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Netflix acquires avatar creation platform Ready Player Me to let its subscribers carry their personas and fandoms across games; the startup raised $72M (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/19/netflix-acquires-gaming-avatar-maker-read…

Netflix acquires gaming avatar maker Ready Player Me | TechCrunch
The gaming startup will allow Netflix subscribers to create avatars that can extend across gaming titles.

Netflix acquires avatar creation platform Ready Player Me to let its subscribers carry their personas and fandoms across games; the startup raised $72M (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/19/netflix-acquires-gaming-avatar-maker-read…

Netflix acquires gaming avatar maker Ready Player Me | TechCrunch
The gaming startup will allow Netflix subscribers to create avatars that can extend across gaming titles.

Russian attacks kill 5, injure 30 across Ukraine as Moscow again targets energy infrastructure: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/18/russian-attacks-kill-injure-across.html

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Between 2008 and 2024, 97 Public Libraries Across Scotland Permanently Closed
The vital contribution public libraries make to our communities has been highlighted in a survey of  2,000 library users and 300 librarians across Scotland. Many libraries are either being closed, …

NJ Diocese Agrees To $180 Million Abuse Settlement - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2026/02/nj-diocese-agrees-to-180-million-abuse-settlement/

Fachkräftemangel: Warum in der KI-Branche gerade Elektriker und Klempner fehlen
In den USA ist der Bau zahlreicher Rechenzentren geplant. Ausgerechnet der Mangel an gut ausgebildeten Handwerkern könnte allerdings zu Verzögerungen führen.

EU agrees to €90 billion loan for Ukraine, without frozen Russian assets (France 24)
https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20251219-eu-agrees-to-€90-billion-loan-for-ukraine-without-frozen-russian-assets
http://www.memeorandum.com/251219/p11#a251219p11

Comics platform GlobalComix raised $13M, following a $6.5M raise in 2023, and acquires digital manga platform INKR, adding 200K volumes of Asian comics (Rob Salkowitz/Forbes)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/robsalkowitz/

GlobalComix Closes $13M Round, Acquires INKR And Names Henrik Rydberg New CEO
The digital platform gets an infusion of cash, technology and new leadership to compete in the multibillion dollar digital comics market.

Students Across the U.S. Are Protesting ICE. Texas Wants To Punish Their Schools. | Portside
https://portside.org/2026-02-18/students-across-us-are-protesting-ice-texas-wants-punish-their-schools