@Techmeme@techhub.socialLondon-based AI video startup Synthesia says its ARR reached $100M by April 2025, after reporting 2024 revenue up 82% YoY to $58M and a pre-tax loss of $59M (Nicholas Fearn/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/215df8da-717b-4e5f-ac66-c02e142e6ad6
@lysander07@sigmoid.socialHave you ever wondered to what extend LLMs are used to support writing of scientific publications? Here is a chart indicating the fraction of LLM-modified sentences in scientific publications over time.
c.f. Liang et al, Mapping the Increasing Use of LLMs in Scientific Papers (2024)
https://arxiv.org/html/2404.01268v1
@chiraag@mastodon.online
@buercher@tooting.chPharmaceutical companies are spending a smaller share of their revenues on research, for innovations that are often judged less innovative by experts, while paying more out to investors. In 2024, the US pharma giant Pfizer spent just 18% of its revenue on internal research and development – while 27% went to shareholders through dividends and debt repayment.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/24/is-trump-lowering-drug-prices?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
@cdarwin@c.imGoogle’s vibe-coding tool, Opal,
is making its way to Gemini.
The company on Wednesday said it is integrating the tool,
which lets you build AI-powered mini apps,
inside the Gemini web app,
allowing users to create their own custom apps,
which Google calls Gems.
Introduced in 2024,
Gems are customized versions of Gemini designed for specific tasks or scenarios.
For instance, some of Google’s pre-made Gems include
a learning coach,…
@buercher@tooting.chMultinational pharmaceutical companies have enjoyed extraordinary profits, dividends and share buybacks over the past two decades – more than $1,500bn between 2000 and 2018. A majority of them are US-owned. In 2024, US corporations made 49% of the top 20 big pharma revenue.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/24/is-trump-lowering-drug-prices?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
@frankel@mastodon.topUnderstanding #Docker Internals: Building a Container Runtime in Python
https://muhammadraza.me/2024/building-container-runtime-python/
@tinoeberl@mastodon.onlineJährlicher Zubau und Rückbau von #Balkonsolarleistung in Deutschland mit Stand vom 08.01.2026.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der #Steckersolaranlage ersetzt.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff:
@_tillwe_@mastodon.socialHat etwas gedauert, aber hier nun mein SF/Fantasy-Tagebuch für November/Dezember 2025. U.a. mit Andy Weir, Emily Tesh, Zootopia und Knives Out.
https://blog.till-westermayer.de/2026/01/science-fiction-und-fantasy-winter-edition-2025-26/…
@pixelcode@social.tchncs.deEvery dictator guilty of crimes against humanity¹ deserves to be arrested and sent directly to The Hague.
What makes the U.S.' arrest of #Maduro problematic is the potentially disproportionate military strike and the lack of an ICC warrant – the one that Argentina had demanded in 2024.² #Venezuela
@hikingdude@mastodon.social#FotoVorschlag 'Fortbewegungsmittel' 'Means of transportation'
1/.
I do not have that many photos of my beloved means of transportation.
The photo itself has also some context which I've written in my blog:
@johnm@social.tchncs.deApple bestätigt: Google Gemini wird neue Siri! Was das bedeutet
#Apple
@waidler@bayerwald.social
@laxsill@social.spejset.orgsåg ofta butterfly på lekplatserna när jag var föräldraledig, lite för ofta skulle jag säga, extremt ofta, deras ekonomiska strategi verkar vara att använda kommunens offentliga lekplatser som avlastningsyta för att slippa betala för egna lokaler, vilket tär på våra gemensamma resurser, glad att de inte får nytt tillstånd www.mitti.se/nyheter/nej-till-privat-forskola-i-ragsved-6.3.325639.9606f7a3e2
EDIT: Se bild, det funkar!
@tinoeberl@mastodon.onlineJährlicher Zubau und Rückbau von #Balkonsolarleistung in Deutschland mit Stand vom 03.12.2025.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der #Steckersolaranlage ersetzt.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff:
