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Francisco Partners plans to take patient engagement software company Weave Communications private for ~$650M; Weave went public at a ~$1.5B valuation in 2021 (Brock E.W. Turner/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/health-tech-deals/2026/08/18/f…

Francisco Partners to acquire Weave Communications for $650M
The deal comes less than five years after Weave went public at a $1.5 billion valuation.

from my link log —
An incomplete list of mistakes in the design of CSS.
https://wiki.csswg.org/ideas/mistakes
saved 2021-01-24 https://dotat.at/:/…

eBay and several ex-executives agree to pay a $56M settlement to resolve a 2021 civil case involving the 2019 stalking and harassment of two e-commerce bloggers (Annie Palmer/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/28/ebay-blogger-harassment-stalking-steiner.html

Anzahl der Inbetriebnahmen von Balkonkraftwerken pro Jahr in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 31.07.2026.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der #Steckersolaranlage ersetzt.
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eBay and several ex-executives agree to pay a $56M settlement to resolve a 2021 civil case involving the 2019 stalking and harassment of two e-commerce bloggers (Annie Palmer/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/28/ebay-blogger-harassment-stalking-steiner.html

EBay, former execs to pay $56 million in blogger harassment and stalking case
Ina and David Steiner run a popular ecommerce blog that had angered eBay executives due to its critical coverage.

Ich würde sagen, dass Herr Merz das Ziel "die Partei halbieren" erreicht hat.
#cdu #merz

from my link log —
Clojure from a Schemer's perspective.
https://www.more-magic.net/posts/thoughts-on-clojure.html
saved 2021-03-05 http…

Anzahl der registrierten #Balkonkraftwerke in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 31.07.2026.
Der aktuelle Höchststand liegt bei 1446414 registrierten Anlagen.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der

Security Vulnerability Patterns in AI-Generated Code: A Cross-Model Comparative Study
Shanna M. Kahn, John D. Hastings
https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.20713 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2607.20713 https://arxiv.org/html/2607.20713
arXiv:2607.20713v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: LLM-based coding tools enable non-expert users to generate routine automation scripts that may enter enterprise workflows without meaningful security review. This study examines that risk directly. Code was collected from ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, and Google Gemini using identical prompts across three automation domains. Claude Code performed a standardized vulnerability review. Each identified vulnerability was scored using CVSS v3.1 and mapped to the OWASP Top 10:2021 and the MITRE ATT&CK frameworks. Every script contained exploitable vulnerabilities. Nine of the 17 identified vulnerability classes appeared in code from all three models, while 14 of the 17 vulnerability classes appeared in at least two models. The weighted CVSS scores across platforms differed by less than 10%. The risk is not tied to any particular model but rather to the task category. Organizations should therefore ask not which tool to trust, but instead whether LLM-generated automation code should be deployed without review.
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Jährlicher Zubau und Rückbau von #Balkonsolarleistung in Deutschland mit Stand vom 29.06.2026.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der #Steckersolaranlage ersetzt.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff:

from my link log —
SUNSPOT: an implant in the SolarWinds Orion build process.
https://www.crowdstrike.com/blog/sunspot-malware-technical-analysis/
saved 2021-01-12

SUNSPOT Malware: A Technical Analysis | CrowdStrike
In this blog, we offer a technical analysis of SUNSPOT, malware that was deployed into the build environment to inject this backdoor into the SolarWinds Orion platform.

Themis Consensus Extension v1: MEV Mitigation by Randomized Delayed Execution and Intent-Hiding Transactions in Application-Specific Blockchains
Shoeb Siddiqui, Mateusz Nowakowski, Stanislav Vozarik, Gleb Urvanov, Peter Kris
https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.21406 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2607.21406 https://arxiv.org/html/2607.21406
arXiv:2607.21406v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Maximal extractable value (MEV) arises when privileged participants select, exclude, insert, or reorder pending transactions for private gain. We specify and analyze the Themis Consensus Extension v1, first published by Mangata in 2021. The design separates value extraction by reordering (VER) from value extraction by denial (VED). For VER, block construction and execution occur across consecutive producers: one producer commits a transaction set, and the next derives a publicly verifiable, deterministic, previously un- predictable seed and executes a seed-determined, dependency-preserving permutation. For selective VED, a user may encrypt a transaction for a designated builder and executor. The builder removes an outer layer and commits the opaque inner ciphertext; the executor reveals and executes the plaintext only after commitment. Under selfish but non-colluding validators, an adversary below the underlying consensus fault threshold, secure cryptography, and accountable role performance, the construction limits unilateral post-commit ordering control and hides transaction intent from relays and the builder. It does not provide send-order or receive-order fairness, complete censorship resistance, resistance to builder-executor collusion, or per-transaction price guarantees. We analyze probabilistic extraction, spam, dependent transactions, decryption liveness, session boundaries, total denial, and threshold coalitions. We also document the initial Aura-based Substrate implementation and its subsequent transition to a BABE-based sr25519/VRF seed path, together with delayed execution, Fisher-Yates shuffling, and Xoshiro256 . The result preserves the original proposal while narrowing its claims to explicit assumptions.
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FBI allowed EcoHealth Alliance boss through border controls in return from COVID-hit China in 2021: explosive emails (Josh Christenson/New York Post)
https://nypost.com/2026/07/21/us-news/fbi-allowed-peter-daszak-through-border-controls-in-return-from-covid-hit-china-in-2021-explosive-emails/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260721/p95#a260721p95

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #NickGrimshaw
Lemon D:
🎵 This Is L.A.
#LemonD
https://metalheadz.bandcamp.com/track/this-is-l-a-2021-remaster