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New York Times

U.S. Trade Deficit Surged in 2022
ChatGPT, A.I.-Powered Chatbot, Faces Rivals From Google and Baidu
Serial Rapist David Carrick, a Former U.K. Police Officer, Is Sentenced to Life
China Tries to Play Down Balloon Dispute With Censorship and Memes
Searching for Survivors
The Deadly Earthquake in Turkey and Syria

CBC Canada

Google notifying Canadian employees affected by global layoff of 12,000 workers (Tara Deschamps)
Study reveals serious cancer research gaps for Black Canadians (Avanthika Anand)
Family looking for answers after suicide at Laval, Que., immigration holding centre (Elias Abboud)
Players seek transparency from Curling Canada after pregnancy exemption uproar (Gregory Strong)
Toronto dentist broke rules, had sex with patient, fathered child but still practising: regulator (David Common)
Water restrictions lifted on Sunshine Coast as disastrous drought sidestepped (The Canadian Press)

arstechnica.com

Here’s why Europe is abandoning plans to fly aboard China’s space station
James Cameron did the experiment: Titanic’s Jack probably wouldn’t have survived
New battery seems to offer it all: lithium-metal/lithium-air electrodes
US woman has walked around with untreated TB for over a year, now faces jail
Getty sues Stability AI for copying 12M photos and imitating famous watermark
Dealmaster: Best Super Bowl deals for 4K, OLED, and QLED TVs

CBC Ottawa

Study finds electric vehicles lose up to 30% range when temperatures dip below freezing (CBC News)
Flood pushes more than 40 people from affordable-housing complex (Joseph Tunney)
Thieves nab safe, $500K in valuables in surgical heist (Stu Mills)
New study reveals serious gaps in research on cancer among Black Canadians (Avanthika Anand)
Kowloon Market to open second location in Kanata
'Dramatic increase' in drivers with expired licences, police say (Kimberley Molina)

CBC Top Stories

U.K. police officer jailed at least 30 years after admitting to dozens of rapes (The Associated Press)
Opposition parties demand answers as Liberals say little about Chinese balloon (Lee Berthiaume)
78-year-old Harry Styles fan steals the show at the Grammys | The Moment
Syria is devastated. The civil war will make it hard to help people hit by the earthquake
Multiple private LTC homes on P.E.I. failing to meet standards (Sheehan Desjardins)
Supreme Court of Canada hears appeal on Yukon First Nation's residency requirement (CBC News)

Slashdot.org

China's Top Android Phones Collect Way More Info (slashdot)
SoftBank Virtually Halts New Funding as It Contends With Persistent Losses (slashdot)
'Britcoin' Digital Currency Could Be In Use By End of Decade (slashdot)
An AI Company Using Stolen Code Is Trying To Silence the Person Who Found Out (slashdot)
China's Baidu Reveals Plans To Launch ChatGPT-Style 'Ernie Bot' (slashdot)
Single-Use Plastic Production Rose Between 2019 and 2021 Despite Pledges (slashdot)

Engadget.com

OnePlus 11 review: A back-to-basics flagship phone
The next Nintendo Direct will take place on February 8th
Meta reportedly plans to open Horizon Worlds to younger teens as soon as March
Amazon sale takes up to 53 percent off Echo Show smart displays
The Morning After: Google's ChatGPT rival is called Bard
WhatsApp statuses get a big overhaul with voice, emoji reactions and more