Tootfinder

Eventual, which develops Daft, a Python-native open-source data processing engine, raised a $7.5M seed led by CRV and a $20M Series A led by Felicis (Rebecca Szkutak/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/24/how-a-data-pro…

How a data processing problem at Lyft became the basis for Eventual | TechCrunch
Eventual's data processing engine Daft was inspried by the founders' experience working on Lyft's autonomous vehicle project.

Virtual Reality im Studium: Uni Weimar stattet Erstsemester mit Meta Quest 3 aus
Informatik-Erstsemester in Weimar bekommen zum Studienstart eine VR-Brille. Ziel ist mehr Praxisnähe im Umgang mit immersiven Technologien.

So predictable.

Die USA greifen den Iran an wegen „Massenvernichtungswaffen”
Trump und Co. behaupten der Angriff sei vorbei und alles sei erledigt.
Der Iran wird irgendeinen Gegenschlag umsetzen.
Daraufhin wird die U.S. Regierung sich unfair und „unprovoziert” angegriffen fühlen und ggf. einen langen Krieg eingehen.

Stop Uploading Your Data to #Google
http://ignorethecode.net/blog/2025/06/11/stop_uploading_your_data_to_google/

Die Sendung mit der Maus vom 22.06.2025 erklärt anschaulich und trotzdem korrekt wie "KI" funktioniert. Das ist auch was für die eigenen Kinder!
https://www.

Die Sendung mit der Maus vom 22.06.2025 - hier anschauen
Lach- und Sachgeschichten, heute mit dem Geheimnis der Künstlichen Intelligenz, Trudes Tier und einer neuen Freundin, dem Lied vom KI-Mäleon, Shaun und einer wilden Scheunen-Party – und natürlich mit der Maus, dem Elefanten und der Ente. Aus einer Idee einen Text zu machen – das schafft eine Künstliche Intelligenz in Sekundenschnelle. Aber wie funktioniert das eigentlich? Ralph erklärt, warum eine KI viel mehr zählt, als sie schreibt. Denn erst durch das Zählen von Wörtern, Buchst…

Zum 20. Geburtstag der #Vorratsdatenspeicherung im Jahr 2025 freut sich die EU-Kommission über Eure Meinung zur Idee, die #VDS für Internet-Provider zum Zweck der Strafverfolgung einzuführen.
Noch bis zum 30.6. mit SMS für die Authentifizierung, danach nur mit eID, per Facebook od…

The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist https://sonicstate.com/news/2025/06/10/the-rise-of-spotify-and-the-costs-of…

The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist - 'Mood Machine' by Liz Pelly
Mood Machine' by Liz Pelly

Always pack the essentials!

Trump’s “two weeks” statement was just one aspect of a broader effort at political and military misdirection that took place over eight chaotic days,
from the first Israeli strikes against Iran to the moment when a fleet of B-2 stealth bombers took off
Trump seemed almost gleeful in telling reporters that he could make a decision “one second before it’s due,
because things change, especially with war.”
All the while, Trump was making blustery statements indicating he…

How Trump Decided to Strike Iran
When Israel began its assault on Iran, President Trump kept his distance. But within days he was on a path that led to an extensive bombing mission aided by political and military ruses.

This comic is very much about #AI
(Original title: Metaphorical Satire)
https://designthinkingcomic.substack.com/p/metaphorical-satire

Metaphorical Satire
DT! for today

パスワードに使っているキーだけ、文字が摩耗してかすれ、艶消しのハズだったのにツヤツヤになっているアレ（だいなし）

Nur so: Wenn ich auf etwas nicht reagiere, dann, indem ich nicht darauf reagiere, und nicht indem ich verkünde, dass ich nicht darauf reagiere.

Inteligencia artificial: el fin de la realidad. Por Maciel Campos.
https://www.elmostrador.cl/agenda-pais/agenda-digital/2025/06/20/inteligencia-artificial-el-fin-de-la-realidad/

UK FCDO decision to cut back aid to education and to gender initiatives is devastating.
'In an open letter [to UK PM Keir Starmer] published today, several high-profile are joined by entrepreneurs, respected academics and concerned citizens from across the UK in warning that proposed cuts to the UK aid budget could have devastating consequences for millions of girls worldwide whose futures depend on access to education.'

Putin Has Lost the West. This Was Not the Plan. (Michael Kimmage/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/opinion/putin-trump-nato-russia.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250624/p2#a250624p2

#Tesla vermeldet, dass es in #Austin mit einem #Robotaxi autonom herumfährt.
Die real befahrene Fläche ist der blaue Teil der Karte unten.
So richtig autonom ist es auch nicht. Es sitzt immer eine Kontroll…

"Israel and America’s war with Iran is not just a strategic throw of the dice. It is a fundamental shift in how power operates in a multipolar world. Though a transition toward new models of collective security remains theoretically possible, as the foundations of US global hegemony wither under Donald Trump the current trajectory favours entropy over order. The danger is not merely in acts of war, it is also in the chaos they leave behind."

Chaos engulfs Iran. What can Britain and Europe do?
Whether it is a democracy or a dictatorship, a state that loses a long war usually faces a dangerous reckoning. For four decades the ideological foundations of the Islamic Republic of Iran were anchor

Calming? Exciting? Hypnotizing? Suspenseful? Appetizing? Amusing? Gross?
Whatever it is, is sure is an experience!
From @…:
https://tech.lgbt/@Natasha_Jay/114731506455211101

Yesterday managed to see at least a half dozen bands for #Kenmore Porchfest (#Buffalo). I only remembered to take one pic (at this RAtM cover band, Anger Is a Gift). They did a great job and the hosts had a cooler of water for everyone.
Kudos to everyone involved in the day.

NATO boss Rutte (fmr Dutch PM) sends app to Trump, who promptly publishes it.
"Wow, your bombing of Iran was great; it makes the world a safer place!"
Straight from The Hague, formerly known as the International City of Peace and Justice. Awkward.

Greece declares emergency on Chios over wildfires #Greece

Greece declares emergency on Chios over wildfires
Greece put the Mediterranean island of Chios under a state of emergency on Monday because of major fires that have raged since the weekend.

Die ePetition 182294 an den Bundestag aus dem Bereich Kinderfragen mit dem Titel
Einführung einer Schwimmkurspflicht für Kinder ab 6 Jahren
kann bis zum Montag 04. August 2025 01:00 UTC mitgezeichnet werden und lautet
Mit der Petition wird die Einführung einer Schwimmkurspflicht für Kinder ab 6 Jahren gefordert.

proxy_pass with nginx fails with Safari, because Upgrade http header is passed on
https://winkelwagen.de/2025/06/24/troubleshooting-proxy_pass-with-safari/

Troubleshooting proxy_pass with Safari
I setup a proxy pass to have the app on one server and the hostname terminate by DNS on another machine. Setting up a reverse proxy is pretty easy: location /directory/ { proxy_pass proxy_set_heade…

Together with the Faculty of Applied Science Open Science Team, from the TU Delft (still not on mastodon...) we published a chapter on how to start your own Open Science Team in the #OpenScience Cookbook:
Open Ebook: https://www.ala.org/sites/default/files/2025-06/9798892553667.pdf
Print: https://alastore.ala.org/open-science-cookbook
Thanks to @…, Sebastian Weingärtner, Xuehang Wang and Gerard Castro-Linares, for sharing their experiences in a reusable manner :)

wetterbericht: "golfballgroße hagelkörner"
ich, der noch nie golf gespielt und daher kein gespür für die größe von golfbällen hat: :blobcatgoogly:

❤️ #Stadtbahn @…

Neuer Stadtbahn-Fan im Verkehrsministerium
Die geplante Kieler Stadtbahn ist ein Politikum geworden. Die CDU ist auf Kreisebene mittlerweile gegen das große ÖPNV-Projekt, weil sie die Finanzierung als unrealistisch ansieht. Das Land Schleswig-Holstein zeigt sich offiziell offen für die Stadtbahn, obwohl einige CDU-Politiker der Landesregierung gleichzeitig bei der Kieler Kreispartei Stimmung gegen die Stadtbahn machen.

Check out my latest CSO piece that examines how the Iranian cyber threat has been overhyped, and even in the face of a supposed cease-fire between Israel and Iran, security leaders need to stay alert and ready.
Many thanks to Tom Hegel of SentinelOne, Alexis Rapin of ESET, Pascal Geenens of Radware, Pete Nicoletti of Check Point and others for their insight.
Iranian cyber threats overhyped, but CISOs can’t afford to let down their guard

Iranian cyber threats overhyped, but CISOs can’t afford to let down their guard
Fears of Iranian retaliation in cyberspace surged after US and Israeli military strikes on Iran, but experts say the risk is overstated. Still, security leaders should stay alert and ready.

General Staff: Russia has lost 1,075,160 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/23/general-staff-russia-has-lost.html

Clinton’s Endorsement of Cuomo Is Grotesque but Predictable https://jacobin.com/2025/06/cuomo-clinton-endorsement-mayoral-election/

Clinton’s Endorsement of Cuomo Is Grotesque but Predictable
Bill Clinton’s last-minute endorsement of Andrew Cuomo in New York City’s mayoral race is all too fitting: both men represent the corporate Democratic establishment, opposed by socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani, that has abandoned the working class.

Kagan warnt: Trumps Iran-Politik bedroht nicht nur Teheran, sondern auch die US-Demokratie – Illiberale profitieren, Demokratie bleibt außen vor
American Democracy Might Not Survive a War With Iran - The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/international/

American Democracy Might Not Survive a War With Iran
The United States is well down the road to dictatorship. Imagine what Trump would do with a state of war.

Still messing around with 3D printed stencils to make signs… playing with some spray paint techniques along the way.
#noWar #protest #resist

TL;DR: Das Städtische Klinikum soll sparen, damit ein Parkhaus gebaut werden kann.
https://archive.is/phyJF

Kristi Noem's stupidity is an existential threat - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/t…

Kristi Noem's stupidity is an existential threat
“Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.” — Benjamin FranklinThe Trump administration just refused to allow an Australian writer entry to America because he’d penned articles on his personal blog critical of the administration’s support for the ...

Inside Amazon's Indiana data center complex: built for Anthropic with plans for ~30 centers, consuming 2.2GW of power and millions of gallons of water per year (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/technology/amazon-ai-data-centers.html

At Amazon’s Biggest Data Center, Everything Is Supersized for A.I.
On 1,200 acres of cornfield in Indiana, Amazon is building one of the largest computers ever for work with Anthropic, an artificial intelligence start-up.

KI-Update kompakt: KI-Gigafactory, Groks Wissen, EmoNet, KI-Musikwettbewerb
Das "KI-Update" liefert werktäglich eine Zusammenfassung der wichtigsten KI-Entwicklungen.
https://www…

I should make a bot that takes GenAI prompts as input, but just denies every request.

It's good that bigger mainstreamer people such as John Oliver are also talking about the "AI slop" era and phenomenon. I do think he was a bit too charitable though.
AI slop is not just bad visuals, it's the esthetic of modern fascism.
https://youtu.be/TWpg1RmzAbc?si=IJOnB4

Zug steht. Paulanergarten-Flagge weht.

I tend to post about the downsides of AI.
Here are two articles by people I highly respect which show a very positive point of view related to #AI:
https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2025/6/4/changes/…

Cassidy criticizes RFK Jr.'s vaccine advisers (Kelly Hooper/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/06/23/congress/cassidy-acip-rfk-vaccine-cdc-00419614
http://www.memeorandum.com/250624/p5#a250624p5

Modeling study finds early signs of widespread coastal marsh decline #environment

Modeling study finds early signs of widespread coastal marsh decline
Researchers have revealed the declining health of coastal marshes several years before visible signs of decline, providing an early warning and an opportunity to protect an ecosystem that serves as the first line of defense against coastal flooding.

Weekends are never slow for cyber news, particularly this past weekend. Check out today's Metacurity for the top infosec developments you might have missed, including
--DHS warns of likely Iranian cyberattacks after Trump's missile strikes
--Authorities warn of Salt Typhoon threats in Canada,
--Aflac struck by likely Scattered Spider attack,
--DPRK likely behind BitoPro $11m theft,
--CoinMarketCap hit by wallet-draining attack,
--Hacker stole $250K …

DHS warns of likely Iranian cyberattacks following Trump's missile strikes
Authorities warn of Salt Typhoon threats in Canada, Aflac struck by likely Scattered Spider attack, DPRK likely behind BitoPro $11m theft, CoinMarketCap hit by wallet-draining attack, Hacker stole $250K from Hacken using leaked key, Garden Finance accused of laundering stolen crypto, much more

The Ukrainian NEGOTIATING delegation is already in TURKEY! #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/23/the-ukrainian-negotiating-delegation-is.html

About 24 hours later this fan is up and running again. I’m ready to be a guest on Repair Shop.

Shield AI has emerged as a lead contender in the increasingly crowded race against competitors like Anduril and AeroVironment
to outfit the U.S. military with killer drones.
The $5 billion-valued startup, founded in 2015 by brothers Ryan and Brandon Tseng,
sells a suite of hardware and products, including autonomous piloting software that has been used to fly fighter jets.
In March, it raised $240 million in a funding round led by Korean conglomerate Hanwha and Amer…

How A Grisly Injury Threw $5 Billion Drone Startup Shield AI Off Course
Shield AI executives overlooked its V-BAT drone’s safety hazards. With sales falling short and the CEO stepping down, the company is trying to win back military customers.

Google rolls out historical Street View imagery on Google Earth as the service turns 20, and says pro US users can access AI insights, like tree canopy coverage (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/24/google-brings…

Google brings historical Street View imagery to Google Earth | TechCrunch
Google announced on Tuesday that you can now access historical Street View imagery on Google Earth.

ChromeOS: Google kündigt neue KI-Funktionen und Chromebook mit Mediatek-Chip an
Google hat gemeinsam mit Lenovo ein neues Chromebook-Plus-Modell mit Mediatek-ARM-Chip angekündigt, das mehr KI-Aufgaben direkt auf dem Gerät ausführen kann. 

🔍 How to re-ink ribbon from Naked Lunch typewriter

#ePetition_180389 hat mehr als 10000 mitzeichnungen. Weitere 20000 und die Petition wird im Bundestag in öffentlicher Sitzung diskutiert und der Hauptpetent kann vor dem Ausschuss reden.
:BoostOK: :boosts_ok:

AI dictation startup Wispr Flow raised a $30M Series A led by Menlo Ventures, after its 2024 pivot away from a hardware device, taking its total funding to $56M (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/24/wisp

Wispr Flow raises $30M from Menlo Ventures for its AI-powered dictation app | TechCrunch
Startups developing voice AI technology and applications are having their moment. Model builders like ElevenLabs and Cartesia have raised millions of

G.O.P. Can't Include Limits on Trump Lawsuits in Megabill, Senate Official Rules (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/us/politics/republicans-trump-lawsuits-senate-parliamentarian.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250623/p3#a250623p3

Nine takeaways on Brazil’s crackdown on illegal mining in Munduruku lands https://news.mongabay.com/2025/06/nine-takeaways-on-brazils-crackdown-on-illegal-mining-in-munduruku-lands/

Nine takeaways on Brazil’s crackdown on illegal mining in Munduruku lands
Mongabay published a five-part series delving into Brazil’s ongoing operation to evict illegal gold miners from Munduruku Indigenous territories, deep in the Amazon Rainforest. While there has been some disruption to mining in the region, Munduruku organizations told Mongabay the operation is not yet completely successful, with small groups of illegal miners, or garimpeiros, still […]

Kassenärzte fordern zuverlässige Systeme & Unterstützung bei der Digitalisierung
Ärzte sind nicht gegen die Digitalisierung, regelmäßige Störungen behindern jedoch die Versorgung. Sie fordern Unterstützung bei der Digitalisierung.

#Graz: Geh- und #Radweg nahe #Seifenfabrik ab 1. Juli geschlossen

Threat intel experts have told me that CISOs should be prepared for DDoS attacks in terms of Iranian threats.
"'313 Team' claimed responsibility for a Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack on Trump’s Truth Social platform just hours after the U.S. strikes."

Iranian-Aligned Hackers Claim Responsibility for Attack on Trump’s Truth Social Platform
A group of Iranian-aligned hackers has reportedly attacked something President Donald Trump holds dear — his Truth Social platform.

I found a fan this morning (biked home with it for five blocks!) and tried to get it working. No luck yet, motor might be burned out or seized up.
The fan I found in an alley two years ago works totally fine. Hoping I can get this one running.

Enlightening thread on Proton's new LLM
https://social.cryptography.dog/@ansuz/114906970072548804

Google releases a new Gemini Robotics On-Device model with an SDK and says the vision language action model can adapt to new tasks in 50 to 100 demonstrations (Ryan Whitwam/Ars Technica)
https://arstechnica.com/google/2025/06/google-relea…

Google’s new robotics AI can run without the cloud and still tie your shoes
Google’s Carolina Parada says Gemini has enabled huge robotics breakthroughs, like the new on-device AI.

"Leben. Fritz ist 85 Jahre alt und ist aus Leipzig gekommen, wo er zu einem Leder-Fetisch-Club gehört. Dass es mehr und mehr kleine CSDs in Ostdeutschland gibt, hält er für ein gutes Zeichen, „dann ist man nur nicht alleine ein bunter Hund“. Viele seiner queeren Freunde seien weggestorben, seit der DDR-Zeit war Fritz nicht mehr in Wittenberg. „Solange ich noch laufen kann, werd’ ich auf CSDs fahren‘, sagt er.
Drei Schüler:innen sind elektrisiert von dem Umzug, sie wohnen nur weni…

Salesforce Agentforce 3: offener Standard für KI-Agenten
Die Salesforce-Plattform Agentforce 3 verspricht mehr Transparenz beim Einsatz von KI-Agenten, die etwa Kundenanfragen selbstständig bearbeiten sollen.

Texas bans 'red flag' laws that allow guns to be taken from owners in crisis (Kim Bellware/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/06/24/texas-gun-laws-2025-red-flag-shotgun/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250624/p84#a250624p84

Superbugs in your shrimp: Deadly colistin-resistance genes ride on imported seafood #AnimalRights

Superbugs in your shrimp: Deadly colistin-resistance genes ride on imported seafood
Colistin, a last-resort antibiotic, is losing its power due to rising resistance—and the culprits might be hiding in your seafood dinner. A University of Georgia research team discovered colistin-resistance genes in bacteria found in imported shrimp and scallops from markets in Atlanta. These genes can hop between bacteria via plasmids, potentially turning once-curable infections into deadly threats.

Going through my feeds this morning, I see a bunch of suspicious, poorly written English reports in Middle Eastern publications that have never shown up on my radar screen before that tell of cyberattacks by variously named Iranian-related "hacktivist" groups.

Yesterday I asked a vendor at the farmers market if anything they were selling was vegan and learned that they had absolutely no idea what it means for a food item to be vegan.

Google's "AI Overviews" are garbage. Sadly they are now becoming the main way people interact with the web.
(Original title: Google’s AI Is Destroying Search, the Internet, and Your Brain)
https://www.404media.co/googles-ai-is-destro…

Google’s AI Is Destroying Search, the Internet, and Your Brain
Google’s AI Overview, which is easy to fool into stating nonsense as fact, is stopping people from finding and supporting small businesses and credible sources.

Sources: Microsoft is planning a round of Xbox layoffs next week, with managers expecting substantial cuts, the fourth big layoff at Xbox in the past 18 months (Jason Schreier/Bloomberg)

Text of a Letter from the President to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate (President Donald J. Trump/The White House)
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/06/text-of-a-letter-from-the-president-to-the-speaker-of-the-house-of-representatives/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250624/p7#a250624p7

Seaweed farming as an eco-friendly alternative for Tanzanian fishing communities https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/06/seaweed-farming-as-an-eco-friendly-alternative-for-tanzanian-fishing-communities/

Seaweed farming as an eco-friendly alternative for Tanzanian fishing communities
Climate change, overfishing and habitat loss have caused a sharp decline in fish stocks around Pemba Island, off the coast of Tanzania. To find a new income from the sea, women from Pemba are turning to sustainable seaweed farming, Mongabay’s video team reported in May. Seaweed farming was introduced to the island in 1989. It […]

My cousin: “Who is your favorite Ninja Turtle?”
Me: “Stradivarius? Sagittarius? I don’t know because I’m not five.”

I was talking to someone yesterday (let's call them A) and they had another "AI" experience, I thought might happen but hadn't heard of before.
They were interacting with an organization and upon asking a specific thing got a very specific answer. Weeks later that organization claimed it had never said what they said and when A showed the email as proof the defense was: Oh yeah, we're an international organization and it's busy right now so the person who sent…

Interviews with 24 Microsoft customers, salespeople, and others show that Microsoft is struggling to sell Copilot AI as enterprise customers opt for ChatGPT (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-2…

Two cats on me this morning!? I definitely cannot go to work…

Tasmanian leaders struggle with a basic fact: environment laws should protect the environment https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/23/tasmanian-leaders-environment-laws-protect

Garcia on precipice of powerful Oversight post (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/06/23/congress/oversight-garcia-mfume-lynch-crockett-00419618
http://www.memeorandum.com/250623/p150#a250623p150

Alphabet reports Google Cloud Q2 revenue up 32% YoY to $13.62B, vs. $13.11B est., and raises its 2025 capex forecast to $85B, up from $75B in February (Jennifer Elias/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/23/alphabet-google-q2-earnings.html

Alphabet beats earnings expectations, raises spending forecast
The company increased its capital expenditures for 2025 by $10 billion due to "strong and growing demand for our Cloud products and services."

Cassidy, in Break With Kennedy, Calls for Vaccine Meeting Delay (Sheryl Gay Stolberg/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/us/politics/cassidy-kennedy-vaccine-committee.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250624/p93#a250624p93

I am hoping to do 1,000 miles on the bike this year. It's still June and I'm at 650 (surpassing the 620 for all of 2024.) I also did 120 this month which is the most miles I've done in a single month. I am glad I started riding and try to do it daily.
#biking #bikeTooter

Sanmai, which wants to build an AI-powered ultrasound device that costs less than $500 to help treat mental health conditions, raised $12M led by Reid Hoffman (Bloomberg)

Microsoft and Meta unveil the $399 Meta Quest 3S Xbox Edition, offering few updates to the $299 Meta Quest 3S, available in "extremely limited" quantities (Jez Corden/Windows Central)
https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/meta-q…

After a year of waiting, Microsoft's Meta Quest 3S "Xbox Edition" is here — our hands-on review of this (very) limited edition partnership
Last year, Microsoft revealed it was working on an Xbox edition Quest VR headset with Meta of Facebook fame. Why it took over a year to materialize is anyone's guess, but was it worth the wait?

Witnesses say their lies put a man on Death Row. Then they took it back (Nichole Manna/The Tributary)
https://jaxtrib.org/2025/06/23/witnesses-say-their-lies-put-a-man-on-death-row-then-they-took-it-back/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250624/p81#a250624p81

Trump's Cease-Fire Announcement Catches His Own Top Officials by Surprise (Maggie Haberman/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/world/middleeast/trump-ceasefire-israel-iran.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250623/p162#a250623p162

The FTC approves Omnicom's $13.5B acquisition of rival Interpublic on the condition that the new company does not boycott platforms over political content (Jody Godoy/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boa

Roblox says it is on track to pay out $1B to creators in 2025, as it revamps its rewards program to encourage creators to bring more players onto the platform (Jay Peters/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/691308/roblo

Roblox wants to better reward creators for bringing players back
Roblox is introducing two new systems that are designed to reward creators for engagement and bringing new and lapsed users onto the platform.

Cassidy calls to delay meeting of CDC's vaccine panel in challenge to RFK Jr. (Chelsea Cirruzzo/STAT)
https://www.statnews.com/2025/06/23/bill-cassidy-calls-for-acip-vaccine-panel-delay-after-rfk-jr-purge/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250623/p161#a250623p161

Another man who was deported in violation of court order must be returned to US, court rules (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/24/court-orders-trump-return-deported-immigrant-00421039
http://www.memeorandum.com/250624/p89#a250624p89

Sources: Google reduces its Google TV and Android TV budget by 10% and cuts Android TV and Google TV's ~300 employees by up to 25%, as it focuses on YouTube (Sahil Patel/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/google-cuts-sm…

Google Cuts Smart TV Budget as It Doubles Down on YouTube
Google has cut its smart TV budget and trimmed its team—marking the most concrete signs yet of the company’s waning interest competing with the likes of Samsung and Roku as it centers its TV business around YouTube. The company has reduced the budget for Google TV and Android TV 10%, according ...

America's Adversaries Are Gaining the Global Megaphone (Tiffany Hsu/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/business/media/us-china-russia-global-communications.html?unlocked_article_code=1.RU8.vSID.aC1mkPHdDyPn&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
http://www.memeorandum.com/250624/p88#a250624p88

Google unveils Gemini AI features, like select to search, for Chromebook Plus laptops like Lenovo's new $649 14" flagship with MediaTek's Kompanio Ultra chip (Antonio G. Di Benedetto/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/690885/googl

Chromebook Plus laptops like Lenovo’s sleek, new 14-incher are getting free Gemini AI features
Google adds new Gemini features like select to search to Chromebook Plus laptops. Lenovo’s Chromebook Plus 14 also debuts with a new processor for on-device AI.

LGBTQ leader: Dems should talk about 'kitchen table issues, not about identity' (Dustin Gardiner/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/24/lgbtq-leader-dems-kitchen-table-issues-not-identity-00419552
http://www.memeorandum.com/250624/p87#a250624p87

Sources: in 2024, OpenAI considered document collaboration features but lacked the staff to create them, but has since made some unreleased collaboration tools (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-…

OpenAI Quietly Designed a Rival to Google Workspace, Microsoft Office
OpenAI has been gearing up to take on Google and Microsoftwith features that let people collaborate on documents and communicate via chat in ChatGPT, according to two people who have seen the designs. Launching these features would pit OpenAI more directly against Microsoft, its biggest ...

Russia releases four REvil members who were convicted for payment card fraud; the Kremlin's 2022 crackdown on REvil followed a call between Biden and Putin (Daryna Antoniuk/The Record)
https://therecord.media/revil-cybercrime-gang-members-released-russia

Russia releases REvil members after convictions for payment card fraud
Four convicted members of the REvil cybercrime gang were released from custody after being sentenced in St. Petersburg for offenses related to payment card fraud.

Mike Johnson urges Republicans to stay in town for megabill vote (Meredith Lee Hill/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/06/24/congress/mike-johnson-urges-republicans-to-stay-in-town-for-megabill-votes-00420372
http://www.memeorandum.com/250624/p80#a250624p80

A US judge rules Anthropic use of copyrighted books to train AI was fair use, but its storage of pirated books in a "central library" used for training was not (Olivia Sophie Rafferty/ai fray)
https://aifra…

ICE nabs 11 Iranian migrants -- including suspected terrorists -- as Border Patrol warns of 'possible sleeper' cells (Jennie Taer/New York Post)
https://nypost.com/2025/06/24/us-news/ice-nabs-11-iranian-migrants-including-suspected-terrorists/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250624/p90#a250624p90

Amazon says it plans to bring same-day and next-day delivery to "tens of millions" of people who live in "more than 4,000" smaller US towns by the end of 2026 (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/691877/amazo

Amazon bringing same-day delivery to ‘millions’ of rural customers
Amazon announced that it was bringing same-day and next-day delivery to 4,000 small towns and rural communities by the end of 2026.

Google, the Earth Fire Alliance, and Muon Space's Fire Sat aims to launch 52 satellites by 2029 to detect wildfires globally and will make the data accessible (Boone Ashworth/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/google-earth-fire-alliance-sp…

Google Wants to Get Better at Spotting Wildfires From Space
A partnership with the nonprofit Earth Fire Alliance and satellite manufacturer Muon Space is giving Google a better shot at tracking wildfires—and using AI to process all the data being collected.

Waymo launches robotaxis in Atlanta via Uber's app, covering a 65-square-mile area, after launching in Austin on March 4; its vehicles don't drive on highways (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/691101/waymo-uber-robotaxi-atl…

Waymo’s robotaxis are now available on the Uber app in Atlanta
Atlanta is the second city, after Austin, to host Uber and Waymo’s burgeoning partnership.

Abridge, which uses AI to automate doctors' note-taking, raised $300M led by a16z at a $5.3B valuation, after raising $250M at a $2.75B valuation in February (Belle Lin/Wall Street Journal)
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Uber plans to launch a pilot ride type to match female riders and drivers in LA, San Francisco, and Detroit over the next few weeks, called "Women Drivers" (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20