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OK folks, give me a clue, what day is it? Friday, apparently, as I consider the A-League round, Saturday if you have a newspaper in front of you. Adelaide will have played the Western Sydney Wanderers and Perth will have hosted Macarthur last night and today there will be three fixtures for our consumption. Login or signup to continue reading The Jets, having had last weekend off, are in New Zealand taking on Wellington at 3pm our time, the Mariners host Auckland just down the freeway later in the afternoon, and Sydney FC host Melbourne Victory in the "highlight" fixture as the sun goes down. The improving Western United host a struggling Brisbane Roar on Sunday afternoon to complete the weekend fixtures, before several midweek fixtures on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day herald the arrival of January, midweek match month. The Jets have played the least number of games of any club, one less than most, two fewer than a small number, and have a bit of ground to make up after a difficult early-round schedule. I know without checking that in an early column I suggested their start - two home games before the turn of the year, three in the first 10 games and two byes in among that run - could make accumulating points early in the campaign difficult and leave the Jets chasing the pack. Unsurprisingly, that seems to be the case. I know that when I sit down to get an overview of the competition, I always find myself thinking, 'Geez, this is a crunch game for the Jets'. Certainly, accumulating a few more points would have eased those concerns, but so might have a couple of extra games, particularly home games by this juncture. Instead we introduce a little scoreboard pressure to an already difficult run of games. It's my job to point that out, it's the players job to ignore it as best they can. This weekend, for example, could conceivably leave the Jets quite glaringly adrift of the current top six. Wellington away is no easy game and it's not too hard to imagine they could leave empty-handed. On the same weekend it's not unreasonable to imagine that Macarthur could win in Perth and Western United win at home against the Roar. Fair assumption? If Melbourne City then gather a point (or more) at the Mariners on Tuesday evening, the three sides at the lower end of the top six will have 15 points or more, nine ahead of Newcastle with approximately a third of the season done. Consider then that Sydney FC, the Wanderers and Wellington are not in that top six but ahead of the Jets, and you begin to comprehend that the road is long. If that's not scoreboard pressure, I'm not sure what is. What I am sure of is that the Jets need some points soon, starting with some this afternoon in Wellington. Last season's surprise packet have struggled a little to maintain the same high standards and consistency to this point, and don't have the confidence and momentum that was a feature of last season's title challenge. Funnily enough, on the back of an excellent start to that campaign. They are, it seems, a little more vulnerable, and I'm sure the Jets will have a plan, and the mobility and freshness to challenge hard. They need to. Next week, back at home at McDonald Jones Stadium, they host Sydney FC. It won't be easy, in fact I'm sure I will rate it as "crucial". New Year, some things never change. But hey, let's hope for some excitement, success and progress. It's not out of reach. Happy New Year. DAILY Today's top stories curated by our news team. Also includes evening update. WEEKDAYS Grab a quick bite of today's latest news from around the region and the nation. WEEKLY The latest news, results & expert analysis. 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AS IT HAPPENS Be the first to know when news breaks. DAILY Your digital replica of Today's Paper. Ready to read from 5am! DAILY Test your skills with interactive crosswords, sudoku & trivia. Fresh daily!Cyber-espionage group ‘ Salt Typhoon ’ targeting ‘at least’ eight US telecom and telecom infrastructure firms, according to The Guardian . U.S. government agencies have held a classified briefing for the House of Representatives on Salt Typhoon. This was the largest intelligence compromise in US history and it sparked a call to all U.S. citizens to switch to encrypted communications. Providing insights on Salt Typhoon and how organizations can proactively defend against APTs for Digital Journal is Renuka Nadkarni, Chief Product Officer at Aryaka . Nadkarni explains why the recent incident carries potential concerns for businesses: “Events like Salt Typhoon underscore how enterprises and users remain susceptible to breaches due to dependencies on external infrastructure. As distributed applications increasingly rely on public clouds, SaaS, and global service providers for computing, storage, and networking, organizations face expanding attack surfaces outside of their control. Breaches become a matter of “when” not “if.” There are structural reasons why vulnerabilities occur, linked to organizational setup and culture. Here Nadkarni reasons: “Many organizations rely on fragmented solutions from various vendors, leading to a lack of integration and limited visibility across their infrastructure, making it challenging to detect hidden malware. There is a lack of visibility due to complex environments such as sprawling IT systems with numerous endpoints, servers, and cloud integrations, which makes monitoring harder. Many organizations don’t log enough data or retain it long enough to trace the full extent of the compromise.” As a solution, streamlining is key. 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By utilizing network segmentation and AI-driven automation, organizations can quickly detect, triage, and respond to APT activity.” Dr. Tim Sandle is Digital Journal's Editor-at-Large for science news.Tim specializes in science, technology, environmental, business, and health journalism. He is additionally a practising microbiologist; and an author. He is also interested in history, politics and current affairs.

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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Honey, they shrunk the catalogs. While retailers hope to go big this holiday season , customers may notice that the printed gift guides arriving in their mailboxes are smaller. Many of the millions of catalogs getting sent to U.S. homes were indeed scaled down to save on postage and paper, resulting in pint-sized editions. Lands’ End, Duluth Trading Company and Hammacher Schlemmer are among gift purveyors using smaller editions. Some retailers are saving even more money with postcards. Lisa Ayoob, a tech-savvy, online shopper in Portland, Maine, was surprised by the size of a recent catalog she received from outdoor apparel company Carbon2Cobalt. “It almost felt like it was a pamphlet compared to a catalog,” she said. Catalogs have undergone a steady recalibration over the years in response to technological changes and consumer behavior. The thick, heavy Sears and J.C. Penney catalogs that brought store displays to American living rooms slimmed down and gave way to targeted mailings once websites could do the same thing. Recent postal rate increases accelerated the latest shift to compact formats. The number of catalogs mailed each year dropped about 40% between 2006 to 2018, when an estimated 11.5 billion were mailed to homes, according to the trade group formerly known as the American Catalog Mailers Association. In a sign of the times, the group based in Washington rebranded itself in May as the American Commerce Marketing Association, reflecting a broadened focus. But don't expect catalogs to go the way of dinosaurs yet. Defying predictions of doom, they have managed to remain relevant in the e-commerce era. Retail companies found that could treat catalogs with fewer pages as a marketing tool and include QR and promo codes to entice customers to browse online and complete a purchase. Despite no longer carrying an extended inventory of goods, catalogs are costly to produce and ship. But they hold their own in value because of growing digital advertising costs, helping retailers cut through the noise for consumers barraged by multi-format advertisements, industry officials say. In an unlikely twist, notable e-commerce companies like Amazon and home goods supplier Wayfair started distributing catalogs in recent years. Amazon began mailing a toy catalog in 2018. That was the same year Sears, which produced an annual Christmas Wish Book Wish starting in 1933, filed for bankruptc y. Fans of printed information may rejoice to hear that apparel retailer J.Crew relaunched its glossy catalog this year. Research shows that the hands-on experience of thumbing through a catalog leaves a greater impression on consumers, said Jonathan Zhang, a professor of marketing at Colorado State University. “The reason why these paper formats are so effective is that our human brains haven’t evolved as fast as technology and computers over the past 10 to 20 years. We retain more information when we read something on paper. That's why paper books remain relevant," Zhang said. “The psychology shows that three-dimensional, tactile experiences are more memorable.” Pint-sized presentations still can work, though, because the purpose of catalogs these days is simply to get customers’ attention, Zhang said. Conserving paper also works better with younger consumers who are worried about the holiday shopping season's impact on the planet, he said. Postal increases are hastening changes. The latest round of postage hikes in July included the category with the 8.5-by-11-inch size that used to be ubiquitous for the catalog industry. Many retailers responded by reducing the size of catalogs, putting them in a lower-cost letter category, said Paul Miller, executive vice president and managing director of the American Commerce Marketing Association. One size, called a “slim jim,” measures 10.5 by 5.5 inches. But there other sizes. Some retailers have further reduced costs by mailing large postcards to consumers. Lands' End, for one, is testing new compact formats to supplement its traditional catalogs. This year, that included folded glossy brochures and postcards, along with other formats, Chief Transformation Officer Angie Rieger said. Maine resident Ayoob said she understands why retailers still use catalogs even though she no longer is a fan of the format. These days, she prefers to browse for products on the internet, not by flipping through paper pages. “Everybody wants eyeballs. There’s so much out there -- so many websites, so many brands,” said Ayoob, who spent 35 years working in department stores and in the wholesale industry. Targeting customers at home is not a new concept. L.L. Bean was a pioneer of the mail-order catalog after its founder promoted his famous “Maine Hunting Shoe” to hunting license holders from out-of-state in 1912. The outdoor clothing and equipment company based in Freeport, Maine, is sticking to mailing out regular-sized catalogs for now. “By showcasing our icons, the catalog became an icon itself,” L.L. Bean spokesperson Amanda Hannah said. "Even as we invest more in our digital and brand marketing channels, the catalog retains a strong association with our brand, and is therefore an important part of our omni-channel strategy, especially for our loyal customers.”SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has been banned from leaving the country over a failed attempt at imposing martial law, a justice ministry official said on Monday, amid growing calls for him to step down and a deepening leadership crisis. Yoon has apologised for the botched attempt and said he was leaving his political and legal fate to his ruling People Power Party (PPP) but has not resigned. He has become a subject of criminal investigation, according to local media reports. On Monday, the defense ministry said Yoon was still legally commander in chief, but growing dissent among senior military officers against the president has thrown into question his grip on power. Oh Dong-woon, the head of the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials, said he had barred Yoon from foreign travel, when asked at a parliament hearing what actions have been taken against the president. A justice ministry official, Bae Sang-up, told the committee the travel ban order had been executed. The panel was established in 2021 to investigate high-ranking officials including the president and their family members but it does not have authority to prosecute the president. Instead it is by law required to refer the matter to the prosecutors' office. While Yoon survived an impeachment vote in parliament on Saturday, his party's decision to delegate presidential authority to the prime minister has plunged the key U.S. ally into a constitutional crisis. Yoon has refused calls, including some from within his own ruling party, to resign, but his future looked more uncertain over the weekend when Yonhap news agency reported he was under criminal investigation for alleged treason. Prosecutors on Sunday arrested ex-defence minister Kim Yong-hyun over his alleged role in the declaration of martial law on Dec. 3, Yonhap reported. Yoon gave the military sweeping emergency powers on Dec. 3 to root out what he called "anti-state forces" and obstructionist political opponents. He rescinded the order six hours later, after parliament voted against the decree. Amid the backlash, multiple military officials, including the acting defence minister, have said they would not follow any new order to impose martial law again. The main opposition Democratic Party (DP) has called for Yoon to be stripped of his authority over the military. The DP has also demanded the arrest of Yoon and any military officials implicated in the martial law fiasco. The head of a task force established by Yoon's partyto handle his eventual and "orderly" resignation, Lee Yang-soo, said the team would consider all options and timing for the president's early departure "without any limitations". On Sunday, PPP leader Han Dong-hoon said the president would be excluded from foreign and other state affairs, and Prime Minister Han Duck-soo would manage government affairs. That proposal has drawn criticism from the opposition, which says it is unconstitutional. It says Yoon must be impeached or resign and face legal prosecution, and plans to table another impeachment bill on Saturday. Chang Young-soo, professor at the School of Law at Korea University, said the president was able to delegate authority to the prime minister, especially his control of the military, but there is debate on whether the prime minister has authority to act as head of state on diplomatic matters. "Also, unlike a U.S. vice president, a South Korean prime minister is not elected, which means democratic legitimacy is weak. So it will also be an issue how long this system can go on," he said. MILITARY BACKLASH Opposition leader Lee Jae-myung said on Monday the political crisis threatened to cause irreversible harm to Asia's fourth-largest economy, a major global supplier of memory chips. South Korea's finance ministry and regulators said they would make all-out efforts to stabilise financial markets by deploying contingency plans and boosting liquidity by end-December. In the latest sign of dissent within military ranks, the commander of South Korea's special forces said he was ordered to send his troops into parliament last week to stop a vote to reject martial law. Colonel Kim Hyun-tae, the commanding officer of the 707th Special Missions Group, said he took responsibility for his troops' actions but he was acting under orders from then defence minister Kim Yong-hyun. "We were all victims who were used by the former defence minister," he told reporters outside the defence ministry. He said he had not told the military about his plan to speak to the media out of fear he might be stopped. Yoon's decision to declare emergency rule stirred protests on the streets and raised alarm among Seoul's allies. U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin scrapped plans to travel to South Korea and Secretary of State Antony Blinken called his South Korean counterpart, saying he expected the democratic process to prevail. The United States has 28,500 troops stationed in South Korea, a legacy of the 1950-1953 Korean War. The turmoil in Seoul comes at an important geopolitical moment in the region, with North Korea reportedly sending troops to help Russia's war against Ukraine amid growing military ties between Moscow and Pyongyang. South Korean foreign minister Cho Tae-yul told ministry officials: "We must also be unremitting in our efforts to restore the trust of our partners and once again measure up to the expectations of the international community towards Korea." — ReutersKinkead Dent and diverse ground game powers UT Martin past New Hampshire, 41-10 in FCS 1st round

A 7-year-old rivalry between tech leaders Elon Musk and Sam Altman over who should run OpenAI and prevent an artificial intelligence "dictatorship" is now heading to a federal judge as Musk seeks to halt the ChatGPT maker's ongoing shift into a for-profit company. Musk, an early OpenAI investor and board member, sued the artificial intelligence company earlier this year alleging it had betrayed its founding aims as a nonprofit research lab benefiting the public good rather than pursuing profits. Musk has since escalated the dispute, adding new claims and asking for a court order that would stop OpenAI’s plans to convert itself into a for-profit business more fully. The world's richest man, whose companies include Tesla, SpaceX and social media platform X, last year started his own rival AI company, xAI. Musk says it faces unfair competition from OpenAI and its close business partner Microsoft, which has supplied the huge computing resources needed to build AI systems such as ChatGPT. “OpenAI and Microsoft together exploiting Musk’s donations so they can build a for-profit monopoly, one now specifically targeting xAI, is just too much,” says Musk's filing that alleges the companies are violating the terms of Musk’s foundational contributions to the charity. OpenAI filed a response Friday opposing Musk’s requested order, saying it would “debilitate OpenAI’s business” and mission to the advantage of Musk and his own AI company and is based on “far-fetched” legal claims. A hearing is set for January before U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oakland, California. At the heart of the dispute is a 2017 internal power struggle at the fledgling startup that led to Altman becoming OpenAI's CEO. Musk also sought to be CEO and in an email outlined a plan where he would “unequivocally have initial control of the company” but said that would be temporary. He grew frustrated after two other OpenAI co-founders said he would hold too much power as a major shareholder and chief executive if the startup succeeded in its goal to achieve better-than-human AI known as artificial general intelligence , or AGI. Musk has long voiced concerns about how advanced forms of AI could threaten humanity. “The current structure provides you with a path where you end up with unilateral absolute control over the AGI," said a 2017 email to Musk from co-founders Ilya Sutskever and Greg Brockman. “You stated that you don't want to control the final AGI, but during this negotiation, you've shown to us that absolute control is extremely important to you.” In the same email, titled “Honest Thoughts,” Sutskever and Brockman also voiced concerns about Altman's desire to be CEO and whether he was motivated by “political goals.” Altman eventually succeeded in becoming CEO, and has remained so except for a period last year when he was fired and then reinstated days later after the board that ousted him was replaced. OpenAI published the messages Friday in a blog post meant to show its side of the story, particularly Musk's early support for the idea of making OpenAI a for-profit business so it could raise money for the hardware and computer power that AI needs. It was Musk, through his wealth manager Jared Birchall, who first registered “Open Artificial Intelligence Technologies, Inc.,” a public benefit corporation, in September 2017. Then came the “Honest Thoughts” email that Musk described as the “final straw.” “Either go do something on your own or continue with OpenAI as a nonprofit,” Musk wrote back. OpenAI said Musk later proposed merging the startup into Tesla before resigning as the co-chair of OpenAI's board in early 2018. Musk didn't respond to emailed requests for comment sent to his companies Friday. Asked about his frayed relationship with Musk at a New York Times conference last week, Altman said he felt “tremendously sad” but also characterized Musk’s legal fight as one about business competition. “He’s a competitor and we’re doing well,” Altman said. He also said at the conference that he is “not that worried” about the Tesla CEO’s influence with President-elect Donald Trump. OpenAI said Friday that Altman plans to make a $1 million personal donation to Trump’s inauguration fund, joining a number of tech companies and executives who are working to improve their relationships with the incoming administration. —————————— The Associated Press and OpenAI have a licensing and technology agreement allowing OpenAI access to part of the AP’s text archives. This story has been updated to correct the name of the company registered in 2017. 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OpenAI vs. Elon Musk: The Legal Battle Over AI ProfitsCBC is restoring its live New Year’s Eve celebration. A year after the national broadcaster cancelled the 2024 countdown due to “financial pressures,” it says the special event is back on the TV schedule to mark the dawn of 2025. Festivities begin Dec. 31 with the one-hour “22 Minutes New Year’s Eve Pregame Special,” a satirical reflection on the events of 2024 with the cast of the political comedy series “This Hour Has 22 Minutes.” It will be followed by “Canada Live! Countdown 2025,” a special hosted by news anchor Adrienne Arsenault and singer Jann Arden broadcasting live from Toronto’s Harbourfront Centre, and anchor Ian Hanomansing and comedian Ali Hassan at Vancouver’s VanDusen Botanical Garden. A representative for the CBC says the coast-to-coast show will feature reporters at more than a dozen community events across the country while a countdown to the new year will take place in each of the six time zones. Throughout the seven-and-a-half-hour program, “many Canadian celebrity guests” will appear in live and pre-taped messages. “Canada Live! Countdown 2025” begins at 8 p.m. ET on CBC News Network and CBC Gem with CBC-TV and CBC Radio picking up the feed at 9 p.m. in local markets. Last year, the CBC replaced its live New Year’s Eve programming with a taped Just For Laughs special hosted by comedian Mae Martin. That left Canadians without a homegrown countdown on any of the major networks, which sparked blowback on social media from some viewers. The CBC began its annual specials in 2017 to mark Canada’s sesquicentennial year. Some of the more recent broadcasts were hosted by comedian Rick Mercer and featured fireworks and musical performances in key cities. But when CBC paused those plans last year, it said the show had become “increasingly expensive to produce.” The decision to sideline the program was made shortly after members of Parliament summoned outgoing CBC president Catherine Tait to testify about job cuts and her refusal to rule out bonuses for CBC executives.

Canada not a significant source of fentanyl flowing into U.S., CBSA saysDonations for the legal defense of Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old charged with the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, topped $55,000 Thursday, amid a wave of online support for the suspect that’s shown no signs of cresting. Started on the , the fundraiser was created by a group calling itself “The December 4th Legal Committee,” an apparent reference to the day that Thompson was gunned down in Midtown Manhattan. “We are not here to celebrate violence, but we do believe in the constitutional right of fair legal representation,” text on the site reads. The campaign has a goal of raising $200,000, and as of Thursday afternoon it had brought in over $56,000. Judging from the flood of comments praising Mangione that have been left on social media sites, his emergence as a folk hero boils down to two main factors: anger at the American health care system and Mangione’s good looks. “Luigi’s actions represent a fierce rejection of a system that profits massively yet doesn’t care about the American people,” an anonymous donor wrote on the crowdfunding site. “Our deaths, our pain, our cries for help are constantly silenced and ignored, as we work multiple jobs just to afford to live. This isn’t about political parties. It’s about CLASS CONSCIOUSNESS. FREE LUIGI.” "Admiration for the brave and revolutionary Luigi Mangione, who dared to challenge the healthcare system's injustices and became a voice for the oppressed,” a person identifying themselves as Emiliano GC wrote. Another message left accompanying a $6 donation by a person who did not leave their real name stated, “Thank you for being brave. Someone had to give the wake up call. Health care should be free and fair, not a financial trap designed to make us sick with stress! Free Luigi! Free universal healthcare for all!” After New York police circulated a photo of Mangione smiling with his mask lowered, and other photos were circulated of him hiking shirtless in Hawaii, social media was flooded with messages left by users Some donors to Mangione’s legal defense fund have also identified with the pain he suffered to do a back condition known as . “As a fellow sufferer of Spondylolisthesis who also has United Healthcare insurance, I empathize with what you've gone through that brought you to your current situation,” an anonymous donor who left $20 wrote. “I've been denied surgery for almost 2 years. I even had to pay out of pocket for my diagnostic MRI because they said it wasn't ‘necessary’. Thank you for your courage and sacrifice, which has brought these atrocities to light.” Mangione reportedly aggravated his back condition when he went surfing in Hawaii in 2022, and underwent surgery in early 2023. Initially, he described in a thread on Reddit how the surgery had left him pain free, but by May of that year, he complained that most doctors were “basically worthless” in a now deleted post on X. On Thursday, however, NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said that Mangione . “We have no indication that he was ever a client of United Healthcare, but he does make mention that it is the fifth largest corporation in America, which would make it the largest healthcare organization in America. So that’s possibly why he targeted that company,” Kenny said in an interview with NBC New York. On Tuesday, Mangione’s lawyer Thomas Dickey said that he offering to help pay him for defending his client but that he was not inclined to accept them. “To be honest with you, I probably wouldn’t,” Dickey told . “I just don't feel comfortable about that. So, I don't know. I haven't given that much thought.” While Mangione comes from a wealthy Maryland family, it is unclear whether they will step forward to pay his legal bills. On the crowdfunding site, the organizers say they will redirect the money raised for Mangione’s defense if he refuses it. “All proceeds will be sent directly to Luigi or, if he chooses to reject the funds, they will instead be donated to legal funds for other U.S. political prisoners,” the website states without specifying who those other recipients might be.Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More This year's show should be big again. Last year's attendance reached 138,789, according to an audited report by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), the group that puts on the show. Last year at CES 2024, I recorded around 80 press events, interviews, and sessions. I walked 46.78 miles, or 105,407 steps, over six days. My feet hurt and my back were sore. There were more than 4,300 exhibitors and 2.4 million square feet of exhibit space to crawl. And the Goodyear blimp was there. I've been attending the Consumer Electronics Show since the 1990s when then-Microsoft CEO Bill Gates gave the opening keynote speeches every year. This time, the biggest speech will come from Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, the graphics chip maker that has become the king of AI hardware with a market value of $3.42 trillion — the most valuable company in the world. He will give a talk at 6:30 p.m. Pacific time at the Michelob Arena at the Mandalay Bay on January 6. Most attendees arrive at the show on January 7 and stay through January 10, when the expos are open. But the press — a few thousand of us — start arriving on January 5 for the afternoon previews and CES Unveiled (press only, in Mandalay Bay), where award-winning exhibitors show their wares at tables. "The CES is an amazing, powerful tech event. I was looking back at what you had written last year about it, before and after," said Gary Shapiro, CEO of the Consumer Technology Association, in an interview with GamesBeat. "A lot of people go with a very full agenda, but we always say you have to have time for serendipity and discovery. We have a new look, a new feel. We focused the campaign on "Dive in." We're inviting attendees to do three things: connect, solve, and discover." He said the average attendee has about 29 meetings during the show, as face-to-face business is still important. About... Dean Takahashi