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"Worse, this reframing of capital-as-creativity has captured politicians and regulators at every level."
(Original title: Moguls Moving Money Isn’t the Same as Building a Business)
https://anildash.com/2025/08/20/moving_money_ain’t_building_a_busines…

Moguls Moving Money Isn’t the Same as Building a Business
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

Introduction to AT Protocol – mackuba.eu https://mackuba.eu/2025/08/20/introduction-to-atproto/

Introduction to AT Protocol
Walkthrough of the various parts and concepts in Bluesky's AT Protocol (ATProto), the types of servers involved and how it all fits together

Frischer Wind auf alten Plattformen im Retro-Bereich
Retro-Games sind mehr als Nostalgie: Die Gamescom 2025 zeigt Beispiele dafür, wie sich die Tradition mit Neuveröffentlichungen im alten Stil fortführen lässt.
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India's lower house of parliament passes a sweeping online gaming bill to impose a blanket ban on real-money games nationwide, threatening a $23B industry (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/20/india-bans-real-money-…

India bans real-money gaming, threatening a $23 billion industry | TechCrunch
India is set to ban real-money gaming nationwide under a proposed law that has just passed the lower house of parliament.

The average effective U.S. tariff rate soared to 18.6 percent in early August, the highest level in more than 90 years, from 2.5 percent when Trump took office in January
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/busines

Trump’s Tariffs Push U.S. Businesses Into ‘Survival Mode’
A 90-day pause on additional tariffs on China offers no relief to American companies already facing extraordinarily high import taxes imposed by President Trump.

Russia strengthens hand in potential peace talks with steady advances in Donbas: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/22/russia-strengthens-hand-in-potential.html

Can all German genocide deniers please get the fuck out of my mentions.
Genocide denial is the last and final stage of genocide and constitutes complicity in genocide.
Matze Schmidt, you are complicit in genocide.
And history is taking notes.
https://masto.ai/@matzeschmidt/1150655

Hat jemand das nd Tagesabo und kann mir die Ausgabe vom gestrigen Tag (20. August 2025) zusenden? Ich renne grad durch den Hannover Hbf und finde nur die Wochenausgaben, doch Gestern ist ein Artikel drin gewesen den Ich liebend gerne präservieren würde.

It’s dangerous to go alone. Take this. https://youtu.be/PKebn_Ly9T8?si=LKvEHnECZHMeJNzf

Studios are rereleasing old films in theaters, helping them pad out thin slates; Universal has 12 rereleases on its 2025 slate, vs. four in 2024 and two in 2023 (Esther Zuckerman/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/movies/rereleases-black-swan-…

Why ‘Black Swan,’ ‘Jaws’ and ‘Clue’ Are Coming Back to Theaters
The multiplex is awash in titles that are 15, 20, even 60 years old. Nostalgia is a factor but economics play a big part, too.

heise | Repowering der eigenen PV-Anlage: Worauf Sie beim Modultausch achten müssen
Module tauschen, Vergütung erhalten: Das sollte längst einfach möglich sein. Die Regelungen im Solarpaket 1 haben aber keine Gültigkeit. Das müssen Sie wissen.

NYC grants Waymo its first permit, which extends through late September, to test up to eight of its autonomous vehicles in Manhattan and Downtown Brooklyn (Samantha Subin/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/22/waymo-permit-new-york-city-nyc-rides.html

Waymo granted first permit to begin testing autonomous vehicles in New York City
Waymo is getting one step closer to starting its engine in New York City.

30 countries guarantee Ukraine's security: the US and Trump at the helm! #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/21/countries-guarantee-ukraines-security-the.html…

Puy Netanyahu, it is hard to convince people that genocide is kosher. https://mastodon.social/@EndIsraeliApartheid/115068506887487160

End Israeli Apartheid (@EndIsraeliApartheid@mastodon.social)
Attached: 1 image Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has admitted that his government faces “work to do” in convincing Generation Z as polls show dwindling support for Israel’s military campaign in Gaza. Netanyahu was asked whether Israel risks losing long-term backing from Western governments once Gen Z, becomes the dominant political force. “If you’re telling me that there’s work to be done on Gen Z and across the West, yes,” he said. https://www.firstpost.com/world/israels-wa…

Fwiw I made this demo like 20 years ago and it still works fine the browser.
The photo was shot on a Sony Cyber-shot DSC-F717 from 2002 (and that was state-of-the-art back then, not retro).
http://madrobby.github.io/scriptaculous/puzzle-demo/

2025 Online Journalism Awards
-- Medium Newsroom Finalists:
🔸CalMatters
🔸Mother Jones/Center for Investigative Reporting
🔸ProPublica
🔸The Texas Tribune
-- Small Newsroom Finalists:
🔸Bellingcat
🔸Spotlight PA
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2025 Online Journalism Awards

I would like to work but I am physically unable.

X removes the ability for free-tier developers to like posts and follow users via its API to "protect the platform from spam, bots, and manipulative activities" (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/22/x-pu

X pulls the ability to like and follow from its developer API's free tier | TechCrunch
X is making it harder for spammers with these API changes.

Astronomie: Gigantische Gasblase um Roten Riesen stellt Entdecker vor ein Rätsel
Eine bislang unbekannte gigantische Blase um den Roten Riesen DFK 52 deutet auf eine Explosion vor 4000 Jahren hin. Wie er die überstanden hat, ist unklar.

Russia would take 4 years to fully occupy Donbas, Zelensky says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/21/russia-would-take-years-to.html

Today I learned that regular expressions have a size limit and you get a “regular expression too large” error if you go over it.
Still trying to find some definitive documentation on what that size limit is in v8/latest Node.js.
#web #dev

There will be some 300,000 fewer federal workers on the government payroll by the end of December than there were in January,
according to the Trump administration’s top human resources official.
That amounts to the loss of about one in eight federal civilian workers,
and would be the largest single-year reduction since World War II.

Year Will End With 300,000 Fewer Federal Workers, Trump Official Says
The reduction would be the largest single-year decline in civilian federal employment since World War II.

ÖPNV: 60 Prozent der Bürger haben Schwierigkeiten beim Fahrscheinkauf
75 Prozent der Bundesbürger nutzen regelmäßig den Nahverkehr. Gegen die Fahrt mit den Öffis sprechen geringe Taktung, hohe Preise und mangelnde Pünktlichkeit.

Google rolls out AI Mode to 180 countries and territories in English, after testing in the US, UK, and India, and plans to add more languages and regions "soon" (Abner Li/9to5Google)
https://9to5google.com/2025/08/21/google-ai-mode-countries-agentic/

Google AI Mode expanding to 180 countries, getting agentic restaurant finder, more
Google is now bringing AI Mode to many more countries around the world, while AI Ultra subscribers will get to use an agentic capability.

Junior Communications Manager: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/22/junior-communications-manager.html

Hegseth fires head of Defense Intelligence Agency, Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse

The firing follows a June preliminary assessment from the DIA
— the Pentagon’s main intelligence wing
— of the Iran military strikes,
which prompted vicious backlash from the Trump administration.

Hegseth fires head of Defense Intelligence Agency, Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has fired Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, the latest national security senior officer to be purged.

Sexueller Missbrauch: Digitaler Raum spielt zentrale Rolle
Das BKA hat das Lagebild Sexueller Missbrauch vorgestellt. Vorratsdatenspeicherung, "Safe Spaces" und KI sollen gegen Missbrauch und Abbildungen davon helfen.

Chinese stocks rally on August 22, driven by gains in local chipmakers Cambricon and Hygon, after Nvidia reportedly halts the production for its H20 chips (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-22/china-s…

Oscar-winning director on his new Ukraine war film: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/22/oscarwinning-director-on-his-new.html

I have zero doubt that Israel and Russia currently have a backdoor into our intelligence community’s cyber infrastructure through Palantir and Pegasus.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/20/gabbard-odni-cuts-00517232

Vivo Vision ist eine Kopie der Apple Vision Pro, aber deutlich leichter
Der chinesische Smartphone-Hersteller Vivo hat die technischen Eigenschaften seines Mixed-Reality-Headsets "Vivo Vision Discovery Edition" enthüllt.

Tesla plans to roll out in-car voice assistant features powered by DeepSeek and ByteDance's Doubao in China; Tesla vehicles in the US use Grok (Linda Lew/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-22/tesla-t…

Grants & Institutional Partnerships Manager: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/22/grants-amp-institutional-partnerships-manager.html

Etwas mehr der heute besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Russland: WhatsApp-Alternative muss bald auf Mobilgeräten vorinstalliert sein

Sources: the Trump admin plans to reallocate $2B from CHIPS Act to fund critical minerals projects, aiming to cut US reliance on China for key resources (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-weighs-using-2-…

Crimeans in panic: gas stations empty, Kremlin silent!: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/22/crimeans-in-panic-gas-stations.html

Suche nach Außerirdischen: Nur ganz bestimmte Konstellationen vielversprechend
Wenn wir nach Signalen suchen, die Außerirdische zu ihren Raumsonden schicken, sollten wir auf bestimmte Konstellationen blicken, meint ein Forschungsteam.

DeepSeek details V3.1 and says it surpasses R1 on key benchmarks and is customized to work with next-gen Chinese-made AI chips, after unveiling it on August 19 (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-21/deep…

🔥 Pokrovsk stands firm — orcs fall by the hundreds!: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/21/pokrovsk-stands-firm-orcs-fall.html

"The Expanse Osiris Reborn": Auf den Spuren von "Mass Effect"
Ein großer Schritt für Owlcat: Das für CRPGs bekannte Studio traut sich mit "The Expanse Osiris Reborn" ein Third-Person-RPG zu. Das Vorbild ist offensichtlich.

Trump 'not happy' about Russian strike on US factory in Ukraine: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/22/trump-not-happy-about-russian.html

Zusammen 478 Euro: Sony stellt seine erste Maus und Tastatur vor
Sony bringt seine erste PC-Peripherie. Die Preise sprechen für hohes Selbstbewusstsein: Die Inzone Mouse-A und KBD-H75 sind teuer.
https://www…

Apple raises the price of Apple TV in the US and some markets globally after previously raising the price in 2023; in the US, the price will rise $3 to $12.99 (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/apple-tv-plus-price-increa…

Apple TV+ Price Increase: Service Now Costs $13 per Month in U.S.
Apple TV+ is bumping up its price by 30%: For U.S. customers, it will now be $12.99 per month, up from $9.99.

Zum Abend noch einige der heute besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Wegen Metas ungezügelter KI-Chatbots gibt Neil Young Facebook und Instagram auf

Where is Crimea? And other things you (and US presidents) should know: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/21/where-is-crimea-and-other.html

Sources: Apple is in talks with Google about using Gemini to power a revamped Siri; Google has started training a model that could run on Apple's servers (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-0…

Transatlantischer Zoll-Deal: US-Zölle auf Autos sinken auf 15 Prozent
Die EU und die USA haben sich auf eine schriftliche Erklärung zu dem prinzipiell ausgehandelten Zoll-Abkommen geeinigt. Allgemeiner Höchstzollsatz: 15 Prozent.

Trump 'very angry' about Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian oil pipeline: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/22/trump-very-angry-about-ukrainian.html

Australia orders Binance Australia to hire an external auditor within 28 days over "serious concerns" with money laundering and terrorism financing controls (Richard Henderson/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Deadpool VR ausprobiert: Makabre Metzel-Show für Meta Quest 3
In "Marvel’s Deadpool VR" gibt es fast so viele dumme Sprüche wie filetierte Schergen. Wir haben die wilde Metzel-Show auf der Gamescom angespielt.

Ukrainian detained in Italy for alleged Nord Stream sabotage, media report: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/21/ukrainian-detained-in-italy-for.html

a16z hires Anne Neuberger, formerly a senior cybersecurity official in the Biden White House, as a senior adviser to work on "American Dynamism, AI, and cyber" (Patrick Howell O'Neill/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Modern Solution: Verurteilter IT-Experte reicht Verfassungsbeschwerde ein
Das Urteil gegen einen nach dem Hackerparagrafen verurteilten Sicherheitsforscher ist rechtskräftig. Der Verurteilte geht nun nach Karlsruhe.

Ukraine regains control of most of Tovste in Donetsk Oblast, military says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/21/ukraine-regains-control-of-most.html

Trump signs an EO creating the National Design Studio to improve "websites and physical sites"; sources say he's tapping Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia to lead it (Gregory Korte/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Trotz Verbot: Das Weiße Haus ist jetzt auf TikTok
Während TikTok weiterhin von einem Verbot in den USA bedroht ist, eröffnet das Weiße Haus einen Kanal auf der chinesischen App.
https://www.

Ukraine to mass produce long-range Flamingo missile in winter, Zelensky says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/21/ukraine-to-mass-produce-longrange.html

Nord-Stream-Sabotage: Tatverdächtiger in Italien festgenommen
In den Fall der sabotierten Ostsee-Gaspipeline Nord Stream kommt Bewegung. In Italien wurde ein ukrainischer Staatsangehöriger als möglicher Täter festgenommen.

Sources: Take-Two lays off 80 staff at BioShock studio Cloud Chamber, or ~33% of its 250 staff, and delays the next BioShock game to late 2026 or early 2027 (Jason Schreier/Bloomberg)

🛢 Russia runs out of gasoline: strikes on oil refineries paralyze the economy: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/21/russia-runs-out-of-gasoline.html

Mindone: Quadratisches KI-Smartphone mit Gratis-Internet für KI-Tools
Ikko bringt mit dem Mindone ein fast quadratisches Smartphone mit Fokus auf KI-Funktionen und kostenlosem Internet für KI-Anwendungen auf den Markt.

Sweden to become air and naval shield for Ukraine: new wave of security guarantees: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/21/sweden-to-become-air-and.html

Cloud security provider Netskope files for a US IPO, reports H1 FY 2026 revenue up 30.7% YoY to $328.5M; it is seeking to raise $500M at a $5B valuation (Arasu Kannagi Basil/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/technology/cybersecu…

Starker Euro: Grafikkartenpreise sinken durch die Bank
Der starke Euro spiegelt sich bei Desktop-Grafikkarten wider. Nvidia selbst passt die Preise seiner Founders Editions an.
https://www.

Ukraine war latest: Ukraine regains control of most of Tovste in Donetsk Oblast: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/21/ukraine-war-latest-ukraine-regains.html

Ontic, whose software helps corporate security teams respond to physical threats, raised a $230M Series C led by KKR, following a $40M Series B in November 2021 (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/cli

Hintergründe unklar: Große Firewall hat China kurz vom Internet abgeschnitten
Mithilfe der Großen Firewall kontrolliert Peking, was Menschen in China online sehen. Am frühen Mittwoch hat die vorübergehend fast alle Verbindungen gekappt.

What Russia stole, these Crimean Tatar authors endeavor to reclaim with literature: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/22/what-russia-stole-these-crimean.html

Bundesliga: Polizei fordert Gesichtserkennung in Stadien gegen zündelnde Ultras
Die Gewerkschaft der Polizei ruft nach einem intensiveren Einsatz von Sicherheitstechnik wie biometrischer Gesichtserkennung und Personenscannern in Stadien.

Sources: Anthropic is in talks to raise $10B, significantly above the previously reported $5B, due to strong investor demand (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-21/anthropic-in-talks-to-raise-up-to-10-bill…

Ukrainian drones strike Russian oil plants | Fuel crisis and attack on American factory: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/22/ukrainian-drones-strike-russian-oil.html

"Star Trek: Infection": VR-Survival-Horror für nervenstarke Trekkies angekündigt
Als vulkanischer Offizier gegen eine unbekannte Macht: Das VR-Spiel "Star Trek: Infection" setzt auf Horror und eine Geschichte über Identitätsverlust.

BSI: Etwas mehr E-Mail-Sicherheit – und weiter Luft nach oben
Das BSI und die Branchenverbände melden erste Erfolge einer gemeinsamen Aktion für mehr E-Mail-Sicherheit. Die Anbieter sind gefordert.
https://www.…

Putin-Zelensky meeting 'not ready at all,' Kremlin says despite Trump push for peace deal: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/22/putinzelensky-meeting-not-ready-at.html

Etwas mehr der heute besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Modern Solution: Verurteilter IT-Experte reicht Verfassungsbeschwerde ein

Lithuania closes airspace near Belarus ahead of joint Russian-Belarusian military drills: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/21/lithuania-closes-airspace-near-belarus.html

Zum Abend noch einige der heute besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Bank nimmt KI-Entlassungen zurück – Chatbot-Experiment gescheitert
…

Russia on the brink: fuel running out, economy collapsing, Africa becomes Kremlin’s new arena: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/21/russia-on-the-brink-fuel.html

"Hollow Knight: Silksong" erscheint Anfang September
Der lange erwartete zweite Teil von "Hollow Knight" kommt am 4. September erneut DRM-frei auf GOG und in den Humble Store.
https://www.

Ukraine shoots down Russian Orlan 'mother drone' carrying FPVs for first time, military says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/22/ukraine-shoots-down-russian-orlan.html

Russian terror in Kostiantynivka and Kherson: ruins, losses, and the liberation of Ukrainians: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/22/russian-terror-in-kostiantynivka-and.html

“Flamingo” in action: how Ukraine keeps Russians in its sights! | Weapons with @StarskyUA : https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/22/flamingo-in-action-how-ukraine.html

US-Regulierer erinnert Tech-Konzerne an Datenschutz im Ausland
Keine Hintertüren für ausländische Spione, keine Zensur von Amerikanern - darauf pocht der Chef der US-Behörde FTC. Er lädt US-Konzerne vor.
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‘Enticing Trump’ — Europe and Ukraine’s $90 billion gambit to win over the White House: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/22/enticing-trump-europe-and-ukraines.html

❗️Russia is trying to avoid negotiations while continuing assaults and massive attacks, – Zelenskyy: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/21/russia-is-trying-to-avoid.html

Putin visits center for nuclear weapons research day after Trump says Ukraine can't win without striking Russia: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/22/putin-visits-center-for-nuclear.html

Rubio, Yermak lead talks on security guarantees, hope to finalize plan for Ukraine by end of next week, media reports: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/22/rubio-yermak-lead-talks-on.html

Going around in circles — Trump sets new deadline for peace in Ukraine, Graham again threatens with tough legislation: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/21/going-around-in-circles-trump.html

Russian attack hits US electronics plant in western Ukraine: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/21/russian-attack-hits-us-electronics.html

Ukraine war latest: Ukraine hits Russian drone base in occupied Crimea; Kremlin says Putin-Zelensky meeting 'not ready at all': https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/22/ukraine-war-latest-ukraine-hits.html

Russian 'elite' air assault brigade fakes combat wounds for payouts and medals: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/21/russian-elite-air-assault-brigade.html

US plans to play minimal role in security guarantees for Ukraine, Politico reports: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/21/us-plans-to-play-minimal.html

Drone strike sparks blaze at oil refinery in Russia's Rostov Oblast, media reports: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/21/drone-strike-sparks-blaze-at.html

Russian drone crashes in eastern Poland, igniting cornfield and prompting Warsaw protest: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/21/russian-drone-crashes-in-eastern.html

Russian missiles, drones rain on Ukrainian cities far from front line, despite peace talks: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/21/russian-missiles-drones-rain-on.html

❗️Ukraine is ready for any meetings with Russia – Zelenskyy #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/22/ukraine-is-ready-for-any.html

🔥Ukraine caused a fuel crisis in Russia: queues for kilometers! #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/21/ukraine-caused-a-fuel-crisis.html

Russia opposes European troops in Ukraine under Trump-backed security guarantees, Lavrov says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/21/russia-opposes-european-troops-in.html

PEARL and $1.5 billion: Rutte explains how NATO is helping Ukraine #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/22/pearl-and-billion-rutte-explains.html

❗️Ukrainian drones destroyed oil pumping stations in Russia! #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/22/ukrainian-drones-destroyed-oil-pumping.html