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Nach Druck aus Hollywood: ByteDance setzt Seedance 2.0 Grenzen
Der TikTok-Eigentümer ByteDance will Änderungen an seinem KI-Videogenerator Seedance 2.0 vornehmen. Zuvor hatte Hollywood erheblichen Druck ausgeübt.

Memo: Satya Nadella says ex-Snap executive Jacob Andreou will lead Copilot for commercial and consumer clients; Mustafa Suleyman will focus on new AI models (Jordan Novet/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/17/microsoft-copilot-ai-suleyman.html

Microsoft shakes up Copilot AI leadership team, freeing up Suleyman to build new models
Microsoft is doubling down on its superintelligence group to build models, while consolidating engineering efforts for its Copilot assistants.

Dave Kennedy of TrustedSec has created a BlueTooth signal sniffer just to help find Savannah Guthrie's mom.
https://nypost.com/2026/02/17/us-news/former-marine-created-high-tech-bluetooth-signal-sniffer-to-find-nancy-g…

Former Marine created high-tech Bluetooth signal sniffer to find Nancy Guthrie -- and now he's creating an app
“We know that this is 100 percent possible,” Kennedy said.

As a subscriber I get access to all the pothole stories…
https://urbanmilwaukee.com/2026/02/17/brewers-will-make-potholes-get-up-get-outta-here-gone/

Brewers Will Make Potholes ‘Get Up, Get Outta Here, Gone’
Baseball team, DPW using Moneyball-esque strategy on city’s pothole filling operation.

Judge declares mistrial in Prairieland ICE shooting trial over lawyer's 'politically charged' shirt (Toluwani Osibamowo/KERA News)
https://www.keranews.org/criminal-justice/2026-02-17/judge-declares-mistrial-in-prairieland-ice-shooting-trial-over-lawyers-politically-charged-shirt
http://www.memeorandum.com/260218/p57#a260218p57

This looks bad....
"Iran attack wipes out 17% of Qatar’s LNG capacity for up to five years, QatarEnergy CEO says"
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/iran-attack-damage-wipes-out-17-qatars-…

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

Sometimes your the pillow, other time, the kitten.

I forget who, but someone shared Stewart Copeland's album integrating bird calls a while back and I bought it on a whim.
It is *delightful*. Go buy it.
https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/album/stewart-

Stewart Copeland: Wild Concerto, Stewart Copeland - Qobuz
Listen to unlimited streaming or download Stewart Copeland: Wild Concerto by Stewart Copeland in Hi-Res quality on Qobuz. Subscriptions from $10.83/month.

Vurt, a mobile-first vertical streaming platform designed for indie filmmakers to upload their micro series or feature films, launches with 100 episodes (Lauren Forristal/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/17/vurt-mobile-first-v…

Meet Vurt, the mobile-first streaming platform for indie filmmakers embracing vertical video | TechCrunch
Micro-drama apps make billions in consumer spending, so VURT launched its streaming app to allow indie filmmakers to capitalize on the vertical video trend.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MorningShow
Remember Sports:
🎵 Across the Line
#RememberSports
https://remembersports.bandcamp.com/track/across-the-line
https://open.spotify.com/track/4qreB9roqaKqNYfvsBmXSX

How to Self-Host FeedLand with Docker Compose https://rmendes.net/articles/2026/02/17/how-to-self-host-feedland

How to Self-Host FeedLand with Docker Compose
How to Self-Host FeedLand with Docker Compose 17 February 2026 Feedland Docker Self-Hosting RSS OPML This guide walks you through deploying a self-hosted FeedLand using Docker Compose. How to Self-Hos...

from my link log —
Fast sorting networks, branchless by design.
https://00f.net/2026/02/17/sorting-without-leaking-secrets/
saved 2026-02-17

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/

Rams-Bears on Divisional Round Sunday: What We Learned from Los Angeles' 20-17 overtime win https://www.nfl.com/news/rams-bears-on-divisional-round-sunday-what-we-learned-from-los-angeles-20-17-overtime-win

CFTC Chair Mike Selig says the commission will file friend-of-the-court briefs to defend its exclusive jurisdiction over prediction markets amid state lawsuits (Nathan Bomey/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/02/17/cftc-prediction-markets-mike-selig

U.S. commission fights states on prediction markets: "We will see you in court"
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is launching a legal campaign to defend its regulatory turf on prediction markets.

DLR testet Zementproduktion mit Sonnenenergie
Bei der Herstellung von Zement werden große Mengen Kohlendioxid freigesetzt. Das DLR arbeitet an einer sauberen Methode.
https://www.heise.de/news/DL…

SHOCK! Nightfall ballistics hit Moscow – “Oreshnik” myth debunked, Caspian oil defeated: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/17/shock-nightfall-ballistics-hit-moscow.html

A profile of Wired's top editor, Katie Drummond, who created a politics team that landed major scoops and says Wired added 200K new paid subs in the past year (Katie Robertson/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/17/busines

Wired’s New Editor Doesn’t Care if the Tech Bros Are Mad
Katie Drummond has transformed the publication into a bright spot for Condé Nast with aggressive political reporting.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #PacificNotions
Toby Summerfield:
🎵 Gallup Park Canoe Livery
#TobySummerfield
https://tobysummerfield.bandcamp.com/track/gallup-park-canoe-livery-2

World launches AgentKit, a software development tool that enables sites to verify that a real human is behind the purchasing decisions of AI shopping agents (Lucas Ropek/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/17/world-launches-tool-to-ver…

World launches tool to verify humans behind AI shopping agents | TechCrunch
As AI agents take the reins for online shoppers, Sam Altman's unconventional startup is looking to expand its verification offerings to support agentic commerce.

Deutschland, Lettland und Litauen kooperieren bei Ostsee-Stromprojekt
Eine neue Stromleitung soll Deutschland, Lettland und Litauen sowie Windparks vor der Ostseeküste verbinden. Das Projekt ermöglicht Zugang zu Windenergie.

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

Google expands Personal Intelligence, which lets Gemini tailor its responses by connecting to Gmail and other Google services, from paid users to all US users (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/17/googles-personal-int…

Google's Personal Intelligence feature is expanding to all US users | TechCrunch
Personal Intelligence allows Google's AI assistant to tap into your Google ecosystem, such as Gmail and Google Photos, to provide more tailored responses.

UK Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy vows to grant the BBC's demand for a permanent charter, replacing the 10-year cycle, to protect it from "culture war" attacks (Michael Savage/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/mar

Etwas mehr der heute besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Wo ist die gesellschaftliche Relevanz? Threads auf Mobilgeräten deutlich vor X

Ukrainian sanctions target Russian sports ahead of Winter Olympics: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/17/ukrainian-sanctions-target-russian-sports.html

Automattic adds an AI assistant to WordPress.com, enabling users to perform site-wide layout and style modifications via natural language commands. (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/17/wordpress-co…

WordPress.com adds an AI Assistant that can edit, adjust styles, create images, and more | TechCrunch
The WordPress AI assistant doesn't need precisely tailored prompts, either.

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

Mistral buys Paris-based Koyeb, which simplifies AI app deployment at scale and manages AI infrastructure, in its first acquisition; Koyeb raised $8.6M to date (Anna Heim/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/17/mistral-ai-buys-k…

Mistral AI buys Koyeb in first acquisition to back its cloud ambitions | TechCrunch
Mistral AI has agreed to buy Koyeb, a Paris-based startup that simplifies AI app deployment at scale and manages the infrastructure behind it.

Russland verabschiedet Gesetz zur Mobilfunkabschaltung
Die Eingriffe des russischen Staates bei der Internetnutzung werden massiver. Die Duma verabschiedet eine Gesetzesänderung zur Mobilfunkabschaltung.
https://www.…

Kharkiv under attack, energy facilities hit – Zelenskyy calls emergency call: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/17/kharkiv-under-attack-energy-facilities.html

Noch ein paar der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Niederlande: Polizei gibt Mann versehentlich Datenzugang und nimmt ihn dann fest

Tel Aviv- and Seattle-based Native, which helps companies monitor security across cloud providers, emerges from stealth with an $11M seed and a $31M Series A (Chris Metinko/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/enterprise-software-deals/…

Exclusive: Cloud security startup Native raises $42M
The new money includes a $31 million Series A led by Ballistic Ventures.

Etwas mehr der heute besonders häufig geteilten #News:
„Trump Mobile“ – FTC soll Werbeversprechen prüfen

Arizona sues Kalshi for allegedly operating an illegal gambling business and unlawfully facilitating betting on elections; Kalshi faces a similar suit in Nevada (Anna Washenko/Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/arizona-

Arizona attorney general sues Kalshi on illegal gambling charges
Kalshi has been sued by Arizona's attorney general, the latest state-level accusation that the prediction market is an unlicensed gambling business.

Only reliable U.S. aid for Ukraine: McDonald’s: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/17/only-reliable-us-aid-for.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.

OpenAI launches GPT-5.4 mini and nano, aimed at agents, coding, and multi-modal workflows, and offering near GPT-5.4-level performance at a much lower cost (David Gewirtz/ZDNET)
https://www.zdnet.com/article/gpt-5-4-mini-and-nano/

OpenAI's GPT-5.4 mini and nano launch - with near flagship performance at much lower cost
The latest GPT-5.4 mini model delivers benchmark results surprisingly close to the full GPT-5.4 model while running much faster, signaling a shift toward smaller AI models powering real-world applications.

Russia and Ukraine resume U.S.-mediated talks in Geneva: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/17/russia-and-ukraine-resume-usmediated.html

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…

Privacy-focused MVNO Cape raised a $100M Series C at a $900M valuation, and says its revenue grew from $4.5M in 2024 to $37M in 2025 (Thomas Brewster/Forbes)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2026/03/19/ex-p…

This Ex-Palantir Exec Built A $900 Million Privacy-First Cell Network
Cape cofounder and CEO John Doyle is seeing rapid revenue growth for his cell network, which deletes call logs and doesn’t collect social security numbers like AT&T and Verizon do.

US fund sues Russia for $225 billion over Imperial-era bonds: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/17/us-fund-sues-russia-for.html

Mark Zuckerberg's original metaverse vision is effectively over, after renaming Facebook to Meta and spending ~$80B on the endeavor, as his focus shifts to AI (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/202…

The Long Farewell to Mark Zuckerberg’s Metaverse
Meta announced changes that effectively leave Mr. Zuckerberg’s vision of an immersive digital world based in virtual reality only on life support.

Android 17 bekommt Handoff-Funktion für geräteübergreifende Kontinuität
Android 17 bekommt eine sogenannte Handoff-Funktion, mit der Entwickler eine „geräteübergreifende Kontinuität“ in ihre Apps integrieren können.

Ukrainian forces mount assaults near Hulyaipole, Syrskyi says: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/17/ukrainian-forces-mount-assaults-near.html

Cursor says Composer 2 is "frontier-level at coding" and is priced at $0.50/1M input tokens and $2.50/1M output tokens, with a faster variant costing 3x more (Cursor)
https://cursor.com/blog/composer-2

Finland approves 31st €98 million defense aid package for Ukraine: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/17/finland-approves-st-million-defense.html

Google schedules I/O 2026 for May 19 to 20 in Mountain View, teasing the "latest AI breakthroughs and updates" in Gemini, Android, and more (Abner Li/9to5Google)
https://9to5google.com/2026/02/17/google-io-2026-date/

Google I/O 2026 set for May 19-20
Following the interactive puzzle this morning, Google has announced that I/O 2026 is taking place May 19-20...

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

Figma and Anthropic partner to launch Code to Canvas, letting users import code generated in Claude Code directly into Figma as editable designs (Deirdre Bosa/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/17/figma-anthropic-ai-code-designs.html

Figma partners with Anthropic to turn AI-generated code into editable designs
Figma has been caught in the software stock sell-off that has sent names like Salesforce, ServiceNow and Intuit plummeting.

Russia's mobilization arithmetic. How many can the Kremlin send to war?: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/17/russias-mobilization-arithmetic-how-many.html

PayPal expands access to its PYUSD stablecoin from the US and UK to 70 countries in total, including new markets in Uganda, Colombia, Peru, and Malawi (Ben Weiss/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2026/03/17/paypal-expands-pyusd-stablecoin-access-to-68-m…

Exclusive: PayPal expands stablecoin access to 68 more countries
The fintech giant had previously only let users in the U.S. and U.K. send and receive PYUSD from their accounts.

Rise and fall of Yulia Tymoshenko, the 'founding figure of Ukrainian populism': https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/17/rise-and-fall-of-yulia.html

Jensen Huang says Nvidia is in the process of restarting manufacturing of its H200 chips for shipments to China and it has received orders from "many customers" (Ina Fried/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/03/17/nvidia-huang-china-h200

Nvidia restarting production for H200 chips for sales in China
CEO Jensen Huang said the company has received purchase orders "from many customers."

'If you stop, you die' — Inside Ukraine's last fight for Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/17/if-you-stop-you-die.html

Airbnb expands its Reserve Now, Pay Later feature globally, after a US pilot for domestic travel saw a 70% adoption rate for eligible bookings (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/17/airbnb-expands-its-reserve-now-pay-later-globally/

Airbnb expands its "Reserve Now, Pay Later" globally | TechCrunch
The feature allows users to cancel eligible bookings if there is a change of plans -- without losing money upfront.

Ukrainian special forces destroy Iskander missile depot in occupied Crimea: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/17/ukrainian-special-forces-destroy-iskander.html

Render, which is positioning itself as an alternative to Salesforce-owned Heroku, raised $100M at a $1.5B valuation, says 4.5M developers use its tools (Jordan Novet/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/17/render-raises-100-million-at-1point5-billio…

Cloud startup Render raises funding at $1.5 billion valuation as AI-built apps boom
Render is one of the beneficiaries of growing competition in the cloud computing world spurred by the booming demand for artificial intelligence.

Russian drone strike on civilian car kills 3 energy workers in Donetsk Oblast: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/17/russian-drone-strike-on-civilian.html

Snapchat launches creator subscriptions in alpha, available to some creators in the US starting February 23; creators set custom monthly pricing (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/17/snapchat-launches-creator-subscription-in-the-u-s/…

Snapchat launches creator subscription in the U.S. | TechCrunch
Snapchat will let creators set their monthly subscription price.

General Staff: Russia has lost 1,255,340 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/17/general-staff-russia-has-lost.html

Mistral announces Mistral Forge to help enterprises build custom models actually trained on their own data, using Mistral open-weight models as a starting point (TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/17/mistral-forge-nvidia-gtc-build-your-own-ai-…

Mistral bets on ‘build-your-own AI’ as it takes on OpenAI, Anthropic in the enterprise | TechCrunch
Mistral Forge lets enterprises train custom AI models from scratch on their own data, challenging rivals that rely on fine-tuning and retrieval-based approaches.

Ukraine’s Air Force denies reports of foreign pilots flying F-16s over Kyiv: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/17/ukraines-air-force-denies-reports.html

Over 100 researchers from Johns Hopkins, Oxford, and more call for guardrails on some infectious disease datasets that could enable AI to design deadly viruses (Megan Morrone/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/02/17/ai-data-viruses-biosecurity

AI's big biosecurity blind spot
Once high-risk biological data hits the open web, it can't be recalled.

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

Sources: China is penalizing people tied to Meta's $2B Manus acquisition, including by apparently restricting Manus executives from leaving China for Singapore (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/17/technology/china-scrutiny-meta-manus.html

China Ramps Up Scrutiny of Meta’s Acquisition of Manus
The country appears to be cracking down on people linked to the acquisition of Manus, a Singapore company with Chinese roots, as President Trump prepares to visit Beijing.

Gecko Robotics secures a $71M US Navy contract to use robots to slash repair time for dated ships, as the US races to reindustrialize its aging defense systems (Samantha Subin/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/17/gecko-robotics-navy-contract-ship-repair-t…

Gecko Robotics brings its AI to U.S. Navy ship repair in latest next-gen defense tech deal
CEO Jake Loosararian said Gecko is supporting the Navy's push to have 80% fleet readiness by 2027.

Kremlin’s insatiable ambitions: only PRESSURE can stop Russia | In Focus: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/17/kremlins-insatiable-ambitions-only-pressure.html

Crypto VC firm Dragonfly closes a $650M fund, its fourth, as the crypto VCs go through a "mass extinction event"; Dragonfly backed Polymarket's Series B (Leo Schwartz/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2026/02/17/dragonfly-fou…

Exclusive: Crypto venture firm Dragonfly closes $650 million fourth fund—even as blockchain VCs face ‘mass extinction’
An inside look at the fast-rising firm, from its early Polymarket bet to its mysterious founding partner.

SBU strikes chemical factory used for explosives production deep inside Russia: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/17/sbu-strikes-chemical-factory-used.html

Amazon begins three-hour deliveries in ~2K US cities and towns and one-hour deliveries in hundreds of those areas, after 2025 pilots; 90K products are eligible (Annie Palmer/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/17/amazon-rolls-out-1-ho…

Amazon rolls out 1-hour, 3-hour delivery as ultrafast shipping trend grows in the U.S.
Amazon is speeding up deliveries even further after investing significant money and resources to make same-day shipping the standard.

Winter has grounded Ukraine's interceptor drones, gutting Kyiv's air defense: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/17/winter-has-grounded-ukraines-interceptor.html

Cohere releases Tiny Aya, a family of 3.35B parameter open-weight models supporting 70 languages for offline use, trained on a single cluster of 64 H100 GPUs (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/17/cohere-launches-a-family-of-open-mu…

Cohere launches a family of open multilingual models | TechCrunch
Cohere's Tiny Aya models support over 70 langauges

Ukrainian delegation headed by Budanov arrives in US to clarify peace proposal: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/17/ukrainian-delegation-headed-by-budanov.html

London-based Fyld, which makes AI tools to assist infrastructure and utility fieldwork operators, raised a $41M Series B led by Energy Impact Partners (Kyt Dotson/SiliconANGLE)
https://siliconangle.com/2026/02/17/ai-field…

AI field operations startup FYLD raises $41M to help build large-scale infrastructure - SiliconANGLE
AI field operations startup FYLD raises $41M to help build large-scale infrastructure - SiliconANGLE

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

Crypto trading firm GSR says it is acquiring Autonomous and Architech for $57M, expanding into token advisory and capital markets services (Krisztian Sandor/CoinDesk)
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/03/17/c…

Crypto trading firm GSR expands token advisory with $57 million in acquisitions
The firm, best known for being one of the oldest crypto market makers, acquired Autonomous and Architech to combine token launch services, trading and treasury management tools.

DeepState: Defense of Myrnohrad nears end as Russian forces push toward Pokrovsk: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/17/deepstate-defense-of-myrnohrad-nears.html

An Argentine court ruled Polymarket lacked approval to operate and directed ISPs and app stores to restrict it; Polymarket is now unavailable in 30 countries (Francisco Rodrigues/CoinDesk)
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/03/17

Argentina joins growing list of countries blocking Polymarket access
The ruling directs internet providers to block access to the site, and Apple and Google to remove or restrict Polymarket's mobile apps.

Ukrainian military to train Germany’s Bundeswehr in drones and battlefield apps: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/17/ukrainian-military-to-train-germanys.html

Sources: AI legal software startup Legora is in talks to raise $400M at a $5B valuation, after raising $150M in October 2025 at a $1.8B valuation (Forbes)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2026/02/17/legal-…

Legal AI Startup Legora Eyes $400 Million Raise At $5 Billion-Plus Valuation
As investors double down on the promise of automating legal work, the company is in talks to raise $400 million following two rounds in late 2025.

Kremlin threatens to deploy navy if Europe seizes more Russian shadow fleet vessels: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/17/kremlin-threatens-to-deploy-navy.html

SEC filing: Liftoff withdraws its IPO filing without specifying a reason, less than two weeks after the mobile ad platform postponed plans to price its IPO (Anthony Hughes/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-0…

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

Mesh, founded by ex-SpaceX staff to mass produce optical transceivers that convert optical signals to electrical signals, raised a $50M Series A led by Thrive (Edward Ludlow/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026…

ORBÁN IN PANIC! Hungary and Slovakia desperately hunt Putin oil routes around Ukraine!: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/17/orbn-in-panic-hungary-and.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

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

Russian 'Rubikon' drone operator defects to Ukraine after witnessing civilian killing: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/17/russian-rubikon-drone-operator-defects.html

1 killed, 25 injured across Ukraine as Russia launches latest mass missile, drone attack: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/17/killed-injured-across-ukraine-as.html

Ukrainian forces hit Russian Ka-27 helicopter in Crimea, strike three UAV control centers: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/17/ukrainian-forces-hit-russian-ka.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

Court sets $4.6 million bail for Ukrainian ex-minister in biggest graft case of Zelensky era: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/17/court-sets-million-bail-for.html

Ex-CIA director David Petraeus outlines conditions that could force Russia to halt the war: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/17/excia-director-david-petraeus-outlines.html

LASERS against RUSSIAN DRONES – "Sunray" system protects Ukrainian skies | Front News: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/17/lasers-against-russian-drones-ampquotsunrayampquot.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