@Techmeme@techhub.socialHightouch, which uses AI to help marketers create and manage campaigns, raised $150M led by Goldman Sachs and Bain at a $2.75B valuation, up from $1.2B in 2025 (Patrick Coffee/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/cmo-today/goldman-sach
@danyork@mastodon.socialAVFTCN 040 – Returning From A Hiatus, and Plans for 2026
I'm back. After a self-imposed hiatus for most of 2025, I'm returning to something I've been deeply missing... writing and speaking. If you've been following me for any length of time, you know that not writing or speaking is, for me, a kind of pressure that builds and builds until I am ready to explode. 🤯 So what happened? The short version: my role at the…
@presseportal_pol_NDS@frawas.dePOL-LER: Veröffentlichung der Verkehrssicherheitslage 2025 der Polizeiinspektion Leer/Emden vom 27.04.2026 Polizeiinspektion Leer/Emden (ots) - Am heutigen 27.04.2026 erfolgte die Veröffentlichung der Verkehrssicherheitslage/ Verkehrsunfallstatistik für die Polizeiinspektion Leer/Emden für das Jahr 2025. Die Zusammenfassung, sowie den ... https://ww…
@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyzThe #comet C/2025 R3 (PANSTARRS) is joined by a nice CME in the CCOR-1 image from 22:00 UTC.
@kubikpixel@chaos.social«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…
@cdarwin@c.imA 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 …
@NFL@darktundra.xyzNew 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/
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSpaceX S-1: Starlink had 10.3M subscribers in Q1 2026, a 105% increase YoY; SpaceX's "Connectivity" business, which is primarily Starlink, made $11.3B in 2025 (Michael Kan/PCMag)
https://www.pcmag.com/news/spacex-ipo-filing-off…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialThe 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…
@tinoeberl@mastodon.online
@shriramk@mastodon.socialHow film companies contributed to war efforts. “What happens if we think of film not as part of the culture industry, but as part of the chemical industry?” Tales of a Militant Chemistry by Alice Lovejoy.
https://www.brownalumnimagazine.com/articles/202…
@sean@scoat.esUsing some of my pre-embargo Bourbon in my maple candy (syrup from 2025). Hope it’s worth it. Will report back.
@usul@piaille.frL'IA Lucienne, la première vraie IA souveraine gauloise
https://versini.ovh/2025/11/ia-lucienne/
@haayman@todon.nlhmm, jachten van biljardairs bombarderen? Dat zou wel eens kunnen werken
https://theneedling.com/2025/12/01/venezuela-bombs-american-drug-yacht-wiping-out-entire-sackler-family-cartel/
@kurtsh@mastodon.social1988: "It exceeds 640K."
1990: "It supports 32-bit & a GUI."
1992: "It delivers true multitasking."
1995: "It's client-server based."
1997: "It's connected to the Internet."
2004: "It's a thin client."
2008: "It's mobile-enabled."
2010: "It's container deployable."
2014: "It's powered by the cloud."
2025: "It's AI-powered.…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comCEO pay soared in 2025, 20 times faster than workers' pay (Michael Sainato/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/01/ceo-pay-workers-minimum-wages
http://www.memeorandum.com/260501/p31#a260501p31
@cdarwin@c.im
@andres4ny@social.ridetrans.itYou'd think it would be easy to Not Do A Fascism, but state Dems keep falling over themselves to help Project 2025 along.
The latest example is from MA: https://www.fightforthefuture.org/news/202
@UrbanNature@nerdculture.deNach den Corona-Jahren hatten sich zum 1. Mai jährlich wachsende Party-Gruppen im Treptower Park zum Saufen verabredet. Ohne Toiletten & Müllkonzept wurde der Park von Jahr zu Jahr bitter zerlegt (2025: https://nerdculture.de/@UrbanNature/114443132995812153).
Für 2026 w…
@raiders@darktundra.xyzGeno Smith Gets Jets, Dolphins Take Amid Raiders Release News https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/geno-smith-jets-dolphins-release-news/
@marcel@waldvogel.family«“Our analyses suggest that increased energy intake has been roughly 10 times more important than declining total energy expenditure in driving the modern obesity crisis,” the study authors write.
In other words, we’re eating too much.
We may also be eating the wrong kinds of foods, the study also suggests.»
(Paywall)
@tinoeberl@mastodon.online
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #6MusicStories
The Horrors:
🎵 More Than Life (6 Music Session, 4 Mar 2025)
#TheHorrors
https://open.spotify.com/track/4ml3c9lNmNNhimwFsXaRh7
@Techmeme@techhub.socialTurkish mobile gaming startup Grand Games raised a $70M Series B led by Balderton Capital, after raising $30M in 2025, taking its total funding to $103M (Tugce Ozsoy/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-11/turke…
@presseportal_pol_NDS@frawas.dePOL-NOM: Ältere Dame von Haushaltshilfe bestohlen Einbeck (ots) - Dassel, OT Hilwartshausen; (Kr.) 01.11.2025 - 28.01.2026 Im Sommer 2025 suchte eine 74jährige Dame aus Hilwartshausen per Annonce eine Haushaltshilfe. Daraufhin hatte sich eine 47jährige Frau mit griechischer Staatsbürgerschaft ... https://www.presseportal…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialThe Sun reports pre-tax losses of £53M in the year to July 2025, up from £18M in 2024; phone-hacking legal costs more than doubled to £36.7M (James Warrington/Telegraph)
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/04/14/murdoch-loses-more…
@Dragofix@mastodontti.fi @Techmeme@techhub.socialStripe 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/
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@tinoeberl@mastodon.online‼️Die #Petition
"Stärkere Einschränkung der Verfügbarkeit von Feuerwerkskörpern bzw. von Böllern um den Jahreswechsel vom 27.05.2025"
hat bisher 145 Mitzeichnungen.
Es fehlen noch 29855 Unterschriften bis zum 11.03.2026.
#TIL Windows 11 added system-wide shortcut key for typing em/en-dashes: :windows: Minus and :windows: ⇧ Minus.
@kurtsh@mastodon.socialReminder that Trump's Defense Dept secretary is a raging, unmitigated racist.
Hegseth, told an audience of several hundred military people, “I think the single dumbest phrase in military history is ‘our diversity is our strength.’”
☑️ Pentagon's Hegseth: 'diversity is our strength' is dumbest phrase in military history | Reuters
@cowboys@darktundra.xyzCowboys waive defensive tackle Perrion Winfrey https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/cowboys-waive-defensive-tackle-perrion-winfrey
@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyzThe *other* potentially quite interesting April #comet C/2025 R3 (PANSTARRS) has been recovered in morning twilight: https://groups.io/g/comets-ml/message/34973 - it "has brightened nicely since my last observation on February 9 when it was in evening twilight at magnitude 13.3, magnitude calculations on the mornings of February 27/28 found the comet at magnitude 11.1 and 10.7 but I am sure the coma is a lot bigger and not fully reflected in these magnitude measurements."
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #6MusicStories
The Horrors:
🎵 Sea Within A Sea (6 Music Session, 4 Mar 2025)
#TheHorrors
https://thehorrorsofficial.bandcamp.com/album/sea-within-a-sea-live-2019
https://open.spotify.com/track/4qYC48QwHmKS7uQiSFudTf
@presseportal_pol_NDS@frawas.dePOL-DH: Vorstellung der Verkehrsunfallstatistik der Polizeiinspektion Diepholz für das Jahr 2025 Diepholz (ots) - Anliegend finden Sie die Pressemitteilung sowie ein Handout mit Statistiken zu der Verkehrsunfallstatistik der Polizeiinspektion Diepholz für das Jahr 2025. Rückfragen bitte an: Polizeiinspektion Diepholz Presse- und ... https://www.
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialRoku launches a standalone app for Howdy, its $2.99/month ad-free streaming service with ~10K hours of content, in the US; Howdy debuted in August 2025 (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/31/roku-launches-a-standalone…
@tinoeberl@mastodon.online🍮 Wissen zum Nachtisch: 🍨
Retröt: Wie präsent ist der #Klimawandel im öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunk?
Eine Analyse zeigt: Themen wie #Hitzeschutz, #Solarenergie und
@raiders@darktundra.xyzRaiders post hilarious video alongside 2026 schedule release https://raiderswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/raiders/2026/05/14/raiders-post-hilarious-video-alongside-2026-schedule-release/90088776007/…
@cdarwin@c.imThe U.S. under Donald Trump is seen as more of a threat than an ally,
according to a new POLITICO Pulse survey of six major EU countries.
Since returning to power in January 2025, Trump has questioned Washington’s commitment to NATO,
threatened to annex Greenland and Canada,
hit allies with tariffs
and launched a war with Iran that European countries refused to join.
Only 12 percent of those polled in March in Poland, Spain, Belgium, France, Germany and It…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialIndian 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
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #6MusicStories
The Horrors:
🎵 Silence That Remains (6 Music Session, 4 Mar 2025)
#TheHorrors
https://open.spotify.com/track/1qt6oDcdlC2QcJtsixGv58
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: Huawei expects AI chip revenue to hit ~$12B in 2026, up 60% from $7.5B in 2025, as orders for its Ascend 950PR chip surge and Nvidia stalls in China (Zijing Wu/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/b82fa156-d1db-40e5-bce5-3c5f8f54069b
@primonatura@mstdn.social @Mediagazer@mstdn.socialUSA Today reports Q1 revenue down 4% YoY to $548.5M, net income of $19.9M, up $27.2M from Q1 2025, 1.46M paid digital subs, and $45.9M digital subscription rev (Business Wire)
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260430434910/en/
@NFL@darktundra.xyzInside Eagles' 2025 friction as Jalen Hurts stands at crossroads https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48224913/the-crossroad-awaits-quarterback-jalen-hurts-philadelphia-eagles-offense-aj-brown-2026
@tinoeberl@mastodon.online🍮 Wissen zum Nachtisch: 🍨
Retröt: Wie präsent ist der #Klimawandel im öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunk?
Eine Analyse zeigt: Themen wie #Hitzeschutz, #Solarenergie und
@smurthys@hachyderm.ioJan. 9, 2025: A vibrant portrait of Krishna and his consort Rukmini. I found it stashed behind stuff on top of a storage closet at an office in #Udupi #Krishna Matha, #India.
(right bottom corner edited)
#tbt #throwback #throwbackThursday
#photography #amateur #portrait #painting #art
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSamsung says it is ceasing sales of TVs and appliances in China amid fierce competition from local brands; Samsung's TV and appliance unit lost ~$138M in 2025 (Kwanwoo Jun/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/business/samsung-pull…
@raiders@darktundra.xyz @tinoeberl@mastodon.online🍮 Wissen zum Nachtisch: 🍨
Retröt: Wie präsent ist der #Klimawandel im öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunk?
Eine Analyse zeigt: Themen wie #Hitzeschutz, #Solarenergie und
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialPodcasting company Red Seat Ventures, bought by Fox Corp. in 2025, is building a membership program for the ultra-wealthy, focused on hospitality and events (Sara Fischer/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/03/31/red-seat-ventures-membership
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSAP invests in German workflow automation platform n8n at a $5.2B valuation, up from $2.5B after an October 2025 equity raise, and agrees to embed n8n's tools (Yazhou Sun/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialFuture says Google traffic fell 20% in the six months to March 31, a sharp acceleration on the year to September 2025; FUTR falls 25% to its lowest since 2017 (Dominic Ponsford/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/magazines/why-future-share-…
@tinoeberl@mastodon.online🛌 Wissen fürs Kopfkissen: 📖
Die #Energiewende verstehen: Wichtige Fakten in Diagrammen
Wie verändert sich der globale #Energiemarkt durch den Zubau von #Windenergie und
@Techmeme@techhub.socialScale AI wins a $500M DOD contract through the Chief Digital and AI Office to help sift data and assist in decision-making, after receiving a $100M deal in 2025 (Jen Judson/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/202…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialAmpere: KPop Demon Hunters exceeded one billion viewing hours; its success brings into question whether Netflix will keep reducing commissions of kids' content (Neil Batey/C21Media)
https://www.c21media.net/news/success-of-k
@raiders@darktundra.xyz @Techmeme@techhub.socialIDC: Chinese GPU and AI chipmakers captured ~41% of China's AI server market in 2025, significantly eroding Nvidia's share, which stood at 55% with ~2.2M cards (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chines
@presseportal_pol_NDS@frawas.dePOL-H: Nachtragsmeldung: Seit August 2025 Vermisste aus Hannover-Südstadt ist wieder da Hannover (ots) - Eine seit mehreren Monaten Vermisste junge Frau aus Hannover ist wieder da. Die inzwischen 18-Jährige ist wohlauf. Die Polizei bedankt sich bei allen, die sich an der Suche nach ihr beteiligt haben. Die Fotos in der ursprünglichen ... https://www.…
@buercher@tooting.chAm 2. April 2025 verkündete Donald Trump seine Zölle für diverse Länder. Die Bilanz nach einem Jahr ist vernichtend
https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/trump-zoelle-jobs-preise-handelsbilanz-im-rueckblick-577771777801
@Techmeme@techhub.social @Mediagazer@mstdn.socialNetflix feels comfortable raising prices knowing customers can downgrade to its ad tier; in 2026, Netflix is on track to double 2025's $1.5B in ad sales (Lucas Shaw/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026…
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #CerysMatthews
Héctor Lavoe & Willie Colón:
🎵 Popurrí Navideño (Remastered 2025)
#HéctorLavoe #WillieColón
