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Apple will block users in Australia, Brazil, and Singapore from downloading apps rated 18 without age assurance and rolls out new age assurance tools for devs (Marcus Mendes/9to5Mac)
https://9to5mac.com/2026/02/24/apple-e

Apple expands App Store age assurance tools in several regions - 9to5Mac
As new App Store restrictions for 18+ apps take effect in select markets, Apple is rolling out new age assurance tools for developers.

Sources: in a draft funding agreement, the Trump administration seeks to limit editorial freedom safeguards for two US-funded overseas news outlets (Minho Kim/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/us/politics/trump-radio-free-europe.html

Trump Officials Seek to Break Editorial ‘Firewall’ at U.S.-Funded News Agencies
Two federally funded newsrooms received a draft funding agreement that could give President Trump’s appointees the power to veto their new hires for editors in chief and chief executives.

Von allen im Bundestag vertretenen Parteien verkörpert die AfD die Interessen des deutschen Staats am besten. Was sie tun ist weder originell, noch der bürgerlichen Demokratie fremd, und sie gewinnen nicht weil sie unfair spielen oder populistisch agieren, Mittel welche alle anderen Parteien leichter und mit weitaus größeren finanziellen Möglichkeiten ausnutzen könnten, sondern weil sie der reaktionäre Gegenpol zur sozialistischen Lösung der kapitalistischen Widersprüche sind. Ein Festhalten…

DRAFT agreements ready! Ukraine will NEVER be an obstacle to peace, says Zelenskyy #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/23/draft-agreements-ready-ukraine-will.html

Whoa, way to start my week, agreeing with Marge:
MTG defends protester shot by DHS and says people need to lose their ‘blinders’: ‘You are all being incited into civil war’ | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-alex-pretti-minneapolis-shooting-b2907292.html

The idea for the program started back in 2021,
as severe drought conditions enveloped agricultural powerhouse states across the country.
The $400 million, according to Montaño Greene, was set to be distributed through the Commodity Credit Corporation,
a financial institution used to implement specific agricultural programs established by the federal government.
By the close of 2024,
she said the Biden administration had entered final agreements with selected r…

Did the USDA just forget about $400M in drought aid for farmers?
More than a year later, not a dollar has been spent — and no one knows what happened to the money.

Disruptive CEO Alex Davis says Nvidia has agreed to buy assets from Groq for $20B in cash; leaked email: Jensen Huang says Nvidia is not acquiring Groq (David Faber/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/24/nvidia-buying-ai-chip-startup-g…

Exclusive: Nvidia buying AI chip startup Groq for about $20 billion in its largest acquisition on record
Nvidia is making its largest purchase ever, acquiring nine-year-old chip startup Groq for about $20 billion.

Uber agrees to acquire SpotHero for an undisclosed sum, to offer parking reservation for events and at venues and airports; SpotHero was last valued at $290M (Salvador Rodriguez/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/23/uber-acquiring-spothero.html

Uber acquiring parking app SpotHero as it moves beyond ride-hailing and food delivery
Uber said it plans to offer a parking reservation experience powered by SpotHero for events and at venues and airports.

Many AI founders now find it necessary to raise at valuations requiring absolute domination of the field; Brex, once valued at $12B, shows the downsides of this (Jason Lemkin/SaaStr)
https://www.saastr.com/brex-and-the-pros-and-cons-of-hubristic-fundraising/

Brex and The Pros and Cons of Hubristic Fundraising
Capital One just announced it’s acquiring Brex for $5.15 billion.  An incredible, top 0.1% “exit” in less than 10 years from a category creator that created massive wealth and opportunities. …

Sources: Nvidia's licensing deal with Groq, which has raised ~$1.8B, includes payouts to Groq's key execs and investors, including BlackRock and Tiger Global (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/nvidia-struck-20-billion-megadeal-gro…

Why Nvidia Struck a $20 Billion Megadeal with Groq
Nvidia stunned Silicon Valley on Wednesday by agreeing to pay about $20 billion to license technology from Groq, one of the best-funded startups trying to challenge Nvidia’s dominance in chips for powering AI applications, known as inference computing, according to a person involved in the deal. ...