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  In the past two decades, high-income countries have seen a significant decline in both social connections and reading. The Financial Times' John Burn-Murdoch argues that modern digital technologies are likely contributors to this trend, but there is disagreement on the exact reasons behind it. One commonly told story suggests that rising prices of out-of-home activities, such as bars and restaurants, have led people to spend more time at home, leading to a decrease in social interactions.

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• SIA pilots could not avoid turbulence on 2025 flight that led to crew member fracturing ankle: Report

  A Singapore Airlines flight from Manila encountered turbulence on November 14, 2025, resulting in one cabin crew member fracturing an ankle and four others suffering minor injuries. The incident occurred when the plane, an Airbus A350-900 jet, was cruising at 40,000 feet, about two hours into a flight estimated to take about two hours and 55 minutes. The pilots were alerted by their weather radars to storm clouds about 80 nautical miles ahead, but they decided to continue with their planned route because they were…

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• Hybrid Reasoning Agents: 35–55% fewer tokens and up to 2.6× faster inference

  ### Briefing Hybrid Reasoning Agents (HybridAgents) are designed to bridge the gap between modern language models (LLMs) that rely on text for reasoning and interaction, and latent reasoning methods that offer efficiency but lack native tool access and transparency. By dynamically navigating between text-based and latent modes, HybridAgents preserve agentic capabilities while making latent thoughts directly inspectable. This architecture is further enhanced with dedicated post-training algorithms for hybrid reaso…

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