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PitchBook: US AI and robotics VC deals are up over 4x since 2023 to $160B so far in 2025, while comparable China deals are just $10B , up from $9.24B in 2023 (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/26/cnbc-china

CNBC's The China Connection newsletter: Foreign investors warm to China’s cheaper AI valuations despite fears of a U.S. bubble
For all the worries about a bubble in U.S. AI spending, capital flows into China's tech sector is far less, pushing startups to do more with less.

“The case for upzoning is relatively solid but deeply underwhelming as a standalone position. The upshot is that everyone is at least partly right: Upzoning can address the shortfall in supply. But it won’t come close to solving the housing crisis alone. Re-enter: public housing.”
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The Solution to the Affordable Housing Problem That No One Wants to Discuss
There are new ideas for fixing this. And one very old one.

Whatever the worst-case scenario, #Janessa #Goldbeck has probably imagined it.
In 2023 the US marine veteran consulted on a documentary that war-gamed a presidential candidate staging a military coup.
Last year she advised local leaders on the hypothetical of troops being deployed to their streets for immig…

Adobe's stock has slumped more than 45% since the end of 2023, reflecting analyst concerns over the threat of AI-driven disruption to SaaS companies (Ryan Vlastelica/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-…

Ontology is shaping up to be the buzzword of 2026 because they are offering what #LLMs are lacking: formal grounding
LLMs offer creativity but need logical grounding. Ontologies provide this formal structure, anchoring meaning and unifying diverse data sources into a single semantic layer. They are essential for achieving precision and are one of the most reliable defense mechanisms against

A NASA mission that studied the interior of hurricanes collected its final data on Nov. 12, as the last two CubeSats in its fleet were powered down prior to re-entering Earth’s atmosphere: #TROPICS (Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats) mission originally consisted of four identical, milk carton-sized satellites that launched in May 2023.

„Im System vorgesehen“ - Finanzamt bittet Toten mit 150 Euro zur Kasse #News #Nachrichten

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #Afrodeutsche
Alogte Oho and his Sounds of Joy:
🎵 La Ka Ba'a (6 Music Session, 19 Aug 2023)
#AlogteOhoandhisSoundsofJoy
https://alogteohoandhissoundsofjoy.bandcamp.com/track/la-ka-baa
https://open.spotify.com/track/1Y62CbvptkVHpq6OsmFceu