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Synthesized, which is developing AI tools to automate software testing, raised a $20M Series A led by Redalpine (Jeremy Kahn/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2025/09/24/synthesized-series-a-20-million-for-ai-powered-software-testing-qa…

Exclusive: Startup using AI to automate software testing in the age of ‘vibe coding’ receives $20 million in new venture funding
Synthesized uses AI to accelerate software quality assurance in a world where 'vibe coding' spurs demand

I think we might have locked ourselves into a professionalization trap. Shocking revelation: It's capitalism's fault.
(Original title: The Professionalism Trap)
https://tante.cc/2025/09/24/the-professionalism-trap/

The Professionalism Trap
I’m in the process of rewriting a talk I gave a few weeks ago in order to record it and publish it online. When I mentioned that to a friend who’s a filmmaker and knows how lighting and all that works he offered to help me doing it “right” so it doesn’t look like shit. […]

'Now he trusts me much more,' Zelensky says as Trump shifts tone on Russia: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/24/now-he-trusts-me-much.html

Live-Strafzettel: Entwickler veröffentlicht Knöllchen-Karte für San Francisco
Ein findiger Entwickler hat herausgefunden, dass alle Strafzettel in San Francisco leicht online zu finden sind. Er hat daraus eine Livekarte gebastelt.

oh, okay i guess

The Ruby community has a DHH problem: #ruby

The Ruby community has a DHH problem
The Ruby community can no longer afford to stand silent in the face of DHH and his toxic ideas.

“The day may come sooner than many expect when shareholders, directors and executives will demand evidence that the massive investment in LLM technology will generate an adequate return for them. The answer will be “no” for many, if not most”
(This isn’t from some mad poster, this guy has been a big shot VC since the 1980s.)
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/24/ai-investors-llms

from my link log —
Measuring explicit congestion notification (TCP ECN).
https://www.potaroo.net/ispcol/2025-09/ecn-measure.html
saved 2025-09-09

I'd love to but...

Hahahahahaha, the Irish Data Protection Commission is and always has been a sick joke.
Now they’ve just become a parody of themselves.
If you’re surprised by this, you haven’t been paying attention:
https://ar.al/2025/03/21/careless-people/#luck-of-the-irish

Careless people
Notes from “Careless People: A story of where I used to work: Power. Greed. Madness.” by Sarah-Wynn Williams

UK police arrest man over hack that affected European airports
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/uk-police-arrest-man-over-cyber-attack-that-affected-european-airports-2025-09-24/…

Emergent, which lets non-technical users build apps via AI agents that handle coding errors and more, raised a $23M Series A, bringing its total funding to $30M (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/24/emergent-raises-23m-fr…

Emergent raises $23M from Lightspeed to let consumers build apps | TechCrunch
Emergent raises $23M for its vibe-coding software platform.

Ukrainian drone attacks on oil refineries drop Russian diesel exports to 5-year low, FT reports: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/24/ukrainian-drone-attacks-on-oil.html

Ein Fall aus Kalifornien zeigt, wie gefährlich der unbedachte Einsatz von KI in juristischen Verfahren sein kann. Ein Anwalt muss nun 10.000 US-Dollar Strafe zahlen - die höchste Summe, die in Kalifornien jemals für ein solches Vergehen gegen einen einzelnen Anwalt verhängt wurde. 💸
Zum Artikel:

O rly?
“Spain's PM says he will send warship to protect Gaza aid flotilla”
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/spains-pm-says-he-will-send-warship-protect-gaza-aid-flotilla-2025-09-24/

"AI" can't do social things and is racist. Exponat No. 225424231
(Original title: When “no” means “yes”: Why AI chatbots can’t process Persian social etiquette)
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/09/when-no-means-…

When “no” means “yes”: Why AI chatbots can’t process Persian social etiquette
New study examines how a helpful AI response could become a cultural disaster in Iran.

Trump fumbled with a teleprompter and there were technical difficulties with an escalator at the United Nations headquarter, so the rational reaction of Fox News was to say “What we need to do is either leave the U.N. or we need to bomb it.

This season's harvest 🌾

Google launches the Data Commons MCP Server, allowing developers to integrate its collection of public datasets into AI systems via natural language queries (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/24/goog

Google makes real-world data more accessible to AI — and training pipelines will love it | TechCrunch
Google’s Data Commons gets an MCP Server to help AI systems access massive amounts of real-world data.

General Staff: Russia has lost 1,104,550 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/24/general-staff-russia-has-lost.html

Zum Abend noch einige der heute besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Apple Card und Toyota entkommen US-Verbraucherschutz
https…

WeTravel, whose travel payments software is used by group travel operators, raised a $92M Series C at a ~$450M valuation, up from ~$100M in 2022 (Lucinda Shen/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/fintech-deals/2025/09/24/wetravel-92m-series-c

Exclusive: WeTravel raises $92M in Series C
Higher-income consumers are still traveling.

Russian attacks kill 7, injure 41 in Ukraine over past day: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/24/russian-attacks-kill-injure-in.html

Microsoft erweitert Copilot um Anthropic-KI
Microsoft hat Milliarden in OpenAI investiert und setzt auch auf dessen KI. Doch jetzt führt Microsoft Alternativen ein, schrittweise.
https://www.heise.…

An Indian court dismisses X's March lawsuit challenging the government's content takedown orders, ruling foreign platforms can't invoke free speech protections (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/24/indi

India court rejects X's "free speech" argument, backs government takedown powers | TechCrunch
X sued the Indian government in March over content takedown orders issued through its centralized portal.

Trump's patience with Russia 'not infinite,' Rubio warns as US sanctions loom: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/24/trumps-patience-with-russia-not.html

Tödliches Feuer in Batterie-Fabrik: Lange Haft für Firmenchefs
Eine Lithium-Batterie fängt Feuer. Binnen Sekunden ist die Fabrik voller giftigen Rauchs. 23 Arbeiter sterben. Nun wurden die Chefs, Vater und Sohn, verurteilt.

Nothing plans to invest $100M to spin off budget brand CMF into an independent subsidiary, with India as its manufacturing and R&D headquarters (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/24/smartphone-maker-nothing-to-spin-off-…

Smartphone maker Nothing to spin off its affordable CMF brand | TechCrunch
Nothing is making its affordable devices brand CMF into a separate entity with headquarters in India.

Kursk operation cost was 'too high' for Ukraine, ex-military chief Zaluzhnyi says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/24/kursk-operation-cost-was-too.html

Noch einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Gesichtsdaten an Forscher weitergegeben? IT-Sicherheitsexperte verklagt das BKA

Greptile, maker of an AI-powered code review tool, raised a $25M Series A led by Benchmark and launches Greptile v3 (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE)
https://siliconangle.com/2025/09/23/greptile-bags-25m-funding-take-coderabbit-graphite-a…

Greptile bags $25M in funding to take on CodeRabbit and Graphite in AI code validation - SiliconANGLE
Greptile bags $25M in funding to take on CodeRabbit and Graphite in AI code validation - SiliconANGLE

Ukrainian drone strike sets fire to Gazprom's Bashkortostan plant, Russia claims: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/24/ukrainian-drone-strike-sets-fire.html

Einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Problem Workslop: Wie KI-Einsatz die Produktivität in Firmen erstickt

'Random phrase generator' — Trump remarks on Ukraine spark backlash in Russia: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/24/random-phrase-generator-trump-remarks.html

Appfigures: dedicated mobile apps for vibe coding have yet to gain traction, with Instance: AI App Builder, the largest such app, seeing just 16,000 downloads (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/23/dedicated-mob…

Dedicated mobile apps for vibe coding have so far failed to gain traction | TechCrunch
An analysis of mobile apps offering vibe coding tools shows few have found traction.

Ziel 100 Millionen Kunden: Revolut investiert Milliarden
Die britische Digitalbank will mit Milliardensummen tiefer in den globalen Bankenmarkt vordringen. Auch in Deutschland wird investiert.
https://www.

'Roger that' — Poland, Estonia welcome Trump's calls to shoot down Russian jets: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/24/roger-that-poland-estonia-welcome.html

Huxe, an app built by three former NotebookLM developers that offers users personalized daily briefs and topic exploration with AI podcast hosts, raised $4.6M (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/23/former…

Former NotebookLM devs' new app, Huxe, taps audio to help you with news and research | TechCrunch
Three devs who worked on NotebookLM are now building an app called Huxe, which can help users dive deep into topics by generating a "podcast" with multiple AI hosts.

Hi-Fi-Marken Bowers & Wilkins, Denon und Marantz unter Harman-Dach
Bowers & Wilkins, Denon und Marantz gehören nun zu der Samsung-Tochter Harman. Die Übernahme soll Identität und Design-Philosophie der Marken bewahren.

Russian gas processing plant stops production following drone attack, Reuters reports: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/24/russian-gas-processing-plant-stops.html

Source: President Trump will sign the TikTok deal on Thursday (Nandita Bose/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/trump-will-sign-tiktok-deal-thursday-source-says-2025-09-24/

Mittwoch: Razzien rund um UNO-Zentrale, E-Auto als Powerbank für Mobilfunkmast
SIM-Server & -Karten beschlagnahmt E-Auto versorgt Mobilfunkstation USA reduzieren Verbraucherschutz Mercedes GLC EQ ab 2026 Palworlds Farming-Spinoff

Russia's Finance Ministry proposes value-added tax hike to boost war-strained budget: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/24/russias-finance-ministry-proposes-valueadded.html

Tracxn: funding for Indian digital lending startups fell to $462M between January and August 2025 from $1.1B a year earlier, after RBI tightened lending norms (The Economic Times)
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/t

Clock’s ticking for digital lenders as VC funding plunges 50% in 2025
Funding into digital lending startups slumped to $462 million between January and August 2025 from $1.1 billion a year earlier, according to data from market intelligence platform Tracxn. Only around 50 of the 154 fintech deals reported this year involved digital lenders, the data showed.

Apple Card und Toyota entkommen US-Verbraucherschutz
Die US-Behörde für Verbraucherschutz im Finanzbereich ist bei Republikanern unbeliebt. Sie muss ihre Arbeit deutlich reduzieren. Konzerne profitieren.
https://www.…

Ukraine hacks Crimea proxy head, uncovers child abduction files, intelligence source says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/24/ukraine-hacks-crimea-proxy-head.html

Neon, which pays users to record their phone calls and sells that audio data to AI companies for training, becomes the #2 social app on the US App Store (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/24/neon

Neon, the No. 2 social app on the Apple App Store, pays users to record their phone calls and sells data to AI firms | TechCrunch
A new call recording app is gaining traction for offering to pay users for voice data from calls, which is sold to AI companies.

Elektroautos können bei Blackouts Mobilfunkstationen mit Strom versorgen
Renault und A1 zeigen, dass E-Autos im Notfall als Batteriespeicher für Mobilfunkstationen dienen können. Das soll die kritische Infrastruktur absichern.

Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov arrives in New York for UN General Assembly, state media reports: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/24/russian-foreign-minister-lavrov-arrives.html

Report: China's market regulator drafts rules to curb "coercive competition" in the online food delivery market, spurring a rally in Meituan and JD.com's shares (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Googles Hardwarechef teasert Android-basierten PC an
Googles Hardwarechef Rick Osterloh hat im Zuge der Qualcomm Snapdragon Summit bestätigt, Android mitsamt Gemini auf PCs zu bringen.
https://www.

Russian troops shoot family, use underage daughter as human shield in eastern Ukraine, military says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/24/russian-troops-shoot-family-use.html

OpenAI partners with SAP to launch OpenAI for Germany, bringing its AI tools to Germany's public sector through SAP's Delos Cloud (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-24/openai-pairs-with-sap-to-bri…

Glücksspielsucht: Personalisierbare Werbung, Lootboxen und Co. als Einstieg
Wer dem Glücksspiel verfällt, kann finanziell, psychisch und sozial abstürzen. Heute wird bundesweit auf die gravierenden Folgen hingewiesen.

Ukraine reportedly strikes Russian Novorossiysk port city, damages oil pipeline operator office: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/24/ukraine-reportedly-strikes-russian-novorossiysk.html

Sources: Oracle seeks to borrow $15B through the US sale of corporate bonds, as it begins to fulfill massive cloud infrastructure deals with OpenAI and others (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-24/oracle-lo…

Spotify bringt Djay-Integration zurück
Vor einigen Jahren hat Spotify die Integration beliebter DJ-Programme abgesägt. Nun können Djay und Co. wieder auf den Streaming-Dienst zugreifen.
https://www.he…

Mark Zuckerberg says Instagram has reached 3B monthly users, and is testing a new home screen navigation bar prioritizing private messaging and Reels (Kurt Wagner/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-24/ins…

NATO on high alert – Unknown drones spotted over Scandinavia: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/23/nato-on-high-alert-unknown.html

Das WeAct Studio Display FS ist kaum größer als ein USB-Stick und verwandelt sich in ein kleines Status-Display für euren Rechner. 🔌💻
Zum Artikel: https://heise.de/-10661929?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitr…

Canadian PE firm Novacap agrees to acquire Integral Ad Science, which provides digital ad measurement and verification, in a deal valuing IAS at about $1.9B (Ryan Gould/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-24/…

Trump says NATO should down Russian aircraft violating allied airspace: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/23/trump-says-nato-should-down.html

Robotikunternehmen Anybotics erhält 150 Millionen Dollar Finanzspritze
Der Züricher Robotikhersteller Anybotics erhält eine Finanzierung von 150 Millionen US-Dollar. Das Geld kommt von Climate Invest und anderen Investoren.

Waymo launches Waymo for Business, a service targeting employers, universities, and event organizers, available in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Phoenix (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-0…

Denmark and Norway under threat? Unknown drones back in NATO airspace: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/23/denmark-and-norway-under-threat.html

heise jobs IT Tag am 2. Oktober in Stuttgart
Finden Sie ihren IT-Traumjob und kommen Sie mit potenziellen Arbeitgebern in Kontakt!
https://www.heise.de/news/heise-jobs-IT-Ta

Poland lifts border closure with Belarus imposed during Russian-Belarusian drills: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/23/poland-lifts-border-closure-with.html

Nach PC-Problemen: Gearbox verschiebt Switch-2-Version von "Borderlands 4"
Am 3. Oktober sollte "Borderlands 4" für die Switch 2 erscheinen – doch daraus wird nichts. Die Version für die Switch 2 braucht mehr Zeit, sagt Gearbox.

How Trump leveraged Biden's TikTok ban law to help allies gain control of the app, amid fears it could be used to boost pro-Trump content and suppress criticism (Washington Post)

Trump turns Biden’s TikTok law into a big win
Biden officials said selling TikTok would safeguard it from political influence. Now, critics of a spinoff deal to Trump allies say that aim could be subverted.

Ukraine war latest: Trump says NATO should down Russian aircraft violating allied airspace: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/23/ukraine-war-latest-trump-says.html

Logitech wagt sich nach 15 Jahren noch mal an eine Solartastatur
Die Signature Slim Solar K980 lädt ihren Akku auch mit Kunstlicht. Kabelgebundenes Akkuladen soll so gut wie nie notwendig sein.
https://www…

Alibaba's Hong Kong-listed shares hit a nearly four-year high after CEO Eddie Wu announces plans to increase AI spending beyond the $53B target over three years (Luz Ding/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-2…

While Trump met Zelensky, Russia launched drone attack on Zaporizhzhia, killing 1, wounding 15: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/23/while-trump-met-zelensky-russia.html

Steam: Shop bekommt frisches Design
Valve hat das neue Design des Steam-Shops für alle Nutzer veröffentlicht. Zu den Features gehören eine neue Struktur und eine verbesserte Suchfunktion.
https://www.heise…

Alibaba releases the Qwen3-VL vision models, the Qwen3Guard "safety moderation" models, and three closed-weight models, including Qwen3-Max with 1T parameters (Simon Willison/Simon Willison's Weblog)
https://simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/23/qwen3-vl/

LIVE | Volodymyr Zelenskyy participates in high-level UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/23/live-volodymyr-zelenskyy-participates-in.html

WhatsApp erhält automatische Übersetzung für Chats
Meta verpasst WhatsApp eine Funktion für die Übersetzung von Textnachrichten. Der Umfang der unterstützten Sprachen, speziell auf Android, ist übersichtlich.
https://…

Russia could use Moldova to attack Ukraine’s Odesa region if Kremlin seizes control, Sandu warns: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/23/russia-could-use-moldova-to.html

Disney wird in den USA schon wieder teurer
US-Kunden müssen bald mehr für Disney zahlen: Der Streaming-Dienst von Disney kostet in der Werbevariante künftig 12 US-Dollar pro Monat.
https://www.he…

VCs court top AI startups with preempted rounds and perks like private jets; PitchBook: US AI startups raised $200B in 2025, with 41% going to just 10 companies (Kate Clark/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

The Kremlin is nervous and pulling missiles towards the West: Is a strike on Kaliningrad inevitable?: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/23/the-kremlin-is-nervous-and.html

heise | Medizinisches Cannabis: So funktioniert das Geschäft mit Marihuana auf Rezept
Noch ist der Onlineversand von Cannabis auf Rezept legal. Doch das könnte sich bald ändern. Wir erklären, was das für Patienten bedeutet.

Sources: Intel approached Apple about a potential investment in the chipmaker as part of its turnaround efforts and discussed how to work more closely together (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09…

Breaking: 'Ukraine is in a position to fight and win all of Ukraine back' — Trump says following meeting with Zelensky: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/23/breaking-ukraine-is-in-a.html

Verfassungsbeschwerde gegen DNA-Probe zur künftigen Strafverfolgung erfolgreich
Das Bundesverfassungsgericht hat eine gerichtliche Anordnung zum Speichern von DNA-Daten wegen unzureichender Gefahrenprognose und Sachaufklärung aufgehoben.

Taiwan curbs chip exports to South Africa over national security concerns, the first time it has used its chip industry as a weapon against a China ally (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-23/taiwan-c…

'Everything could be shut down' — Zelensky calls for joint Western air defense system to down Russian missiles, drones over Ukraine: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/23/everything-could-be-shut-down.html

Etwas mehr der heute besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Problem Workslop: Wie KI-Einsatz die Produktivität in Firmen erstickt

Ukrainian drones strike the Russian capital again #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/23/ukrainian-drones-strike-the-russian.html

München: Wirbel um Glasfaserkooperation von Telekom, M-net und Stadtwerken
Die Stadtwerke München und ihre Tochter M-net setzen für den Glasfaserausbau auf eine langwierige Zusammenarbeit mit der Telekom. Kritiker halten das für fatal.

❗️ZELENSKYY: We will continue until Russia stops this war! #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/23/zelenskyy-we-will-continue-until.html

Cyberattacke auf Flughäfen: Weiterhin Probleme am BER und eine Festnahme
Auch Tage nach der Cyberattacke halten die Beeinträchtigungen am Flughafen BER an. In Großbritannien wurde indessen ein Tatverdächtiger festgenommen.

🔴TRUMP: Ukraine is doing a very good job of stopping this very large army! #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/23/trump-ukraine-is-doing-a.html

Flüssigkühlung im Prozessor: Microsoft will Mikrofluidik salonfähig machen
Flüssigkeit, die direkt durch Chips fließt, soll die Kühlleistung erheblich verbessern. Microsoft meldet erfolgreiche Versuche.

Metas neues Lobby-Team gegen 1000 KI-Gesetze der USA
In den USA gibt es mitnichten keine oder weniger Regulierung von KI. Meta hat deshalb ein neues Anti-Regulierungs-Team gegründet.
https://www.

Xiaomi 15T und 15T Pro: Neue Oberklasse mit "Walkie-Talkie"-Funktion
Xiaomis Oberklasse-Modelle für das zweite Halbjahr sind da: Das Xiaomi 15T und 15T Pro ersetzen die 14T-Modelle und haben einen neuen Trick an Bord.

Weimer warnt vor Google-KI: Gefahr für Medienvielfalt
Medienstaatsminister Weimer sieht in Googles KI-Einsatz eine Bedrohung für die Meinungsvielfalt. Seine Kritik richtet sich gegen die Marktmacht des Konzerns.
https…

KI-Update kompakt: ShadowLeak, Nvidia & OpenAI, Siemens, DeepSeek
Das "KI-Update" liefert drei mal pro Woche eine Zusammenfassung der wichtigsten KI-Entwicklungen.
https://www.

Disney : Abo-Preis steigt auch in Deutschland
Auch in Deutschland steigen die Kosten für ein Disney -Abo: Für alle Abo-Stufen muss man künftig mehr zahlen. Das verschleiert Disney mit einer Rabatt-Aktion.
https://www.

Arzttermine und Diagnosen: In diesen Praxen sprechen Patienten mit einer KI
Das US-Startup Akido setzt in seinen Praxen auf KI-Modelle für Patientengespräche und Diagnosen. Was Ärzte effizienter machen soll, hat auch Nebenwirkungen.