Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia, and Billy Wagner voted into 2025 class of the National Baseball Hall of Fame; Suzuki becomes first Japanese-born player elected to Hall of Fame (More) | Novak Djokovic tops Carlos Alcaraz to reach Australian Open men’s semifinals (More)
> Jules Feiffer, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, screenwriter, and cartoonist, dies at age 95 (More) | Garth Hudson, Rock & Roll Hall of Famer and last surviving member of The Band, dies at age 87 (More)
> Comedian Trevor Noah tapped to host Grammy Awards (Feb. 2) for a fifth consecutive time (More) | Netflix adds record-breaking 19 million subscribers in Q4; platform raises prices for ad-support tier to $7.99, standard tier to $17.99, and premium tier to $24.99 (More)
Science & Technology
> Chinese AI lab DeepSeek releases large language model it says rivals OpenAI's o1 model in reasoning and performance; model released under MIT license, allowing commercial use (More)
> Engineers develop desalination technology to create safe drinking water from salt water at a 15% reduction in cost from current approaches (More)
> Transplant of fibers from the soles of patients' feet makes areas like the thighs more resistant to rashes and wounds; technique may eliminate contact damage for people with prosthetics (More)
Business & Markets
> US stock markets close higher (S&P 500 +0.9%, Dow +1.3%, Nasdaq +0.6%) as investors digest President Donald Trump's first policy moves (More) | Reddit shares rise over 7% to record high after analysts reiterate "strong buy" rating (More)
> Trump announces $500B in infrastructure investments for artificial intelligence through new partnership formed by OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank (More)
> Smithfield Foods—largest US pork producer—sets initial public offering terms, targeting up to $10.7B valuation; expects to raise up to $940M in biggest food company listing in the US since oat milk maker Oatly raised $1.4B in 2021 (More)
Politics & World Affairs
> Israeli military chief to resign in March, citing failure to prevent Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack (More) | Israeli forces launch operation in West Bank city of Jenin (More) | Taliban frees two Americans held in Afghanistan in prisoner swap (More)
> At least 76 people killed, 51 injured in ski resort fire in northwestern Turkey; hotel owner and eight others arrested as authorities investigate cause of blaze (More)
> New fires break out in San Diego area, including Lilac Fire, which has burned 85 acres and is 50% contained as of this writing (More) | Palisades Fire and Eaton Fire in Los Angeles are so far 65% and 89% contained, respectively (More, w/map)
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