。

有一个功能引起了轰动:无论多么枯燥的文字,都能变成有趣的图片,从"读文"变成"读图"。

我当时就想,国产模型一定会马上跟进。

果然,昨天打开秘塔 AI,就看到他们发了这个功能完全对标 Nano Banana Pro 以及 NotebookLM,而且还加入了自己的特色----讲解。

你点击"上传文件"(上图),上传各种资料(可以上传多篇),它就会自动创建一个知识库,输出内容的 AI 总结。这时,还会显示一个"给我讲讲"按钮。

上图是我写的一篇 JS 语法点 Promise 的教程,点击"给我讲讲"就会生成图片幻灯片 + 讲解。

大家可以去它们的官网 metaso.cn (手机 App 同名)试试看,这个功能挺好玩的,操作零门槛,关键是它免费(有赠送的积分)。

除了上传文件,你也可以直接搜索某个主题,再点击下方的"生成幻灯片"按钮。这时就会有"图片幻灯片"选项,并有20多种风格可选,还支持自定义。

科技动态

1、步行环游世界

上个世纪90年代的一天,一个英国青年在酒吧里随口说,他可以从南美洲最南端一路走到英国。他的朋友都不信。

他就跟朋友打赌,他能做到。1998年,他正式从智利最南端开始步行,那一年他29岁。

27年过去了,他已经56岁了,依然在路上。

好消息是,他已经接近行程的尾段,预计将于2026年9月到达终点英国。

下面就是他的路线图,从南美洲最南端到北美洲最北端,再到亚洲和欧洲,最后是英国。

整个行程中,他只能步行或者游泳,不能使用任何交通工具。最难的一段就是北美洲与俄罗斯之间的白令海峡,为了不坐船,他是在冬天从海冰上爬过去的。

这27年中,他也不是每天都在走,有时因为各种原因,会离开一段日子,然后再回来接着走。

他说,依靠个人的力量不可能完成这样的行程,留不开家人的支持、陌生人的友善,以及赞助商的帮助。

至于是什么力量支撑他坚持走了近30年?他说:"你需要看看真实的世界,以及生活在其中的人们,这将是你所能接受的最好的教育之一。"

2、六臂机器人

美的公司展示一个六臂机器人,将用于无锡工厂的生产线。

它可以六只手同时执行三项任务。那样的话,一个机器人就相当于三个工人了。

3、手摇洗衣机

一位前戴森公司的工程师,为不发达地区发明了一种手摇洗衣机。

据介绍,这种洗衣机不需要电,只要手摇几分钟,就能洗净5公斤衣物,并且节省一半的水。

如果它真的有效,我有一个建议,就是把手摇改成脚踏车,只要踩5分钟踏板,就能洗一筒衣服。

文章

1、程序员为自己的工具命名时的彻底迷失(英文)

本文批评很多程序员为软件起名时,尽起一些烂七八糟的名字,根本看不出软件的用途,建议软件名称应该跟用途有相关性。

2、解读斯诺登文件(英文)

这篇文章详细分析了2013年斯诺登泄漏的文件,文章第一部分就是分析对北方工业公司的情报收集,美国的监控令人叹为观止。

3、从文本到词元(英文)

一篇科普文章,通俗地介绍搜索引擎如何将查询的文本转换成标准化的词元(token)。

4、大模型构建 HTML 工具的实用方法(英文)

著名程序员 Simon Willison 的长文,总结他使用大模型生成网页应用的经验。

5、GraphQL 蜜月期已结束(英文)

作者认为,GraphQL 解决的问题远比人们想象的小众,而且可以通过其他方式解决,这项技术最终往往弊大于利。

6、git add -p 的解释(英文)

本文介绍 git add -p 命令。它会显示一个互动界面,让用户逐个确认每个文件的变动,是否要加入暂存区。

工具

1、Cosmic

上周,Cosmic 1.0版正式发布了。它是一个全新的 Linux 桌面,美观且功能强大,为用户提供了 Gnome 和 KDE 之外的另一个选择。

2、Keyden

macOS 菜单栏的开源 TOTP 双因素认证器,密钥加密存储在 macOS Keychain。(@tasselx 投稿)

3、WeMD

开源的 Markdown 微信公众号编辑器。(@tenngoxars 投稿)

4、starling-speak

文本朗读网站,支持多种语言,带有录音功能。(@Keldon-Pro 投稿)

5、shift

一个基于 WebAssembly 的在线代码编辑器,支持直接在网页运行 Python、Lua、Ruby 等语言。(@hubenchang0515 投稿)

6、EasyImg

基于 Nuxt 4 构建的个人图床,丰富的后台配置。(@chaos-zhu 投稿)

7、Go-WXPush

Go 语言开发的微信消息推送服务,提供了一个简单的 API 消息推送接口。代码开源,每天10万次推送额度,个人用不完。(@hezhizheng 投稿)

8、ZeroLaunch-rs

Windows 应用启动器,拼音模糊匹配,基于 Rust + Tauri + Vue.js。(@ghost-him 投稿)

9、MrRSS

跨平台的开源桌面 RSS 阅读器,支持自动翻译、自动总结、新订阅源发现。(@ch3ny4ng 投稿)

10、PVE Touch

为移动设备优化的 Proxmox VE 管理界面,方便通过手机管理虚拟机。(@hanxi 投稿)

AI 相关

1、Disco

谷歌实验室推出的实验性 AI 浏览器,完全跳过网页搜索,目前需要排队等待名额。

2、Flowers

开源的浏览器 AI 助手插件,提供网页翻译、问答、笔记等功能。(@snailfrying 投稿)

3、DeepAudit

开源的代码审计平台,通过智能体实现漏洞挖掘和自动化沙箱 PoC 验证,支持 ollama 私有部署模型,代码可不出内网。(@lintsinghua 投稿)

资源

1、生命的尺寸

这个网站用图形展示各种生命体的大小比较,从 DNA 一直到蓝鲸。

2、写一个你自己的 C 语言编译器(Build Your Own Lisp)

一本面向初学者的免费英文电子书,介绍怎么用 C 语言写编译器,以 Lisp 语言的编译器为例。

3、A Soft Murmur

一个背景音网站,可以开关不同的音效,并调节它们的音量。

图片

1、13个圆画出动物

一个艺术家使用13个圆,画出各种动物。

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1、Claude Opus 4.5 是第一款让我真正担心自己工作会丢掉的大模型

Claude Opus 4.5 真是完全不同于其他模型。还没用过的人根本无法想象未来两三年会发生什么,明年可能就是最终的转折点。

我不知道接下来该如何适应。当然,我可以整天看着 Opus 帮我工作,偶尔出点小问题再干预一下,但再过一段日子连这些都不需要了呢?

编码问题基本上已经解决了,接下来像系统设计、安全之类的问题也会迎刃而解。我估计再过两三个版本,80%的技术人员就基本没用了。当然,公司还需要一些时间来适应,但他们肯定会想方设法尽快摆脱我们。

虽然我很喜欢 AI 这项技术,但一想到这一切最终会走向何方,我就感到难过。

2、为什么学习物理学

(本文摘自理查德·费曼于1963年6月在里约热内卢举行的美洲物理教育会议上发表的演讲。费曼是加州理工学院理论物理学教授。)

我们应该教授物理学,这有五个原因。

(1)物理是一门基础科学,应用于工程学、化学和生物学等各种技术领域。

物理是研究自然界的科学,或者说是认识自然界的科学,它告诉我们事物是如何运作的,以及人类在当前和未来的技术中发明的各种设备是如何工作的。因此,懂物理的人应对本行业出现的技术问题会很有用。

(2)物理教会你如何动手做事情。它教授许多操纵事物的技巧,以及测量和计算技巧,这些技巧的应用范围比特定研究领域要广泛得多。

(3)物理作为一门科学,对许多人来说,是一种极大的乐趣。

科学教育培养出来的科学家,不仅为工业发展和知识发展做出贡献,同时也参与了我们这个时代的伟大冒险,从中获得巨大的乐趣。

即使一个人没有成为一名专业科学家,研究自然也是为了欣赏自然的奇妙和美丽。这种对自然的了解也给人一种稳定和现实的感觉,并驱散了许多恐惧和迷信。

(4)物理教会人们如何认识事物,帮助你质疑很多事情。质疑和自由思想的价值,不仅对科学发展,而且对其他各个领域,都显而易见。

科学教导我们如何认识事物、什么是未知事物、事物被认识到什么程度、如何处理怀疑和不确定性、证据规则是什么、如何思考事物以便做出判断、如何区分真理与欺诈。这些无疑是教授科学,特别是教授物理的重要收获。

(5)在学习科学的过程中,你会学会如何试错,培养发明创造和自由探索的精神,这种精神的价值远远超出了科学本身。

人们会学会问自己:"有没有更好的方法 ?"我们必须想出一些新的技巧或方法,以改进这项技术。这种想法是许多思想、发明创造以及各种人类进步的源泉。

言论

1、

为什么我们有两个鼻孔,而不是一个大洞?

因为肺部持续需要空气,两个鼻孔可以交替工作,让鼻子的一侧得到休息。

-- 美国《大众科学》

2、

报社招我去当撰稿人,我以为是去写稿,结果却是以极低的薪水让我编辑 AI 生成的文案草稿,理由是"大部分工作已经完成了"。

这让我深受打击,我曾经觉得自己很有价值,受人重视,对未来充满希望,渴望拥有辉煌的职业生涯,现在却只能修改 AI 生成的文字。

-- 一位自由撰稿人

3、

SaaS 行业将会萎缩,尤其是那些功能简单的 SaaS,因为企业现在可以用 AI 快速生成内部服务。

-- 《AI 正在蚕食 SaaS》

4、

我发现,中文不喜欢直接说 True,更倾向说 !False。比如,英文说"很好",中文说"不坏",英文说"对的",中文说"没错",英文说"正常",中文说"没问题"。

中文更喜欢双重否定"否定词+否定词",这种表达方式增加了模糊性(含糊其辞)和灵活性(模棱两可),创造了回旋余地,避免了肯定答复导致的态度明确、归类迅速、立场鲜明。

-- 《为什么中文拒绝说 true》

往年回顾

你可能是一个 NPC(#331)

新基建的政策选择(#281)

互联网公司需要多少员工?(#231)

移动支付应该怎么设计?(#181)

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特朗普政府宣布超110亿美元对台军售

19 December 2025 at 08:22

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特朗普政府宣布超110亿美元对台军售

MICHAEL CROWLEY
军售方案中包括价值超过40亿美元的高机动性火炮火箭系统(简称HIMARS)。
军售方案中包括价值超过40亿美元的高机动性火炮火箭系统(简称HIMARS)。 Ann Wang/Reuters
特朗普政府周三要求国会批准一项价值超过110亿美元的对台军售方案,这将为这个自治的民主岛屿注入大量军事援助,台湾正为人们长期担忧的中国入侵做准备。
根据英国下议院研究部门最近汇编的数据,如果国会批准——鉴于台湾享有两党广泛支持,这很可能实现——该方案将超过拜登政府期间对台出售的84亿美元武器。而且,这相当于特朗普总统第一任期内对台出售的183亿美元武器的半数以上。
该方案的规模很可能安抚华盛顿的对华鹰派人士,随着特朗普寻求与北京达成贸易和经济协议,这些人士对其保卫台湾的承诺日益感到不安。
国务院批准的军售包括价值超过40亿美元的高机动性火炮火箭系统(简称HIMARS)和M109A7自行榴弹炮。该方案还包括价值超过7亿美元的标枪和陶式反装甲导弹,以及由军事技术公司Anduril制造的Altius自杀式无人机。
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五角大楼国防安全合作局在其网站上发表声明称,该拟议出售将通过支持台湾“持续努力实现武装力量现代化并维持可靠的防御能力”来服务美国利益。
台湾国防部在声明中虽未明确提及北京,但表示该武器方案将提供“强大的威慑和威慑性作战能力”以及“不对称作战优势”。
美国官员和中国专家多年来警告称,中国国家主席习近平似乎决心重新控制台湾,他视台湾为属于北京管辖的叛离省份,并一直在为未来几年可能的入侵行动组织其军队。
虽然没有正式独立,台湾自中国共产主义革命以来一直是自治民主政体,也是美国的密切盟友和经济伙伴。华盛顿没有正式承认台湾为国家,并在发生攻击时是否保卫该岛问题上维持“战略模糊”政策,但数十年来一直向台北提供先进武器。
该方案宣布之际,台湾总统赖清德正寻求推动通过台湾年度预算以及一项额外400亿美元的特别预算,用于增加至2033年的军事装备支出。
台湾的反对党国民党与一个较小的反对党一起控制议会多数席位,国民党批评赖清德的提案,理由包括先前武器订单交付延迟和浪费项目,并可能推迟甚至阻拦拟议的军费增加。
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但台湾政界两大阵营都表示,他们预计赖清德提出的特别预算最终将获得通过,可能是在按反对党要求修改后。
台湾外交部在关于最新美国军购的声明中表示:“台湾也将继续深化与美国及其他安全伙伴的合作,稳步提升国防能力和韧性。”

储百亮(Chris Buckley)自台北对本文有报道贡献。

Michael Crowley为《纽约时报》报道国务院和美国外交政策。他曾在30多个国家进行报道,经常与国务卿一起出访。

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台蓝白阵营预告今宣布提案弹劾赖清德

19 December 2025 at 07:59

台湾朝野对立升温,在野蓝白阵营预告,将在星期五(12月19日)召开记者会宣布,在立法院会提案弹劾总统赖清德。

台湾《联合报》引述消息人士报道,蓝白星期五开记者会宣布弹劾赖清德后,预计程序委员会下星期二(23日)正式提案,并列入下星期五(26日)院会议程,届时蓝白会提出弹劾案处理日程,并召开全院委员会、公听会等,预计将延长战线在一个月后送交院会表决。

另一方面,行政院长卓荣泰不副署立法院三读修正通过的财政收支划分法后,国民党与民众党立委星期四(18日)在立法院司法及法制委员会通过谴责赖清德与卓荣泰,并移请监察院弹劾卓荣泰。

副署权是指总统依法公布法律,发布命令,须经行政院长,或行政院长及有关部会首长之副署,否则无法生效。

要弹劾总统,需由立法院全体立委二分之一以上提议、全体立委三分之二以上决议,声请司法院大法官审理,若经宪法法庭判决成立时,被弹劾人应即解职;在宪法法庭中弹劾要成立须经大法官现有总额三分之二同意,且同意人数不得低于九人,但台湾目前大法官仅八人。

行政院长的弹劾权由监察院行使,须经监委二人以上提议、九人以上审查及决定成立后,即向惩戒法院提出。监察院星期四回应时说,公务人员部分皆依监察法规定办理,如收到陈情,皆依程序处理。

乌副外长在北京与中国官员讨论俄乌战争

19 December 2025 at 07:33

乌克兰官方公布,第一副外长基斯利察星期四(12月18日)在北京与中国外交部官员会面,讨论俄乌战争。

据路透社报道,乌克兰外交部公布,基斯利察(Sergiy Kyslytsya)与中国外交部部长助理刘彬讨论俄乌战争,以及国际社会为结束这场战争所做出的努力。

乌克兰外交部在声明中说:“双方讨论了双边议程上的热点问题,概述了进一步开展最高级别和高级别接触的计划,讨论了加强贸易和经济合作的方式,以及在国际组织内开展合作的问题。”

中国外交部在官网公布,两人在北京举行中乌外交部政治磋商,并说双方也就乌克兰危机交换意见。

刘彬说,中乌建交以来,友谊和合作始终是双边关系的主旋律。双方秉持互尊互信、互谅互让、互利互惠原则,推动两国经贸、农业、科技、人文等领域合作收获了丰硕成果。中国愿同乌克兰继续落实好元首重要共识,推动双边关系行稳致远。

另据法新社报道,基斯利察也说,他会与美国驻华大使珀杜会面。

Trump Relies on Distortions to Support His Pressure Campaign on Venezuela

19 December 2025 at 07:29
The president has a long record of making false or misleading statements. But the sheer density of them in his administration’s boat attacks and Venezuela pressure campaign is exceptional.

© Doug Mills/The New York Times

Mr. Trump says an “armed conflict” makes the killings of people on the vessels lawful, but law-of-war experts say standards for a war to exist are not met.

欧洲制药业在美国和中国之间为自己争夺位置 - RFI - 法国国际广播电台

19 December 2025 at 08:15
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法新社报道,如今,全球制药业正在经历巨变和重组:一方面,中国的实力在不断提升,另一方面,美国正在实施施压药价和吸引投资并行的战略,欧洲制药业正在思考如何在这一全球制药格局重组中为自己争夺位置。

法新社表示,在本周的一场研讨会上,欧洲制药工业联合会(Efpia)认为,形势十分严峻。其主席纳塔莉·莫尔(Nathalie Moll)感叹地说:“50年前我们曾是‘世界的药房’”,但是,“在过去10年里,我们失去了近一半的临床试验”。

莫尔批评说,仅靠上周欧洲议会通过的新欧洲药品监管框架,是不足以扭转局面的。她说,该框架“没有任何令人兴奋的、新的或具有吸引力的内容”,这一框架既难以鼓励科研,也难以保障药品的供应,莫尔呼吁欧洲国家尽快变得“更有创造力”。

欧洲目前在全球药品销售额中占比22.7%,而北美超过54%。巴黎雅克·德洛尔研究所所长西尔维·马特利(Sylvie Matelly)表示,欧洲在制药领域的投资不足,情况和国防领域差不多。

欧洲该怎么办?

美国政府今年对医疗健康产品加征关税,以迫使工业企业扩大在美国本土的生产,并增加研发(R&D)投资;同时,美国政府还启动了对部分药品价格的重新谈判,力图压低价格。

另一方面,中国在过去十年中在积极政策的支持下稳步推进,如今在临床试验数量上已超过美国,并确立了其在创新药物领域的重要地位。

巴黎西岱大学经济学教授托马斯·拉普(Thomas Rapp)指出:“可以认为,美国的这种模式将改变未来美国市场准入的界定方式,而这必然会对欧洲国家的市场准入产生影响,欧洲将面临前所未有的价格压力。”他并在研讨会上呼吁“思考一项欧洲层面的倡议”,例如建立欧洲范围内的药品价格谈判机制,并考虑引入“绩效协议”,将新上市创新药物的价值与其在真实医疗环境中、在患者身上的实际疗效挂钩。

法国经济学家、诺贝尔经济学奖得主让·梯若尔(Jean Tirole)认为:“在一切都变得交易化的情况下,所有的要挟都会以牺牲欧洲利益为代价。”他呼吁制定一个“联合项目”,以重建欧洲的创新能力:“当美国和中国主要投资于生物技术和科技领域时,我们仍在大量投资汽车产业。”

诺华法国公司总裁蒂博·维克多-米歇尔(Thibaut Victor-Michel)警告称,如果欧洲选择“不投资药品领域”,那么在极其激烈的国际竞争中,“这种主权将被拱手让给其他地区,最终也很可能失去对创新的关键获取权”。

不过,全球数据公司(GlobalData)健康经济学负责人欧因·瑞安(Eóin Ryan)则表示,尽管美国在政治层面强力施压要求产业回流,“欧盟仍在吸引大型项目”。他提到,美国制药企业礼来(Eli Lilly)于11月宣布将在荷兰投资26亿欧元建设一座新工厂。

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ChatGPT 版应用商店正式上线

昨天,OpenAI 在 ChatGPT 正式上线「应用」商店功能,在 ChatGPT 网页端点击「应用」或访问 chatgpt.com/apps 即可进入新功能页面,应用分为「精选 / 生活方式 / 工作效率」三大类。

目前,已上架的应用包括 Adobe Photoshop、Apple Music、Canva、Figma、Booking.com 等,应用可为对话引入新的上下文,支持在聊天中完成订购、将大纲转为演示文稿、搜索酒店公寓等操作。

连接后,可在聊天界面中通过「@ 应用名」调用指定应用或点击对话框左侧的「加号」进行选择,ChatGPT 还会基于上下文与使用习惯自动推荐相关应用。

OpenAI 表示,开发者已可提交应用进行审核与发布,并提供最佳实践指南、开源示例应用、专门的 UI 库与处于测试阶段的 Apps SDK 等资源,深受用户欢迎的应用有望获得重点推荐或在对话中被主动推荐。

早期阶段,开发者可将 ChatGPT 应用与其网站或原生应用相连以完成实体商品交易,OpenAI 也在探索包括数字商品在内的更多变现方式,并将根据反馈持续迭代。

所有应用须遵守严格的安全与隐私规定:符合 OpenAI 使用政策、提供清晰隐私政策、仅请求实现功能所需的必要信息;用户可随时断开连接,断开后应用将立即失去访问权限。

与此前的「GPTs Store」不同,本次应用商店以更接近苹果 App Store 的形态将复杂能力封装为可点击、可订阅、可组合的「应用」,使看似普通的对话框成为总入口,并为其带来连接第三方应用的能力。

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海南自贸港封关首日 iPhone 17 Pro Max 最高直降 2140 元

昨天,海南自由贸易港正式启动全岛封关运作,实施「一线放开、二线管住、岛内自由」政策:

  • 一线,即海南与境外之间的货物、人流进出更加便利;
  • 二线,即海南与内地之间的货物进出需严格监管;
  • 岛内则实现要素自由流通。

据界面新闻报道,三亚海旅免税城等门店迎来购物热潮,苹果 iPhone 等热门数码商品因免税与消费券叠加出现显著降价。

其中,iPhone 17 Pro Max 256GB 免税价为 9299 元,较电商平台便宜 700 元;2TB 顶配版本免税价 16859 元,叠加消费券后低至 15859 元,较官网省 2140 元。

免税城方面称,iPhone 17 Pro Max 1TB 和 2TB 版本目前无货,256GB 与 512GB 版本可正常购买。

同一门店其他机型价格也有下调:iPhone 17 Pro 256GB 免税价为 8299 元,叠加优惠后较电商平台省 1000 元;iPhone 17 256GB 差价约 420 元,幅度相对较小。

免税清单扩容同步落地,新增扫地机器人、微型无人机等品类,覆盖税目扩充至 6600 个、较此前近 3 倍。封关配套的便利措施包括「即购即提」不限机场提货、免税商品种类扩容与高单价商品的显著价格优势。

离岛免税规则明确:离岛旅客需凭离岛交通凭证及身份证购买,全年免税额度为 10 万元,超额需补税;岛内居民在有年度离岛记录情况下,可不限次购买 15 类「即购即提」商品,但单件单价需低于 2 万元。

官方强调,免税商品不得转售,「套代购」将面临禁购及征信处罚。海旅免税城当前热门机型出现断货与补货交替的供需情况,提示消费者提前规划购买与出行安排。

海南大学教授刘家诚,表示「封关不是封闭,也不是封岛,而是更高水平的开放」,海南自贸港将成为中国与全球市场的「超级接口」,亦是国内国际双循环的重要交汇点。

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OpenAI 发布 GPT‑5.2‑Codex,强化防御性网络安全应用

今天,OpenAI 正式发布智能体编码模型 GPT‑5.2‑Codex,定位为「迄今最前沿的智能体编码模型」,面向复杂的软件工程与防御性网络安全场景。

该模型基于 GPT‑5.2 定向优化,具备更强的长程任务执行能力、代码重构与迁移性能、原生 Windows 环境适配,以及对截图、技术图表和用户界面的精准理解。

OpenAI 表示,GPT‑5.2‑Codex 已在 Codex CLI、IDE 扩展、云端与代码审查场景向付费 ChatGPT 用户开放,API 接入将在未来数周逐步启用。

在性能方面,GPT‑5.2‑Codex 在 SWE‑Bench Pro 基准测试中准确率达到 56.4%,在 Terminal‑Bench 2.0 中准确率为 64.0%,均较前代模型有所提升。

模型通过原生上下文压缩提升长周期任务的稳定性与 token 使用效率,并在终端任务中展现更高成功率与可靠性。

此前,研究人员已利用 GPT‑5.1‑Codex‑Max 在 React 框架中发现并披露漏洞,显示该系列模型在现实防御性研究中的潜力。

在网络安全方面,OpenAI 强调 GPT‑5.2‑Codex 虽未达到「高」级能力门槛,但已显著增强防御性能力。

公司同步推出「可信访问计划」,仅限邀请安全专业人士与具备明确应用场景的机构参与,用于漏洞研究、授权红队测试等防御性工作。

OpenAI 表示,随着模型能力持续提升,将以负责任的方式逐步开放访问,并与安全社区保持紧密合作,以降低滥用风险。

苹果 App Store 搜索页将加入更多广告

据 9to5Mac 报道,苹果宣布将在 App Store 搜索结果中扩充广告位,明年起在搜索结果列表更靠后的位置新增广告,以进一步提高广告主通过搜索推动下载的机会。

苹果在 Apple Ads 官网更新中称「搜索是大多数用户在 App Store 中查找并下载应用的主要方式,近 65% 的下载发生在搜索之后」,因此将「在各类搜索查询中引入更多广告」。

目前,App Store 搜索结果顶部仅有一个广告位,新增广告将出现在更靠后位置。

苹果表示,广告主与开发者无法选择或竞价特定广告位置,实际展示位置取决于竞价出价金额及其在拍卖中的排名,且同一广告活动的展示位置也可能变化。

计费方式维持按点击付费或按安装付费,广告格式在不同位置保持一致,可使用默认或自定义产品页面并可选深度链接。现有搜索广告将自动获得新广告位资格,支持 iOS 26.2 与 iPadOS 26.2 及更高版本。

苹果官网信息显示,App Store 每周访问用户超过 8 亿,超过 85% 的用户在最近一次访问中至少下载了一款应用,搜索结果顶部广告位的转化率约 60%。

美光:全球内存短缺将延续至 2026 年后

据 The Verge 报道,全球三大内存供应商之一美光在最新财报中预计,受 AI 驱动的需求激增影响,DRAM 和 NAND 的「紧张行业状况」将持续至 2026 年以后,且「在可预见的未来」供给将明显落后于需求。

美光 CEO Sanjay Mehrotra 在周三的财报电话会上表示,过去数月客户的 AI 数据中心建设计划显著推高了对内存与存储的需求预估,公司虽将于明年把 DRAM 与 NAND 出货提高约 20%,但仍不足以满足各类市场的广泛需求,PC 出货在明年可能因此受到影响。

在 AI 浪潮带动下,美光财季营收再创新高,达到 136.4 亿美元,较去年同期的 87.1 亿美元显著增长。

随着 OpenAI、Meta、Microsoft 与 Google 等公司为数据中心部署更强算力,附带高带宽内存(HBM)的芯片需求快速上行,美光正将资源优先倾斜至 HBM 业务。

近期,该公司关闭了面向消费者的英睿达 Crucial 业务,以集中满足 AI 客户的更高价值订单;HBM 相较标准 DRAM 需要约三倍硅晶圆,从而进一步挤压面向 PC、智能手机、智能电视与汽车等日常消费设备的 DRAM 供给。

Mehrotra 称「供给将在可预见的未来显著低于需求」,并表示尽管投入巨大,公司仍「无法满足所有细分市场其他客户的需求」。

为扩充产能,美光计划于 2027 年在爱达荷州新厂投产,2030 年在纽约州新厂投产;但在新产能落地前,行业性内存供需不平衡将延续。

中国大模型「第一股」将至:智谱与 MiniMax 通过港交所聆讯

据 36 氪报道,国产大模型企业 MiniMax(稀宇科技)与智谱 AI 已于本周初完成中国证监会备案,并通过港交所聆讯;其中 MiniMax 计划于 2026 年 1 月在港挂牌上市。

若成功,MiniMax 将成为全球从成立到上市速度最快的 AI 公司之一,自 2022 年初成立至 IPO 仅用四年。

MiniMax 的收入结构中 C 端产品占据重要位置,彭博社曾报道其 2024 年预期营收约 7000 万美元,较大比例来自角色互动产品 Talkie。

第三方数据显示,2024 年 11 月 Talkie 月活约 2519 万;视频生成产品「海螺 AI」自上线以来,曾连续 6 个月位居全球视频生成类产品榜首。

资本层面,MiniMax 已完成 7 轮融资:腾讯领投 2.5 亿美元 B 轮、阿里 6 亿美元战略投资、最新一轮由上海国资出资 3 亿美元,公司估值超过 40 亿美元(约 288 亿元人民币)。

智谱 AI 的上市路径今年以来明显加速:4 月在北京证监局完成 IPO 辅导备案,由中金公司担任辅导机构;7 月有消息称其评估将 IPO 地点调整至港交所,如今完成聆讯意味着这一判断已落地。

融资方面,智谱自 2019 年成立至今累计完成 16 笔融资,IT 桔子数据显示最新估值约 400 亿元人民币;2025 年内先后引入杭州、成都、珠海等地资金,并于上市辅导后三个月获浦东创投集团与张江集团联合注资 10 亿元,背后已集齐北京、杭州、成都、珠海、上海五地国资背景。

组织与营收方面,智谱今年调整 G 端与 B 端业务,由 CEO 张鹏统一管理以提升人效;其面向开发者的软件工具与模型业务年度经常性收入(ARR)已超 1 亿元,预计 2025 年总营收将实现 100% 以上同比增长,并希望未来 API 业务收入占比提升至 50%。

OpenAI 洽谈最高 1000 亿美元融资,估值或达 7500 亿美元

据澎湃新闻、财联社报道,OpenAI 正在与投资者就新一轮融资进行初步洽谈,融资规模最高或达 1000 亿美元,公司的估值目标约为 7500 亿美元。

消息称,这笔潜在融资将成为今年规模最大交易之一,若落地,OpenAI 的估值较今年 10 月约 5000 亿美元将跃升近 50%。

此前多家外媒报道称,亚马逊正在与 OpenAI 洽谈一项至少 100 亿美元的投资,OpenAI 将使用 AWS 的自研 AI 芯片 Trainium。

奥特曼透露,公司或在 2027 年上市,且正考虑最早在 2026 年下半年向监管提交上市申请。

芯片短缺,本田中日工厂或暂停生产

据日本共同社报道,受半导体短缺影响,本田计划自 12 月下旬至明年 1 月上旬对日本与中国工厂实施停产或减产:

  • 与广汽集团的合资工厂将自 12 月 29 日起停产 5 天;
  • 日本工厂将在明年 1 月 5 日至 6 日停产两天,7 日至 9 日的产量也将低于原计划。

本田称,今后的生产将视半导体供应情况调整,涉及的日本工厂未公布,但埼玉制作所(埼玉县寄居町)与铃鹿制作所(三重县铃鹿市)被指「可能对象」。

本田在 11 月公布的截至 2026 年 3 月的财年合并财报显示,因半导体短缺导致产量低于预期,营业利润预计缩减 1500 亿日元(约合 67.83 亿元人民币)。

小红书社区架构大调整:全面发力「优质中长视频」

据凤凰网科技报道,小红书在几个月前对社区组织架构进行了深度调整,核心目标直指「增长」,从过往的垂类运营逻辑转向依据不同业务目标的划分。

报道指出,社区部作为基础与核心板块,现由云帆(薯名)与新岛(薯名)分别负责两条业务线:

  • 云帆负责的「Live」直接向小红书 COO 柯南(薯名)汇报;
  • 新岛负责的「Village」继续向社区业务负责人帕鲁汇报。

「Live」将对应一部分PGC内容,初步定位为「优质中长视频」,时长或超过 2 分钟,并计划培养更多大 V。

云帆此前供职于 B 站,拥有更丰富的视频运营经验。帕鲁(本名叶恒)在 2024 年初加入小红书,此前任快手电商产品一号位,入职后负责增长产品、生态产品及视频产品;社区市场部门由白板(薯名)负责,现向云帆汇报。

此次调整延续了小红书在增长上的策略演进:2023 年提出「坐一观三」,即在坐拥 1 亿DAU(日活用户)的基础上向 3 亿 DAU 进发。

除社区业务外,小红书由商业部与交易部整合的「大商业」板块由柯南担任总负责人,并与小红书 CMO 之恒共同组成领导班子;两部门的一级架构保持稳定,不作调整。

彭博社引金沙江创投内部文件称,小红书在 2025 年中估值升至 260 亿美元(约 1830 亿元人民币),较 2025 年初的 200 亿美元增长 30%。

对标同行,截至 2025 年 12 月,B 站市值约 100 亿美元(约 702 亿元人民币),快手市值约 2787 亿港元(约 2522 亿元人民币);财报显示,B 站 Q3 日活 1.17 亿、月活 3.76 亿,快手日活 4.16 亿、月活 7.31 亿。

腾讯回应「元宝到底是 AI 还是人」质疑

昨天,腾讯针对「元宝到底是 AI 还是人」的质疑发表声明:所有带有「内容由 AI 生成」标识的评论,均由元宝 AI 独立生成;无该标识的回复为编辑真人撰写。

腾讯同时强调,元宝在多平台与跨时段的高频响应「并非轮班人工可达」,以此澄清外界对运营模式的误解。

腾讯称,当前微信公众号、视频号、QQ 浏览器、腾讯新闻、QQ 音乐、腾讯自选股与腾讯视频等主流产品评论区,均已接通「@元宝」互动。

在社交层面,微信与 QQ 可添加元宝为好友,支持一对一交流、文件处理、事务咨询与群聊「一键总结」,用于快速梳理「999+」消息。上述覆盖的时间段横跨凌晨、清晨、早高峰、午休与深夜。

索尼与腾讯就《荒野起源》案达成和解:索尼撤诉、腾讯多平台下架

据 The Verge 报道,索尼互动娱乐与腾讯就《荒野起源》涉嫌抄袭《地平线》系列一案已达成保密和解。

当地时间 12 月 17 日提交的法院文件显示,索尼已撤回起诉,相关案件被法院驳回,原告不得就同一事由再次起诉。

腾讯美洲区通讯主管 Sean Dejin 表示,双方不会就此事发表进一步公开评论,并期待未来合作。

值得注意的是,《荒野起源》已从 Steam 及 Epic Games Store 等平台下架。不过,《荒野起源》官网仍可正常访问。

12 月初,双方递交联合动议达成临时协议:腾讯暂停宣发与测试,且不早于 2027 年第四季度发售;索尼同意延长法律程序时限并合并听证会日程。案件原定 2026 年 1 月 29 日听证,如今已在开庭前以和解方式落幕。

此前,PlayStation 中国官方账号曾转发《荒野起源》宣传物料并提及未来合作,随后删除;索尼也欢迎腾讯《三角洲行动》登陆 PlayStation 平台,并推荐腾讯北极光工作室新品。

两家公司在第三方项目与股权层面亦有交集,这次和解与「期待继续携手」的表态,释放出维持合作空间的信号。

Manus 达 1 亿美元 ARR 里程碑

AI Agent 应用 Manus 近期达到「从零到 1 亿美元 ARR」的商业化里程碑,联合创始人张涛(社区 ID「hidecloud」)披露,自 3 月底启动商业化至今不足 9 个月,年化运行率已达 1.26 亿美元。

Manus 团队的产品路线由「AI 浏览器」转向「云端可操作的浏览器与数据访问」的 Agent 框架,核心信念是「Less structure,more intelligence」,减少对模型的人工控制,让 AI 在具备「电脑、权威数据访问、适当训练与用户反馈」的环境中自行涌现能力并持续进化。

千问 App 全面接入高德地图

昨天起,千问 App 全面接入高德地图能力,围绕导航与生活服务实现深度打通:用户在千问 App 中可一体化完成路线规划、周边餐饮娱乐检索与「顺路」店铺筛选,提升复杂出行需求的响应效率。

此次接入覆盖新能源车出行、限行规避与服务信息等关键场景。

用户提供出发地、目的地与车辆续航信息后,千问 App 将参考高德路线数据自动规划沿途充电站;同时支持依据车牌尾号、出行时间与目的地生成合规出行方案,并在路线规划界面同步展示收费站、服务区与限行提示。

高德称,未来将与千问在餐饮、娱乐、休闲等生活场景继续扩展智能服务体验。

蔚来全新 ES8 交付突破 30000 台,创国内纯电 SUV 新纪录

昨天,第 30000 台蔚来全新 ES8 新车在成都天府艺术公园蔚来中心完成交付。这一里程碑距离 11 月 29 日达成第 20000 台交付仅过去 19 天,创下国内 40 万元以上纯电车型最快突破三万台交付的纪录。

交付现场车主任先生表示,此次增购全新 ES8,主要看中其基于纯电架构带来的越级空间表现,以及蔚来「可充可换可升级」能源服务体系所提供的便利与高效补能体验。

蔚来方面称,全新 ES8 销售势能持续走强,产能正在加速爬坡,交付节奏明显提速。随着纯电技术的成熟与补能体系的完善,越来越多原本选择增程技术的用户正加速转向纯电车型。

💡 微软 AI 负责人:未来 5–10 年保持 AI 前沿将付出「数千亿美元」成本

据《商业内幕》报道,微软 AI 负责人 Mustafa Suleyman 在播客「Moonshots with Peter Diamandis」的最新一期中表示,未来 5 到 10 年内,想在前沿 AI 领域保持领先将需要「数千亿美元」级别的投入。

他强调,这不仅包括前沿模型的研发,还涉及对顶尖研究人员与技术人才的高薪竞争,以及在全球范围内建设「千兆瓦级」 CPU 与 AI 加速器所需的基础设施规模。

Suleyman 称,微软正将自身视作一家「现代施工公司」,其使命是实现前沿模型的自给自足,并打造「世界级的超级智能团队」。他表示微软正在「全力推进前沿」,目标是构建「最强、最安全的超级智能模型」。

Suleyman 在节目中坦言,按照当前的成本曲线,「很难说」初创公司能否与大厂在前沿 AI 上抗衡,市场估值的「泡沫与不确定性」部分源于对「智能爆炸」是否会突然到来的分歧 —— 一旦这类拐点出现,「可能会有很多玩家同时到达」。

在此前的公开表述中,他将团队目标描述为打造「人本主义的超级智能」,即更加贴近人类利益的系统取向。

微软在最新一个财季的营收为 777 亿美元,当前市值约 3.54 万亿美元,Suleyman 认为大型公司在算力与资本密集投入上的「结构性优势」在这一轮竞争中会持续显现。

Suleyman 还强调,置身大型公司带来的工程组织与资源整合能力是关键优势,他将微软的长期目标描述为在前沿模型上实现更强的内生能力与安全标准,从而在下一阶段的「超级智能」竞争中争取主导权。

新产品

3299 元,XREAL 推出新一代 AR 眼镜 1S

昨天,AR 眼镜厂商 XREAL 正式发布新品 XREAL 1S,面向更广泛的年轻消费群体,主打「一副眼镜,开启 500 英寸随身空间巨幕时代」,核心亮点包括:

  • 搭载自研 X1 空间计算芯片,支持实时 2D 转 3D 功能;
  • 配备 Sony Micro-OLED 微显示屏,双眼 1200p 分辨率与 700 尼特亮度,并获得 TÜV 莱茵眼舒适五星认证;
  • 原生 3DoF 空间显示能力,无需手机 App 或额外配件即可实现稳定画面;
  • 全链路优化,M2P 延迟低至 3ms,显著降低眩晕感;
  • 提供多规格鼻托与柔性铰链,确保长时间佩戴舒适;
  • 跨生态即插即用,支持 iPhone、Android 手机、Steam Deck、Windows PC 与 MacBook。

XREAL 创始人兼 CEO 徐驰在发布会上表示,眼镜是最接近人类感知的终端,也是最有可能承载下一代计算形态的入口。

XREAL 强调,X1 芯片的使命是「Spatial Display for All」,即不挑设备、不设门槛,让任何人都能随时拥有可靠的空间屏幕。

XREAL 1S 定价 3299 元,已在京东与天猫开启预约,并将在 12 月 22 日 20:00 正式发售。

小米 17 Ultra 定档下周,与徕卡合作全面升级

昨天,小米宣布,小米 17 Ultra 将于下周正式发布。官方同时确认与徕卡的全球影像战略合作升级,引入「战略共创模式」,首次在移动影像领域推出徕卡 APO 认证长焦镜头,并将在夜景画质与长焦创作体验上实现显著提升。

根据相关爆料,小米 17 Ultra 的硬件规格预测整理如下:

  • 搭载第五代骁龙 8 至尊版、1.5K 超级像素直屏;
  • 内置接近 7000mAh 电池,支持 100W 有线与 80W 无线快充;
  • 支持超声波屏幕指纹,并保留 IP68 防尘防水;
  • 影像系统据称为三摄组合:主摄为豪威 OV50X 1 英寸传感器、5000 万像素超广角(支持微距)、2 亿像素潜望长焦(推测支持 5 倍光学变焦)。

值得注意的是,雷军将小米 17 Ultra 称为「超高端手机」。他表示,小米与徕卡全球影像战略合作升级,引入「战略共创模式」,并将首次应用全新的光学能力。

售价方面,信息源「数码闲聊站」推测,在保持 256GB 起步配置的前提下,小米 17 Ultra 起售价较上一代上调 500 元,至 6999 元,或是存储芯片价格上涨所致。而上代小米 15 Ultra 的起售价为 6499 元、顶配 7999 元(双卫星版)。

此外,网传已久的「小米NAS」新品或将同时在本次发布会上亮相。

逐际动力发布多形态具身机器人 TRON 2:一机三态,4.98 万元起

昨天,逐际动力 LimX Dynamics 发布多形态具身机器人「TRON 2」,售价 4.98 万元起。

据介绍,该产品基于「具身机器人通用基座」理念与全身模块化架构,一个本体即可在双臂、双足、双轮足三种核心构型间快速切换,并支持人形、四足等形态重构,面向 VLA 科研、移动操作与全身运控的全场景应用。

TRON 2 配备仿人类手臂自由度设计的具身双臂系统:单臂 7‑DoF 类人构型关节、70 cm 臂展与超大包络覆盖,末端采用仿人球形手腕构型以实现高自由度与狭小空间内的灵活运动;

双臂具备 10 kg 负载能力,机身极限负重可达 60 kg,覆盖高位、远距与宽范围任务,面向工业与家庭等多场景操作需求。

为适配不同应用场景,TRON 2 支持主流 VLA 前沿模型,包括 Pi 0.5 与 ACT,并基于家庭操作场景拆解餐品制作、桌面清理、衣物清洁、物品收纳、快递拿取等 10 个典型任务,提供数据集、模型训练与算法部署示例,宣称无需额外调试、即插即用。

火山引擎发布豆包大模型 1.8,Agent 能力全球领先

昨天,字节跳动旗下火山引擎在 FORCE 原动力大会上正式发布豆包大模型 1.8 及音视频创作模型 Seedance 1.5 pro。

据介绍,在多项公开评测中,豆包 1.8 在视觉推理、通用视觉问答、空间理解及视频理解等任务中均获得最佳或接近最佳成绩,整体水平已接近全球顶尖通用模型。

豆包大模型 1.8 工具调用能力、复杂指令遵循能力及 OS Agent 能力均得到增强,提升了模型在处理复杂任务时的规划与执行水平。

在视觉理解方面,单次视频理解帧数由 640 帧提升至 1280 帧,支持低帧率理解超长视频,并能调用工具对关键片段进行高帧率分析,适用于在线教育、产品质检等场景。

火山引擎总裁谭待介绍,截至今年 12 月,豆包大模型日均 token 使用量突破 50 万亿,较去年同期增长超过 10 倍;目前已有超过 100 家企业客户累计 token 使用量超过 1 万亿。

与此同时,火山引擎推出了 Seedance 1.5 pro 音视频创作模型。该模型采用原生音视频联合生成架构,支持环境音、背景音乐、人声等多种元素,实现毫秒级音画同步。

在对白处理上,模型支持多人多语言对话,口型对齐精准,覆盖中文方言(如四川话、粤语)、英文及小语种,显著提升视频内容的真实感与全球化创作潜力。

🔗 相关阅读:实测豆包 Seedance 1.5 Pro:哪吒朱迪在线飙戏,复刻名场面,AI 台词、音效水平大更新

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太二酸菜鱼推「透明菜单分类」,预制菜将明示

昨天,连锁餐饮品牌「太二酸菜鱼」宣布全面启动「透明菜单分类制度」,以食材新鲜度为核心明示原料使用情况,并按主材鲜活属性与预处理程度将菜品划分为 4 个类别。具体分类为:

  • A 类代表「新鲜主食材制作」,在太二「鲜活模式」门店中涵盖活鱼、活虾、鲜鸡、鲜牛肉及新鲜蔬菜;
  • B 类明确标注使用冷冻原料,如「香辣鱿鱼须」;
  • C 类覆盖预先腌制的食材,如「川式猪颈肉」;
  • D 类为集中预处理后配送至门店的品项,如「虎皮鸡爪」。

官方表示,招牌「酸菜鱼」采用每日新鲜配送到店的活鱼,门店现杀、切片、腌制,并搭配非遗工艺酸菜现点现煮;如「生炒菜心」「白玉丝瓜」等承诺日供新鲜蔬菜、现点现炒。

官方强调,「透明菜单分类制度」已同步覆盖母公司「九毛九」集团旗下多个餐饮品牌,消费者可据此直观选择不同食材处理方式对应的菜品。

不到一个月降超 30%,车厘子价格跳水

据央视财经报道,安徽合肥周谷堆批发市场车厘子批发价较去年同期整体下降约 20%,当前每箱主流报价在 150 元至 240 元之间,大尺码每箱 230 元至 240 元。

随着海运车厘子提前进入市场,价格回落较往年提前约一周,主打品种为「桑提娜」,日均进场量约 5 吨。市场预期未来几周海运到货将迎来供应高峰,交易或呈现「量大价跌」态势。

蓝鲸新闻援引北京新发地市场信息显示,11 月 30 日进口车厘子最低价为 55 元/斤,至 12 月 10 日空运车厘子降至 50 元/斤,海运最低价达 35 元/斤,按海运价格计算,不到一个月降幅超过 30%。

新发地批发端方面,4J 规格车厘子 5 斤装批发价为 248 元。零售端价格同样回落。

据盒马平台数据,智利车厘子 4J 级精品果从约 120 元/斤降至 91.8 元/斤,降幅超 20%;3J 级从 79.8 元/斤降至 71.8 元/斤,降幅约 10%;2J 级从最高约 71.6 元/斤降至 51.8 元/斤,降幅超 27%。

蓝鲸新闻报道认为,供给增加是主因。

一亩田产业研究院研究员许丽峰告诉记者,今年同期车厘子供应热度高于去年,智利种植面积较往年增长超 4%,上市时间提前且供应期延长,叠加国内蓝莓、柑橘等水果充足,消费端对车厘子的替代效应增强,整体行情预计较去年更低。

值得注意的是,春节较晚且接近智利车厘子尾季,消费高峰期价格或有一定上浮;与批发端对于海运高峰「量大价跌」的判断相互印证当前阶段的回落与后续波动预期。

周大福今天起再提价,官方回应

近日,周大福天猫官方旗舰店在首页提示「受市场因素影响,部分商品即将提价」,调价窗口为 12 月 19 日;多地门店销售表示已陆续收到新价签,大部分产品上调幅度集中在 4% — 16%。

其中,一条约 32.35g 的足金手链由 56800 元上调至 65800 元,涨幅约 15.8%。这将是周大福今年对「一口价黄金」产品的第三次提价。

据新浪财经此前报道,部分畅销款的实际涨幅已超过 30%,例如约 27g 的「五帝钱盘缠手串」从 38600 元上调至 50800 元,标价涨幅为 31.6%,今天上调后新价格更是达到 53800 元。

此前,3 月首轮调价幅度为 10% — 20%,10 月底第二次提价官方预计多数产品涨幅在 12% — 18% 之间,主要受国际金价持续上涨推升成本所致。

蓝鲸财经报道指出,周大福此次列出的调价商品除「一口价黄金」外,还包含部分铂金与铂金镶钻产品;周大福回应称价格调整属集团日常营运政策,将根据市场环境及产品需求适时调价。

行业背景方面,界面新闻称今年金价年内涨幅已超过 50%,波动加剧促使多家金店开启涨价;周大福同时推进渠道「瘦身」策略。

截至 2025 年 9 月 30 日,中国内地零售点总数降至 5663 家,较 2025 财年末减少 611 家,内地同店(直营)销售额上半年上升 2.6%,剔除钟表业务后增长 4.7%。

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央视春晚公布四款马年吉祥物

据新京报报道,中央广播电视总台《2026 年春节联欢晚会》昨日发布四款吉祥物形象「骐骐」「骥骥」「驰驰」「骋骋」,与晚会主题「骐骥驰骋 势不可挡」呼应。

吉祥物整体设计融入流云纹、山云纹等千年纹样,寓意生生不息与万象更新,寄托「马到成功、前程似锦」的美好祝愿:

  • 「骐骐」灵感源自西周盠驹尊,配色取自「骐」本义(青黑色马),造型以当卢、束发髻呈现庄重典雅的气质;
  • 「骥骥」取材汉代天马与铜奔马姿态,并借鉴错金银镶松石狩猎纹铜伞铤上的飞马造型,以双翼舒展呈现腾云逐日的英姿;
  • 「驰驰」参考唐代三花马与昭陵六骏,束起马尾强化英武与自信;
  • 「骋骋」以普氏野马为原型,强调粗壮结实与身形矫健的野生血统。四者共同以历史文物与典型纹样为依据,形成跨时期的视觉谱系。

报道指出,中国普氏野马种群数量居世界之首,体现生物多样性保护与生态文明建设的阶段性成果。吉祥物发布以「四骏齐亮相」呈现,意在与全球华人共享新春气象,迎接马年新岁。

《永恒站》定档 12 月 24 日

《永恒站》昨天发布定档海报与预告,确认将于 12 月 24 日登陆院线。影片由大卫·费恩执导,叙述「死后世界」中转站的奇幻设定与一场关于真爱的抉择。

故事围绕女主角琼安在「现任丈夫赖瑞」与「战时阵亡、苦候 67 年的前夫卢克」之间的最终选择展开。片方称其以轻盈幽默与温暖情感呈现「爱与永恒的终极考验」。

《用武之地》开启预售:12 月 24、25 日全国点映

电影《用武之地》宣布开启预售,将于 2025 年 12 月 24、25 日 18:00-22:00 全国点映、于 12 月 31 日跨年上映。

片方称,为呈现「真实的人质自救逃亡之路」,剧组前期远赴非洲取景采风,拍摄近万张照片并筛选约百张作为创作参考。

片中的「子弹集市」依据当地真实市场改造,战乱地带枪支交易与日常买菜同样便利,当地人以布自制足球的生活面貌亦被纳入呈现。

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Four-term North Carolina Gov. Jim Hunt, a leader in education reform, dies at 88

19 December 2025 at 07:46

RALEIGH, N.C. — Four-term North Carolina Gov. Jim Hunt, a towering figure in North Carolina politics in the late 20th century who helped the Democratic Party focus nationally upon public education reform, died Thursday at the age of 88, his daughter Lt. Gov. Rachel Hunt announced.

Hunt, whose career provided a prototype for the modern “education governor,” served an unprecedented 16 years as governor as the state received the rewards and stings of shifting from textiles and tobacco to a high-tech economy.

Rachel Hunt’s office said that her father died peacefully Thursday at his Wilson County home.

“He devoted his life to serving the people of North Carolina, guided by a belief that public service should expand opportunity, strengthen communities, and always put people first,” Rachel Hunt said in a news release that also referenced “my beloved daddy and hero.”

Considered a business-oriented progressive, Hunt was a giant in state government and influential in the national education reform movement of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. He was first elected governor in 1976 and, after a constitutional change, became the first North Carolina governor elected to successive four-year terms.

Following an epic U.S. Senate campaign loss to Republican icon Jesse Helms in 1984, Hunt’s political career resumed eight years later with a third term at the Executive Mansion, followed by reelection in 1996.

Hunt remained active in Democratic politics after leaving office in 2001, particularly as he watched protégés such as former Gov. Roy Cooper and the late U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan achieve higher office. He campaigned for President Barack Obama in 2012 and Hillary Rodham Clinton and Cooper in 2016.

“I can think of no one who shaped North Carolina’s recent successes as much as Governor Jim Hunt,” current Democratic Gov. Josh Stein said Thursday. And Cooper called Hunt the “greatest Governor in North Carolina history.”

Even entering his 80s, Hunt urged Republicans in charge of the legislature to fund “big things” for public education, rather than pass more income tax cuts.

“I’m proud of what we’ve done together,” Hunt said in a May 2017 interview. “But I’m far from satisfied about where we are and determined to keep doing my little bit, I guess, to help us keep changing things and improving things in North Carolina. And I know you do it mainly through education.”

Relentless on building up public schools

Hunt concentrated relentlessly on public schools, talking about the connection between education achievement and competing in the world economy. In the 1970s, while lieutenant governor, he worked with Republican Gov. Jim Holshouser to make North Carolina the first state with full-day kindergarten.

In the 1980s, he helped create the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards and pressed for standardized testing for public school students nationwide so that states could compare themselves.

Returning as governor in the 1990s, he championed the Smart Start early childhood initiative, viewed as a national model to prepare children for school, and higher teacher pay. And after the end of his career in office, the Durham-based Hunt Institute trained up and coming political stars nationwide about public education policy.

“If there is one person that is responsible for remaking and reforming education in the nation, particularly in the Southeast and starting with North Carolina, it is Jim Hunt,” former Democratic Georgia Gov. Roy Barnes said in a 2009 interview. “We will feel the effect of Jim Hunt’s leadership for generations to come.”

Hunt was an unabashed lobbyist for his programs and initiatives, often making late-night phone calls to lawmakers to persuade them. If that failed, he would enlist key constituents in a legislator’s district to bombard with them calls all weekend.

“He really had a way of pushing you to do things you never thought you could do,” said Gary Pearce, a longtime Hunt staffer and later biographer. “He made you feel like that you were genuinely making the world a better place.”

Quick rise in North Carolina politics

James Baxter Hunt Jr. was born May 16, 1937, in Greensboro, North Carolina. He grew up on the family’s tobacco and dairy farm in Wilson County. After law school graduation, Hunt, his wife, Carolyn, and their young children lived in Nepal for two years while working for the Ford Foundation.

Hunt rose quickly in Democratic politics, serving as president of the state’s Young Democrats in 1968 and getting elected lieutenant governor four years later.

In a controversial move during his first term as governor, Hunt commuted the sentences of nine Black men and one white woman convicted of the 1971 firebombing of a Wilmington grocery store during days of violence that included the shooting of a Black teenager by police. Key witnesses in the case had recanted their testimony. Full pardons for the “Wilmington 10” didn’t come until 2012.

After loss to Helms, a rebirth and return to governor

His second four-year term closed with his political battle with Helms, the conservative firebrand known as “Senator No” for his opposition to civil rights, gay rights, abortion and the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. Hunt lost as Helms’ campaign blistered him with ads portraying Hunt as a flip-flopper on the issues.

A defeated Hunt returned to practicing law but remained in public life. His comeback to state politics in the early 1990s helped delay a growing Republican tide in North Carolina politics.

Even GOP leaders begrudgingly were impressed with Hunt’s ability to tack with changing political winds. In the mid-1990s, he called a special legislative session to get tough on crime and proposed tax cuts larger than what Republicans initially offered.

Republican U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis, a former state House speaker in the 2010s, called Hunt on Thursday “one of the most consequential public servants in North Carolina’s history.”

Rachel Hunt served in the legislature and was elected lieutenant governor in 2024. Jim Hunt was on hand at the Legislative Building in early 2025 when she took as a duty of lieutenant governor the gavel as Senate president, following in her father’s footsteps 52 years later.

Memorial information for Hunt will be announced later.

Golfer Rory McIlroy wins Sports Personality of the Year

19 December 2025 at 05:08

McIlroy wins Sports Personality of the Year 2025

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Golfer Rory McIlroy has been voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2025 after clinching the career Grand Slam and playing a key role in Europe's Ryder Cup win.

The 36-year-old Northern Irishman achieved golfing immortality in April when he won the Masters at Augusta National to complete the set of all four major trophies.

He became just the sixth man - and first European - to achieve the Slam, joining Americans Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods, and South Africa's Gary Player, in accomplishing the feat.

Having won the US Open, The Open and US PGA Championship by 2014, McIlroy had to wait another 11 years to make his "dreams come true".

He then played a key role in Europe's first Ryder Cup win in the United States since 2012, contributing three-and-a-half points to his team's triumph.

McIlroy also delighted his home crowd by winning the Irish Open for a second time, with further successes at the Players Championship and the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, before topping off a stellar year with his seventh Race to Dubai title.

"Wow. First of all, I would like to congratulate all of the other finalists. I know how much hard work and dedication it takes, so it is a pleasure to just be in this room. I feel truly honoured to just be a part of it," McIlroy said after receiving the award.

"2025 has been the year I made my dreams come true. From Augusta to the Ryder Cup and everything in between. It's the year dreams are made of."

England rugby union player Ellie Kildunne came second, with Formula 1 driver Lando Norris in third.

England forward Chloe Kelly, Lionesses goalkeeper Hannah Hampton and darts player Luke Littler were also shortlisted for the award by a panel of experts, with the winner decided by a public vote.

McIlroy is just the third golfer to win Sports Personality, after Dai Rees in 1957 and Nick Faldo in 1989.

The Holywood-born McIlroy is the third Northern Irishman to win the award, following boxer Barry McGuigan in 1985 and jockey Sir AP McCoy in 2010.

"I have a lot of people to thank. Firstly, the public, my family, my mum and my dad. They sacrificed so much for me. I wouldn't be here without them, so thank you," McIlroy said.

"My wife Erica and my daughter Poppy, they are what holds me together. My rock. They couldn't be here tonight but I can't wait to get back tomorrow and celebrate this with them. I love you.

"And to the BBC for hosting these awards. It has always been something growing up that I watched on TV.

"It was always a big part of the run-up to Christmas, so I am very honoured to get my hands on this trophy.

"Hopefully I can challenge to get it again next year."

Team Europe were voted the Team of the Year on Thursday after their Ryder Cup success, seeing off competition from England's Euro 2025-winning women's football team and England's Women's Rugby World Cup champions.

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    Rory McIlroy won his first Masters title to become the sixth man to complete the career Grand Slam

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The year McIlroy's dreams came true

McIlroy's long wait to complete a career Grand Slam could not have concluded in a more dramatic fashion.

Having let a four-shot lead slip at the 2011 Masters, history threatened to repeat itself in April.

He held a two-shot lead going into the final round this time around, but memories of recent near-misses came flooding back when his advantage was wiped out on the first with a double bogey.

Three birdies in seven holes gave McIlroy a four-shot lead going into the back nine before he dropped four shots in as many holes from the 11th.

However, the drama was far from finished.

Having missed a putt in regulation to get his hands on the coveted green jacket, McIlroy was taken to a sudden-death play-off after his Ryder Cup team-mate Justin Rose birdied six of his final eight holes.

With the agony of past heartbreak flooding back, McIlroy held his nerve to birdie the first play-off hole and win his first Masters.

McIlroy let out a huge roar before collapsing to the ground and weeping tears of joy at the end of an extraordinary day of sporting theatre.

"A lot of pent-up emotion came out on the 18th green. A moment like that makes all the years and all the close calls worth it," said McIlroy.

At the Ryder Cup, McIlroy contributed three-and-a-half points from five matches as Europe won on American soil for the first time in 13 years.

The 36-year-old bore the brunt of verbal abuse from a hostile crowd throughout the event at Bethpage Black in New York - and hit out at "unacceptable and abusive behaviour" after his wife Erica was hit by a drink thrown by an American fan.

Having won six times in his eight Ryder Cup appearances, the world number two is being tipped to captain the side in the future.

"I would love to be the European team captain at some point," said McIlroy.

"But that will be when I'm not good enough to make the team, or I make way for the new generation to come along."

Ex-Nascar driver and family among seven killed in US plane crash

19 December 2025 at 07:09
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A former Nascar driver is believed to be among seven people who have died in a plane crash at a regional airport in North Carolina, an official says.

The Cessna C550 aircraft is owned by a private company associated with Greg Biffle, a retired Nascar driver, CBS, the BBC's US partner, reported.

The small aircraft crashed while landing at Statesville Regional Airport around 10:20 local time (15:20GMT), aviation officials investigating the incident told reporters.

Congressman Rich Hudson of North Carolina appeared to confirm Biffle's death on X, writing that he was devastated by the loss of the racer, his wife Christina and their children.

"Greg was a great NASCAR champion who thrilled millions of fans. But he was an extraordinary person as well, and will be remembered for his service to others as much as for his fearlessness on the track," Hudson wrote, praising their aid work during hurricanes in North Carolina and Jamaica.

Professional baseball player Mitchell Garret wrote on Facebook that Biffle and his family were on their way to spend the afternoon with him.

"Unfortunately, I can confirm Greg Biffle, his wife Cristina, daughter Emma, and son Ryder were on that plane… because they were on their way to spend the afternoon with us," he wrote on Facebook. "We are devastated. I'm so sorry to share this."

Statesville Airport director John Ferguson described the aircraft as a corporate jet and said that it was already engulfed in flames when he arrived on the scene.

The business jet took off around 10:06 local time and was in the air briefly before the crash.

It crashed on the east end of the runway and authorities do not yet have information on the cause of the crash.

Statesville Airport will remain closed until further notice as crews clear debris off the runway, Mr Ferguson told reporters.

Officials did not provide any information about deaths or people aboard the aircraft during the media conference.

The National Transportation Safety Board, which is leading the investigation, said it was launching a go team to investigate the fatal crash. The team expects to arrive on scene on Thursday night.

The Statesville Regional Airport (KSVH) is owned by the City of Statesville, which is about 45 minutes north of Charlotte.

It also provides aviation facilities for Fortune 500 companies and several Nascar racing teams.

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Biffle, whose racing career spanned two decades, was named one of Nascar's 75 Greatest Drivers in 2023. The 55-year-old won 19 Cup Series races in the Xfinity Series and Craftsman Truck Series.

Known as The Biff, the Vancouver, Washington, native received national notice in 1995 when during that year's Nascar Winter Heat Series., according to his Nascar profile.

He quickly made a name for himself in the Craftsman Truck Series, winning the 1998 Rookie of Year award and the 2000 series championship.

He went on to be named 2001 Rookie of the Year in the Xfinity Series and to win the 2002 championship, becoming the first driver with championships in both the Xfinity Series and the Truck Series.

He also co-founded the organisation's Sand Outlaws Series. Although he scaled back on racing after 2016, he seemingly came out of retirement in 2019 for a one-off race at Texas Motor Speedway, which he won.

"Racing is racing," he told Nascar.com in 2021. "It's that adrenaline, you want to be better than the competition, you want to build a better piece and have a faster car. I just enjoy the competition."

Violence breaks out in Bangladesh after death of youth protest leader

19 December 2025 at 05:55
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Violence has erupted in Bangladesh following the death of a prominent leader of the youth movement that ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina.

Sharif Osman Hadi was shot by masked attackers while leaving a mosque in Dhaka last week and died of his injuries on Thursday while being treated in Singapore.

The shooting came a day after Bangladeshi authorities announced a date for the first elections since the uprising in 2024, which Hadi had been planning to contest as an independent candidate.

As news of his death emerged on Thursday, hundreds of his supporters gathered in a square in the capital city to protest.

Later on, demonstrators vandalised the offices of Bangladesh's Prothom Ali and Daily Star newspapers, with one building partly set on fire.

"Hundreds of people have gathered here and carried out the attack," a police officer told BBC Bangla.

Troops were deployed to the scene, while firefighters rescued journalists trapped inside the building.

Hadi, 32, was a senior leader of the student protest group Inqilab Mancha and an outspoken critic of neighbouring India - where Hasina remains in self-imposed exile.

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Sharif Osman Hadi died while undergoing treatment in Singapore

Bangladeshi political parties have mourned his death and urged the interim government to bring the perpetrators to justice.

Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, who heads the caretaker government, called Hadi's death "an irreparable loss for the nation".

"The country's march toward democracy cannot be halted through fear, terror, or bloodshed," he said in a televised speech on Thursday.

The interim government declared a day of national mourning on Saturday.

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Soon after Hadi was shot, Yunus said it was a premeditated attack and "the objective of the conspirators is to derail the election".

"No form of violence intended to disrupt the election will be tolerated," Yunus said. "The incident is a worrying development for the country's political landscape."

Investigations are ongoing and several people have been detained in connection to the shooting.

Hasina fled to India on 5 August last year, following weeks of student-led protests, bringing an end to 15 years of increasingly authoritarian rule.

In November, she was sentenced to death for crimes against humanity after being found guilty of allowing lethal force to be used against protesters, 1,400 of whom died during the unrest.

TikTok Signs Agreements With Investors in Step Toward Avoiding a U.S. Ban

19 December 2025 at 08:05
The Chinese-owned video app formalized commitments from the software giant Oracle and two investment firms as part of a deal to keep TikTok operating in the United States.

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The investment agreements bring TikTok, one of the country’s most popular social media apps, closer to resolving years of questions about its future.

美国会通过《生物安全法案》限制对中国生技往来 - RFI - 法国国际广播电台

19 December 2025 at 06:45
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历经近两年立法拉锯、跨越美国大选与总统交接后,《生物安全法案》(Biosecure Act)正式搭上2026财政年度《国防授权法》(NDAA)顺风车,距离成为法律仅剩最后一步,仅需要总统签名。

本周三美国参议院通过总额约9,010亿美元的国防法案,送交总统签署。作为国防法案中的一环,修订后的《生物安全法案》延续以国家安全为名,限制联邦政府与特定中国生技企业的往来,但在适用范围与执行机制上,与先前版本已有所调整。该法核心规定,行政部门不得向被认定为“生物科技关切企业”的公司采购设备或服务,并在特定情况与生效期限后,禁止涉及使用这类设备或服务的联邦合约。

新版法案不再直接点名中国企业,而是授权白宫管理及预算局(OMB)建立跨部会机制,负责公布并更新“生物科技关切企业”名单,同时援引五角大厦《1260H条款》中与中国军方有关联的企业清单,《生物安全法案》的相关限制亦适用于《1260H条款》所列的任何实体。日本《日经亚洲》报导,目前《1260H条款》名单中仅将华大基因集团列入黑名单。

此前曾是该法案重点目标之一的中国合约制药企业“药明康德”(WuXi AppTec)已被删除。这家合约研发生产机构曾是先前版本《生物安全法案》(BIOSCURE)中点名的五家中国生命科学公司之一。彭博社日前披露,国防部副部长在10月7日一封信中,告知参众两院军事委员会主席,包括百度、阿里巴巴、比亚迪和药明康德等公司,应被列在1260H条款内。尽管药明康德并未在《生物安全法案》中被明确提及,但这仍可能受到影响。

此外,根据法案要求,美国国防部的采购限制也将扩展到太阳能板、逆变器和一些关键矿产。五角大厦将必须逐步淘汰中国制造的电脑和印表机,并评估中国数据机和网路设备制造商TP-Link构成的威胁。

中国驻美大使馆则强烈反弹,发言人刘鹏宇批评法案“炒作‘中国威胁论’,滥用国家力量打压中国经济发展”,并强调“中方强烈不满并坚决反对”。

《生物安全法案》最初于2023年12月提出。由于部分议员的批评,该法案被排除在2025年一揽子计划之外。经过修订后,该框架重返国会。尽管最后通过的版本采取了较为宽松的框架,制药业仍对该法案的潜在影响保持警惕。

根据《制药技术》杂志数据,中国企业目前负责全球约20%的在研药物,反映出该国在制药产业中的强大影响力。根据该杂志母公司GlobalData的分析,美国与中国生物制药公司之间的授权交易在去年创下历史新高,较2020年大幅成长280%。

动用俄罗斯资产援乌 欧洲作决定的时刻到了 - RFI - 法国国际广播电台

19 December 2025 at 06:45
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在特朗普的美国拒绝挺乌并明显向普京靠近后,支持乌克兰的使命就义不容辞地落到欧洲人头上。燃眉之急,向乌克兰提供金融支持,欧盟成员国领袖周四为此齐聚布鲁塞尔,欧盟委员会主席冯德莱恩表示,没有作出决定之前,谁也不要离开会议室。泽连斯基则恳请各位:从现在到年底必须作出决定,否则乌克兰面临“重大问题”。

到哪里去找钱,解冻俄罗斯巨额资产 ! 现在就需要27个成员国作出决定,动用这笔冻结在欧盟国家的巨额资产,从而以“赔偿贷款”的名义支持基辅继续抵抗侵略者,在抵抗中维持基本的生存。问题很严重,如果成员国出于这样那样的理由达不成协议,乌克兰将冒着明年第一季度“断粮”的巨大风险。

特朗普周四下午催促基辅“迅速行动”,与莫斯科就终结战争谈判,但是俄罗斯同意停战的首要条件是乌克兰“割土求和”,放弃整个顿巴斯乃至全部俄占地区。而特朗普的特派代表之前与克里姆林宫达成的28点“和平方案”几乎遵循普京的逻辑,以乌克兰放弃俄占领土为先决条件,这一方案之后虽经过欧洲和基辅修正,但“领土”问题远远没有得到解决。

乌克兰的代表周五与周六与美方将举行新一轮谈判,泽连斯基希望通过谈判,明确美方向乌克兰提供安全保障的细节,以保证俄罗斯不至于在停战后卷土重来。但是这一点也很不乐观,受邀参加布鲁塞尔峰会的泽连斯基周四对媒体表示,“我至今没有得到任何安全保障方面的承诺。”他的问题是:如果俄罗斯再次发起侵乌战争,美国准备怎么办?

不过,泽连斯基周四来到布鲁塞尔的首要目标是敦促欧洲领导人以最快的速度对使用冻结在欧洲的俄罗斯中央银行的资产作出决定。他表示动用俄罗斯资产是道德的、公正的、也是合法的。欧盟负责外交的卡拉斯女士回应说:“普京打赌我们会失败,我们绝不能让他得逞。”欧盟委员会主席冯德莱恩的态度也异常坚决:27国不达成协议,“就不离开会议室”。

27国的多数,在特朗普决定关闭美国援助闸门后,承诺在未来两年内为基辅提供大部分财政和军事支持。以“赔偿贷款”的形式支持乌克兰。德国总理默茨周四抵达布鲁塞尔时表示:“除了动用俄罗斯资产,我看不到更好的选择。”稍早些时候他警告说:“如果我们做不到这一点,欧盟的行动能力将在未来几年甚至更长时间内受到严重削弱。”

然而俄罗斯2110亿欧元冻结资产中最主要的部分存在比利时银行,比利时首相德韦弗直到峰会开幕前还没有打算开绿灯,尽管他对此持“开放立场”。 这位弗拉芒保守派领袖周四在比利时国会表示:谈判取得了一些进展,但比利时拒绝“独自承担”这项在欧洲前所未有的行动带来的风险。他称: “在跳伞前,我们需要一个降落伞。如果要求我们跳伞,我们大家一起跳,”德韦弗担心会遭受俄罗斯“永无休止”的报复,要求对本国利益提供强有力的保护。

一些欧洲谈判代表则表示,比利时的这一要求被其合作伙伴认为是不合理的,他们愿意为乌克兰的贷款提供担保,但不愿签署“空白支票”。当被问及比利时的担忧时,泽连斯基表示:“我们可能担心俄罗斯联邦会采取某些法律行动,但老实说,这并不像俄罗斯在你的边境上那样可怕。”

欧盟考虑动用俄罗斯资产为乌克兰贷款提供担保,国际法专家夏洛特·博西永(Charlotte Beaucillon) 认为,这是“前所未有的机制”,欧盟必须明确其法律边界,以避免未来出现偏差。这位法律专家指出:“该机制的微妙之处在于,俄罗斯资产并未被没收,而是作为欧盟向乌克兰贷款的担保,一旦战争结束,莫斯科向基辅支付赔偿金,乌克兰将偿还贷款。”她描述道,这是“对传统上在武装冲突结束后才出现的赔偿阶段的预判,该阶段将清点损失并结算账目”。

鉴于俄罗斯自2022年2月入侵乌克兰以来“严重违反”国际法,欧盟必须“非常明确地阐明其决定所依据的国际法律依据”以及该情况“完全属于例外”的性质。

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