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Baseball star Shohei Ohtani earns a new, unique, $700M contract: Shohei Ohtani’s new contract spans 10 years and is worth a staggering 700 million dollars.
Sports

A former electronics engineer highlights heat pump systems as environmentally-friendly home heating technology to fight winter cold: As the winter cold intensifies, Dr. Kim, a former research engineer from Samsung Electronics Co., one of the world’s leading home appliance manufacturers, advocates for heat pump systems with significantly-reduced amount of carbon production as an alternative source of home heating technology to more traditional heating devices like fossil fuel boilers.
Science & Technology

Chinese hackers breached US Treasury Department computer systems: The United States Treasury Department notified lawmakers on December 30 regarding a breach of its Treasury computer systems by China state-sponsored hackers earlier this month in what the officials have labeled a “major incident.”
People & Events

Baseball star Shohei Ohtani earns a new, unique, $700M contract: Shohei Ohtani’s new contract spans 10 years and is worth a staggering 700 million dollars.

A former electronics engineer highlights heat pump systems as environmentally-friendly home heating technology to fight winter cold: As the winter cold intensifies, Dr. Kim, a former research engineer from Samsung Electronics Co., one of the world’s leading home appliance manufacturers, advocates for heat pump systems with significantly-reduced amount of carbon production as an alternative source of home heating technology to more traditional heating devices like fossil fuel boilers.

Chinese hackers breached US Treasury Department computer systems: The United States Treasury Department notified lawmakers on December 30 regarding a breach of its Treasury computer systems by China state-sponsored hackers earlier this month in what the officials have labeled a “major incident.”

Drones redefine warfare with persistent and expanding precision strikes in Ukraine conflict: The recent surge in drone attacks during the Ukraine conflict underscores their growing significance in modern warfare.

Record-Breaking holiday travel expected to close out 2024: This December 2024, almost 119 million people are projected to travel for vacation in the US, previously surpassing the record back in 2019 pre pandemic.

Non-face-to-face prescriptions of obesity medication Wegovy are banned: The South Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare has announced the complete ban of non-face-to-face prescriptions for the obesity medication Wegovy, effective December 16, following a two-week guidance period that began December 2.

Jimmy Carter, 39th U.S. President and Nobel Peace Laureate, passes away at 100: Former United States President Jimmy Carter, whose post-presidential legacy of humanitarian work earned him a Nobel Peace Prize, passed away on December 29th, 2024, in his hometown Plains, Georgia.

Avian flu hits Louisiana as California declares emergency: The United States recorded its first human death from highly pathogenic avian influenza (HN51) when a Louisiana resident over the age of 65 succumbed to the virus in January 2025.

National public data breach exposes personal information of 270 million people: In what could be one of the largest data breaches in U.S. history, National Public Data failed to detect unauthorized access to approximately 270 million Americans’ personal information for more than eight months, according to a class action lawsuit filed in August 2024.

The killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO exposes nationwide frustration with the US insurance industry: The killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has ignited nationwide discussions concerning the corruption within the US medical insurance industry.