
2025-09-09 21:45:27
I guess I actually was pretty mad about that stupid golden paperweight https://www.anildash.com/2025/09/09/how-tim-cook-sold-out-steve-jobs/
I guess I actually was pretty mad about that stupid golden paperweight https://www.anildash.com/2025/09/09/how-tim-cook-sold-out-steve-jobs/
Apple announces $249 Apple Watch SE 3, featuring the S10 chip, an always-on display, support for gestures, coming September 19 (Ben Lovejoy/9to5Mac)
https://9to5mac.com/2025/09/09/apple-watch-se-3-announced-with-s10-chip-and-always-on-display/
Boris Johnson urges Western troop presence in Ukraine as signal to Putin: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/09/boris-johnson-urges-western-troop.html
Mehr Beschwerden über Manipulation bei Online-Krediten
Wie Betrüger mit wenigen Klicks Kredite auf fremde Namen abschließen – und warum Verbraucherschützer die Unterschrift entscheidend finden.
https://www.
I am a responsible person and can be trusted with decorating a house.
:netkitty: https://www.everwallpaper.co.uk/collections/cat-wallpaper
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severely disappointed that tom cruise didn't go to space in the newest mission impossible. they kept going underground and i shouted at the television that that's the wrong way. do it, nasa
Just like in Nazi Germany...educators get reported and thrown out
https://www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/am-dean-professor-removed-following-student-complaints-over-curriculum/
Minute Media, owner of The Players' Tribune, acquires VideoVerse, a software platform for distributing real-time sports highlights, in its largest deal to date (Sara Fischer/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/09/09/minute-media-acquires-videoverse
Apple announces the iPhone 17, featuring the A19 chip, larger 6.3" display and 120Hz ProMotion support, improved brightness of up to 3,000 nits, and more (Benjamin Mayo/9to5Mac)
https://9to5mac.com/2025/09/09/apple-unveils-iphone-17-new-features/
Explosions put 2 Russian gas pipelines out of service, intelligence source claims: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/09/explosions-put-russian-gas-pipelines.html
Please stop spreading FUD about people who are suffering through genocide and famine for whom Mastodon and the fediverse are often their last lifeline.
You are not helping.
Scam accounts are very easy to detect as they usually employ bots and have multiple automatically-created accounts on different servers.
And for the others, we are doing our best to protect the people from Gaza who have Mastodon accounts on the fediverse from scammers with initiatives like
Given how many people can't afford a home in Spain due to tourism from other European countries, we can conclude that Europe is colonizing itself.
In a new ad campaign, TelevisaUnivision says Google plans to move Univision from YouTube TV's basic bundle to a Spanish-language package that costs extra (Sara Fischer/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/09/09/televisaunivision-youtube-carriage-contract
Apple says iOS 26 will officially release on September 15 with a Liquid Glass redesign, major updates to Apple Wallet, CarPlay, Messages, and more (Ryan Christoffel/9to5Mac)
https://9to5mac.com/2025/09/09/apple-announces-ios-26-release-date-september-15/
Ukrainian strikes hit high-value targets in occupied Donetsk, Makiivka and Yenakiieve: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/09/ukrainian-strikes-hit-highvalue-targets.html
Noch einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Nova Launcher ist wohl am Ende
https://www.heise.de/n…
Public service announcement:
I am blocking the babka.social instance as the person who runs it (Serge) is a Zionist and a genocide/denier, who conflates being Jewish with being Zionist (“Zionism is a belief that more than 80% of Jews have. Talking about Zionists is talking about Jews.” – https://babka.social/@serge/1151605…
ich würde wenn ich MdB wäre mit der Welt abschließen, einfach jeden tag gezwungen zu werden in einem raum mit friedrich merz zu sitzen... wie ist sowas legal
A profile of Lachlan Murdoch, an intensely private person who moved to Sydney in 2021 and is set to control the Murdoch empire, retaining its conservative tilt (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/business/media/lachlan-murdoch-fox-news-cor…
Apple unveils iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max, with an aluminum unibody design, vapor chamber thermal management, Ceramic Shield 2 glass, and three 48MP rear cameras (Zac Hall/9to5Mac)
https://9to5mac.com/2025/09/09/iphone-17-pro-specs-price-pre-order-release-date/…
Drone strike on Russia's Sochi kills 1, damages houses: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/09/drone-strike-on-russias-sochi.html
Apple announces the ultra-slim iPhone Air with a 5.6mm design, an A19 Pro chip, a 6.5" display with ProMotion, N1 wireless chip for WiFi and Bluetooth, and more (Chance Miller/9to5Mac)
https://9to5mac.com/2025/09/09/apple-announces-iphone-air-the-thin…
Independent music company Reservoir Media acquires the majority of the Miles Davis estate's music rights; Reservoir has spent $876M on acquisitions since 2007 (Ben Sisario/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/arts/music/miles-davis-esta…
Russia's 'imperialist plan' is only beginning, Merz says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/09/russias-imperialist-plan-is-only.html
Nvidia is aggressively opposing Republican-led proposals to limit AI chip sales to China, labeling supporters as "AI doomers", an unconventional lobbying blitz (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/technology/nvidia-china-chip-s…
New sanctions won't force Russia to change course, Kremlin says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/09/new-sanctions-wont-force-russia.html
Etwas mehr der heute besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Bundesweiter Warntag: Donnerstag bimmeln auch die Handys wieder
The UAE's Institute of Foundation Models open sources its K2 Think model, trained on only ~2,000 AI chips and designed for math, coding, and science research (Cade Metz/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/technology/uae-emirates-ai-open-sourc…
7 killed, 23 injured in Russian attacks on Ukraine over past day: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/09/killed-injured-in-russian-attacks.html
Apple announces Apple Watch Series 11, its thinnest watch yet, with support for hypertension detection, Sleep Score, 5G connectivity, and more (Hartley Charlton/MacRumors)
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/09/09/apple-watch-series-11…
Ukrainian drones strike Sochi while Putin was likely in the city: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/09/ukrainian-drones-strike-sochi-while.html
A profile of Techmeme, which turns 20 this week yet oddly works and looks as it did in 2005, as its executive-heavy readership expands amid the AI boom (Fred Vogelstein/Crazy Stupid Tech)
https://crazystupidtech.com/2025/09/08/at-20-techmeme-has-never-been-hotter…
US steps back from joint efforts to combat misinformation, FT reports: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/09/us-steps-back-from-joint.html
Ramp says it has hit $1B in annualized revenue, after saying it had hit $700M in March; it was valued at $22.5B in July (Julie Bort/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/09/ramp-says-it-has-hit-1b-in-annualized-revenue/
Romania, Czechia, and Hungary disband Belarusian espionage network in Europe: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/09/romania-czechia-and-hungary-disband.html
Oracle reports Q1 revenue up 12% YoY to $14.93B, vs. $15.04B est., and remaining performance obligations up 359% to $455B; ORCL jumps 19% after hours (Jordan Novet/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/09/oracle-orcl-q1-earnings-report-2026.html
General Staff: Russia has lost 1,090,010 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/09/general-staff-russia-has-lost.html
Google announces an AI Plus subscription tier for emerging markets, offering "more access to Gemini 2.5 Pro" and tools like Flow, starting with Indonesia (Abner Li/9to5Google)
https://9to5google.com/2025/09/09/google-ai-plus-launched/
Ukraine hits back at Polish president over comments on 'premature' EU, NATO talks: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/09/ukraine-hits-back-at-polish.html
Lip-Bu Tan baut Intels Führungsriege um
Intels zwischenzeitliche Chefin MJ geht. Ein ARM-Mann übernimmt die Serversparte und in Anlehnung an AMD entsteht ein Semi-Custom-Team.
https://www.heise.de/new…
Thousands rally in Belgrade to condemn police brutality at anti-government protests: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/09/thousands-rally-in-belgrade-to.html
Sources: Ant Group's Ant Digital Technologies is quietly working to link ~$8.4B of energy infrastructure and other real-world assets to its AntChain blockchain (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-09…
As Russian influence wanes in South Caucasus, Azerbaijan emerges as regional hegemon: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/09/as-russian-influence-wanes-in.html
The Players' Tribune owner Minute Media acquires VideoVerse, whose AI tools let broadcasters extract highlights from sports footage, sources say for $200M-$250M (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/09/blac
Ukraine showcases DF-3 remotely operated electronic warfare system to jam Russia’s Mavic drones: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/09/ukraine-showcases-df-remotely-operated.html
Zahlen, bitte! Vom Klettern in der vierten Dimension
Der britische Mathematiker Charles Howard Hinton brachte den Menschen die vierte Dimension mit einem praktischen Ansatz näher: über ein Klettergerüst.
https://w…
US jobseekers describe a hellish job market, with young people using ChatGPT to write applications, HR using AI to read them, and few people getting hired (Annie Lowrey/The Atlantic)
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/
Helsinki-based DataCrunch, which aims to become Europe's first AI cloud hyperscaler, raised a €55M Series A, bringing its total funding to €76.5M (Tamara Djurickovic/Tech.eu)
https://tech.eu/2025/09/08/datacrunch-raises-eur5…
U.S. and EU remain split on Russia sanctions as Trump presses Europe on oil purchases: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/09/us-and-eu-remain-split.html
Helsinki-based ReOrbit, which builds satellites and a software platform to help countries fully control their satellite systems, raised a €45M Series A (Anna Heim/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/08/reorbit-lands-record-funding-…
NixCon 2025: Nix professionalisiert sich
Auf der europäischen Jahreskonferenz zum Ökosystem um den Paketmanager Nix zeigten sich die wachsende Reife – und der kommerzielle Einfluss – des Systems.
https://www.
BREAKING: 'Pure terrorism' — At least 21 killed in Russian air strike on Donetsk Oblast village: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/09/breaking-pure-terrorism-at-least.html
Evan Spiegel says Snap is restructuring around small squads of 10 to 15 people to compete better; Snapchat now brings in $700M in ARR from 15M paying users (Connie Loizos/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/08/snap-breaks-into-startup-squads-…
Intimes Foto nur in Kanada versteckt: Strafe für X
Eine kanadische Behörde bestraft X, weil es den Befehl zur Sperre eines intimen Bildes nicht weltweit umsetzt, sondern nur in Kanada.
https://www.
Rheinmetall to supply Ukraine with Skyranger systems to counter drones as Russia escalates strikes: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/09/rheinmetall-to-supply-ukraine-with.html
How David Sacks emerged as a key advocate for tech, crypto, and AI in the Trump administration, leveraging his tech expertise and All-In media presence (Ben Smith/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/09/08/2025/david-sacks-rules-for-success-i…
GirlsDoPorn: Extra lange Haftstrafe für Eigentümer
Mit dem Versprechen, die Pornos würden "nur auf DVD in Australien" erscheinen, wurden Frauen betrogen. Trotz Geständnis ist die Haftstrafe ungewöhnlich lang.
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Nvidia unveils Rubin CPX, a new chip system designed for AI tasks like video generation and software creation, set to launch at the end of 2026 (Ian King/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-09/nvidia-unve…
Orban claims Ukraine will be divided into three parts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/09/orban-claims-ukraine-will-be.html
Source: Meta signed a contract worth $140M to use technology from AI image startup Black Forest Labs, committing $35M in the first year and $105M in the second (Kate Clark/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…
OpenAI Paper: Halluzinationen offenbar unumgänglich
Große Sprachmodelle und KI-Chatbots, die nicht halluzinieren? Das hält selbst OpenAI für unmöglich. Aber es gibt einen Ausweg.
https://www.
Blockchain-based lender Figure upsizes its US IPO and now plans to sell 31.5M shares priced between $20 and $22, aiming to raise up to ~$693M, up from $526M (Echo Wang/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/stablecoin-is…
Amnesty: Pakistan is spying on millions via phone tapping and a Chinese-built internet firewall, in one of the broadest surveillance programs outside China (Ariba Shahid/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific
SSD-Probleme unter Windows: Alte Firmware soll schuld sein
SSD-Probleme unter Windows 11 sollen dann aufgetreten sein, wenn der Hersteller eine nicht finale Firmware-Version aufgespielt hat.
https://www.
The Nepalese government lifts its social media ban after local media reported 19 deaths in clashes over anti-government demonstrations sparked by the ban (Gopal Sharma/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific
Sources: Nasdaq is set to acquire $50M in shares of the Winklevoss twins' Gemini crypto exchange in a private placement at the time of the IPO this week (Echo Wang/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-tel
Hat schon jemand von euch die 10 Euro von Paypal kassiert?
Der Zahlungsdienstleister hat eine Entschädigungsaktion gestartet und schreibt betroffenen Kunden 10 Euro gut. In einer Benachrichtigungs-E-Mail entschuldigt sich das Unternehmen für die "vorübergehende Störung" und die daraus entstandenen Unannehmlichkeiten.
Zum Artikel:
Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian says the division has $106B in unfulfilled customer contract commitments, with an expected revenue of $58B by 2027 (Davey Alba/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-09/google-cloud-…
Synopsys stock falls 20% in extended trading after the company said its IP business underperformed in Q3 partly due to US export restrictions to China (Ian King/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-09/syno…
Sam Altman: Social Media seit KI-Bots fühle sich fake an
Der OpenAI-CEO wundert sich offenbar über die Auswirkungen von KI auf das Internet und vor allem auf soziale Netzwerke.
https://www.
Taiwan will Chip-Lieferketten sicherer machen
Taiwan ist für seine Halbleiter-Technologie bekannt. Doch das Land steht unter Druck, weshalb Präsident Lai Ching-te verstärkt Kooperationen sucht.
https://www.
Einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Alarm: Bundesweiter Warntag lässt am Donnerstag um 11 Uhr die Handys klingeln