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Sequoia, a16z, and other VC firms invested $1.2B into police and public safety tech startups over the past year, following the success of Palantir and others (Abram Brown/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/a

Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Add to $1.2 Billion Funding Boom for Police Tech Startups
Over the past year, Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital and many of Silicon Valley’s other top venture capital firms have funneled at least $1.2 billion in funding to startups selling technology to city police departments and local public safety agencies. Those companies illustrate the technology industry’s growing enthusiasm for making software and hardware for the government and law

China carbon emissions 'flat or falling' in 2025: analysis #China

China carbon emissions 'flat or falling' in 2025: analysis
China's emissions of planet-warming carbon dioxide were "flat or falling" in 2025, analysis showed Thursday, but progress remains fragile and it is not yet clear that emissions have peaked.

Just email someone. I always like it when people email me about some weird blog post or project I’ve done.
https://goodinternetmagazine.com/why-i-email-complete-strangers/

Why I email complete strangers
The first time I emailed a stranger, I swear my cursor hovered over Send for a full five minutes. I had plenty of justifiable reasons to remain hesitant. Not wanting to take up their time, feeling bothersome, worried my question was a silly one... A hundred disparate excuses leading back

GeoStruXer and Bentley used AI with satellite data to cut materials and embodied carbon in a Saudi grain warehouse retrofit—no performance lost.
Regeneration International launched training and standards to help farmers adopt regenerative practices at scale.
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Filings: WBD projects CNN will generate $1.8B in revenue and $600M in adjusted EBITDA for FY 2026; docs show CNN had revenue of $2.2B in 2021 and $1.8B in 2023 (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business

CNN’s Financial Projections Revealed: News Giant to Hit $1.8 Billion in 2026 Revenue
Warner Bros. Discovery is revealing financial details in connection with its planned spinout of Discovery Global.

Roblox, Reddit and Discord users compelled to use biometric ID system backed by Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel
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Roblox, Reddit and Discord users compelled to use biometric ID system backed by Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel
Following global pushes for age assurance by governments, Persona is increasingly being used by major online platforms to carry out biometric age checks.

Ankar, which develops LLM-powered AI tools to streamline the process of drafting patent applications for patent attorneys, raised a $20M Series A led by Atomico (Jeremy Kahn/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2025/12/17/exclusi

Exclusive: Palantir alums using AI to streamline patent filing secure $20 million in Series A venture funding
Palantir alumni Tamar Gomez and Wiem Gharbi founded Ankar which counts L'Oreal and Vorys among early customers

This week: Scatec locked in a 25-year deal for Africa's largest solar-plus-storage project in Egypt. Vattenfall greenlighted Germany's largest 1.6 GW offshore wind cluster. Brooklyn is building a 9.46 MWh battery-backed EV charging depot.
Real progress, happening now.
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Very Veggie Burritos Or Enchiladas #plantbased

Very Veggie Burritos Or Enchiladas
This very veggie burritos or enchiladas recipe offers two easy ways to serve the same hearty beans, veg, and salad-based filling