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  • Experts warn AI is making your brain work less

    Experts warn AI is making your brain work less

    She tells the BBC: “We definitely don’t think students should be using ChatGPT to outsource work”.

    In her view, it’s best used as a tutor rather than just a provider of answers.

    The example she gives is of a student having a back and forth with ChatGPT using the study mode setting.

    You enter the question you’re having difficulty answering and the chatbot can break down its components and help you understand it.

    The example she gives is of a student doing an assignment late at night about a topic they don’t quite understand.

    “[If] you have an upcoming presentation to give and… it’s midnight, you’re not going to email your [university] tutor and ask for help,” she says.

    “I think the potential is truly there for ChatGPT to accelerate learning when it’s used in a targeted way.”

    But Prof Holmes insists that any student who uses AI tools should be aware of how its reasoning works and how the companies providing them handle data. He stresses that results should always be checked.

    “It is not just the latest iteration of the calculator,” he says, describing AI’s far-reaching capabilities and implications.

    “I never say to my students, you shouldn’t use AI… But what I do try to say is look, we need to understand all these different things about it so that you can make informed decisions.”

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  • Bacteria Resisting Viral Infection Can Still Sink Carbon to Ocean Floor

    Newswise — COLUMBUS, Ohio – Marine bacteria are key to determining whether carbon is recycled near the ocean surface or transported to deeper waters, but many operate in constant threat of being infected by…

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  • India’s strikes in May breached international law: UN experts

    India’s strikes in May breached international law: UN experts

    Say Delhi’s action threatens regional stability; call for peaceful resolution of Kashmir dispute

    People look at a part of an aircraft in Wuyan near Indian Illegally Occupied Kashmir’s main city of Srinagar on May 7, 2025. Photo: AFP/ File

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  • Live updates: Thousands of Epstein files released including photos of Clinton, Andrew and Michael Jackson

    Live updates: Thousands of Epstein files released including photos of Clinton, Andrew and Michael Jackson

    Trump hardly appears in justice department releasepublished at 00:07 GMT

    Anthony Zurcher
    North America correspondent

    As we sort through the trove of information released by the US justice department today, one high-profile person has…

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  • Australia all out for 349, set England 435 to win 3rd Ashes Test – France 24

    1. Australia all out for 349, set England 435 to win 3rd Ashes Test  France 24
    2. The Ashes 2025 LIVE: Australia vs England, Adelaide, third Test – cricket score, radio & highlights  BBC
    3. The Ashes Aus vs Eng Adelaide While Travis Head cruises,…

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  • Local filmmaker’s documentary on postcolonial division helps build community

    Local filmmaker’s documentary on postcolonial division helps build community

    Beena Sarwar / Sapan News Filmmaker and Tufts University student Zac Colah introducing ‘South Asia Bound: The Cost of National Identity’ at Cambridge Public Library Dec. 8.

    The Cambridge Public Library showcased a local filmmaker’s…

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  • Rubio says new governance bodies for Gaza will be in place soon, followed by international force

    Rubio says new governance bodies for Gaza will be in place soon, followed by international force

    U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio holds his end-of-year press conference at the State Department in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 19, 2025.
    | Photo Credit: Reuters

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  • Edison International Announces Expiration and Results of Tender Offers for Its 5.00% Fixed-Rate Reset Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series B and 5.375% Fixed-Rate Reset Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A | Edison International

    Investor Relations: Sam Ramraj, (626) 302-2540
    Media Relations: (626) 302-2255
    news@sce.com

    ROSEMEAD, Calif., Dec. 19, 2025 — Edison International (NYSE: EIX) today announced the expiration and results for its previously announced cash tender offers to purchase any and all of its outstanding 5.00% Fixed-Rate Reset Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series B (the “Series B Preferred Stock” and such offer, the “Series B Offer”) and 5.375% Fixed-Rate Reset Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A (the “Series A Preferred Stock” and, together with the Series B Preferred Stock, the “Securities” and such offer, the “Series A Offer” and, together with the Series B Offer, the “Offers” and each, an “Offer”), plus Accrued Dividends (as defined below).

    The Offers expired on December 19, 2025 at 5 p.m., New York City time (the “Expiration Date”). Based on the count by the depositary for the Offers, as of the Expiration Date, $415,517,000 aggregate liquidation preference of Series B Preferred Stock and $744,975,000 aggregate liquidation preference of Series A Preferred Stock have been validly tendered and not validly withdrawn. The Company has accepted for purchase all such Securities validly tendered and not validly withdrawn as of the Expiration Date.

    The consideration for the Securities tendered and accepted for purchase will equal $995 per $1,000 liquidation preference per share of Series B Preferred Stock pursuant to the Series B Offer and $1,000 per $1,000 liquidation preference per share of Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to the Series A Offer, plus Accrued Dividends. As used in connection with the Offers, “Accrued Dividends” means, for each $1,000 liquidation preference per share of Securities, accrued and unpaid dividends from the last dividend payment date with respect to such Security up to, but not including, the Settlement Date (as defined below) of the Offers, assuming for purposes of the Offers that a dividend for such Security had in fact been declared during such period. The date on which the Company will pay the aggregate purchase price for all validly tendered and not validly withdrawn Series B Preferred Stock and Series A Preferred Stock that are accepted for purchase is referred to as the “Settlement Date.

    Pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c)(2) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), the Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) an Issuer Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO, which contains additional information with respect to the Offers. The Schedule TO, including the exhibits and any amendments and supplements thereto, may be examined, and copies may be obtained, at the SEC’s website at sec.gov.

    Barclays Capital Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Mizuho Securities USA LLC and Santander US Capital Markets LLC are acting as dealer managers for the Offers. For additional information regarding the terms of the Offers, please contact: Barclays Capital Inc. at 800-438-3242 (toll-free) or 212-528-7581 (collect); J.P. Morgan Securities LLC at 866-834-4666 (toll-free) or 212-834-4818 (collect); Mizuho Securities USA LLC at 866-271-7403 (toll-free) or 212-205-7741 (collect); or Santander US Capital Markets LLC at 855-404-3636 (toll-free) or 212-350-0660 (collect). To confirm delivery of Securities, please contact Global Bondholder Services Corporation, which is acting as the tender agent and information agent for the Offers, at 855-654-2015 (toll-free) or 212-430-3774 (collect).

    About Edison International
    Edison International (NYSE: EIX) is one of the nation’s largest electric utility holding companies, focused on providing clean and reliable energy and energy services through its independent companies. Headquartered in Rosemead, Calif., Edison International is the parent company of Southern California Edison Company, a utility delivering electricity to approximately 15 million people across Southern, Central and Coastal California. Edison International is also the parent company of Trio (formerly Edison Energy), a portfolio of nonregulated competitive businesses providing integrated sustainability and energy advisory services to large commercial, industrial and institutional organizations in North America and Europe.

    Safe Harbor Statement for Investors
    Statements contained in this press release about expectations regarding the Offers, financings and other statements that do not directly relate to a historical or current fact are forward-looking statements. In this press release, the words “expects,” “will” and variations of such words and similar expressions, or discussions of strategy, plans or actions, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such statements reflect our current expectations; however, such statements necessarily involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially from current expectations. Other important factors are discussed in Edison International’s Form 10-K and other reports filed with the SEC, which are available on our website: edisoninvestor.com. Edison International has no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether due to new information, future events or otherwise.

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  • Rockets Land in Boca Raton!

    Rockets Land in Boca Raton!

    BOCA RATON, Fla. – After departing from Toledo Express Airport with wind chills in the single digits, the Toledo Rockets were greeted with temperatures in the mid-80’s when they landed in Florida on Friday, day one of their trip to the Bush’s…

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