2025-10-09 01:51:14
Pro-Trump US lawmaker to meet with Putin's envoy this month: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/09/protrump-us-lawmaker-to-meet.html
Pro-Trump US lawmaker to meet with Putin's envoy this month: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/09/protrump-us-lawmaker-to-meet.html
Coinbase reopens app registration in India after an over-two-year pause, letting users make crypto-to-crypto trades, and plans to open up crypto buying in 2026 (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/07/coin
Piketty with a refreshingly-different take on tariffs: https://www.lemonde.fr/blog/piketty/2025/10/07/rethinking-world-trade/
I wonder how many air traffic controllers will come back to work once they get paid again and how many people want to become air traffic controllers now that the government has shown utter disdain for them.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/09/flight-cancellations-government-shutdown
Premier League football club Brighton & Hove Albion bans Guardian reporters from its stadium after the Guardian reported on allegations against the club's owner (The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/…
hot take: they should build a lot of commie blocks in the UK
Reale Schlagzeile 2025: Norwegen macht sich Sorgen, welche Racheaktionen es erwarten muss, falls Trump morgen keinen Nobelpreis bekommt. Sagt eigentlich alles über unsere Gegenwart aus.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct
ALMA Reveals an Eccentricity Gradient in the #Fomalhaut Debris Disk: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/adfadc -> A Planet Carving the Fomalhaut Debris Disk? https://aasnova.org/2025/12/09/michelangelo-in-space-a-planet-carving-the-fomalhaut-debris-disk/
"These “prediction markets” take Zuckerberg’s “here are 12 photographs of eggs” philosophy to its logical endpoint. A way to capture one of the few parts of the human experience they haven’t been able to ingest into their mega-platforms. Here are 12 photographs of opinions, bet on which ones will come true."
(Original title: Here are 12 photographs of eggs... you can bet on)
RE: https://systemli.social/@anneroth/115684176756652638
Ein Klick und ein E-Mail-Bestätigung
#SAP meldet, dass die Beschäftigten ab 2026 nur noch E-Autos als #Firmenwagen bestellen können.
Insbesondere sind Plugin-Hybride ausgeschlossen. Nach meiner Beobachtung kaufen gerade viele Firmen solche Mogelpackungen. Da ist es gut, dass SAP auf
Everyone is selling innovation and none of it works. What if I started an agency that sold denovation. We'll build you a last-gen project that actually works.
It'll cost twice as much up front, but you won't have to pay to get it fixed once a year forever.
Scoop: Mamdani ally weighs challenging Hakeem Jeffries (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/10/09/zohran-mamdani-ally-challenge-hakeem-jeffries
http://www.memeorandum.com/251008/p153#a251008p153
It's a pretty big day in cybersecurity news, so don't miss today's Metacurity for the critical developments you should know, including
--Korean cops raid Coupang HQ looking for security lapses, breach perpetrator clues,
--Compromise NDAA bill is chock full of cyber provisions,
--FTC rejects petition from spyware company founder,
--Commonwealth Bank of Australia fined A$702k for breaching data rules,
--FBI warns of fake proof of life photos,
--Oz…
Senate Republicans embrace Trump’s call – from his Florida golf course – to replace Obamacare | US federal government shutdown 2025 | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/08/senate-republicans-trump-obamacare
Right... I've just set up a new (old school, but up-with-the-times) mailing list manager (Mailman 3 - https://docs.mailman3.org/en/latest/) for Aotearoa NZ communities. Upon reflection, it seems to me that the last generation or 2 of digital community tools has missed the mark, not providing a suitabl…
It's so depressing how orgs like #Mozilla squander volunteer goodwill for nothing. They'll never recover from this self-inflicted damage:
«Mozilla’s translation bot on Support Mozilla (that is currently overwriting user contributions is based on the closed source, copyright infringing LLM, Google Gemini. This is in spite of Mozilla claiming that they are at the forefront of open source AI, and belies their exhortations to choose to build open source AI and data sets»
https://www.quippd.com/writing/2025/12/08/mozillas-betrayal-of-open-source-googles-gemini-ai-is-overwriting-volunteer-work-on-support-mozilla.html
»Passwortmanager — Test offenbart Sicherheitslücken bei Nutzerdaten:
Passwortmanager im Test - Nur drei von zehn Produkten verschlüsseln alle Daten komplett. Bei einigen können Hersteller auf Passwörter zugreifen«
Ein Argument mehr um dem Open-Source Passwort-Manager @… & Co zu vertrauen. Immer noch wird dis verhältnismässig von wenigen priv. &am…
La prison de Saydnaya, microcosme de la barbarie du régime Al-Assad
https://www.lemonde.fr/international/visuel/2025/01/12/la-prison-de-saydnaya-microcosme-de-la-barbarie-du-regime-al-assad_6493842_321…
Stochern im Nebel...
#ciddle 2025-11-09 (64)
1. ❌ ↖️ 52km
2. ❌ ➡️ 83km
3. ❌ ⬇️ 28km
4. ✅
https://ciddle.winklerweb.net
Die #Kernfusionskollektoranlage hat heute 0,267 kWh Energie eingefangen.
Gesamtleistung: 480 Wp
Ausrichtung: West
Anstellwinkel: 58 Grad
Diese #Balkonsolaranlage wurde durch das Berliner SolarPLUS-Programm gefördert.
Einspeiseverlust: 5.16 %
MIE: Neuer Speicherschutz nur in iPhone 17 & Co.
A19 und A19 Pro sind nicht nur flotter, sondern verfügen auch über Hardware-basierte Schutzmaßnahmen gegen Speicherangriffe. Ein Backporting ist nicht möglich.
https://www.
On Dec. 6, people across the United States marched.
They protested.
They carried banners:
No war on Venezuela.
No blood for oil.
US hands off Venezuela.
They chanted and waved Venezuelan flags.
Trump says he’s coming to remove Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
-- He’s promised it’s only a matter of time.
The United States has amassed the largest military buildup in the Caribbean since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.
But accordi…
Alone into the rocks: Tunnel walk and traces of glacial plucking at 2200m
(And yes, the colors really were that stunning...)
#SilentSunday #LandscapePhotography #Photography
The US FDA qualifies the first AI drug development tool, AIM-NASH, to help doctors assess a severe form of fatty liver disease in drug trials (Sahil Pandey/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcar
Russian strikes kill 5, injure 19, hit port and energy infrastructure in Ukraine: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/09/russian-strikes-kill-injure-hit.html
Nach Netflix-Deal: Paramount bietet 108 Milliarden US-Dollar für Warner Bros.
Netflix und Warner Bros. haben sich auf eine Übernahme geeinigt. Nun schaltet sich Paramount ein – und bietet mehr.
…
oh, i should buy some perfluorocarbons that i need for vapor phase soldering before some asshole bans them
Dang, they caught wind of my Weather Changing Beaminator 🌬️✈️
Florida attorney general asks public to report weather modification activity at airports
https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/florid
I really want to be optimistic but it’s soooo hard to believe that the ultra-racist wing of Bibi's govt will allow the assault on Gaza to stop or an actually meaningful withdrawal. And they have the whip hand; if they walk, Bibi falls and maybe goes to jail. Hoping I’m wrong and the firing really ceases.
https://www.…
Duolingo launches a five-episode anime series in collaboration with Titmouse, premiering October 13 on YouTube, as a marketing campaign (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/duolingo-anime-series-final-test-…
Senate rejects effort to curb Trump's power to target alleged drug boats (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/10/09/war-powers-act-vote-senate-venezuela
http://www.memeorandum.com/251008/p162#a251008p162
Delving into the depths of NGC 3783 with XRISM - birth of an ultrafast outflow during a soft flare: #BlackHole outburst observed similar to outbursts on the Sun / Flaring black hole whips up ultra-fast winds: https://www.sron.nl/en/actueel/eruptie-zwart-gat-waargenomen-vergelijkbaar-met-zonne-uitbarstingen/ / https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/XMM-Newton/Flaring_black_hole_whips_up_ultra-fast_winds
…und nun zu den Mastodon *hüstel* Fediverse News und falls dies ihnen nichts sagt, haben wir einen Eklat für sie.
/ironie (ich kann nicht mehr anders)
»Von Eklat überschattet — Grimme Online Award für Mastodon und das Fediverse:
Der Kurznachrichtendienst Mastodon aus Deutschland hat stellvertretend für das Fediverse einen Grimme Online Award bekommen. Ein Eklat beschäftigte die Gala.«
:mastodon:
Ohio appellate court lets makeshift church challenge local fire codes on religious grounds
https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/ohio-appellate-court-lets-makeshift
Logitech tells users that it will end support for its Pop smart home switches, launched in August 2016, on October 15, as it moves on from its smart home plans (Scharon Harding/Ars Technica)
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/10/log…
'Massive' Russian attack in Sumy Oblast kills 3, injures 2: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/08/massive-russian-attack-in-sumy.html
It’s a great book. You should buy it.
https://mastodon.social/@tubetime/115341632582142049
I like kitties :3
Marine Museum interior
#Photography #NovaScotia
A rightwing late-night show may have bombed - but the funding behind it is no laughing matter (Adam Gabbatt/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/oct/08/conservative-late-night-talkshow
http://www.memeorandum.com/251008/p154#a251008p154
Source: Trump allowed Nvidia to sell H200s to China after concluding the move carried a lower security risk as Huawei offers systems with comparable performance (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-09/t…
Russian stock market plummets to 3-year low after Kremlin statement on 'collapsing' US-Moscow relations: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/08/russian-stock-market-plummets-to.html
there's rumors that Apple wants to add touch screens to laptops
has everyone memory-holed the TouchBar?
I am happy to be included in any starter packs. I have cat propaganda to spread! :3
Definitely not the future.
https://mastodon.social/@harrymccracken/115341019007992956
Investment in subsea cable projects is expected to reach $13B between 2025 and 2027, almost 2x the amount invested between 2022 and 2024, driven by AI buildout (Magdalena Petrova/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/08/big-tech-ai-underwater-cables.html
YEKATERINBURG IS ON FIRE! 🔥 Fire at the turbine factory! #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/08/yekaterinburg-is-on-fire-fire.html
Trump threatens to raise tariffs on Mexico over Rio Grande water deliveries (Daniel Desrochers/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/08/trump-tariffs-mexico-rio-grande-water-00682220
http://www.memeorandum.com/251208/p141#a251208p141
thinking about that time i mildly freaked someone out by suppressing saccades and refocusing pupils to better track the tip of her index finger she was waving in front of me
apparently it made me look like a cat stalking its prey
I remember like 10 years ago when fascism and racism were seen by most people for what it is: criminal behavior, and not “political opinions”
Looks like the FCC is getting serious about robocalling? https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-415059A1.pdf
The subject line in the mailing list where I saw this is “For those of you who follow this kind of stuff” which turns out to mean that any knowledgeable discu…
Stripe and Paradigm launch a public trial for their blockchain project Tempo, targeting real-world stablecoin payments, with Kalshi and UBS as new partners (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…
Senate won't touch filibuster to end shutdown, Thune says (Jordain Carney/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/10/09/congress/shutdown-filibuster-nuclear-option-00599767
http://www.memeorandum.com/251009/p68#a251009p68
South Korean media: police raided Coupang's HQ, searching for evidence related to a historic data breach that compromised 30M people's personal information (Jane Lanhee Lee/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
Shots fired at immigration agents in Little Village as residents confront Bovino, Border Patrol, authorities say (Chicago Tribune)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/08/community-members-confront-bovino/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251108/p28#a251108p28
The German government scales back financial aid for its semiconductor industry, cutting €3B from its previously planned €15B chip subsidies to fund road repairs (Christina Kyriasoglou/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
RE: https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/115521925373470883
Like calling them right now would be good, because there's reports that the might cave today—if they do the ACA subsidies will never come back.
Kushner role in bid for Warner Bros raises ethical questions, experts say (Jody Godoy/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/kushner-role-bid-warner-bros-raises-ethical-questions-experts-say-2025-12-08/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251208/p140#a251208p140
An EssilorLuxottica independent board director says Meta now holds an "at least 3%" stake in the Ray-Ban maker, and possibly up to 5%, confirming media reports (Mathieu Rosemain/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/e
If they cave, the Democratic Party is done.
If you have Democratic senators, please, I urge you to call them and tell them to keep the pressure on Republicans going and not reopen the government until ACA subsidies are in place.
Sources: after the Netflix-WBD deal was announced, Larry Ellison called President Trump about how the transaction would hurt competition (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/business/media/paramoun…
Find someone who looks at you like Republicans look at ways to torture children
https://apnews.com/article/snap-benefits-trump-administration-demands-undo-states-d433f20df4d461db506e0d327a58d3c1
Tala Health, which plans to roll out AI agents to help clinicians improve patient care next year, raised a $100M seed led by Sofreh Capital (Allie Garfinkle/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2025/11/04/tala-health-raises-100-million-se…
Intel unveils Panther Lake, or Intel Core Ultra Series 3, the first chip built on its 18A process, coming to laptops and handhelds in late 2025 and early 2026 (Sean Hollister/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/report/797146/intel-…
Filing: HashKey, Hong Kong's largest licensed crypto exchange, is aiming to raise up to ~$215M in its IPO in the city (Kumar Tanishk/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/hashkey-launches-hong-kong-ipo-seeking-up…
The Alpha Arena experiment gave six frontier models $10K each to trade crypto derivatives over two weeks: losses ranged from Qwen3 Max's $652 to GPT-5's $5,679 (Sebastian Pellejero/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/commentary/breakin
Always funny when I watch a 1970s movie and instead of a happy ending it gets darker and darker a then the movie is over with no resolution.
They should do this more these days.
Adam Mosseri says Instagram is exploring building a TV app as part of a deeper push into video but isn't interested in licensing live sports or other content (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-09/instagra…
Or another feature: you could hook e.g. your record player into it and stream it to your whole house
Apple Watch's hypertension notifications and sleep score will come to some older models with watchOS 26; FDA clearance for the notifications is expected soon (Emma Roth/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/775200/apple-watch-series-9-hyp…
Fwiw the SoundTouch stuff is so much nicer than the shit they have now. You could even get devices which played physical media, gasp.
Discord estimates 70,000 users globally may have had government ID photos exposed in a September 20 third-party customer service data breach (Jay Peters/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/797051/discord-government-ids-leaked-data-breach
Software is political.
Hardware is political.
These things do not exist outside society and are, whether on purpose or not, influencing society.
Get over it.
An interview with Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle on copyright lawsuits that threatened to bankrupt the nonprofit, fair use, IA's future, AI, and more (Ashley Belanger/Ars Technica)
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20
Sources: Nvidia's H200 chips for China, mainly manufactured in Taiwan, will travel to the US for an unusual national security review before they are exported (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech…
Anthropic and Accenture sign a three-year deal to sell AI services to businesses; the deal makes Accenture one of Anthropic's top three enterprise clients (Belle Lin/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/articles…
MetaMask launches in-app perpetual futures trading powered by Hyperliquid, and plans to integrate Polymarket's prediction markets later this year (Danny Park/The Block)
https://www.theblock.co/post/373302/metamask-rolls-out-perpet…
Q&A with Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian on Gemini Enterprise, AI's labor implications, hype around AI agents, AI industry's circular investments, and more (Alex Kantrowitz/Big Technology)
https://www.bigtechnology.com/p/google-cloud-ceo-thomas-kurian-on-ecd
Justin McLeod, founder and CEO of Hinge, steps down to launch Overtone, an "AI-driven" dating service backed by Match; Hinge promotes CMO Jackie Jantos to CEO (Yasmin Gagne/Fast Company)
https://www.fastcompany.com/91456495/hinge-c…
During a Mumbai trade visit, UK PM Keir Starmer hailed India's digital ID program, Aadhaar, as a "massive success" as the UK plans to introduce digital ID cards (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/ce22e78c-4a0c-49ca-a658-f2167df7f31d
YZi Labs, formerly Binance Labs, announces a $1B Builder Fund to support long-term founders developing on BNB Chain in areas like trading, AI, and DeFi (Logan Hitchcock/Decrypt)
https://decrypt.co/343392/cz-family-office-kickstarts-1-billion-fund-bnb
…
How Pathway, a startup developing an alternative to the transformer, aims to use its Dragon Hatchling architecture to create a new class of adaptive AI systems (Steven Rosenbush/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/an-ai…
Pebble unveils the Pebble Index 01, a $99 smart ring with an on-device LLM for processing voice notes, shipping in March 2026, initially for $75 (Julian Chokkattu/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/pebble-index-ring/
David AI, which sells audio data sets for AI training, raised a $50M Series B, sources say at a $500M valuation, up from ~$100M from its $25M Series A in May (Shirin Ghaffary/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/202…
Israel-based RAAAM, whose "GCRAM" on-chip memory tech aims to deliver up to 10x power savings relative to high-density SRAM, raised a $17M Series A led by NXP (Meir Orbach/CTech)
https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/sjjv3pp1bg