@Techmeme@techhub.socialFoxconn plans to spend another $569M through 2029 to expand its Mount Pleasant, WI AI server manufacturing site, adding to $717M invested through 2024 (Joe Schulz/WPR)
https://www.wpr.org/news/foxconn-expansion-racine-county-wisconsin-jobs
@seav@en.osm.townOne of the biggest political scandals in the #Philippines 🇵🇭 in 2024 was the accusation that Alice Guo, the elected town mayor of Bamban was not actually a Filipino citizen and instead was a Chinese spy that engaged in trafficking of Chinese nationals for illegal online gambling operations.
Following her recent conviction of human trafficking last November 20,
@tinoeberl@mastodon.onlineLeistung der installierten #Windkraftanlagen pro Jahr in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 22.12.2025.
Der Datenbestand enthält ggf. unplausible Datensätze.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff: #Energiewende
@vosje62@mastodon.nl
@cdarwin@c.imTrump may have just created the "kryptonite" that brings down his second administration,
according to a new report
Trump's MAGA movement coalition has started to crack in recent weeks over the administration's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files,
which Trump promised to release in full during his 2024 presidential campaign.
The administration has sought to withhold files from the public,
and the Justice Department has said it
"nee…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialB2B media brand DatacenterDynamics says revenue rose 175% to £11M per year since 2020 amid the AI boom, and it hit 22.5M views in 2025, up from 2024's 17.3M (Alice Brooker/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/the-tec…
@primonatura@mstdn.social"2025 was third-warmest year on record, research shows"
#Climate #ClimateChange
https:/…
@Dragofix@veganism.social2025 was third-warmest year on record, research shows https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/01/2025-was-third-warmest-year-on-record-research-shows/
@fluchtkapsel@nerdculture.deIch habe gestern nach der Bescherung begonnen, meinen Schreibtisch aufzuräumen und alte und lange nicht benutzte Dinge zu entfernen. Meine Frau kommentierte das mit: "Wenn du ein Mal in zehn Jahren den Schreibtisch aufräumst, wer bin ich dich aufzuhalten?"
Meine Antwort war: "Ich brauch halt Platz, ich will die Grafikkarte aufbauen".
Ich weiß, ich weiß, das klingt merkwürdig. Aber Mitte 2024 habe ich mir einen Minisforum UTM780 XTX angeschafft und bin seitdem …
@Techmeme@techhub.socialThe UK plans to update the Media Act 2024 to bring streaming platforms with 500K users under "enhanced" Ofcom regulation, giving it power to investigate them (K.J. Yossman/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/tv/global/netfl…
@metacurity@infosec.exchangeSpanish police say four self-proclaimed members of Anonymous are in custody after allegedly carrying out several cyberattacks on public authorities in the wake of the 2024 DANA floods.
https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/23/anonymous_…
@markrsmith@smithtodon.orgRosemary skirt steak, roasted potatoes, arugula salad, this wine, and Illegal (1955)
#FridayDateNight #DinnerAndAMovie #FridayMovieAndDinner
@cowboys@darktundra.xyzBears, Patriots, Jaguars clinch playoff berths in stunning first-year coaching turnarounds https://www.foxsports.com/articles/nfl/bears-patriots-jaguars-clinch-playoff-berths-in-stunning-firstyear-coaching-turnarounds
@tinoeberl@mastodon.onlineJährlicher Zubau und Rückbau von #Balkonsolarleistung in Deutschland mit Stand vom 22.12.2025.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der #Steckersolaranlage ersetzt.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff:
@Techmeme@techhub.socialCounterpoint: India smartphone shipments were flat YoY at ~153M; Apple shipped 14M iPhones, raising its share of shipments to a record 9%, up from 7% in 2024 (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/23/appl
@memeorandum@universeodon.comKoch Political Operation Spent Nearly $550 Million During 2024 Cycle (Theodore Schleifer/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/us/politics/koch-network-2024-election-trump.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251220/p3#a251220p3
@NFL@darktundra.xyzHow NFL Draft can help Lions, Chiefs, other 2024 playoff teams that flopped this season https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6911825/2025/12/23/nfl-draft-2026-lions-chiefs-ravens-outlook/
@wvmierlo@zirk.usJ. Alex Swift Ltd, sock manufacturers, Hathern (Charnwood, Leicestershire), June 2024
#photography #ukphotographer #documentingbritain
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot“They won’t imprison us all, they know if they fill the prisons with activists, we will overpower them from within. So flood the damn streets in your millions. Shut down these factories in your thousands! They can never arrest the resistance in our smiles. We will use the shards of our broken hearts to spear the system of injustice.” -- Qesser Zuhrah
#SayHerNamee
@mia@hcommons.socialEvaluating the multiplatform museum in an age of automation | by Indigo Holcombe-James | ACMI LABS (from 2024 - how are these questions shaping up in 2026?)
https://labs.acmi.net.au/evaluating-the-multiplatform-museum-in-an-age-of-a…
@andres4ny@social.ridetrans.itRE: https://mstdn.social/@Artemis201/115754645089453670
American voters in Nov 2024:
@gwire@mastodon.socialCrypto companies in 201x: "we believe that the rise of crypto-currencies will promote renewable energy production, actually, so your criticism is invalid."
Crypto company billionaires in 2024: providing campaign support to the anti-renewables presidential candidate.
@tinoeberl@mastodon.onlineAnzahl der installierten #Windkraftanlagen pro Jahr in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 22.12.2025.
Der Datenbestand enthält ggf. unplausible Datensätze.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff: 14 Tipps zum #Energiesparen
@Techmeme@techhub.socialAI sector minted 50 new billionaires in 2025; Crunchbase: investors poured $200B into AI startups in 2025, or about 50% of global funding, up from 34% in 2024 (Alicia Park/Forbes)
http://www.forbes.com/sites/aliciapark/2025/12/25/ai-minted…
@metacurity@infosec.exchangeKorean police arrested two high school students for the 2024 hack of Seoul’s public bicycle service “Ttareungyi”
https://www.chosun.com/english/national-en/2026/02/23/X4AOVZXXORHNLI5P5BOHMRZQRY/
@krone@frawas.deMehrjährige Haftstrafe - Wirtin schuldig, ihr Gasthaus angezündet zu haben #News #Nachrichten <…
@primonatura@mstdn.social"Valencia’s deadly flood still haunts Spain. Would it have happened in a fossil fuel-free world?"
#Spain #Valencia #FossilFuels
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialDespite concerns, Labour MPs and other left-wing UK politicians stay active on X; the UK government says it stopped paid ads in 2024, after spending £9M in 2021 (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/5b0e3ea9-acc9-4dcc-85fe-2273ea8abb86
@Techmeme@techhub.socialPitchBook: crypto M&A hit $8.6B across 267 deals in 2025 vs. $2.17B in 2024; 11 crypto IPOs raised $14.6B worldwide, up from $310M from four IPOs in 2024 (Nikou Asgari/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/b4d5e238-c34a-4602-91d0-4c7300b0006f
@heiseonline@social.heise.deUrteil: Amazon darf Video-Kunden keine Werbung aufzwängen
Amazon Prime Video sendet seit 2024 Werbespots. Ein Gericht schreitet ein und untersagt dem US-Unternehmen, die Vertragsbedingungen einseitig zu ändern.
ht…
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
The Brand New Heavies:
🎵 Dream On Dreamer
#TheBrandNewHeavies
https://thebrandnewheavies.bandcamp.com/track/dream-on-dreamer-remastered-2024
https://open.spotify.com/track/6E4vhLRYh1pBK9woMCPHTj
@wyri@toot-toot.wyrihaxim.usWith this being the first Raspberry Pi 5 of the cluster, and since those are notorious for running hotter than the Pi 4. Which I did extensive testing on last year: https://blog.wyrihaximus.net/2024/12/building-a-kubernetes-homelab-w…
@nemobis@mamot.frAjit Niranjan writes about the supposed decoupling in #Romania.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/11/is-romania-blueprint-economic-g…
@davidaugust@mastodon.online“Google handed over a trove of personal data about a student and journalist to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in response to a subpoena that had not been approved by a judge…”
“…latest example of how the U.S. government is using a controversial type of legal request, called an administrative subpoena, to demand that tech companies turn over the private data of individuals who have been critical of the Trump administration.”
@tagesschau_eil@mastodon.social📢 Lebenslange Haft für Südkoreas Ex-Präsident Yoon wegen Ausrufung des Kriegsrechts
Für die Ausrufung des Kriegsrechts im Dezember 2024 ist der damalige südkoreanische Präsident Yoon Suk Yeol zu lebenslanger Haft verurteilt worden. Das zentrale Bezirksgericht in Seoul sprach den 65-Jährigen schuldig, einen Aufstand angeführt und damit die Verfassung des Landes untergraben zu haben.
➡️
@der_raddler@dresden.networkRE: #bespoked 2024 als Joke präsentierten Bananentasche erzählt im…
@dawid@social.craftknight.com
@aardrian@toot.cafeFiled Chromium bug #483413444: Invalid `aria-level` values incorrectly default to 1
https://issues.chromium.org/issues/483413444
Which addresses the regressions I found yesterday:
@EarthOrgUK@mastodon.energyOn Website Technicals (2024-09) - Tech updates: anticipating the heat pump, BibTeX crossref, ETag clean-up, APFS defrag, Gallery traffic trim. - https://m.earth.org.uk/note-on-site-technicals-88.html
@rasterweb@mastodon.socialI generally hate buying new computing devices and try to make them last as long as possible. I bought a used/refurb iPad 5th Gen in 2022 for $199 and got 2 years of solid use before I upgraded to a 6th Gen in 2024 (for $170) so I could use an Apple Pencil.
I then put the old 5th Gen on my trainer bike as a video player and it still works great.
But sadly, two years in the 6th Gen now has dead spots on the screen. I may need to replace it.
1/n
@Yogi77@hessen.social
@servelan@newsie.socialTrump To Pardon Ex-Honduran President Who Got 45 Years In 2024 For Trafficking Over 400 Tons Of Cocaine - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2025/11/trump-to-pardon-ex-honduran-president-who-got-45-years-in-2024-for-trafficking-over-400-tons-of-cocaine/
@cowboys@darktundra.xyzCowboys Proposal Has Them Move For All-Pro George Pickens-Replacement https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/brandon-aiyuk-proposal-george-pickens-replacement/
@mapto@qoto.orgThe consequences of the 996 working hour system:
"On the Chinese internet, the country’s current predicament – slowing economic growth, a falling birthrate, a meagre social safety net, increasing isolation on the world stage – is often expressed through buzzwords. There is tangping, or “lying flat”, a term used to describe the young generation of Chinese who are choosing to chill out rather than hustle in China’s high-pressure economy. There is runxue, or “run philosophy”, which re…
@haayman@todon.nlIk vind zo'n winst van banken pervers. Waarom moet een bank zoveel winst maken? Dat betekent dat hun klanten minder waar voor hun geld krijgen. œf ze moeten teveel betalen voor een lening, óf ze krijgen te weinig rente op het spaargeld.
Bijna 5 miljard euro winst voor Rabobank, goede doelen profiteren mee
@Sustainable2050@mastodon.energyLast Wednesday, the village of Grazalema (southern Spain, 900 m altitude) received 577 mm of rain in one day: the second highest ever recorded in Spain, only behind the deadly downpour in the Valencia region of 29 October 2024. https://malagaldia.es/2026/0…
@rmdes@mstdn.socialRéfutation des affirmations de Soteria International sur la "communauté bouddhiste persécutée OKC" et son fondateur Robert Spatz
https://blog.rmendes.net/2024/12/15/rfutation-des-affirmations.html
@wraithe@mastodon.socialHow well have I been doing keeping my shit managed?
I just put up my “file it“ calendar for 2026, which is a calendar that consists of folders for receipts, expenses, etc.
It’s replacing my “file it” calendar for 2024.
Note to self: order 2025 calendar. 😂🤦🏻♀️
@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#ThroughTheNight
- Ajna Marosz and Il Cuore Barocco play Graupner and Telemann
A chamber music concert from the 2024 Allegretto Žilina International Music Festival in northern Slovakia that showcases artists who have won world renowned competitions.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002q15s
@timbray@cosocial.caJust an unsolicited product plug, if you’re in Western Canada. The house we bought in late 2024 has Vinyltek windows, installed during a 2010-12 renovation, and a few of them were a bit twisted out of shape or had dysfunctional open/close/lock controls. So we called up and their guy came by and fixed them all in less than an hour, no charge. https://www.vin…
@cdarwin@c.imJust 32 fossil fuel companies were responsible for half the global carbon dioxide emissions driving the climate crisis in 2024,
down from 36 a year earlier, a report has revealed.
Saudi Aramco was the biggest state-controlled polluter
and ExxonMobil was the largest investor-owned polluter.
Critics accused the leading fossil fuel companies of
“sabotaging climate action” and
“being on the wrong side of history”
but said the emissions data was increasing…
@alex_mastodon@troet.cafe🌈 Cadolzburg für Vielfalt und Demokratie am Samstag, 24. Januar 2026 vor dem Rathaus um 11 bis 13 Uhr.🎉
:BoostOK: Wiederholung am Samstag, 31. Januar.
✊💜 Eine Menschenkette soll ein Zeichen für #Vielfalt und #Demokratie setzen!
@sauer_lauwarm@mastodon.social[Bei Achillessehnenproblemen übrigens erstaunlich gut empfunden, fancy Kühlungsverband: https://polysportiv.com/2024/08/27/produkttest-medivid-cryo/]
@seeingwithsound@mas.to(PhD thesis, 2024) Prototyping phosphene vision: Simulation-based optimization of visual neuroprosthetics using deep learning #BCI
@heiseonline@social.heise.de"Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024" für Playstation 5 erschienen
Der "Flight Simulator 2024" ist für die Playstation 5 erschienen. Dabei hatte Microsoft einen Port zuerst abgelehnt.
https://w…
@toxi@mastodon.thi.ngAlpenglühen in the Ammergau Alps
(Hochplatte, Branderschrofen, February 2024)
#WildWednesday #LandscapePhotography #Alps
@primonatura@mstdn.social @Techmeme@techhub.socialAn analysis of 5,290 AI research papers at NeurIPS: 141, or ~3%, had US-China AI lab collaboration, up from 134 in 2024; Llama featured in 106 Chinese papers (Will Knight/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/us-china-collaboration-neurips-papers/
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialAnalysis: music copyright's global value rose 5.2% YoY to a record $47.2B in 2024; the revenue split favored labels and artists at 62%, above songwriters' 38% (Will Page/Pivotal Economics)
https://pivotaleconomics.com/undercurrents/music-copyright-2025
@Dragofix@veganism.social2025 on track to tie second hottest year on record: EU monitor #EU
@cdarwin@c.imCongressional negotiators are expected to release a
bipartisan health care package
as soon as today
that revives major parts of a deal that was torpedoed in late 2024 by Elon Musk and then President-elect Trump.
The agreement would include long-stalled priorities like
— an overhaul of the business practices of pharmacy benefit managers — the "middlemen" between drug manufacturers and insurers
— and new controls on how hospitals bill for outpatien…
@Sustainable2050@mastodon.energyRevealed: Europe’s water reserves drying up due to climate breakdown
Scientists find large swathes of southern Europe are drying up, with ‘far-reaching’ implications
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/20
@NFL@darktundra.xyzBrandon Aiyuk put on reserve/left squad list; season, and likely 49ers tenure, over https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6887016/2025/12/13/brandon-aiyuk-49ers-season-over/
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialNetflix's ad revenue hit $1.5B in 2025, up by more than 2.5x vs. 2024, and viewing hours grew 2% YoY in H2, driven by a 9% rise in viewing of branded originals (Dade Hayes/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/01/netflix-earnings-q4-2025-stranger-things-12…
@tinoeberl@mastodon.onlineKumulativer Zubau von #Balkonsolarleistung in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 17.02.2026.
Die summierte Leistung aller offiziell registrierten #Steckersolaranlagen beträgt b…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialEssilorLuxottica says it sold over 7M Meta AI glasses in 2025, up from the 2M that the company sold in 2023 and 2024 combined (Samantha Subin/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/11/ray-ban-maker-essilorluxottica-triples-sales-of-meta-ai-gla…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialSensor Tower: Reels accounted for 50% of all Instagram ads in 2025, up from 35% in 2024; Reels accounted for 46% of time spent on Instagram in the US in 2025 (Zach Vallese/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/20/most-of-instagrams-ads-ran-on-reels-i…
@cdarwin@c.imGoogle handed over a trove of personal data
about a student and journalist to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
in response to a subpoena that had not been approved by a judge, according to a report by The Intercept.
The search and advertising tech giant provided ICE with the usernames, physical addresses, and an itemized list of services associated with the Google account of Amandla Thomas-Johnson,
a British student and journalist who briefly attended a pro-P…
@metacurity@infosec.exchangeFollowing law enforcement’s disruption of two high-profile ransomware groups, ransomware incidents reported to FinCEN decreased in 2024, with 1,476 incidents, reflecting $734 million in the aggregate value of reported payments in BSA reports.
https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-rele…
@tinoeberl@mastodon.onlineAnzahl der Inbetriebnahmen von Balkonkraftwerken pro Jahr in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 17.02.2026.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der #Steckersolaranlage ersetzt.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff:
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialNielsen: Christmas Day 2025 set a record for US streaming usage with 55.1B minutes, or 54% of all TV viewing for the day, up by 3.9B minutes on Christmas 2024 (Rick Porter/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business
@Techmeme@techhub.socialAnalysis: Tata, Infosys, and Cognizant are set to bear the brunt of Trump's $100K H-1B fee; from 2020 to 2024, 93% of Infosys' H-1B hires would have had to pay (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12…
@tinoeberl@mastodon.onlineAnzahl der Inbetriebnahmen von #Balkonkraftwerken pro Monat in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 17.02.2026.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmejahre von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialArtforum EIC Tina Rivers Ryan plans to step down at the end of February; Executive Editor Rachel Wetzler and editor Daniel Wenger will be co-editors (Michaela Towfighi/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/arts/design/artforum-editor-tina-riv…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialKPMG citing PitchBook data: UK fintech investment totaled almost $11B in 2025 across 418 deals, down from ~$13.4B in 2024 across 527 deals; Revolut raised $4B (Aisha S Gani/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…
@tinoeberl@mastodon.onlineHäufigkeitsverteilung der Bruttoleistung von #Balkonkraftwerken in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 17.02.2026.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten ersetzt, Sonderregelungen nach #Solarpaket…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialChris LaCivita, a Trump campaign manager in 2024, settles his libel lawsuit against The Daily Beast, filed in March 2025; The Beast says he received no payment (Katie Robertson/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/business/media…
@cdarwin@c.imDonald Trump has said he will grand a pardon to
Juan Orlando Hernšndez,
the former president of Honduras
who is serving a 45-year prison sentence in the US
on drug trafficking and weapons charges.
Hernšndez was convicted in 2024 of accepting millions in bribes to protect cocaine shipments
@tinoeberl@mastodon.onlineAnzahl der Inbetriebnahmen von #Balkonkraftwerken pro Monat in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 08.01.2026.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmejahre von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der
@Techmeme@techhub.socialStudy: AI's 2025 power demand could hit 23GW, above 2024 Bitcoin mining levels, and AI carbon emissions could hit 32.6M to 79.7M tons, compared to NYC's 50M (Justine Calma/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/845831/ai-chips-data-center-power-water
@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:
@Techmeme@techhub.socialDune and Keyrock: bets placed on prediction markets rose from <$100M per month in early 2024 to $13B per month in November, as Polymarket and Kalshi compete (Jill R Shah/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/bc300579-4b19-4f82-b232-e537e992c310
@tinoeberl@mastodon.onlineAnzahl der registrierten #Balkonkraftwerke in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 08.01.2026.
Der aktuelle Höchststand liegt bei 1211359 registrierten Anlagen.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialA profile of Disney Chief Creative Officer Jared Bush, appointed in September 2024, who is trying to reclaim Disney's animation magic, ahead of Zootopia 2 (Brooks Barnes/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/business/disney-zootopia-2-jared-bush…
@tinoeberl@mastodon.onlineAnzahl der Inbetriebnahmen von Balkonkraftwerken pro Jahr in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 08.01.2026.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der #Steckersolaranlage ersetzt.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff:
@Techmeme@techhub.socialDidi reports Q3 revenue up 8.6% YoY to ~$8.28B and a ~$211M net income, up from ~$127M in Q3 2024; international revenue up 35% YoY to ~$558M with a ~$240M loss (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/china…
@tinoeberl@mastodon.onlineKumulativer Zubau von #Balkonsolarleistung in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 08.01.2026.
Die summierte Leistung aller offiziell registrierten #Steckersolaranlagen beträgt b…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialThe UK approves the £750M Marlow Studios project backed by James Cameron, overruling a 2024 local council decision to block it due to environmental concerns (Rose Henderson/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialUS Press Freedom Tracker: 32 journalists arrested or charged in 2025, vs. 50 in 2024, and 170 assaulted, nearly as many as the previous three years combined (Jem Bartholomew/Columbia Journalism Review)
https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/reporting-with-one-hand-tied.php<…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialUber starts deploying fully driverless WeRide robotaxis in Abu Dhabi, after launching its robotaxi service with safety drivers in the UAE in December 2024 (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/828685/uber-weride-robotaxi-fully-driverless-u…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialLondon-based PolyAI, which makes call center AI voice assistants, raised an $86M Series D led by Georgian, Hedosophia, and Khosla, after raising $50M in 2024 (John Reynolds/Tech.eu)
https://tech.eu/2025/12/15/polyai-raises-86m/
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialNBCU and AMC Theatres strike a deal to bring live coverage of the Milan-Cortina Olympics to 150 AMC locations in the US between February 6 and February 22 (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/m
@Techmeme@techhub.socialInternal documents: Meta earned $18B in annual ad sales from China in 2024, making up 10% of its global revenue, with $3B linked to fraudulent ads like scams (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/investigations/meta-tolerates…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialGoogle withdraws its 2024 EU antitrust complaint against Microsoft over Azure licensing, after the EU launched a probe into Azure and AWS under the DMA (Edith Hancock/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/google-withdraws-
@Techmeme@techhub.socialDeepSeek says its new DeepSeekMath-V2 model got gold-medal level status on the International Mathematical Olympiad 2025 and Chinese Mathematical Olympiad 2024 (Matthias Bastian/The Decoder)
https://the-decoder.com/deepseekmath-v2-is-deepseeks-late…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources detail how Anduril's fast-moving approach with its defense tech led to setbacks; Ukraine stopped using Anduril's Altius drones in 2024 due to problems (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/anduril…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: Binance has fired its employees in late 2025 who uncovered evidence that Iran received $1B through Binance between March 2024 and August 2025 (Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2026/02/13/binance-investigators-fired-iran-sanctions-potentia…
@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
@Techmeme@techhub.socialMalwarebytes: a 2024 Instagram data breach exposed information on 17.5 million users, including emails, phone numbers, and physical addresses (Jackson Chen/Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/cybersecurity/an-
@Techmeme@techhub.socialChatGPT was 2025's most downloaded free app in the US iOS App Store, up from No. 4 in 2024, followed by Threads, Google, TikTok, WhatsApp, and Instagram (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/10/chatgpt-is-apples-most-downloaded…
