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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MorningShow
Depeche Mode:
🎵 Never Let Me Down Again (Aggro mix)
#DepecheMode
https://borgie.bandcamp.com/album/depeche-mode-never-let-me-down-again-borgie-edits
https://open.spotify.com/track/3QqONU0GW4byIClquChyf0

South Korea's KT Corp. launches a sovereign cloud for Korean enterprises built on Azure, with encrypted in-memory computing and strict local data governance (Jie Ye-eun/The Korea Herald)
https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10614445

KT rolls out sovereign public cloud with Microsoft - The Korea Herald
KT Corp. on Wednesday announced the launch of its public cloud service, developed in partnership with Microsoft, in a strategic bid to bolster its foothold in K

»Why Shortened URLs Pose a Security Risk«
On Mastodon / Fediverse, shortening the URL is not necessary at all, because they are not marked in their full length. Apart from the shorter tracking, their data collection frenzy as well as their timing is also very inconvenient.
🚫 https://…

Why Shortened URLs Pose a Security Risk - Acer Corner
Shortened URLs are widely used in the digital world. They are small, concise links that replace long web addresses, making them easier to share across social media, emails, and text messages. Popular services like Bitly and TinyURL have become household names for this reason. Despite their convenience, shortened URLs also…

"[...] O conto é ficção científica, chama-se no original O Jogo dos Deuses, foi publicado no Em œrbita hš jš uma carrada de anos, em espanhol ficou, claro, El Juego de los Dioses, vem ilustrado com a imagem que veem ali em cima [...]"
#lampadamagica #ficçãoCientífica

E mais um continho em ingl... não, espera... em espanhol, agora é em espanhol
Para quem anda a escrever tão pouco (ha! pouco, diz ele, quando devia dizer nada), até tenho publicado bastante, e sempre fora de portas. De...

⚡️ Zelenskyy gave Putin TWO WEEKS to agree to a PEACE plan #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/11/zelenskyy-gave-putin-two-weeks.html

Following federal cuts to history-focused organizations, the president of the Canadian Historical Association, Colin Coates, sent this letter to Marc Miller, the Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture.
One thing might not be obvious: Coates's reference to Carney's recent Quebec City speech suggests Canadians' need for historical context right now. He doesn't agree with Carney's claims. In fact, most Canadian historians would dispute them.

House Democrats grilled the heads of ICE, CBP and USCIS at a hearing Tuesday
over their role in the Trump administration’s brutal campaign to carry out mass deportations.
“These three directors are responsible for what we are seeing around the country,
whether it’s in detention,
whether it’s in the streets
or even in the courts,”
says Illinois Congressmember Delia Ramirez,
who is calling for her fellow Democrats to suspend funding for the Department…

“De Facto Dictatorship”: Democrats Confront ICE, CBP Officials on Brutal Tactics
House Democrats grilled the heads of ICE, CBP and USCIS at a hearing Tuesday over their role in the Trump administration’s brutal campaign to carry out mass deportations. “These three directors are responsible for what we are seeing around the country, whether it’s in detention, whether it’s in the streets or even in the courts,” says Illinois Congressmember Delia Ramirez, who is calling for her fellow Democrats to suspend funding for the Department of Homeland Security unless Republi…

Bob Weir: 'Speaking with Rolling Stone, Mr. Weir said he hoped he would be remembered for bringing cultures together.
“I’m hoping that people of varying persuasions will find something they can agree on in the music that I’ve offered,” he said, “and find each other through it.”'
Truckin' on.

Payment infrastructure provider Rezolve Ai agrees to acquire UK-based cashback rewards company Reward for $230M (PYMNTS.com)
https://www.pymnts.com/acquisitions/2026/rezolve-ai-acquires-reward-to-bolster-ai-commerce-strategy/

Rezolve Ai Acquires Reward to Bolster AI Commerce Strategy | PYMNTS.com
Commerce and payments infrastructure provider Rezolve Ai has acquired U.K.-based cash-back rewards company Reward. The $230 million

Dutch payments group Mollie agrees to acquire London-based fintech GoCardless for €1.5B, set to close in 2026; GoCardless was last valued at $2.1B in early 2022 (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/7904647c-91ea-4e90-b496-5d249a7a5d91