
2025-06-01 06:01:25
A profile of DoorDash CEO Tony Xu, who has transformed the once-scrappy delivery startup into a ~$90B industry consolidator through an acquisition spree (Samantha Subin/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/31/doordash-ceo-tony-…
A profile of DoorDash CEO Tony Xu, who has transformed the once-scrappy delivery startup into a ~$90B industry consolidator through an acquisition spree (Samantha Subin/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/31/doordash-ceo-tony-…
on my blog!
some notes on making summer coffee so i don't forget and screw it up again next spring
https://dotat.at/@/2025-06-01-bialetti.html
I’ve read a lot of horrible news this last couple of years but this is maybe the worst? https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-05-28/ty-article-magazine/.premi…
@… @… I mean, I would definitely watch that
The centrist mayor of Warsaw took a slim lead in Poland’s presidential election over a nationalist candidate backed by Donald Trump
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-01/warsaw-ma…
Football et féminisme : anatomie d’un double standard policier #Paris: https://blog.rmendes.net/2025/06/01/football-et-fminisme-anatomie-dun.html
@… 創作勢、もともとA5多いです。
Por fin va a llegar el metro a Lo Espejo y también al aeropuerto. 👇🏻
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Boric anuncia que Metro llegarš al aeropuerto, Lo Espejo y Maipú
https://www.malaespinacheck.cl/pais/2025/06/01/metro-aeropuerto-lo-espejo-maipu/
Ukraine gets $1.7 billion loan from Canada backed by Russian assets: https://benborges.xyz/2025/06/30/ukraine-gets-billion-loan-from.html
Attacks by…? Come on, you’re so close… you can say it: israel. The murderous regime that’s carrying out a genocide. https://amicale.net/@france24_en/114608756066114347
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/russians-work-with-english-speaking-hackers-for-ransomware-attacks-60-minutes-video-2025-06-01/
Scattered Spider got a 60 minutes segment
Die #IGMetall läd wieder zum #Radschlag
Die Einladung richtet sich ausdrücklich an Beschäftigte der Fahrradbranche.
Ich bin damit nicht mitgemeint, aber eine stabile und konkurrenzfähige Fahrradbranche ist für alle Radfahrer*innen von Vorteil. Verlässlichere Qualität, bessere und mehr Aus…
„This loss of income cannot be explained by women's career paths or their exit from the workforce. Nor can it be explained by the very real constraints imposed by the birth of a child.
Not only do heterosexual men not experience any loss of income related to the birth of a child, which might be explained by mothers still being primarily responsible for childcare, but the same is true for both fathers in a same-sex couple.“
Menopause leads to an av. 10% loss in income
De ware aard van de chipsdoos van Lays - #Zwerfinator
https://zwerfinator.nl/index.php/2025/06/01/de-ware-aard-van-de-chipsdoos-van-lays/…
today is national girlfriend day, tell your girlfriend that she is the best <3
"Guide to German Facial Expressions" based on extensive field work by @…: https://linguistgoneforeign.wordpress.…
Meine Science-Fiction und Fantasy-Besprechungen für den Mai sind online. Mit For All Mankind, Nils Westerboers neuem Roman Lyneham (den ich sehr empfehle) und der Hidden-Seas-Reihe von A.M. Dellamonica.
https://blog.till-westermayer.de/index.ph…
🔍 how many emojis is too many in Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus form?
Die re:publica hat dem Boomer Stefan emotional und inhaltlich eine Menge gebracht. Sie hat mir Mut gemacht, da sich viele junge Menschen engagieren. Doch natürlich sind da auch Fragen und Sorgen. Der besonders persönliche Teil 3 meiner #rp25-Impressionen.
How on earth can NYT write this report with no hint that it reflects on Trump's mental acuity? While endlessly speculating explicitly about Biden's acuity a year ago?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/01/us/politics/trump-musk-isaacman-nasa.ht…
Elad Gil, backer of Perplexity, Character.AI, Airbnb, Coinbase, and Stripe, invested in Enam Co., which aims to transform businesses with AI via PE roll-ups (Connie Loizos/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/01/early-a…
Ukrainian security services conducted a massive drone attack against Russian military airbases on Sunday,
striking thousands of kilometres from the front line in what President Volodymyr Zelensky said was their longest-range operation ever.
The operation, code-named "Spider's Web," required months of preparation and the smuggling of drones into Russian territory
Using 117 drones, Ukraine was able to reach regions thousands of kilometres from the front,
w…
“This considers how two modern cameras handle a difficult color challenge, illustrated by photos of a perfect rose and a piano.” https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2025/05/31/Colors
Norway to send F-35 fighter jets to Poland to cover transportation hub for Ukrainian military aid: https://benborges.xyz/2025/06/30/norway-to-send-f-fighter.html
@… @… @… some other great replies on this thread if you go up to the original post too
@… 今回ホールが確保できなくて落選いっぱい出たから、できるかぎり詰め込んだんだよ!
You put your left foot in 🦶
You put your left foot out 🦶
You put your left foot in 🦶
Opinion | Operation Spiderweb’s drone attack on Russia exposes all air bases - The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/06/01/ukraine-drone-attack-russia-bombers/
Ukraines massage again to generals all…
Using "AI" is no longer optional at Microsoft. Reminds me how when Meta had to force their engineers to use their "Metaverse" product.
If your product doesn't even gain traction internally, maybe it's just ... shit?
(Original title: ‘AI is no longer optional’ — Microsoft admits AI doesn’t help at work)
Campfire, which offers AI-powered ERP and accounting services, raised a $35M Series A led by Accel (Julie Bort/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/30/tiny-ai-erp-startup-campfire-is-winning-s…
Discrimination cases unravel as Trump scraps core civil rights tenet
For decades, the federal government has used data analysis to ferret out race and sex discrimination
-- winning court cases and reaching settlements in housing, education, policing and across American life.
Now the Trump administration is working to unwind those same cases.
The administration is unwinding settlements built on “disparate impact,” -- which holds that even neutral policies can lead to …
Crisis Response Networks: Wartime Civic Engagement in Ukraine’s Local Governments: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/01/crisis-response-networks-wartime-civic.html
Had my talk on Small Web accepted at #why2025 but I hadn’t realised (my bad) that not only do you have to cover your own travel and accommodation but you also have to buy a ticket to speak. I’m sorry, as part of a tiny two-person not-for-profit working for the common good, I can’t afford to pay to speak at events. I’m not Deloitte. So I sadly had to withdraw my talk.
If any conferences do w…
Sparkasse: Fehler der S-pushTAN-App legt Online-Banking lahm
Das Online-Banking der Sparkassen war am Sonntag gestört. Transaktionen konnten mit der S-pushTAN-App nicht freigegeben werden.
https://www…
Dubai is emerging as a global hub for AI talent, attracting workers with its Golden Visa program, no taxes, attractive salaries, and ease of setting up business (Amar Diwakar/Rest of World)
https://restofworld.org/2025/golden-visa-ai-jobs-uae/
Fire smoke from Canada
2025-06-01
#ClimateEmergency #Canada #USA
https://…
Iran summons Ukraine's envoy, warns of 'consequences' over comments on Israeli, US strikes: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/01/iran-summons-ukraines-envoy-warns.html
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1. core web vitals are the only web perf metrics that matter
2. react is fast enough
3. how to use toxic masculinity as a leadership tactic to avoid self reflection and personal growth, a guide to online community building
4. how to actively circumvent the web platform until it affects you personally, a hero’s journey
Bullshit, authoritatively uttered.
An analysis of the top 100 trending TikTok videos under #mentalhealthtips finds 52 contain misinformation, including misused language and quick-fix methods (The Guardian)
“We got to be honest in what happened, because losing elections has consequences,”
said Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Harris’ running mate,
during a rousing speech Saturday afternoon.
“We’re in this mess because some of it’s our own doing. … None of us can afford to shy away from having hard conversations about what it’s going to take to win elections.”
Walz, a potential 2028 presidential candidate, said Democrats don’t need to retreat from their ideals,
such as pro…
Operation Spiderweb and Russia’s record drone assault – Ukraine in photos, June 2025: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/01/operation-spiderweb-and-russias-record.html
Solarproduzent Meyer Burger stellt Insolvenzantrag
Der Schweizer Solarhersteller Meyer Burger zieht bei seinen drei deutschen Töchtern die Notbremse. Zwei Standorte in Deutschland sind direkt betroffen.
https:…
OpenAI removes a ChatGPT feature that let users make their conversations discoverable by Google and other search engines, calling it a "short-lived experiment" (Amanda Silberling/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/31/your
The White House has withdrawn Jared Isaacman as its nominee for Nasa administrator,
abruptly yanking a close ally of Elon Muskfrom consideration to lead the space agency.
Donald Trump said he would announce a new candidate soon.
“After a thorough review of prior associations, I am hereby withdrawing the nomination of Jared Isaacman to head Nasa,”
Trump posted online.
“I will soon announce a new Nominee who will be mission aligned, and put America first in space.”…
Russian Su-34 aircraft crashes during training flight in Russia's Nizhny Novgorod Oblast: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/01/russian-su-aircraft-crashes-during.html
Wenn "Minecraft" und Co. die Leinwand erobern
Viele Game-Verfilmungen sind in der Vergangenheit gescheitert, "The Last Of Us" wurde zum Megaerfolg. Wann gelingen sie – und wann nicht?
https://www.
San Mateo-based observability service Observe raised a $156M Series C led by Sutter Hill Ventures with participation from Snowflake, Madrona, and others (Rebecca Szkutak/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/30/observe-contin…
China’s president, Xi Jinping, has reportedly told his generals to be ready by 2027 to conquer the self-governing island of Taiwan,
which he regards as stolen sovereign territory.
US officials warned last week that China already has sufficient capability to invade now,
with amphibious landing craft,
D-day-style floating docks, paratroopers and expanded air combat and missile forces in a constant state of readiness.
Recent intimidating offshore military exercises…
A look at Apple's AI plans for WWDC; sources: macOS 26 will be named Tahoe and Apple is testing its 3B, 7B, 33B, and 150B AI models via internal tool Playground (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/new…
Bundesregierung plant Steueranreize für E-Autos in Firmen
Schon im ersten Jahr sollen Firmen den Kauf eines Elektroautos zu 75 Prozent von der Steuer absetzen können.
https://www.
Cursor launches a web app and Slack integration for managing AI coding agents from mobile and desktop (Maxwell Zeff/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/30/cursor-launches-a-web-app-to-manage-ai-coding-agents/
Police thanked "the wonderful community of beekeepers",
saying "over two dozen" had turned up to help with rescue efforts.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c23mrprk952o
Noch einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Klimakrise verdoppelt Zahl der Hitzetage in Deutschland
Tinder is mandating new users in California verify their profiles using facial recognition technology starting June 30 in a bid to reduce impersonation (Kerry Flynn/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/30/tinder-face-check-safety
Einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Elektronische Patientenakte: Wer widerspricht, soll nicht benachteiligt werden
SEC filing: Oracle signed multiple large cloud agreements, including one that is expected to contribute $30B in annual revenue starting in FY28; ORCL jumps 5% (Samantha Subin/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/30/oracle-orcl-stock-cloud-deal.html
Robinhood announces an expanded offering of tokenized US stocks across Europe, crypto staking in US, a Layer 2 blockchain for real-world asset settlement, more (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/30/robinhood-crypto-cannes.html
Illegale Drohnenflüge in NRW auf hohem Niveau
Illegale Drohnenflüge haben 2025 in NRW zugenommen. Staatskanzlei-Chef, Nathanael Liminski, fordert daher eine einheitliche Drohnenabwehr der Bundesländer.
https://www.
Levelpath, which provides AI-powered enterprise procurement services, raised a $55M Series B led by Battery Ventures, bringing its total funding to $100M (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/30/next-gen-procurement-platform-…
Spotify updates its Discover Weekly playlist after ten years, adding new genre filters for Premium users, and says users streamed 100B tracks via the playlist (Amanda Silberling/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/30/spot…
heise | Quizauflösung: Fehlersuche mittels ICMP-Rückmeldungen
Das kleine Netzwerkquiz aus dem Artikel "Fehlersuche mittels ICMP-Rückmeldungen" stellte vier Aufgaben. Hier finden Sie die Antworten.
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The US takes down a North Korean operation that, from 2021 to 2024, impersonated 80 people to get remote jobs at 100 US firms, using "laptop farms" in the US (Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/30/us-g…
Filing: Apple sues Di Liu, a former senior product designer who worked on the Vision Pro, for allegedly stealing trade secrets and taking them to Snap (Ethan Baron/SiliconValley.com)
https://www.siliconvalley.com/2025/06/30/apple-san-jos…
DappRadar: NFT lending market volume has dropped 97% from a peak of ~$1B in January 2024 to ~$50M in May 2025, with borrower activity falling by 90% (Stephen Katte/Cointelegraph)
https://cointelegraph.com/news/real-world-assets-revitalize-dy…
Noch einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
BGH-Entscheidung: Cheat-Tools sind keine Urheberrechtsverletzung
Microsoft and the CWA reach a tentative contract agreement for ~300 ZeniMax QA workers after two years of talks, marking Microsoft's first US union contract (Josh Eidelson/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
Einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Polizei versendet Tausende stille SMS zur Handyortung
https://www…
How the delivery app Fantuan grew its US presence to 50 cities since 2019 by focusing on Asian cuisines, with an app design reminiscent of Chinese platforms (Alex Harring/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/31/under-the-
Sources: UMG, Warner Music, and Sony Music are in talks to license their work to AI music services Udio and Suno and settle copyright infringement lawsuits (Lucas Shaw/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
Sources: Samsung and Perplexity in talks about an investment, preloading Perplexity's app on Samsung devices, adding its search to Samsung's browser, and more (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
Amazon "beschäftigt" über eine Million Roboter
Bei Amazon arbeiten weltweit nun mehr als eine Million Roboter, die knapp 1,6 Millionen menschliche Beschäftigte unterstützen.
https://www.
The US Army awards Palantir a contract worth up to $10B over the next decade, creating a "comprehensive framework for the Army's future software and data needs" (Elizabeth Dwoskin/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/…
Sources: Index Ventures' nearly $100M investment in Figma was worth $2.17B at the initial IPO price, while Greylock's $50M investment was worth $2.03B (Katie Roof/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/202…
A profile of prediction market Kalshi, which is using its federal financial license to open up sports gambling across the US, even in states where it is illegal (Justina Lee/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/20
Meta shareholders overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to explore adding Bitcoin to the company's treasury, with less than 1% voting in favor of the measure (Kyle Baird/DL News)
https://www.dlnews.com/articles/markets/meta-bitcoi…
Neuralink plans a UK clinical trial to test how its chips let patients with severe paralysis control devices with thoughts, marking its entry into the country (Christy Santhosh/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcar
Google announces 30 Gemini AI tools for educators, like "Gems" which help students on specific subjects, included with Google Workspace for Education accounts (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025…
Experts raise concerns that Malta's expedited MiCA licensing process may lack sufficient enforcement and oversight; OKX received a MiCA license in four days (CoinDesk)
https://www.coindesk.com/news-analysis/202
The latest version of the Senate's OBBB has a provision removing the 6 GHz band's protection from spectrum auctions; Wi-Fi 6E and Wi-FI 7 utilize the 6 GHz band (Jon Brodkin/Ars Technica)
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…