2026-03-05 10:33:00
Okay, my "Democracy instead of just “Open Source”" talk proposal for #rp26 was rejected. Maybe I'll find another home for it.
https://tante.cc/2026/01/19/republica-2026-ta…
Google joins Microsoft in saying it will keep working with Anthropic on non-defense projects after the DOD designated the startup a supply chain risk (Jennifer Elias/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/06/google-says-anthropic-remains-a…
You want Zohran Mamdani in California? I raise to you Ramsey Robinson who will be running in 2026 to become the governor of CA.
I've shared my criticism of Gavin Newsom before, but given his constant paddling to the far right whilst not offering any real alternative other than posting memes, this socialist organizer can do everything he can't.
Kyiv real estate gets 35 million euro wartime boost: https://benborges.xyz/2026/03/06/kyiv-real-estate-gets-million.html
No surprise, US economy is going down....
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03/06/business/jobs-report-economy?unlocked_article_code=1.RFA.cEPZ.UiOCX4Eq3Gkk&smid=nytcore-android-share
Mullin’s appointment to lead DHS raises questions about future of CISA
https://www.nextgov.com/people/2026/03/mullins-appointment-lead-dhs-raises-questions-about-future-cisa/411943/
Q&A with Elizabeth Hansen Shapiro on her new report, to be published next week, which argues local news funders should pick winners, scale up, and force mergers (Richard Tofel/Nieman Lab)
https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/03/its-time…
Gina is trial-balloon launching her 2028 presidential campaign.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/06/opinion/ai-labor-unemployment.html
Looking for a PowerBook G3 Pismo to buy from someone ideally Arizona or west coast, if you have a working one that you want to sell on, pls DM me and let me know what you have and how much you’re thinking?
#retrocomputing
RE: https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/116175365098732624
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In a Twitter shareholder trial, former CEO Parag Agrawal and CFO Ned Segal disputed Musk's claims that they lied to him about the percentage of spam accounts (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-07/m…
EU ambassadors reject fast-track Ukraine accession plan: https://benborges.xyz/2026/03/06/eu-ambassadors-reject-fasttrack-ukraine.html
💭 Thinking about cats
FBI investigating ‘suspicious’ cyber activities on critical surveillance network
https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/05/politics/fbi-investigating-cyber-breach-critical-surveillance-network?cid=ios_app
Looks like Amazon has decided to milk the AI investors https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/05/aws_price_increase/
Iranians detained in Moscow after celebrating Khamenei’s death: https://benborges.xyz/2026/03/06/iranians-detained-in-moscow-after.html
The US' February jobs report shows the tech sector's post-2022 job losses are now outpacing past downturns in 2008 and 2020 (Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/tech-jobs-getting-demolished-great-recession-dot-com-era-2026…
Kallsup: Ikeas Würfel-Lautsprecher für 5 Euro erhältlich
Ikea hat seinen würfelförmigen Bluetooth-Lautsprecher Kallsup etwas früher als geplant veröffentlicht. Der Preis liegt bei gerade einmal 5 Euro.
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I struggled buying train or bus tickets in Luxemburg and just couldn't find info on where or how to do it. My capitalist mind cannot comprehend free public transport 🥹
Hungary detains ex-Ukrainian intelligence general, seizes Oschadbank armored cars in cash-and-gold probe: https://benborges.xyz/2026/03/06/hungary-detains-exukrainian-intelligence-general.html
Oslo-based Unleash, which develops tools that let enterprises manage risks in AI-accelerated software development, raised a $35M Series B led by One Peak (Paul Gillin/SiliconANGLE)
https://siliconangle.com/2026/03/04/unleash-raises-35m-rein-ai-driven-soft…
Danke das endlich die wichtigen Probleme angegangen werden wie das Bürgergeldempfänger:innen mehr sanktionien erfahren
Russische Behörden verbieten Reklame auf Telegram
Moskau verschärft die Kontrolle über die Internetnutzung. Ein neues Verbot soll Russen von der Nutzung eines beliebten Messengers abschrecken.
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Marvell stock jumps 20% after the chip company reported Q4 revenue up 22% YoY to $2.2B and issued strong guidance citing growing AI demand (Lola Murti/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/06/marvell-shares-surge-18percent-as-ceo-points…
Despite the hot air from government about protecting children, they've voted down our Bill to turn off the toxic algorithms.
These algorithms push toxic content promoting eating disorders, self harm, misogyny and hate.
Big Tech profits should not come before children's health.
— Paul Murphy, Member of the Irish Parliament for the party People before Profit.
#TGIQF: Das Quiz um Festplatten, SSDs und Co.
Festplatten oder SSDs sind zentraler Speicher der IT-Welt, wenn's mal ein bisschen mehr sein soll. Dem Massenspeicher ist unser heutiges Nerdquiz gewidmet.
OpenAI rolls out Codex Security, an AI agent that evolved from its research project Aardvark to automate vulnerability discovery, validation, and remediation (Sam Sabin/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/03/06/openai-codex-security-ai-cyber
Wer eine smarte Brille von Meta trägt, sollte sich gut überlegen, wann die Kamera läuft. Denn die Videos bleiben nicht auf dem Gerät, sondern werden direkt an Meta gesendet und von Clickworkern ausgewertet. 👓📹
Zum Artikel: https://heise.de/-11198396?wt_mc=sm.r…
another innocent victim caught by radical left purity testing (charlie kirk)
RADICL, which offers threat detection and response services to SMBs supporting US defense industrial base and critical infrastructure, raised a $31M Series A (Duncan Riley/SiliconANGLE)
https://siliconangle.com/2026/02/03/radicl-s…
somewhere in rural america a divorced dad has recreated his entire family with character ai because his real kids don't call anymore
Inside a Ukrainian prison for women who sided with Russia: https://benborges.xyz/2026/03/06/inside-a-ukrainian-prison-for.html
Dieses Wochenende bin Ich auf dem Bundeskongress der Jugendorganisation (Jonk Lénk) der Partei Die Linke in Luxemburg (Déi Lénk) und dem Feministischen Kampftag dort!
Vor nur wenigen Tagen ist es Déi Lénk dort gelungen das Recht auf Abtreibung, also das Recht auf körperliche Selbstbestimmung, zu erkämpfen. Es gibt einen Erfolg zu feiern! 🕊️
Officials say NATO's main focus at its July summit will be on investments into drones and AI systems rather than primarily conventional defense hardware (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-05/nato-to-sh…
Reversing its position, US allows India to buy Russian oil: https://benborges.xyz/2026/03/06/reversing-its-position-us-allows.html
happy birthday, Rosa Luxemburg :rosa_salute:
How Iran taught Russia to make deadly drones — and now pays the price: https://benborges.xyz/2026/03/06/how-iran-taught-russia-to.html
Alphabet gives Sundar Pichai a new three-year pay deal worth up to $692M, with stock incentives worth as much as $350M linked to the growth of Waymo and Wing (Stephen Morris/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/1d3fa4f9-ec94-49ff-b22f-bd69b92be8ce
Postcards from Kherson, where Russian drones hunt Ukrainians every day: https://benborges.xyz/2026/03/06/postcards-from-kherson-where-russian.html
A draft guidance from the US GSA tightens rules for civilian AI contracts to require AI companies to allow "any lawful" use by the government of their models (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/d8c2969f-2812-44d2-8860-3059fb770bdb
Robotik-Start-up entwickelt Universal-Industrieroboter in unter zwei Jahren
Noble Machines wurde erst 2024 gegründet. Doch ihr erster Industrieroboter ist schon bereit für seinen Einsatz.
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EU, Hungarian opposition leader rebuke Zelensky over remarks on Orban: https://benborges.xyz/2026/03/06/eu-hungarian-opposition-leader-rebuke.html
Sources: Kalshi and Polymarket are each eyeing valuations of ~$20B in fundraising talks; Kalshi was valued at $11B in December and Polymarket at $9B in October (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/finance/kalshi-a…
Russian forces take about 19 residents of Sopych, Sumy region, to Russia: https://benborges.xyz/2026/03/06/russian-forces-take-about-residents.html
At least 2 killed, 8 injured in Russian attacks on Ukraine over the past day: https://benborges.xyz/2026/03/06/at-least-killed-injured-in.html
Neue Berechnung: Meeresspiegel an Küsten höher als bislang angenommen
In vielen Regionen liegt der Meeresspiegel aktuell neuen Daten zufolge schon höher als bisher angenommen. Wie kann das sein?
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Russia sending election operatives to Hungary to prop up Orban, media reports: https://benborges.xyz/2026/03/06/russia-sending-election-operatives-to.html
Ubisoft bestätigt Remake von „Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag“
Ubisoft legt einen Fan-Liebling neu auf: „Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag“ kommt als Remake in den Handel.
https://www.heise.d…
Ukraine claims over 92,000 Russian troops killed this winter, mostly by drones: https://benborges.xyz/2026/03/06/ukraine-claims-over-russian-troops.html
Orban threatens to block key goods transit to Ukraine unless oil supplies resume: https://benborges.xyz/2026/03/06/orban-threatens-to-block-key.html
U.S. asks Ukraine for help countering Shahed drones in the Middle East, Zelensky says: https://benborges.xyz/2026/03/06/us-asks-ukraine-for-help.html
Ukrainian Navy shoots down Russian Ka-27 with FPV drone on Sivash drilling platform: https://benborges.xyz/2026/03/06/ukrainian-navy-shoots-down-russian.html
General Staff: Russia has lost around 1,271,350 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022: https://benborges.xyz/2026/03/06/general-staff-russia-has-lost.html
Ukraine's HUR releases video of strikes on Russian military assets in occupied Crimea: https://benborges.xyz/2026/03/06/ukraines-hur-releases-video-of.html
Kadyrov ally urges Putin to back Iran against the U.S. and Israel, warns Russia is next: https://benborges.xyz/2026/03/06/kadyrov-ally-urges-putin-to.html
Ukrainian drone blitz hits Russian aircraft repair plant in occupied Crimea, SBU says: https://benborges.xyz/2026/03/06/ukrainian-drone-blitz-hits-russian.html
Ukraine brings home 300 troops and two civilians in latest prisoner exchange with Russia: https://benborges.xyz/2026/03/06/ukraine-brings-home-troops-and.html
Ukraine secures release of 300 POWs, 2 civilians in second stage of exchange with Russia: https://benborges.xyz/2026/03/06/ukraine-secures-release-of-pows.html
Russia reportedly provides Iran intelligence used to target US forces in Middle East: https://benborges.xyz/2026/03/06/russia-reportedly-provides-iran-intelligence.html
Pricey missiles won't help! US in SHOCK from Iranian drones, but Ukraine CAN DESTROY THEM!: https://benborges.xyz/2026/03/06/pricey-missiles-wont-help-us.html
Stab in the back: How Orban is openly selling Europe to Putin! Why is the EU tolerating this?: https://benborges.xyz/2026/03/06/stab-in-the-back-how.html
NEW SCANDAL! Orban is taking hostages — Ukrainians are being FORCIBLY DETAINED in Budapest!: https://benborges.xyz/2026/03/06/new-scandal-orban-is-taking.html
Paralympic chief says injured Russian soldiers should be allowed to compete at future Games: https://benborges.xyz/2026/03/06/paralympic-chief-says-injured-russian.html
Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Real American B-2 Bomber Shot Down, Being Paraded Through Streets In Iran: https://benborges.xyz/2026/03/06/fact-check-video-does-not.html
'Taking hostages and stealing money' — Sybiha says Hungary detained Ukrainian banks employees with cash shipments: https://benborges.xyz/2026/03/06/taking-hostages-and-stealing-money.html
Ukrainian drones hit Yevpatoria aircraft repair plant and Dzhankoi airfield, damaging air defenses and UAVs in Crimea: https://benborges.xyz/2026/03/06/ukrainian-drones-hit-yevpatoria-aircraft.html
'Russians preparing spring offensive' — Zelensky visits Donetsk Oblast, meets commanders amid risk of new Russian push: https://benborges.xyz/2026/03/06/russians-preparing-spring-offensive-zelensky.html
Second stage of prisoner exchange with Russia: 300 more Ukrainians – HOME #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2026/03/06/second-stage-of-prisoner-exchange.html
Budapest is holding Ukrainians and millions of dollars – Kyiv goes to court #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2026/03/06/budapest-is-holding-ukrainians-and.html
Russians won't give up war in Donetsk region, preparing offensive for spring,— Zelenskyy #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2026/03/06/russians-wont-give-up-war.html
Is Ukraine saving America from "Shaheds"? Pentagon admits helplessness against Iranian drones: https://benborges.xyz/2026/03/05/is-ukraine-saving-america-from.html
Ukraine exports electricity for first time since last year: https://benborges.xyz/2026/03/05/ukraine-exports-electricity-for-first.html
Putin’s new decree restates Russia’s 2.4 million army cap, Ukraine says: https://benborges.xyz/2026/03/05/putins-new-decree-restates-russias.html
Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show A Real Fire On Board U.S. Destroyer Or Aircraft Carrier: https://benborges.xyz/2026/03/05/212420.html
'Tinder for the labor market' — How Ukraine is trying to fix a critical shortage: https://benborges.xyz/2026/03/05/tinder-for-the-labor-market.html
Ukraine war latest: 200 Ukrainian POWs return home in latest exchange, Zelensky says: https://benborges.xyz/2026/03/05/ukraine-war-latest-ukrainian-pows.html
Ukraine to provide US with 'necessary resources' to counter Iranian drones, Zelensky says: https://benborges.xyz/2026/03/05/ukraine-to-provide-us-with.html
Kremlin's spring offensive canceled? AFU burns S-400, EW systems, and Russian occupiers: https://benborges.xyz/2026/03/05/kremlins-spring-offensive-canceled-afu.html
US joins Russia, China in opposing IAEA resolution condemning attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure: https://benborges.xyz/2026/03/05/us-joins-russia-china-in.html
Ukrainian forces advance near Hulyaipole, level front lines at Zaporizhzhia-Dnipropetrovsk regions junction: https://benborges.xyz/2026/03/05/ukrainian-forces-advance-near-hulyaipole.html
Fox News mislabels Ukrainian Shahed-drone intercept footage as part of American ‘high-tech arsenal’ destroying Iranian drones: https://benborges.xyz/2026/03/05/fox-news-mislabels-ukrainian-shaheddrone.html
German intelligence says Kremlin is hiding the scale of Russia’s economic crisis, with the real 2025 deficit far higher than reported: https://benborges.xyz/2026/03/05/german-intelligence-says-kremlin-is.html
Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show U.S. Destroyer 'Attacked By Iranian Missiles' Near Cyprus -- It's 2017 Damage From Ship Collision Near Japan: https://benborges.xyz/2026/03/05/fact-check-video-does-not.html
Kremlin's plans have failed – Donetsk region stands firm #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2026/03/05/kremlins-plans-have-failed-donetsk.html
Zelenskyy: We'll continue diplomacy when US partners work as agreed #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2026/03/05/zelenskyy-well-continue-diplomacy-when.html
Pentagon: Shahed drones have become a serious problem for air defense #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2026/03/05/pentagon-shahed-drones-have-become.html