Tootfinder

https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2025/12/16/ai-bathroom-monitors-welcome-to-americas-new-surveillance-high-schools/
AI Bathroom Monitors? Welcome To America’s New Surveillance High Schools

‼️Die #Petition
"Bessere Erforschung von ME/CFS durch ein strukturiertes Förderprogramm vom 17.07.2025"
hat bisher 145 Mitzeichnungen.
Es fehlen noch 29855 Unterschriften bis zum 15.01.2026.
h…

Pulp giant RGE admits possible deforestation breach in Bornean wildlife habitat https://news.mongabay.com/2025/12/pulp-giant-rge-admits-possible-deforestation-breach-in-bornean-wildlife-habitat/

Pulp giant RGE admits possible deforestation breach in Bornean wildlife habitat
JAKARTA — One of the world’s biggest pulp and paper companies has acknowledged to Mongabay a potential breach of its no-deforestation commitment in its supply chain, raising questions about the company’s attempt to regain sustainability certification under the Forest Stewardship Council. A new report by U.S.-based campaign group Rainforest Action Network (RAN) alleges that Singapore-based […]

Höhlentour am Albtrauf

📢 Russischer General bei Explosion in Moskau getötet
Bei der Explosion eines Sprengkörpers unter seinem Auto ist in Moskau ein russischer General getötet worden. Das gab das russische Ermittlungskomitee bekannt. Der Getötete sei für die operative Ausbildung der Truppen zuständig gewesen.
➡️

Russischer General bei Explosion in Moskau getötet
Wieder ist in Moskau ein General getötet worden. Das gab das russische Ermittlungskomitee bekannt. Unter seinem Auto sei ein Sprengsatz explodiert. Der Getötete sei für die operative Ausbildung zuständig gewesen.

Wenn ihr mal gucken wollt, was so Stand bei Infektionen ist: https://www.rki.de/DE/Themen/Forschung-und-Forschungsdaten/Sentinels-Surveillance-Panel/GrippeWeb/Aktueller-Wochenbericht/Woc…

O índice de aprovação nesta turma ficou abaixo de 17%. Eu sei que fiz o meu melhor e que eles é que não fizeram a parte deles, mas ainda assim eu fico com uma sensação amarga na boca. Parece que fracassei.
De qualquer forma, tentarei experimentar algumas coisas diferentes no próximo período, jš que pegarei esta disciplina novamente.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Bob Mould:
🎵 See a Little Light
#BobMould
https://certaindamage.bandcamp.com/track/see-a-little-light
https://open.spotify.com/track/7LdKMBKthcdBnAqlAIGqCB

Eine vernichtendere Kritik über die Unfähigkeit über eines amtierenden Bundeskanzler als die des früheren Attachées an der belgischen Botschaft in der BRD, Bjorn Gens, habe ich noch nicht gelesen.
https://www.demorgen.be/meningen/achter-ba

"En 2025, l’électricité produite en Europe Š partir de l’éolien et du solaire a dépassé celle d’origine fossile"
https://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2026/0…

En 2025, l’électricité produite en Europe à partir de l’éolien et du solaire a dépassé celle d’origine fossile
Le nucléaire reste la première source de production électrique dans l’Union européenne, selon le cercle de réflexion Ember. Le charbon poursuit son déclin, tandis que le solaire décolle.

The segment needs additional redacting... er, editing, I mean, editing... That's the ticket.
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/dec/22/cbs-news-delays-60-minutes-segment-featuring-investigation-into-cecot-m…

CBS News delays 60 Minutes segment on El Salvador’s Cecot megaprison
Backlash after broadcaster announces investigation, due to air on Sunday night, ‘needs additional reporting’

Sources: Anthropic projected a 40% gross margin from selling AI to companies and devs in 2025, down from earlier estimates of 50% due to higher inference costs (Sri Muppidi/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/anthropic…

Anthropic Lowers Gross Margin Projection as Revenue Skyrockets
Anthropic last month projected it would generate a 40% gross profit margin from selling AI to businesses and application developers in 2025, according to two people with knowledge of its financials. That margin was 10 percentage points lower than its earlier optimistic expectations, though it’s ...

#potd Garish @ Stadtsaal https://domm.plix.at/potd/2025-12-21.html

https://apnews.com/article/russia-starlink-musk-ukraine-space-china-canada-c69c1fda5ffc93828712ab723e606a2c

Russia's new anti-satellite weapon project would target Starlink with space shrapnel
NATO-nation intelligence services believe Russia is developing a weapon to target Starlink satellites. Intelligence findings seen by The Associated Press say the weapon could release pellets to disable multiple satellites. Analysts have doubts, saying such a weapon could create chaos in space and risk other vital orbiting systems. But a Canadian space commander has told the AP that such a weapon is “not implausible.” Starlink's services are used by Ukraine. Russia views the constellation as…

My Nocturnal Twin – My Nocturnal Twin
https://www.archive.org/details/my-nocturnal-twin-ep
https://www.…

The standalone Proxmox server is basically done at this point, all three DNS servers are online and secure, the Tailscale VM is online after completely forgetting that it was running on one of the Raspberry Pis, and the `authentik` instance that I'm gonna need to work on tomorrow.
#proxmox #dns

‼️Die #Petition
"Gesetzlich verankerter Maßnahmeplan zur Einhaltung der Pariser Klimaziele bis spätestens 2035 vom 14.08.2025"
hat bisher 289 Mitzeichnungen.
Es fehlen noch 29711 Unterschriften bis zum 07.01.2026.

2025 NFL Draft do-over: How would all 32 picks in Round 1 play out now? https://www.nfl.com/news/2025-nfl-draft-do-over-how-would-all-32-picks-in-round-1-play-out-now

Fossil fuel industry's 'climate false solutions' reinforce its power, aggravate environmental injustice, study suggests https://phys.org/news/2025-12-fossil-fuel-industry-climate-false.html

Fossil fuel industry's 'climate false solutions' reinforce its power, aggravate environmental injustice, study suggests
Many so-called low-carbon projects promoted by major oil and gas companies—including hydrogen, biofuels, carbon capture and storage, and carbon offsetting—operate as false solutions that not only fail to effectively reduce emissions, but also prolong the lifespan of fossil fuel infrastructures, entrench environmental injustices, and reinforce the political and economic power of the very industry responsible for the climate crisis.

Pete Carroll Delivers Statement on Raiders Future After Texans Loss https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/pete-carroll-future-rebuild-texans/

💗 Do marathons damage your heart? Decade-long study shows no long-term cardiac harm
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-marathons-heart-decade-term-cardiac.html

Do marathons damage your heart? Decade-long study shows no long-term cardiac harm
A marathon pushes the human body close to its limits. Legs tire, lungs burn and the heart works hard for hours on end. For years, that strain has raised an uncomfortable question: does running 26 miles actually damage the heart?

Workout of the day.

Four fast, weird songs on this EP from 2025 via Buffalo's synth punk freaks HAVANA SYNDROME. Love the guy's voice, he sounds totally unhinged. I love singers that sound unhinged. 😂
https://swimmingfaithrecords.bandcamp.com/album/kill-your-brain

Cowboys linebackers room in 2025 was a disaster https://insidethestar.com/cowboys-linebackers-room-in-2025-was-a-disaster

Jetzt haben wir schon drei sehr ereignisreiche Wochen 2026 hinter uns und ich bin immer noch nicht dazu gekommen, meine Nerdkram-Highlights für 2025 zu schreiben – also, jetzt frisch ans Werk und mal schauen, wann ich zwischendurch dazu komme, diesen Text zu vervollständigen. Wie immer gibt es Bücher, Brett- und Computerspiele, Musik und diesmal nur sehr wenige Filme und Serien:

https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/us-charges-54-atm-jackpotting/

US Charges 54 in Massive ATM Jackpotting Conspiracy
The US has charged 54 individuals in a massive ATM jackpotting conspiracy linked to Venezuelan crime syndicate Tren de Aragua, accused of stealing millions

The National Archives Welcomes New Directors https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/the-national-archives-welcomes-new-directors/

The National Archives Welcomes New Directors - The National Archives
  We are pleased to announce that Tobi Adetimilehin has been appointed Finance Director of The National Archives, and started her  term leading the Finance and Performance teams on 8 December 2025. Tobi was most recently the Deputy Director Finance lead for Strategic Programmes and the Future Combat Air System Programme at the Ministry of […]

Partially open pink Rose. Descanso Gardens, La Canada Flintridge, California, USA. December 2025. OM System OM-1 M.Zuiko 300mm F4 PRO. #rose #rosebud #descansogardens

Ja, ich weiß, andere haben viel mehr Grund über DHL zu jammern, aber für mich ist das ein Rekord, 21 Tage von der Annahme des Päckchens bis zur ersten Bearbeitung im Paketzentrum:

Freedom for Animals has delved into the dark world of the bird of prey industry for a second time, to carry out a major new investigation as part of our Tether and Torment campaign.
This comes seven years after our landmark 2018 report first brought national attention to the hidden suffering behind the industry, and exposed the continuing welfare failures in UK bird of prey centres.

Tether and Torment 2
Undercover investigation into Bird of Prey Zoos in the UK. Read our new report, published 2025.

»Blockt Microsoft Mails von europäischen Cloud Providern in outlook.com/hotmail.com?«
— von @…
Wenn dies dann die Wahrheit ist, dann ist das auch nicht überraschend das erste mal wie die USA Druck über das Web ausübt. Auch oder gerade deswegen sollte es viele eigene unabhängige E-Mail Services genutzt werden.
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Blockt Microsoft Mails von europäischen Cloud Providern in outlook.com/hotmail.com? | Borns IT- und Windows-Blog
Kurze Frage in die Runde, ob jemand aus dem Leserkreis das bestätigen kann. Mir liegt eine Information vor, dass Microsofts E-Mail-Dienste outlook.com (.de) und hotmail.com E-Mails seit dem 12.

Raiders report card: Grades are team’s best in some time https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/raiders/raiders-report-card-grades-are-teams-best-in-some-time-3598678/

Flesh and blood alone cannot halt the advance of iron and steel.
To stop the tanks, we need people to place blocks on the road
and throw sand into the gears.
-- Yangyang Cheng ▪ Fall 2025
https://dissentmagazine.org/article/to-outlive-tyranny/

To Outlive Tyranny - Dissent Magazine
Flesh and blood alone cannot halt the advance of iron and steel. To stop the tanks, we need people to place blocks on the road and throw sand into the gears.

USC Levan Book Chat—Jessica X. Zu, Just Awakening https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20138673/usc-levan-book-chat-jessica-x-zu-just-awakening

One of those news days that will confuse some people: China's coal "output" (mining) grew 1.2% y/y to a record high in 2025, but "output at coal plants" (burning it in power plants) fell 1%, so stockpiles grew and prices fell.

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%

Cowboys PFF Grades Highlight Dak Prescott's Superhero Effort in 2025 https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/news/dallas-cowboys-pff-grades-highlight-dak-prescott-superhero-effort-2025

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

Von der Leyen 5 months ago.
"Stability and predictability" 🤣
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/07/27/von-der-leyen-and-trump-strike-eu-us-trade-deal-to-avert-all-out-tariff-war

Von der Leyen and Trump strike EU-US deal with 15% tariff for the bloc
The trade deal will introduce a 15% tariff for the vast majority of EU products. But some will benefit from a "zero-for-zero" scheme. #EuropeNews

Our #grid #LoadProfile by quarter for last year (one representative month shown for each):

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #CraigCharles
I. JORDAN:
🎵 Worth It
#IJORDAN
https://i-jordan.bandcamp.com/album/worth-it
https://open.spotify.com/track/7FEzKQw1rU8ZA5nsqjJ9H8

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…

Chinese smartphone shipments fell 1.6% YoY in Q4 2025 and 0.6% YoY for 2025 due to weak demand, rising prices, and memory shortages; iPhone shipments rose 28% (Counterpoint Research)
https://counterpointresearch.com/en/insights/China-Smartphone-Shipments-Q4-20…

Nothing brings tech titans together like taxes.
This week, as the specter of a California “#billionaire #tax” ballot initiative gained momentum,
the moguls grew furious.
The outrage reached a fever pitch on X,
where the following scenarios were predicted, should the initiative be approved in Nov…

Billionaire tax FAQ
Everything you need to know about the Billionaire Tax

Apparently my book (and many others) are available with a 50% discount at Berghahnbooks right now.
Berghahn on Bluesky:
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:v22iwfjbazxwnx75ao7djix5/post/3mcrlve2m5j27
Find all discounted books here: …

Berghahn Books (@berghahnbooks.bsky.social)
Check out our 50% #SALE off ALL PBs & eBooks & on our 2025 #History Bestseller HBs: bit.ly/3N54g2F incl. @guillaumblanc.bsky.social @jsacademia.bsky.social @andrealoew.bsky.social @jochenlingelba1.h-net.social.ap.brid.gy @herrehrig.bsky.social @duerrbortolotti.bsky.social @philiphahn.bsky.social

Backlit Cactus in the Desert Garden. Huntington Library, San Marino, California, USA. December, 2025. OM System OM-1 M.Zuiko 90mm F3.5. #huntingtonlibrary #desertgarden #cactus

The Raiders' Secret Superstar of the 2025 Season https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-secret-superstar-of-2025-season

"Marine protected areas expanded in 2025, but still far from 30% goal"
#Oceans #Environment

Marine protected areas expanded in 2025, but still far from 30% goal
In December 2022, nearly 200 nations committed to protecting 30% of Earth’s lands and waters by 2030. As of 2025, about 9.6% of the world’s oceans are now covered by marine protected areas, according to the latest global tracking data by the World Database on Protected Areas. This marks a 1.2% increase in 2025, up […]

Oh yesss! 🤩 The 2025 #Web #Almanac has just been released. Can’t wait to read a bit …
https://almanac.httparchive.org/en/202

The 2025 Web Almanac
The Web Almanac is an annual state of the web report combining the expertise of the web community with the data and trends of the HTTP Archive.

USC Levan Book Chat—Jessica X. Zu, Just Awakening https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20138673/usc-levan-book-chat-jessica-x-zu-just-awakening

Tracking NFL head coach changes: Bill fire Sean McDermott, Dolphins hiring Jeff Hafley https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46437226/2025-nfl-coaching-changes-latest-news-rumors-firings-hires

Seid Ihr auf der boot Düsseldorf?
Wir auch!
Schaut vorbei und besucht unser Team am Stand F09 in Halle 14

Von 2,9 auf 3,6 % - Vergleich zeigt: 2025 brachte satte Teuerungsrunde #News #Nachrichten

“ Collectively, these optimizations target common real-world bottlenecks, improving consistency across a wide variety of configurations. HTTP Archive data supports this pattern, showing that WordPress performance variance is driven more by configuration than by core limitations.”
💐 Flowers for the #WordPress performance team, gifted by

CMS | 2025 | The Web Almanac by HTTP Archive
CMS chapter of the 2025 Web Almanac covering CMS adoption, user experience of websites running on CMS platforms, and CMS resource weights.

"Digitale Servicelösungen in Bibliotheken: Wunsch versus Wirklichkeit"
https://doi.org/10.1515/bfp-2025-0043
"Der Triumphzug des Digitalen in der Gesellschaft und im bibliothekarischen Bestandes- wie Servicewesen ist noch lange nicht beendet. Bibliotheken übernehmen als demokrati…

Sources: ByteDance boosted its cloud offering via more sales hires and lower prices; IDC: it had 13% of China's AI cloud market in H1 2025, behind Alibaba's 23% (Eleanor Olcott/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/3732a646-da35-4437-bfde-7f9efc2725ff…

Opinion: The events of 2025 exposed the enemy within our own borders - El Paso Matters https://elpasomatters.org/2025/12/29/opinion-2025-america-democracy-moral-collapse/

Opinion: After 2025, Americans must confront the cost of failed leadership and moral collapse
The events of 2025 revealed profound failures in American leadership and institutions, exposing how racism, bigotry and political complicity have weakened democracy and eroded the nation’s moral standing.

Efficacy of electronic travel aids for the blind and visually impaired during wayfinding #ETA

Efficacy of Electronic Travel Aids for the Blind and Visually Impaired During Wayfinding
Independent traveling remains challenging for blind and visually impaired (BVI) individuals. While the white cane is effective at detecting ground-level obstacles, it provides no information about elevated obstacles or object characteristics. Recent technologies have been designed to support navigation as well as object detection. In our study, we compared the performance of 13 BVI participants who separately used two secondary electronic travel aids (ETAs) versus cane use alone. One ETA was a …

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

Klimaziel 2025 erreicht, aber nur wenig CO2 gespart
Solar boomt, Wind legt zu – doch Gebäude und Verkehr bremsen die Klimabilanz. Wie geht es weiter mit dem Klimaschutz in Deutschland?
https://www.

Call your reps! https://5calls.org/issue/dhs-budget-ice-defund/
Demand that they block any DHS appropriations bill or Continuing Resolution (CR) that maintains funding for ICE.
This lawless and violent agency must be defunded and dissolved for good.

Defund ICE ⭑ 5 Calls
Following the federal funding deal passed in mid-November 2025, Congress faces another January 30th deadline to pass the remaining appropriations …

Long-billed Curlew (Sandpiper)and reflection strolling on the sand. Piedras Blancas Rookery, San Simeon, California, USA. October, 2025. OM System OM1 M.Zuiko 300mm F4 MC14. #sandpiper #curlew #longbilledcurlew

https://kestutisurba.wordpress.com/2026/01/15/reginute/

Meine wichtigsten IT- und KI-Themen der vergangenen Tage – von Aleph Alpha bis Apple, von Microsoft bis Doc Sam, also ChatGPT Health. Dazu ein bissiger Kommentar zum Mythos KI als Heilsbringer. Diese Ausgabe von #Kuratiert. kbehandelt nur Themen aus #IT und

Aleph Alpha, Apple, Microsoft, Doc Sam: Ernüchternde Momente in IT und KI
Meine wichtigsten IT- und KI-Themen der vergangenen Tage – von Aleph Alpha bis Apple, von Microsoft bis Doc Sam, also ChatGPT Health. Dazu ein bissiger Kommentar zum Mythos KI als Heilsbringer. Die…

"This instinct—to ignore existing borders, laws, and treaties; to treat other countries as artificial; to break up trade links and destroy friendships, all because the Leader wants to look powerful—is one that Trump shares with imperialists of the past."

Trump Triggers a Crisis in Denmark—And Europe
What a single phone call from the president-elect did to an unswerving American ally

Kshamenk, Argentina’s Last Captive Orca, Dies After Decades in Tiny Tank https://veganfta.com/articles/2025/12/18/kshamenk-argentinas-last-captive-orca-dies-after-decades-in-tiny-tank/?utm_source=Mastodon

Kshamenk, Argentina’s Last Captive Orca, Dies After Decades in Tiny Tank
On 14th December 2025, Kshamenk, the last captive orca in Argentina, died at the Mundo Marino facility in San Clemente del Tuyú after spending 33 years confined in a circular tank only 12 metres in…

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

Robert Saleh to be hired by Titans as 49ers defensive coordinator gets second head coaching shot

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/robert-saleh-hired-tenn…

USC Levan Book Chat—Jessica X. Zu, Just Awakening
https://ift.tt/7hGCTJK
CFP: [FRISTVERLÄNGERUNG] Variations 28/2021: Gender through technology (25.09.2021) Call…
via Input 4 RELCFP https://…

Luminate's 2025 report: the global music industry hit 5.1T streams, up 9.6% YoY; on-demand US streams hit 1.4T, up 4.6% YoY; Christian/gospel music grew 18.5% (Maria Sherman/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/music-liste

Global music streams hit 5 trillion in 2025
The global music industry hit 5.1 trillion streams in 2025. That’s a new single-year record, up 9.6% from 2024. That’s according to a 2025 Year-End Report from Luminate. They are an industry data and analytics company that provides insight into changing behaviors across music listenership. In the U.S., on-demand audio streams hit 1.4 trillion. That’s a 4.6% increase from last year. But attention is on older music. Less than half all U.S. on-demand audio streams were from tracks released i…

UK Government Plans to Ban Small Hen Cages and All Pig Crates in England by 2030 https://veganfta.com/articles/2025/12/26/uk-government-plans-to-ban-small-hen-cages-and-all-pig-crates-in-england-by-2030/…

UK Government Plans to Ban Small Hen Cages and All Pig Crates in England by 2030
On 22nd December 2025, the UK government confirmed that it wants to outlaw “colony cages” for laying hens and “farrowing crates” for pigs in England as part of a new animal welfare strategy that…

Sources: internal Google data shows Gemini API calls surged from 35B in March 2025 to 85B in August 2025; Google says Gemini Enterprise hit 8M subscribers (Erin Woo/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/googles-gemini-sees-skyrocketi…

Google’s Gemini Sees Skyrocketing Business Sales
Google’s improvements to its Gemini AI models are boosting the company’s top line. Over the past year, Google’s business selling access to its Gemini AI models has skyrocketed, reflecting the improving quality of those models, according to three people with knowledge of Gemini’s sales. That’s ...

USC Levan Book Chat—Jessica X. Zu, Just Awakening
https://ift.tt/HEaeMbq
CFP: [FRISTVERLÄNGERUNG] Variations 28/2021: Gender through technology (25.09.2021) Call…
via Input 4 RELCFP https://…

"Scientists named 190 new plants and fungi species in 2025 – including gruesome spider-killing fungus"
#Plants #Fungi

Gruesome fungus and a ‘demon’ plant: The new species named in 2025
Scientists warn that human activities are “eroding nature to the point of extinction” after releasing a list of new species named in 2025.

Globaler Smartphone-Markt: Marktführer Apple
Die weltweiten Smartphone-Lieferungen stiegen 2025 um zwei Prozent gegenüber dem Vorjahr. Der US-Konzern Apple legte zu und ist weltweiter Marktführer.
https://www.

Total global VC funding to fintech startups totaled $51.8B in 2025, up 27% YoY and above pre-pandemic totals, but much lower than 2021's peak of $141.6B (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)
https://news.crunchbase.com/fintech/funding-jumped-big-checks-ai-ye-2025/<…

Fintech Funding Jumped 27% In 2025 With Fewer Deals But Bigger Checks
Global venture funding to fintech startups climbed in 2025 to its highest level in several quarters, boosted by later-stage deals, Crunchbase data shows.

For centuries, people believed ice was slippery because pressure and friction melted a thin film of water.
But new research from Saarland University reveals that this
long-standing explanation is wrong.
Instead, the slipperiness comes from the subtle interaction of molecular dipoles between ice and surfaces like shoes or skis.
These microscopic electrical forces disorder the crystal structure of ice,
creating a thin liquid layer even at temperatures near abs…

The real reason ice is slippery, revealed after 200 years
For centuries, people believed ice was slippery because pressure and friction melted a thin film of water. But new research from Saarland University reveals that this long-standing explanation is wrong. Instead, the slipperiness comes from the subtle interaction of molecular dipoles between ice and surfaces like shoes or skis. These microscopic electrical forces disorder the crystal structure of ice, creating a thin liquid layer even at temperatures near absolute zero. The discovery overturns n…

NFL playoff schedule: Top-seeded Seahawks, Broncos advance to conference championships https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6979795/2026/01/17/2025-26-nfl-conference-championship-schedule/

Donald Trump has comprehensively
failed to meet a key election promise
to slash Americans’ energy bills in half within the first year of his presidency
-- with ❌power prices instead surging across the US.
The average household electricity bill in the US was 💥6.7% more expensive in 2025 compared with the previous year,
according to a Guardian analysis of data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA), the Department of Energy’s statistical arm.
The i…

FilmLA: production days for film, TV, and commercials in Los Angeles fell 12.3% in Q4 2025 from Q3; for 2025 overall, production was about half of 2019's volume (Gene Maddaus/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/film/news/los-angeles-production-no-rebound-12…

L.A. Production Shows No Sign of a Rebound Yet
L.A. production volume fell in the fourth quarter of 2025, continuing a downward trend that has been in place since 2022.

A look at the making of The Thinking Game, a documentary about Google DeepMind and its CEO Demis Hassabis, garnering 285M views on YouTube since November 2025 (Ben Cohen/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/google-deepmin

USC Levan Book Chat—Jessica X. Zu, Just Awakening https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20137738/usc-levan-book-chat-jessica-x-zu-just-awakening

Appfigures: global consumer spending in mobile apps on the App Store and Google Play rose 21.6% YoY to $155.8B in 2025, but app downloads dropped 2.7% to 106.9B (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/14/app-…

App downloads declined again in 2025, but consumer spending soared to nearly $156B | TechCrunch
Global app downloads were down, but consumer spending was up to nearly $156B in 2025.

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‼️Die #Petition
"Bessere Erforschung von ME/CFS durch ein strukturiertes Förderprogramm vom 17.07.2025"
hat bisher 3164 Mitzeichnungen.
Es fehlen noch 26836 Unterschriften bis zum 15.01.2026.
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Sources: leaders at Thinking Machines Lab confronted Barret Zoph over an alleged relationship with another employee, who is no longer at the lab, in summer 2025 (Maxwell Zeff/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/thinking-machines-lab-cofounder-off…

Thinking Machines Cofounder’s Office Relationship Preceded His Termination
Leaders at Mira Murati’s startup believe Barret Zoph engaged in an incident of “serious misconduct.” The details are now coming to light.

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

USC Levan Book Chat—Jessica X. Zu, Just Awakening
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Appfigures: Sora 2 had ~6M iOS downloads as of December 2025; the Android version, available since early November 2025, had ~3.1M, as growth begins to slow (Sherwood News)
https://sherwood.news/tech/openais-sora-2-started-off-scorching-hot-t…

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

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.

Leistung der installierten #Windkraftanlagen pro Jahr in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 12.01.2026.
Der Datenbestand enthält ggf. unplausible Datensätze.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff: 14 Tipps zum #Energiesparen

PitchBook-NVCA: global VC investments hit $512B in 2025 with AI accounting for 50% ; VC fundraising fell to a 10-year low of $118.6B, ~$100B less than in 2024 (Duncan Riley/SiliconANGLE)
https://siliconangle.com/2026/01/07/pitch…

PitchBook: AI dominates global venture capital as 2025 deal value nears record - SiliconANGLE
PitchBook: AI dominates global venture capital as 2025 deal value nears record - SiliconANGLE

Anzahl der installierten #Windkraftanlagen pro Jahr in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 12.01.2026.
Der Datenbestand enthält ggf. unplausible Datensätze.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff: 14 Tipps zum #Energiesparen

Chinese chipmaker GigaDevice rose 54% in its Hong Kong debut after raising ~$600M in its IPO, and reported H1 2025 profit of ~$84M, up 14% from H2 2024 (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-12/gigadevice-s…

An inside look at a Myanmar online scam center that opened in 2024 with 3,500 workers from ~30 countries and closed in November 2025 after rebels captured it (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/world/a

At This Office Park, Scamming the World Was the Business
Times journalists got a rare look inside one of the compounds where the online fraud industry makes its billions. Inspirational slogans (“Keep going”) were just the start.

IDC: in Q4 2025, global PC shipments rose nearly 10% YoY to 76.4M units, helped by Windows 10 end-of-support and OEMs pulling forward inventory amid tariffs (Tom Warren/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/861124/pc-market-growth-q4-2025-idc

PC shipments just grew unexpectedly amid RAM shortages
The PC market just grew nearly 10 percent. The end of Windows 10 support and global memory shortages helped boost PC shipments over the holidays.

London-based e-commerce logistics platform Swap raised a $100M Series C led by DST Global and Iconiq, after raising a $40M Series B in March 2025 (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/supply-chain-deals/2026/01/07/swap-100m-series-c-e-commer…

Swap raises $100M Series C for e-commerce operating system
The startup plans to expand beyond returns and cross-border logistics.