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Bruttospeicherleistung aktiver #Batteriespeicher je #Netzanschlussebene in #Deutschland ab 2012 mit Stand vom 21.04.2026.
Betrachtet werden Datensätze mit Betriebsstatus „a…

The Internet Watch Foundation says it identified 8,029 AI-generated images and videos of realistic child sexual abuse in 2025, up 14% from the previous year (Madhumita Murgia/Financial Times)

🫧 Shipping regulations to reduce pollution may have exacerbated Great Barrier Reef bleaching
https://phys.org/news/2026-01-shipping-pollution-exacerbated-great-barrier.html

Shipping regulations to reduce pollution may have exacerbated Great Barrier Reef bleaching
Rising ocean temperatures have been implicated in mass coral bleaching events affecting the Great Barrier Reef (GBR). These events have been increasingly frequent, with major events occurring in 2016, 2017, 2020, 2022, 2024, and 2025. Now, in an unexpected turn of events, it appears that regulations introduced in 2020 to reduce ship fuel pollution may have actually increased the solar radiation that leads to increased coral bleaching, according to a study published in Nature Communications Eart…

On July 4, 2025, protesters gathered outside the Prairieland Detention Facility in a
“noise demonstration,” using drums, speakers and chanting to disrupt operations and draw attention to conditions inside the facility.
Participants “could not go on business as usual as our government forced hundreds into sleeping on floors in overcrowded conditions with no access to adequate medical care.”
What followed has since become known as the Prairieland case.
According to orga…

Playing for the Prairieland 19: A night of music and resistance
Mary Court hosted a concert to raise money for the Prairieland 19, a group of protestors facing charges for their actions against ICE.

Raiders Fan Guy Fieri Doesn’t Hold Back on Fernando Mendoza https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/guy-fieri-comments-indiana-fernando-mendoza/

A NY state judge throws out Sean "Diddy" Combs' defamation suit against NBCUniversal for airing a documentary, Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy, in January 2025 (Dominic Patten/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/04/sean-combs-nbc-lawsuit-dismissed-12368…

Not All About The Benjamins: NBCU Sees Sean Combs’ $100M Defamation Suit Thrown Out
Still awaiting a ruling from a trio of Appeal Court judges over his criminal case, the incarcerated Sean "Diddy" Combs got some bad legal news today.

Seems like a good moment to re-share this, particularly as there is nonsense being spoken about renewables not having a problem of the Hormuz type.
Renewables, carbon and the energy crisis – degrowthUK
https://degrowthuk.org/2025/08/01/renewables-carbon-and-th…

Renewables, carbon and the energy crisis
Article originally published at North West Bylines, 31 July, 2025 Based on a longer, fully referenced pamphlet, jointly published by Steady State Manchester and DegrowthUK available HERE as pdf or …

Wir montieren uns in ein Himmelfahrtsbild hinein Heute machen wir diese Aufgabe: https://blogs.rpi-virtuell.de/relidigital/2025/05/20/wir-montieren-uns-mit-gimp-in-ein-himmelfahrtsbild-hinein/ Vollständiger Beitrag:

Updated my post on `<figcaption>` exposure (https://adrianroselli.com/2025/01/brief-note-on-figure-and-figcaption-support.html#Update01) to reference @…

Brief Note on Figure and Figcaption Support
I am not going to dive into the details of

and

New York Jets select David Bailey, edge from Texas Tech, with No. 2 pick in 2026 NFL Draft https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7213739/2026/04/23/david-bailey-jets-texas-tech-nfl-draft-pick-2-2026/

Sources: AI coding firm Cognition is in early talks to raise hundreds of millions of dollars at a $25B valuation, up from $10.2B announced in September 2025 (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-23/ai-codi…

«Man-in-the-Middle — Cyberkriminelle haben Unternehmen im Visier. Sie lesen heimlich deren Mailverkehr - und schlagen dann plötzlich zu. Der Schaden ist immens - bis hin zum finanziellen Ruin»
— @… 28.05.2025 (ab 01:06:11 h)
Weswegen digitale Verifikation so wie Verschlüsselung immer wichtiger wird. Damit lässt sich u.a. auch sicherstellen, dass kein Betrug von Dri…

Aktenzeichen XY... Vorsicht, Betrug! vom 28. Mai 2025
In der neuesten Ausgabe des XY-Spezials „Vorsicht, Betrug!“ zeigt Rudi Cerne die aktuellen Betrugsmaschen und gibt mit der Polizei, Betroffenen und Experten Verhaltenstipps.

Cowboys Executive Makes Massive George Pickens Announcement https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/cowboys-franchise-tag-george-pickens/

Apropos Ryan Gosling/Der Astronaut - meine Kurzbesprechung zum zugrundeliegenden Buch ‚Project Hail Mary‘ von Andy Weir findet sich hier: https://blog.till-westermayer.de/2026/01/science-fiction-und-fantasy-winter-edition-2025-26/
Bin …

Science Fiction und Fantasy - Winter Edition 2025/26
Irgendwie hat sich nach meinen letzten Sammelrezensionen doch einiges angesammelt, was ich an SF und Fantasy gelesen und angeschaut habe. Innovativ fand ich Emily Teshs neuen Roman The Incandescent (2025). Tesh hat 2024 den Hugo für ihre antifaschistische Space Opera Some Desperate Glory bekomme

from my link log —
ACME, a brief history of a protocol which has changed Internet security.
https://blog.brocas.org/2025/12/01/ACME-a-brief-history-of-one-of-the-protocols-which-has-changed-the-Internet-Security/

Neue Inbetriebnahmen von #Stromspeicher​n je #Batterietechnologie in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 21.04.2026.
Betrachtet werden Datensätze mit Betriebsstatus „aktiv“ und vorhan…

Americans had paid 96% of the cost of Trump's tariffs while foreign exporters absorbed just 4%.
✅ A Study Just Found The Average Cost Americans Paid For Trump's Tariffs In 2025, And It's Expected To Get Worse
https://www.buzzfeed.com/meganeliscomb/tariff-co…

Study Reveals Rising Costs of Trump's Tariff Policy
"The only thing Made in America here is the inflation."

Wir montieren uns in ein Himmelfahrtsbild hinein Heute machen wir diese Aufgabe: https://blogs.rpi-virtuell.de/relidigital/2025/05/20/wir-montieren-uns-mit-gimp-in-ein-himmelfahrtsbild-hinein/ Vollständiger Beitrag:

Voittoja luonnon puolesta vuodelta 2025 #luonto

Voittoja luonnon puolesta vuodelta 2025 - Greenpeace Suomi
Maailman meno voi tällä hetkellä tuntua aika uuvuttavalta, mutta suurten haasteiden keskellä on onneksi paljon valonpilkahduksia, jotka antavat syytä hymyyn. Lue viime vuoden onnistumisista ja ota mukaasi annos toivoa!

Decide in advance whether you will unlock your device or provide the passcode for a search.
Your overall likelihood of experiencing a device search is low
(e.g., less than .01% of international travelers are selected),
but depending on what information you carry, the impact of a search may be quite high.
If you plan to unlock your device for a search or provide the passcode, ensure your devices are prepared:
☐ Upload any information you would like to keep in clo…

A Journalist Security Checklist: Preparing Devices for Travel Through a US Border
We wrote this checklist to help journalists prepare for transit through a U.S. port of entry while preserving the confidentiality of your most sensitive information, such as unpublished reporting materials or source contact information. It’s important to think about your strategy in advance, and begin planning which options in this checklist make sense for you.

since 2021, Tomohiro Okazaki has been doing stop-motion animation of matchsticks, posting as oo_kk_aa on instagram. occasionally he posts collections to youtube. this is group 18, from 2025-02-01 to 2025-05-22
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjls49EsCSE

How Jaxon Smith-Njigba's contract extension impacts Seahawks, Rams' Puka Nacua https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48288997/how-jaxon-smith-njigba-contract-extension-impacts-seattle-seahawks-los-ang…

#Speicherkapazität der #Batteriespeicher in #Deutschland je Netzanschlussebene ab 2012 mit Stand vom 21.04.2026.
Betrachtet werden Datensätze mit Betriebsstatus „aktiv“…

Since December 2025, print media companies in France have cut nearly 1,000 jobs; Trendeo: since 2009, 10.5K jobs have disappeared from the sector in France (Brice Laemle/Le Monde)
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/economy/article/

France's print media in crisis amid massive layoffs
Since December 2025, magazine and regional press companies have announced nearly 1,000 job cuts, putting the viability of countless newsrooms at risk.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #RoundMidnight
Nils Kavanagh Trio:
🎵 The Old House On The Hill (Live at JPN 2025)
#NilsKavanaghTrio

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #PacificNotions
Henning Schmiedt:
🎵 05.01.45 21082025
#HenningSchmiedt
#newRelease 🆕 album
https://flau.bandcamp.com/track/05-01-45-21-08-2025
https://open.spotify.com/track/2n8Dj9emH9lHe0whyGzduU

The `aria-description` attribute still won’t auto-translate in browsers (except Firefox in some cases):
https://adrianroselli.com/2025/01/aria-description-does-not-translate.html#Update02
The bugs I filed with Chrome, Safari, and Firefox ha…

Filing: Anthropic spent $1.6M and OpenAI $1M on lobbying in Q1, vs. $360K and $560K in Q1 2025, respectively; Meta topped Big Tech lobbying spending with $7.1M (Ashley Gold/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/04/21/anthropic-outspends-openai-biggest-lobbyin…

Anthropic outspends OpenAI in biggest-ever lobbying quarter
Both Anthropic and OpenAI posted their biggest-ever lobbying spends in the first quarter of 2026.

Spielebranche: Fast jeder Dritte hat 2025 seinen Job verloren
Der Veranstalter der Spielemesse GDC hat neue Umfrageergebnisse veröffentlicht. Fast ein Drittel der Spieleentwickler hat demnach 2025 seinen Job verloren.

POL-GÖ: (77/2026) Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025 der PI Göttingen: 10 % weniger Straftaten, Fahrraddiebstähle stark zurückgegangen, Fallzahlen Messerangriffe gestiegen Göttingen (ots) - GÖTTINGEN (vb/jk) - Der Leiter des Zentralen Kriminaldienstes Kriminaldirektor Oliver Tschirner und seine Vertreterin Polizeioberrätin Vicky Berkhan (Foto) haben am Freitag (20.03.2026) die Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik (PKS) ...

Only 11 out of 131 ABC-audited UK magazines grew their actively purchased print sales in 2025, including Harper's Bazaar, The Spectator, and The Week Junior (Dominic Ponsford/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/media-audie

Just 11 out of 131 ABC-audited magazines grew sales in 2025
Biggest selling magazines in the UK in 2025. Full breakdown of the latest print circulation figures from ABC.

Heads up, a ton of infosec developments have emerged since Friday morning, so don't miss today's Metacurity for the most critical news stories you might have missed, including
--FBI probes crypto theft linked to malware-infected Steam games,
--Operation Synergia III busts 94 alleged cybercriminals,
--DPRK's Konni Group used KakaoTalk to spread info-stealing malware,
--Japan was hit by 226 ransomware attacks in 2025,
--Chinese attack on Costa Rica'…

FBI probes crypto theft linked to malware-infected Steam games
Operation Synergia III busts 94 alleged cybercriminals, DPRK's Konni Group used KakaoTalk to spread info-stealing malware, Japan was hit by 226 ransomware attacks in 2025, Chinese attack on Costa Rica electricity institute sparks diplomatic row, Intellexa sold spyware to the Greek gov't, much more

Personal bankruptcies in Russia soar 31% to nearly 568,000 in 2025, Ukrainian intelligence says: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/01/personal-bankruptcies-in-russia-soar.html

The Streisand Effect:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Streisand_effect_examples#United_States
(According to an unverified source, the interview now has over 40 million views.)

ICE director, without evidence, accuses police of sabotaging 2025 Aurora raids - Sentinel Colorado https://sentinelcolorado.com/metro/ice-director-without-evidence-accuses-police-of-sabotaging-2025-aurora-raids/

ICE director, without evidence, accuses police of sabotaging 2025 Aurora raids
“We tried to work with state and local government. They made notifications. So when tactical teams arrived, protesters were already there, and the apartment complex was empty.”

Government proposes yet another revision to the NPPF (Planning Framework) for England and Wales.
Here's what we said about the last one.
Open Letter about NPPF to GM Labour MPs | Steady State Manchester https://steadystatemanchester.net/2025/01/1…

Open Letter about NPPF to GM Labour MPs
This open letter has been sent to Greater Manchester labour MPs. It raises a series of concerns about the government’s planning reforms, as set out in the new National Planning Policy Framewo…

"Earth was hit by 55 billion-dollar weather disasters in 2025"
#Climate #ClimateChange

Earth was hit by 55 billion-dollar weather disasters in 2025
The world endured its costliest wildfire on record in 2025, its sixth-deadliest heat wave, and four floods or storms that caused at least 1,000 deaths.

He intentado ver Superman (2025) por no sé cušnta vez y no, no puedo. Es superior a mí, es que es mala a rabiar, peor que un tumor.
Lo intentaré en un par de meses imaginando que es la versión "Scary Movie" de Superman, a ver si así tomšndola en plan parodia, la puedo digerir mšs de media hora.
Que lo mismo es eso, que es una peli parodia y no me he enterado, y la estoy intentando ver como si fuese una peli seria de Superman.

💸 Crypto money laundering balloons to $82B as Chinese-language services dominate, Chainalysis says
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/01/27/crypto-money-laundering-balloons-to-usd82b-as-chinese-lan…

Chinese-language crypto laundering networks surge as illicit on-chain flows hit $82B
Crypto laundering grew to more than $82 billion in 2025, with Chinese-language networks emerging as a dominant force, Chainalysis reports.

En Route To Fellaria
(This is just a tiny fragment, but it was one of the most memorable days and places I had a chance to visit in 2025... Surreal not just because of the many colors and textures at this time of year [late September], but also the vastness and traces of processes so much larger & older than life...)
#MountainMonday

2025 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/

2025 was third-warmest year on record, research shows
2025 was the third-warmest year on record, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The warmest year on record is still 2024, with 2023 coming in second. The global average surface temperature for 2025 was estimated to be 1.44° Celsius (2.59° Fahrenheit) higher than preindustrial levels. The last 11 years have been the warmest 11 years […]

BREAKING: Cowboys, Javonte Williams agree to terms on 3-year deal worth $24M https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2026/02/21/cowboys-rb-javonte-williams-agree-terms-3-year-deal-24m/888004…

A profile of far-right influencer Nick Fuentes, who has been kicked off most mainstream social media but made ~$900K from "fanatical" donors since early 2025 (Washington Post)

He spreads hate online — and fans pay him hundreds of thousands of dollars
The far-right influencer Nick Fuentes has pocketed roughly $900,000 from “fanatical” donors since the start of 2025. Some superfans see him as part of their families.

Anzahl der installierten #Windkraftanlagen pro Jahr in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 17.02.2026.
Der Datenbestand enthält ggf. unplausible Datensätze.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff: 14 Tipps zum #Energiesparen

IFPI: global recorded music revenues hit $31.7B in 2025, up 6.4% YoY, total streaming revenue surpassed $22B, and users of paid music subscriptions reached 837M (Murray Stassen/Music Business Worldwide)
https://www.musicbusin…

Global recorded music revenues hit $31.7B in 2025, up 6.4% YoY; users of paid music subscriptions reach 837M
IFPI has published its new ‘Global Music Report 2026’ showing that global recorded music revenues grew by 6.4%

Leistung der installierten #Windkraftanlagen pro Jahr in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 17.02.2026.
Der Datenbestand enthält ggf. unplausible Datensätze.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff: 14 Tipps zum #Energiesparen

Social network Bluesky is gearing up for big changes with today’s news that
the company raised $100 million in Series B funding.
The round, led by Bain Capital Crypto, was closed in April 2025 but had not been disclosed until now
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/19/blue…

Bluesky announces $100M Series B after CEO transition | TechCrunch
The additional funds have been used to scale Bluesky's team, while the company continues to develop Bluesky's app and the underlying ATProto that powers it.

Bitcoin fällt auf tiefsten Stand seit April 2025
Der Bitcoin hat seit seinem Rekordhoch im November rund 47.000 Dollar verloren. Wie steht es aktuell um die bekannteste Kryptowährung?
https://www.

Cowboys Urged to Add Former Super Bowl Champ CB https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/rasul-douglas-nfl-free-agency-dallas/

2025 Topps Chrome Football odds analysis: Where to find the cards you're chasing https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7202063/2026/04/17/2025-topps-chrome-football-odds-analysis/

Microsoft's AI datacenters are now completely closed loop, liquid-cooled w/ zero evaporation loss.
At construction, they are filled with as much water as a golf course during the summertime ONCE, then never again.
✅ Inside the world’s most powerful AI datacenter - Microsoft
https://

Inside the world’s most powerful AI datacenter - The Official Microsoft Blog
This week we have introduced a wave of purpose-built datacenters and infrastructure investments we are making around the world to support the global adoption of cutting-edge AI workloads and cloud services. Today in Wisconsin we introduced Fairwater, our newest US AI datacenter, the largest and most sophisticated AI factory we’ve built yet. In addition to...

Ukraine war latest live: SBU releases greatest hits video of 2025 drone strikes on Russian aircraft: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/28/ukraine-war-latest-live-sbu.html

Figma reports Q4 revenue up 40% YoY to $303.8M, vs. $293.15M est., and forecasts Q1 revenue above estimates; FIG jumps 15% after hours (Jordan Novet/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/18/figma-fig-q4-earnings-report-2025.html

Figma stock jumps 20% as company sees AI monetization accelerating growth
The design software company maintained its gross margin even as more people adopted the Figma Make artificial intelligence tool.

The UK's Observer offers a new round of buyouts almost one year after its acquisition by Tortoise Media; ~33% of staff reportedly took the buyout offers in 2025 (Bron Maher/A Media Operator)
https://www.amediaoperator.com/news/the-observer-voluntary-redund…

The Observer Opens Voluntary Redundancy Round
The Observer has opened a voluntary redundancy round nearly a year after it was acquired by Tortoise Media from The Guardian.

Marktforscher: iPhone 16 ist 2025 das weltweit meistverkaufte Smartphone
Kein Xiaomi, Oppo oder Vivo: Apple und Samsung teilen sich die Plätze um die 10 am meisten abgesetzten Smartphones unter sich auf.

A US DOJ operation disrupted four botnets that infected 3M devices and includes the Aisuru and Kimwolf botnets used in a 31.4 Tbps DDoS attack in December 2025 (Andy Greenberg/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/us-takes-down-botnets-used-in-record-bre…

US Takes Down Botnets Used in Record-Breaking Cyberattacks
The Aisuru, Kimwolf, JackSkid, and Mossad botnets had infected more than 3 million devices in total, many inside home networks, according to the US Justice Department.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/01/politics/elon-musk-2024-election-spending-millions

Elon Musk spent more than $290 million on the 2024 election, year-end FEC filings show
Elon Musk spent a total of more than $290 million on the 2024 election, new federal filings show, boosting President Donald Trump and Republicans in a staggering effort that has helped to secure unprecedented access for the world’s richest person in the new administration.

U.S. deports another group of Russians, at least the fifth removal flight of 2025: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/26/us-deports-another-group-of.html

Waymo says its fleet hit 170M miles as of December 2025, and its Waymo Driver system was involved in 92% fewer serious-injury crashes than human drivers (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/transportation/896837/waymo-170-mill…

Waymo hits 170 million miles while avoiding serious mayhem
Waymo released a new analysis of its robotaxi fleet after driving over 170 million driverless miles. The company says it still manages to avoid most serious crashes or injuries.

Bruttospeicherleistung aktiver #Batteriespeicher je #Netzanschlussebene in #Deutschland ab 2012 mit Stand vom 17.03.2026.
Betrachtet werden Datensätze mit Betriebsstatus „a…

Hessisches Handyverbot: Erste Bilanz nach einem Halbjahr
Seit Beginn des Schuljahres 2025/2026 gilt in Hessen ein landesweites Handyverbot an öffentlichen Schulen. Heute gibt es Zwischenzeugnisse, auch für das Verbot.

UK shipping company helped Russia raise $3.2 billion in LNG trade revenue in 2025, campaigners say: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/26/uk-shipping-company-helped-russia.html

SK Hynix surpassed Samsung in annual operating profit for the first time in 2025; SK Hynix posted a record profit of ~$33B in 2025 while Samsung posted ~$30.5B (Dylan Butts/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/29/sk-hynix-beats-samsung-2025-profit-ai-memor…

SK Hynix overtakes Samsung in annual profit for the first time as AI reshapes rivalry
SK Hynix beats rival Samsung Electronics in profits for 2025 for the first time ever, as the memory maker retains a lead in AI products.

#Speicherkapazität der #Batteriespeicher in #Deutschland je Netzanschlussebene ab 2012 mit Stand vom 17.03.2026.
Betrachtet werden Datensätze mit Betriebsstatus „aktiv“…

The Times and Sunday Times had 659,000 digital subscribers at the end of 2025, up 7% YoY; editor says digital subscribers now cover cost of 700-strong newsroom (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/nationals/tony-gall…

Times editor says digital subs now cover cost of 700-strong newsroom
Times editor Tony Gallagher has revealed revenue from digital subscribers is covering the cost of the Times and Sunday Times newsrooms.

A mass hacking campaign targeting iPhone users in Ukraine and China
used tools that were likely designed by U.S. military contractor L3Harris, TechCrunch has learned.
The tools, which were intended for Western spies, wound up in the hands of various hacking groups,
including Russian government spooks and Chinese cybercriminals.
Last week, Google revealed that over the course of 2025, it discovered that a sophisticated iPhone-hacking toolkit had been used in a series …

A suite of government hacking tools targeting iPhones is now being used by cybercriminals | TechCrunch
Security researchers say exploits used by governments to hack into iPhones have been found to be used by cybercriminals. They warned of an emerging market for "secondhand" exploits.

Jährlicher Zubau und Rückbau von #Balkonsolarleistung in Deutschland mit Stand vom 17.02.2026.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der #Steckersolaranlage ersetzt.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff:

Stripe and Paradigm-backed startup Tempo launches the Machine Payments Protocol and its blockchain to facilitate autonomous AI agent transactions (Ben Weiss/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2026/03/18/stripe-tempo-paradigm-mpp-ai-payments-protocol/
…

Stripe-backed crypto startup Tempo releases AI payments protocol, launches blockchain
Tempo, incubated by Stripe and the venture firm Paradigm, raised $500 million at a $5 billion valuation in 2025.

After the Devastation of Trump’s First Year,
Popular Rebellions Offer Hope
Elections,
labor,
mutual aid, and
local organizing wins in 2025
point to strategies that can work in the coming year.
In 2026, we the people can build power
and we can win significant victories if we:
🔸Show up for the most vulnerable in the face of federal government attacks and neglect;
🔸Push back on racism and misogyny, and support inclusivity;
🔸Call …

After the Devastation of Trump’s First Year, These Popular Rebellions Offer Hope
Elections, labor, mutual aid, and local organizing wins in 2025 point to strategies that can work in the coming year.

Internal documents from 2025: Microsoft expects its annual water consumption to reach 28B liters by 2030, up from 7.9B liters in 2020 and 10.4B liters in 2024 (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/technology/microsoft-water-ai-data-centers.htm…

Microsoft Pledged to Save Water. In the A.I. Era, It Expects Water Use to Soar.
Driven by the artificial intelligence frenzy, Microsoft is internally projecting that water use at its data centers will more than double by 2030 from 2020, including in places that face shortages.

ServiceNow reports Q4 revenue up 20.5% YoY to $3.57B, vs. $3.53B est., and subscription revenue up 21% YoY to $3.47B; NOW drops ~3% after hours (Samantha Subin/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/28/servicenow-now-q4-2025-earnings-report.html

ServiceNow posts better-than-expected fourth-quarter results
ServiceNow announced an expanded partnership with Anthropic about a week after it inked a similar deal with competitor OpenAI.

Nielsen: Bluey was the most-streamed title in the US in 2025, with 45.2B minutes on Disney ; Grey's Anatomy was No. 2 with 40.9B minutes on Hulu and Netflix (Selome Hailu/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/bluey-ratings-record-2025-nielsen-1236643454…

'Bluey' Ratings Record: No. 1 Most-Streamed Title of 2025, Per Nielsen
Bluey' had its second year as the most-streamed title in the U.S., this time hitting 45.2 billion minutes watched.

Jährlich genehmigte #Windenergieleistung in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 15.04.2026.
Genehmigt bedeutet noch nicht gebaut oder in Betrieb. Nicht alle Anlagen benötigen eine Genehmigung.
Der Datenbestand enthält ggf. unplausible Datensätze.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff:

Google's 2025 Ads Safety Report: Google blocked a record 8.3B ads, up 63% YoY, but suspended 36% fewer advertisers, attributing the disparity to its use of AI (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/16/goog

Google is now targeting bad ads over bad actors | TechCrunch
Google blocked 8.3 billion ads in 2025 but suspended fewer advertisers.

Jährlicher Zubau und Rückbau von #Balkonsolarleistung in Deutschland mit Stand vom 15.04.2026.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der #Steckersolaranlage ersetzt.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff:

Sources: Granola, which makes an AI-based note-taking app, aims to raise $100M led by Index Ventures at a $1B valuation, up from a $250M valuation in May 2025 (Iain Martin/Forbes)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/20

VCs’ Favorite Note-Taking App Granola In Talks To Hit $1 Billion Valuation
The London-based AI startup aims to raise a new round of at least $100 million led by Index Ventures, making the popular note-taking app the latest AI unicorn.

AdImpact: Meta spent $6.4M in November and December 2025 to run TV ads in eight US state capitals and DC, aiming to change negative opinions about data centers (Eli Tan/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/technol…

Meta Campaigns to Change Opinions on Data Centers
The tech giant has spent more than $6 million on TV ads in state capitals and Washington, with the message that data centers create jobs.

Anzahl der Inbetriebnahmen von Balkonkraftwerken pro Jahr in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 15.04.2026.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der #Steckersolaranlage ersetzt.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff:

Wikimedia data puts iOS 26 adoption at ~50% in January vs. iOS 18's 72% in 2025 as Apple slows auto-updates; Statcounter showed 15% after missing Safari changes (John Gruber/Daring Fireball)
https://daringfireball.net/2026/01/ios_26_adoption_rate_is_not_bizar…

The iOS 26 Adoption Rate Is Not Bizarrely Low Compared to Previous Years
A change to how Safari reports the OS it is running on led many in the media to lose their minds.

Die monatliche #Energieerzeugung meiner #Kernfusionskollektoranlage im Vergleich zu Prognosedaten aus einer Simulation.
Gesamtleistung: 480 Wp
Ausrichtung: West
Anstellwinkel: 58 Grad
👉 So berechnest Du die Jahresertragsprognose:

Filing: Chinese AI chip designer Cambricon reports a $316M net profit in 2025, its first profitable year; rivals Moore Threads and MetaX narrowed their losses (Coco Feng/South China Morning Post)
https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-t…

Profits rise for China’s semiconductor firms on AI boom, tech self-reliance push
Domestic A-share companies in the sector are forecast to achieve substantial growth in their 2025 results, according to Donghai Securities.

Samsung reports Q4 revenue up 24% YoY to ~$65.6B, vs. ~$65.28B est., and operating profit up 200% to ~$14.06B, driven by memory chip price surge and HBM demand (Dylan Butts/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/29/samsung-record-q4-2025-profit-…

Samsung profit triples, beating estimates as AI chip demand fuels memory shortage
Samsung Electronics reported an over three-fold surge in fourth-quarter profits, hitting a new record and beating analysts' estimates.

Researchers detail how AI tools for generating deepfakes proliferated on Civitai before it banned them in 2025; many tools submitted before the ban remain live (James O'Donnell/MIT Technology Review)
https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/01/3

Inside the marketplace powering bespoke AI deepfakes of real women
New research details how Civitai lets users buy and sell tools to fine-tune deepfakes the company says are banned.

Pro-AI super PAC Leading the Future has raised $125M in 2025, including from a16z and Greg Brockman, to try to shape the US midterms and federal AI regulation (Maria Curi/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/01/30/openai-a16z-cash-ai-super-pac

Exclusive: OpenAI's Brockman and a16Z funnel cash to pro-AI super PAC
The tech industry is loaded and ready to influence elections.

Bluesky releases its first transparency report: users rose 60% in 2025 to 41.2M, including AT Protocol accounts; moderation reports from users grew 54% to 9.97M (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/30/blue

Bluesky issues its first transparency report, noting rise in user reports and legal demands | TechCrunch
Bluesky's first transparency reports tackle moderation, regulatory compliance, account takedowns, and more. The number of government legal requests went up fivefold.

ASML reports Q4 net sales of €9.7B, vs. €9.6B est., and €2.84B net profit, vs. €3.01B est., and says it expects China to account for 20% of its total 2026 sales (Arjun Kharpal/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/28/asml-q4-2025-earnings-report.html

Chip giant ASML posts record orders and upbeat 2026 guidance as AI boom continues
ASML is experiencing several tailwinds including an expectation of increased chipmaking capacity and continued demand for AI semiconductors.

Crypto PAC Fairshake expanded its war chest to $193M by the end of last year, up from $141M in July; Ripple gave $25M, and a16z gave $24M in H2 2025 (Emily Wilkins/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/28/crypto-pac-fairshake-bill-vote.html

Crypto PAC Fairshake touts $193 million war chest as regulatory bill faces first vote
"With the midterms approaching, we are united behind our mission with Fairshake continuing to oppose anti-crypto politicians," the PAC's spokesperson said.

Outtake, which uses autonomous AI agents to help companies detect and remove cyberthreats, raised $40M led by Iconiq, after a $16.5M Series A in April 2025 (Samantha Subin/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/28/outtake-cyber-openai-ai-raise.html

Ex-Palantir engineer raises $40 million for cyber startup Outtake, with backing from Microsoft CEO Nadella
Since its founding in 2023, Outtake has added OpenAI, Applovin and Bill Ackman's Pershing Square to its growing list of customers.

AI sales startup Clay launches its second employee tender offer in under nine months, valuing it at $5B, up from $3.1B in August and $1.5B in its May 2025 offer (Michael J. de la Merced/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/business/dealbook…

Clay, an A.I. Sales Start-Up, Lets Employees Cash Out. Again.
The company is part of a newer generation of software upstarts holding multiple tender offers where workers can sell stock before going public.

Taiwan's GDP rose 12.68% in Q4 2025, its fastest quarterly growth since 1987; full-year GDP grew 8.63%, topping the 7.5% forecast on AI demand for tech products (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-30…

Bitcoin has fallen to ~$78K, down ~7% in 24 hours, over 12% in the past week, and down ~37% since its ATH in Oct. 2025; Ethereum dropped ~18% in the past week (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-31/bitcoi…

Apple reports Q1 revenue from Services, which includes the App Store, Apple Pay, Apple TV, Apple Music, and iCloud, up 14% YoY to $30B, in line with estimates (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/apple-earnings-q1-2026-i…

Apple Revenue Pops 16% to Nearly $144 Billion in Year-End 2025 Quarter on iPhone 17 Sales Blitz, Services Biz Hits $30 Billion
Apple booked a record haul for the December 2025 quarter thanks to a spike in iPhone sales, while its services business hit $30 billion in revenue.

PitchBook: US growth and late-stage venture funds raised $23.6B YTD, up from $7.4B in 2025 and above the totals for any of the past 12 years, amid the AI boom (Yuliya Chernova/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/pro/venture-capital/ai

Indian edtech startup upGrad plans to acquire rival Unacademy in an all-stock deal; Unacademy was valued at less than $500M in 2025, down from $3.5B in 2021 (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/15/unac

Unacademy to be acquired by upGrad in share-swap deal as India’s edtech sector consolidates | TechCrunch
The deal comes after Unacademy’s valuation plunged from $3.5B to under $500M, as India’s once-booming edtech sector struggles.

Amazon reported hundreds of thousands of pieces of potential CSAM in AI training data to NCMEC in 2025; child safety officials say Amazon didn't give the source (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-01-29/amazon-found…

Grubhub plans to remove delivery and service fees on restaurant orders over $50 starting Feb. 2; Grubhub's US market share fell to ~4% in 2025 from 10% in 2023 (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-…

Tesla plans to scrap its premium S and X models and convert its California factory into an Optimus manufacturing hub, as Elon Musk refocuses on robotics and AI (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/78d53ce6-a731-496c-8d8b-e53bc35f49a8

Tesla suffers first annual drop in revenue in 2025
Donald Trump’s EV policies and consumer backlash against CEO Elon Musk’s political activities hit car sales

Apple's iPhone 16 was the world's best-selling smartphone in 2025, followed by the 16 Pro Max and 16 Pro; Apple took 7 of the top 10 spots and Samsung took 3 (Counterpoint Research)
https://counterpointresearch.com/en/in

Counterpoint: 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

Apple iPhone just had its best year in India as the smartphone market stays broadly flat | TechCrunch
Apple shipped a record 14 million iPhones in India in 2025 and gained market share.

Meta projects 2026 capital expenditures will be $115B to $135B, exceeding the $110.6B average analyst estimate and up from $72.2B in 2025 (Riley Griffin/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-28/meta-says-2026-s…