2025-12-17 17:15:13
Etwas mehr der heute besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Deutsche Bank springt auf Wero-Zug auf
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Etwas mehr der heute besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Deutsche Bank springt auf Wero-Zug auf
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@… I’ve heard of these!
Westerners will literally steal from refugees rather than go to therapy.
#UK
Ukraine and Russia agree to IAEA-brokered ceasefire at Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/17/ukraine-and-russia-agree-to.html
Google unveils Gemini 3 Flash that it says offers Pro-level performance with lower latency, higher efficiency, and reduced costs compared to 2.5 Pro (Abner Li/9to5Google)
https://9to5google.com/2025/12/17/gemini-3-flash-launch/
Trump defends Tucker Carlson after his podcast interview with white nationalist Nick Fuentes, saying Carlson has the freedom to choose his interviewees (Avery Lotz/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/11/17/trump-tucker-carlson-nick-fuentes-interview
„EU makes it even easier for Chinese EV companies to dominate the European car market“ There, fixed it for you.
EU Moves To Ease 2035 Ban On Internal Combustion Cars - Slashdot https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/12/17/003222/eu-moves-to-…
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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/technology/crypto-exchanges-dirty-money.html
Even as the crypto industry gains mainstream acceptance, at least $28 billion tied to illicit activity has flowed into crypto exchanges over the last two years from hack…
Stichting Mobilisation - MOB en FrieslandCampina sluiten deal over forse reductie van de ammoniak uitstoot van FrieslandCampina in Veghel
https://stichtingmobilisation.nl/overige-industrie/2025/12/17/mob-en-frieslandcampina-sluiten-deal-over-forse-reductie-van-de-ammoniak-uitstoot-van-frieslandcampina-in-veghel/
En niet alleen bij FrieslandCampina...
MOB lukt dus wel wat de overheid niet lukt.
💤
Va. Senate approves referendum to repeal marriage amendment
https://www.washingtonblade.com/2026/01/17/va-senate-approves-referendum-to-repeal-marriage-amendment/
Die #Verbraucherzentrale hat bei 44 von 46 getesteten 1-kg-#Kaffeepackungen eine Unterfüllung festgestellt.
Möglich macht das das #Mittelwertprinzip: Einzelpackungen …
NASAs Weltraumteleskop Nancy Grace Roman ist fertig
Die NASA hat das Weltraumteleskop Nancy Grace Roman fertiggestellt. Das vielfältig einsetzbare Instrument soll 2027 ins All fliegen.
https://www.
The UK and Denmark are so poor, so immoral, so without humanity, so uncivilised that they will steal the last belongings of refugees. What sad, pathetic countries. How embarrassed must their people be?
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/nov/17/refu…
SHOCK! Nightfall ballistics hit Moscow – “Oreshnik” myth debunked, Caspian oil defeated: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/17/shock-nightfall-ballistics-hit-moscow.html
@… yeah no 😅
Google brings its vibe coding tool Opal to Gemini on the web, letting users create their own custom apps called Gems; the mini apps can be reused later (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/17/googles-vibe-coding-tool-opal-comes-to-gemini/
UK prosecutors seize £4.11M in crypto from Twitter mega-hack culprit
https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/17/cps_41m_crypto_twitter/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky
RE: https://mastodon.social/@sammythecat92/115565483388054778
Me too, Sammy. Me too :neocat_flop:
As US Officials Showed Off a Self-Driving Robo-Bus - It Got Hit By a Tesla Driver - Slashdot
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/01/17/0228239/as-us-officials-showed-off-a-self-driving-robo-bus---it-got-hit-by-a-tesla-driver
Duitse denkfout
https://fd.nl/opinie/1580799/duitse-denkfout
https://archive.ph/2025.12.17-020246/https://fd.nl/opinie/1580799/duitse-denkfout
Zo eens met Mathijs Bouwman over het kleine succes van de Duitse autolobby:
'Maakt het uit? Niet voor de overgang naar elektrisch rijden. In 2035 koopt niemand meer een brandstofauto. Maar de kans dat die nieuwe auto van een Chinese of Koreaanse fabrikant komt, is deze week wel toegenomen.
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Sources: UK ministers will begin the search for a new Ofcom chair this week; current chair Michael Grade's single term expires in April 2026 (Daniel Thomas/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/6ab2facb-8a7a-4657-8884-e6c99280db99
Russia seeks to disconnect Ukraine's nuclear power plants, HUR says, risking potential meltdown: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/17/russia-seeks-to-disconnect-ukraines.html
Etwas mehr der heute besonders häufig geteilten #News:
„Trump Mobile“ – FTC soll Werbeversprechen prüfen
Investigation: $28B in crypto tied to illicit activity flowed into crypto exchanges like Binance over the last two years, as President Trump embraces crypto (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/technology/crypto-exchanges-dirty-money.html
This might be a good time for Minnesotans to read up on what the United States does to places it invades.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/justice-department-investigating-tim-walz-jacob-frey-minnesota/
"Already paranoid about scams, hacks and market turmoil, wealthy crypto investors have lately become terrified about a much graver threat: torture and kidnapping."
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/business/how-to-not-get-kidnapped-for-you…
Trump facing a 'watershed moment' as split with Rogan threatens his presidency: report - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/rogan-trump/
Ukrainian sanctions target Russian sports ahead of Winter Olympics: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/17/ukrainian-sanctions-target-russian-sports.html
BGH-Paukenschlag zum Cardsharing: Kein Computerbetrug bei Pay-TV-Piraterie
Der Bundesgerichtshof korrigiert die bisherige Rechtsprechung und verneint bei illegalen Pay-TV-Zugängen einen unmittelbaren Vermögensschaden der Anbieter.
In a proposed settlement, the US FTC says crypto bridge Nomad must repay victims of a 2022 cyberattack that led to $186M worth of funds being stolen (Connor Jones/The Register)
https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/17/nomad_ftc_settlement/
Ukraine says it struck Russian air defenses and a drone depot in Crimea: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/17/ukraine-says-it-struck-russian.html
"In 19 transactions starting last October, Ms. Handeland deposited $98,300 into the machines. All of it vanished — as did Mike, who turned out to be a fiction."
How Fraudsters Use Cryptocurrency A.T.M.s to Target Victims
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/technol
Secret Service visits mom who posted she wants trials for Trump officials: door cam - Alternet.org
https://www.alternet.org/trump-secret-service-2674904650/
OpenAI kündigt Werbung in ChatGPT an
In den nächsten Wochen will OpenAI Werbung in ChatGPT testen. Erste Experimente mit dem neuen Finanzierungsmodell sollen auf die USA beschränkt bleiben.
https://www.h…
Sources: AI startup Project Prometheus raised $6.2B, including from Jeff Bezos, who will become co-CEO, his first operational role since leaving Amazon in 2021 (Cade Metz/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/technology/bezos-project-prometheus.html
US considering creating 'Board of Peace' for Ukraine, modeled after plan for Gaza, FT reports: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/17/us-considering-creating-board-of.html
US to repeal the basis for its climate rules: What to know
https://phys.org/news/2026-01-repeal-basis-climate.html
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
Kharkiv under attack, energy facilities hit – Zelenskyy calls emergency call: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/17/kharkiv-under-attack-energy-facilities.html
"The attorneys general of California and nearly 20 other states to submit a comment letter on the US Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) proposed rule that would reverse HHS regulations concerning the definition of “disability” under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to exclude gender dysphoria, which is the underlying diagnosis for transgender individuals."
‘We Strongly Support The Rights Of Transgender People’
https://washingtoncurrent.substack.com/p/we-strongly-support-the-rights-of
Google makes Gemini 3 Flash the default model in Gemini app and Search's AI mode; it scored 33.7% without tool use on Humanity's Last Exam vs. GPT-5.2's 34.5% (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/17/goog
Pharmaunternehmen und EU-Gesundheitsdaten: Über Chancen und Herausforderungen
Das Medizinregistergesetz verspricht Fortschritt, es gibt aber noch Klärungsbedarf. Ein Interview über Datennutzung, Gemeinwohl und Geschäftsgeheimnisse.
Voize, an ambient AI voice company targeting skilled nursing facilities, raised a $50M Series A led by Balderton Capital and plans a US launch in Q1 2026 (Brock E.W. Turner/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/health-tech-deals/2025/11/17/voize-50m-ai-n…
Russia to hand occupied Mariupol to Chechen Akhmat units as "payment" for loyalty — partisans report new forces arriving - Euromaidan Press
https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/01/17/russia-to-hand-occupied-mariupol-to-chechen-akhmat-units-as-payment-for-loyalty-partisans-report-new-forces-arriving/
Only reliable U.S. aid for Ukraine: McDonald’s: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/17/only-reliable-us-aid-for.html
Zum Abend noch einige der heute besonders häufig geteilten #News:
WhatsApp und Signal: Privatsphäre angreifbar, Tracker-Software verfügbar
Louisiana cops seeking suspects in $1,000 sex toy heist - National Zero
https://nationalzero.com/2025/11/17/louisiana-cops-seeking-suspects-in-1000-sex-toy-heist/
Micron signs a letter of intent to buy a fabrication site in Taiwan from Powerchip for $1.8B to expand DRAM memory chip production, expected to close in Q2 2026 (Valentine Baldassari/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
US fund sues Russia for $225 billion over Imperial-era bonds: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/17/us-fund-sues-russia-for.html
ChatGPT Images: OpenAI stellt neues Bildgenerierungsmodell GPT-Image-1.5 vor
OpenAI hat das neue Bildgenerierungsmodell GPT-Image-1.5 vorgestellt. Es soll schneller und präziser arbeiten und ist wohl die Antwort auf Googles Nano Banana.
E.P.A. Drastically Limits Protections for Wetlands - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/climate/epa-curbs-protections-for-wetlands.html
Ukraine strikes Russian ammunition depot in occupied Prymorsk: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/17/ukraine-strikes-russian-ammunition-depot.html
Warner schießt gegen Paramount
Der Vorstand von Warner Bros. Discovery empfiehlt einstimmig eine Übernahme durch Netflix. Gegen Paramount schießt Warner hart.
https://www.heise.de/news/Warner-schiesst-<…
The Marshall Islands unveils a national UBI scheme that offers payments of ~$200 per quarter to every resident citizen via stablecoin or traditional currency (Prianka Srinivasan/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025…
Used to just eat the Social Security COLA...which is 2. something this year...
Standard Medicare Part B monthly premium to jump 9.7% in 2026
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/17/standard-medicare-part-b-premium-2026.html
Finland approves 31st €98 million defense aid package for Ukraine: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/17/finland-approves-st-million-defense.html
Mittwoch: ICANN wieder offen für neue gTLD, Lidar-Hersteller Luminar vor dem Aus
Neue generische Top-Level-Domains 2026 Luminar am Ende nach Volvo-Verzicht Ford-Strategie ohne E-Autos Ford-Akkus für Server Bit-Rauschen zu RAM-Preisen
Oracle says final negotiations on an equity deal for its Michigan data center project are "on schedule" and Related Digital will be its development partner (Lynn Doan/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
Open letter to President Trump: Protect legal Ukrainian workers in US: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/17/open-letter-to-president-trump.html
Montag: Musk-Klage gegen Apple & OpenAI, Raumgleiter-Test ohne Zukunftsaussicht
xAI-Klage wegen Verschwörung Meilensteine für Dream Chaser Fragen zu Metaverse-Milliarden Online-Weiterbildung in der Krise 6G-Netz ohne China-Technik
Circana: US game console spending fell 27% in November to $695M, the lowest in the pivotal month for holiday shopping since 2005, after a tough year for makers (Vlad Savov/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025…
Kadyrov’s son reportedly in serious condition after Grozny car crash: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/17/kadyrovs-son-reportedly-in-serious.html
LIVE | WAR IN 2026: TANKS in the PAST, FEDOROV’S MILTECH AND NEXT-GEN UAVs: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/17/live-war-in-tanks-in.html
The Academy signs a multi-year deal that will give YouTube the exclusive global rights to the Oscars, beginning in 2029 and running through 2033 (Scott Feinberg/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/gen…
Germany turns away suspected Russian shadow fleet tanker from Baltic Sea: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/17/germany-turns-away-suspected-russian.html
Meta say it has frozen its third-party Horizon OS headset program, announced in 2024 with Asus and Lenovo as the first partners to build headsets (Ben Lang/Road to VR)
https://www.roadtovr.com/meta-horizon-os-third-party-headset-cancelled-asus-lenovo/
Rise and fall of Yulia Tymoshenko, the 'founding figure of Ukrainian populism': https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/17/rise-and-fall-of-yulia.html
Monzo receives an Irish banking license, allowing the London-based digital lender to offer current and savings accounts across the EU (Aisha S Gani/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-17/monzo-gets-iri…
Ukrainian drones reportedly strike oil refinery in Russia's Krasnodar Krai: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/17/ukrainian-drones-reportedly-strike-oil.html
Sources: Binance has been exploring ways to reboot its Binance.US affiliate, including a recapitalization to cut CZ's stake, which is a hurdle to expansion (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-17/binan…
General Staff: Russia has lost 1,225,590 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/17/general-staff-russia-has-lost.html
Tokyo-based Turing, which is developing an AI model for self-driving vehicles, raised a $99M Series A, sources say at a ~$388M valuation (Min-Jeong Lee/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-17/ai-startup-t…
Trump steps on the gas: fast peace for Ukraine – can diplomacy stop the drones?: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/17/trump-steps-on-the-gas.html
Poland charges 4 Ukrainians, 1 Russian in alleged Russia-backed sabotage plot: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/17/poland-charges-ukrainians-russian-in.html
Ukrainian delegation headed by Budanov arrives in US to clarify peace proposal: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/17/ukrainian-delegation-headed-by-budanov.html
Up to 540,000 conscription-age men have left Ukraine since the full-scale invasion: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/17/up-to-conscriptionage-men-have.html
MASKS OFF: Putin has officially chosen TERROR – the chances for PEACE are minimal!: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/17/masks-off-putin-has-officially.html
📉 $35 oil sinks Russia’s budget as UK detains shadow fleet and funds go to Ukraine: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/17/oil-sinks-russias-budget-as.html
Kadyrov's son Adam reportedly in Moscow hospital after car accident in Grozny, Chechnya: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/17/kadyrovs-son-adam-reportedly-in.html
Embassies say they are staying in Kyiv despite energy crisis, extreme cold, Russian attacks: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/17/embassies-say-they-are-staying.html
'No intimidation or threat will influence us' — Europe hits back at Trump tariff warning: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/17/no-intimidation-or-threat-will.html
Ukraine says Russian claim of capturing Zakotne in Donbas is false, calls it Kremlin propaganda: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/17/ukraine-says-russian-claim-of.html
Does Russia or China actually threaten Greenland? Experts say Trump's warnings don't match reality: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/17/does-russia-or-china-actually.html
UK delivers 350 ASRAAM air-to-air missiles to Ukraine as part of record £4.5 billion aid package: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/17/uk-delivers-asraam-airtoair-missiles.html
Ukrainian delegation arrives in U.S. for Miami peace talks on security guarantees and economic aid: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/17/ukrainian-delegation-arrives-in-us.html
Ukrainian drones again hit Russia’s Kapustin Yar, key site for Russia's Oreshnik missile launches: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/17/ukrainian-drones-again-hit-russias.html
Zelensky calls for immediate electricity import boost amid new Russian attacks on energy infrastructure: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/17/zelensky-calls-for-immediate-electricity.html
Lithuania says Russian military intelligence ordered 2024 attempted arson at factory supplying Ukraine: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/17/lithuania-says-russian-military-intelligence.html
Ukraine's 81st brigade: fighting intensifies near Dronivka as Russia attempts Siverskyi Donets river crossings: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/17/ukraines-st-brigade-fighting-intensifies.html
Russia may target nuclear plant substations to cut power and force Ukraine’s capitulation, Ukrainian intelligence warns: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/17/russia-may-target-nuclear-plant.html
PUTIN wages war and shows no remorse – PEACE NEGOTIATIONS – doomed? #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/17/putin-wages-war-and-shows.html
🪖 VR training for UKRAINIAN recruits: these are all REAL BATTLES! #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/17/vr-training-for-ukrainian-recruits.html
❗️Ukrainian delegation in MIAMI: topics of NEGOTIATIONS with Americans #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/17/ukrainian-delegation-in-miami-topics.html
Ukraine's Deputy Speaker Korniyenko takes charge of Zelensky's party: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/17/ukraines-deputy-speaker-korniyenko-takes.html
Peace is closer than ever: The West is preparing tough guarantees for Ukraine: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/17/peace-is-closer-than-ever.html