Tootfinder

Sources: the EU's cybersecurity proposal, to be presented on Jan. 20, is expected to phase out vendors such as Huawei from the bloc's critical infrastructure (Barbara Moens/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/eb677cb3-f86c-42de-b819-277bcb042295

And while my arduino-cli issues are not solved, I may put them on the back burner until I ship the code for that project, then I can deal with it without the pressure of a deadline.
It will mean a lot of clicking (way too much clicking!) but whatever I guess.

So, it's been raining. We have a lake across the road right now....

Eagles $30 million cut candidate could draw interest from Cowboys, Raiders, Lions https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/detroit-lions/news/eagles-30-million-cut-candidate-interest-cowboys-raiders-lions/8d7…

#mauströt

„KI macht denkfaul!“ – diese Warnung kommt nicht von Pessimisten, sondern von Microsoft und Gartner. Bis 2027 werden 75 % aller Jobs KI-Kompetenz verlangen, doch wer denkt dann noch selbst? Wenn Algorithmen entscheiden, verlernen wir das kritische Hinterfragen. #heise #KI

I was Donald Trump's lawyer. Jack Smith should be celebrated, not vilified. (John Dowd/MS NOW)
https://www.ms.now/opinion/jack-smith-testimony-trump-lawyer-house-republicans
http://www.memeorandum.com/251216/p151#a251216p151

Eagles $30 million cut candidate could draw interest from Cowboys, Raiders, Lions https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/detroit-lions/news/eagles-30-million-cut-candidate-interest-cowboys-raiders-lions/8d7…

It's amazing how much of the fediverse you can consume in hospital waiting rooms between 3 separate tests. Just routine stuff so feeling fine but bored (apart from masto).

RE: https://fediscience.org/@simon_on_energy/115728941757341018
The solution to this problem is very simple: just stop doing peer reviews.

GeForce-Grafikkarten: Nvidia will GPU-Produktion angeblich massiv senken
Gerüchten zufolge reduziert Nvidia die Produktion seiner GeForce-GPUs um 30 bis 40 Prozent. Betroffen sollen vor allem zwei Modelle sein.

The vOICe web app now supports optional right-left-scanning: https://www.seeingwithsound.com/webvoice/webvoice.htm?r2l Right-to-left scanning can be useful when visually reading Hebrew or Arabic print. You may have to run the web app twice because of browser caching while upda…

🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#RoundMidnight
- Richie’s 4/4
The explorative vocalist, trombonist and producer Richie is Zola Marcelle's Flowers guest this week.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002f0dq

Would you pay 20m for a top CB? We wouldn’t.
#LFC

"The Peters case represents an especially clear example of what I’ve come to see as the defining style of the second Trump administration: an incompetent form of authoritarianism that can best be described as “haphazardism.”
Haphazardism is authoritarianism without vision, a governing style defined by a series of individual attacks on democracy without any kind of overarching logic, strategic structure, or clear end state in mind. These attacks can do (and indeed have done) real d…

#phpugmrn meetup on Dec 11th - save the date!
We have scheduled talks abot HTMX & PHP 8.5. Do not miss!
Sign up here: https://www.meetup.com/phpug-rhein-neckar/events/30547833…

PHPUGMRN 06/25, Thu, Dec 11, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup
**Agenda:** 19:00 CET - Doors open 19:30 CET - Intro 19:45 CET - Create reactive web applications with (almost) no JavaScript (HTMX), Thomas Bley 20:30 CET - Break 20:45 CE

RE: https://mastodon.social/@sarada9669/116084573965927023
The aim of genocide is to erase a people.
The UK is complicit in this one in more ways than one.

POL-OS: Bad Rothenfelde: Polizei sucht Zeugen nach Einbruch im Erlenweg Osnabrück (ots) - Am Samstagabend trieben Einbrecher im Erlenweg ihr Unwesen. Zwischen 18.30 Uhr und 22.30 Uhr verschafften sich die Unbekannten gewaltsam Zutritt zu einem Wohnhaus in der Nähe der Einmündung zur Feldstraße. Im Innern ... https://www.

Broncos' Elijah Moore on Bills' injury situation at WR: 'They don't really throw it to the receivers anyway' https://www.nfl.com/news/broncos-elijah-moore-on-bills-injury-situation-at-wr-they-don-t…

It is now safe to turn off
your kitty cat :neocat_boop_cute:
:neocat_flop__w_:⁠💤

While Cloudflare is down why not look at my pictures of space that aren't going through Cloudflare
https://lightfrom.space/

moviegalaxies: Moviegalaxies, movies 410-466 (2018)
Social graphs for over 700 movies from the moviegalaxies.com website. Each node represents a character in a movie and each edge is a same-scene appearance between two characters in that movie. The weight gives the number of same-scene appearances. Networks are extracted from movie scripts automatically.
This network has 20 nodes and 30 edges.
Tags: Social, Fictional, Weighted

So - first Bitcoin starts dropping, now stocks of some bigger IT companies.
I wonder if bubble starting to pop?🤔

It's been a while but I was reminded that Java is shit.
Python is better, but has issues, mostly because of macOS.
And macOS permissions for user-created applications are a nightmare!
But a big, big thanks goes out to tools like Platypus.
"Platypus is a developer tool that creates native Mac applications from command line scripts such as shell scripts or Python, Perl, Ruby, Tcl, JavaScript and PHP programs."

Platypus - Create Mac apps from command line scripts |
Sveinbjörn's personal website. Also some open source software stuff.

California DMV says a California administrative law judge recently ruled Tesla engaged in deceptive marketing around its Autopilot and Full Self-Driving systems (Lora Kolodny/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/16/california-judge-say…

California judge rules that Tesla engaged in deceptive marketing around Autopilot
An administrative law judge in California ruled Tesla's license to sell or manufacture cars in the state should be suspended for 30 days.

Johnson picks sides (Hans Nichols/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/17/johnson-picks-sides-hill-leaders
http://www.memeorandum.com/251216/p146#a251216p146

🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#Breakfast
- Wake up with classical music
Tom McKinney presents Radio 3's Breakfast show. To get in touch, email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002n9sf

Special shout out to Kerkez, whose only wrong step was the yellow card (which i thought pretty harsh). He’s been really good, patient instead of flinging crosses to nobody. But when he has made the cross, it’s been dangerous.
Ekitike is a star. What an absolute gem he is. Even in the play where his diagonal run was covered, his continuing possession pulls two players out of position. ❤️
Wirtz, goal a beauty, but his passing has been superb. Sees angles before they happen.
S…

Raiders should go back to Geno Smith in Week 16 https://raiderswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/raiders/2025/12/18/raiders-should-go-back-to-geno-smith-in-week-16/87823985007/

Trotz Statistik-Effekten: Merz stellt telefonische Krankschreibung infrage
Die Zahlen zum Krankenstand werden seit 2022 genauer erfasst, wodurch die Zahlen ansteigen. Merz macht jedoch die telefonische Krankschreibung verantwortlich.

This is your regular reminder that you can donate to ease the suffering of those in our fediverse family who are enduring settler colonialism, apartheid, ethnic cleansing and genocide at the hands of Israel in Gaza.
https://gaza-verified.org/donate
Thank you!
💕

Gaza Verified
We’ve personally had video conversations on Signal with the people from Gaza whose Mastodon accounts on the fediverse are listed here and we verify that their accounts are genuine. – Joy & Aral Balkan

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@InsiderTreat/116089171966892358
First day at YouTube, wish me luck 🤞

Someone at Cloudflare clicked the wrong option today

Trump orders blockade of 'sanctioned oil tankers' into Venezuela, ramping up pressure on Maduro (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/trump-venezuela-maduro-oil-tankers-625a7c9a3106e316c97ceb68a42a1cb5
http://www.memeorandum.com/251216/p140#a251216p140

🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#RoundMidnight
- Zola Marcelle sits in
Vocalist and multidisciplinary artist Zola Marcelle is sitting in for Soweto this week on ‘Round Midnight.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002r461

Artemis-2-Rakete auf dem Weg zum Startplatz
Die Rakete der NASA, die zum ersten Mal seit langer Zeit wieder Menschen zum Mond bringen soll, rollt Richtung Startrampe.
https://www.heise.de/news/Arte…

But this new Nazi bar has vegan sausages…
#Bluesky

White House Shrugs Off Rise in Unemployment Rate (Tony Romm/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/us/politics/trump-administration-unemployment-rate-economy.html?unlocked_article_code=1.9E8._zHf.NVrP1HhR6fpc&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/251216/p139#a251216p139

It's fantastic how we technology people have managed to turn a network that's supposed to be resilient to a nuclear war into something so brittle it goes down when someone misconfigures like one file at Cloudflare

:neodog_stretch_down:
:neodog_stretch_dr:⁠:neodog_stretch_h:⁠:neodog_stretch_h:⁠:neodog_stretch_left:
🦵🦵🦵🦵

London-based Fyld, which makes AI tools to assist infrastructure and utility fieldwork operators, raised a $41M Series B led by Energy Impact Partners (Kyt Dotson/SiliconANGLE)
https://siliconangle.com/2026/02/17/ai-field…

AI field operations startup FYLD raises $41M to help build large-scale infrastructure - SiliconANGLE
AI field operations startup FYLD raises $41M to help build large-scale infrastructure - SiliconANGLE

US-Handelsaufsicht soll „Trump Phone“ auf irreführendes Marketing prüfen
Kongressabgeordnete und Senatoren wenden sich an die FTC, unter anderem, weil „Made in USA“ für das goldene Smartphone versprochen wurde.

Or, you know, leave the Nazi bar.
#Bluesky

Morning Glow-Up
This is with the Agfa ePhoto 1680, a 1.3MP CCD camera from 1998. It's pretty temperamental, while it takes 4 AA batteries, normal alkaline batteries don't provide enough juice; I found that Li-Ion rechargeable are the only way to go.
I love the time when they experimented with various camera shapes as they weren’t constrained by how film needs to physically be in the camera anymore.
#ShittyCameraChallenge #SooC

Stripe's stablecoin firm Bridge wins conditional approval from the US OCC to form a national trust bank, which would allow it to issue and manage stablecoins (Krisztian Sandor/CoinDesk)
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/02/

Stripe's stablecoin firm Bridge wins initial approval to form national bank trust charter
The license would allow Bridge to issue and manage stablecoins under direct federal oversight.

Ministerpräsident Günther: Kein Tiktok & Co. mehr für unter 16-Jährige
Das australische Mindestalter für Social Media hat die Forderungen nach ähnlichen Regeln in Deutschland verschärft. Die Nord-CDU will ein schnelleres Vorgehen.

This might be a good time for Minnesotans to read up on what the United States does to places it invades.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/justice-department-investigating-tim-walz-jacob-frey-minnesota/

Eero, my chaos-monkey cat just broke my 1980s flamingo mug :(
Luckily these were mass-produced so it's easy to find a replacement on eBay

Amazon shares close up 1.2%, snapping a nine-day slide that wiped out $450B in market valuation over concerns about Amazon's plan to spend $200B in 2026 capex (Annie Palmer/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/17/amazon-stock-losing-streak.html

Amazon has lost $450 billion in value during this historic losing streak. Here's what's dragging it down
Amazon expects to spend $200 billion this year on AI initiatives, the company said when it reported earnings.

Android 16 QPR3 Beta 1 bringt neue Funktionen für Pixel-Geräte
Google hat den Startschuss für die letzte Android-16-Version gegeben: Mit dem Update auf QPR3 Beta 1 ziehen neue Animationen und weitere kleine Features ein.

Yay, first shot of Auto Encrypt¹ running a HTTPS web server at a Web Number (IP address).
https://ar.al/2025/06/25/web-numbers/
Next step: find out why some of the tests are failing on the Linux box, fix, and implement Web Numbers support in Kitten² and Catalyst³.
¹

Umfrage der Datenschutzbeauftragten: Ohne Sicherheit kein Vertrauen in die ePA
Viele Menschen sind nicht gut über die elektronische Patientenakte informiert. Das geht aus einer Umfrage der Bundesdatenschutzbeauftragten hervor.

btw Spotify Wrapped was invented and made by Black intern Jewel Ham who was subsequently not hired

A US federal judge orders OpenAI to stop using the word "Cameo" for its Sora products and features, in a trademark lawsuit filed by celebrity video app Cameo (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/17/u-s-court-bars-openai-from-using-cameo/

U.S. court bars OpenAI from using 'Cameo' | TechCrunch
OpenAI has renamed its feature in Sora from "Cameo" to "Characters."

“Apple is only continuing to patch iOS 18 on devices that can’t run iOS 26.”
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/01/are-people-avoiding-ios-26-because-of-liquid-glass-its-complicated/
Wow. So not only has Apple los…

Are people avoiding iOS 26 because of Liquid Glass? It’s complicated.
Liquid Glass is controversial, but adoption rates aren't as low as they seem.

Meta testet Limit für Link-Beiträge
Noch zweimal am Tag können professionelle Nutzer und Seitenbetreiber Links in einem Beitrag auf Facebook posten. Mehr kostet Geld.
https://www.heise.de/news/Meta-teste…

A look at China's push to become a world leader in brain-computer interfaces, as Shanghai-based startup NeuroXess moves to human trials with Beijing's backing (Eleanor Olcott/Financial Times)
https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/re…

I’ve turned off automatic updates on my Mac to ensure I don’t run into the same bullshit with the automatic iOS 26 update on the phone and I suggest you do the same.
Keep the security updates toggle on, though.
First time I’ve had to take such action in about two decades of owning a Mac.
🤷‍♂️
#apple

Barmer und AOK bieten Beipackzettel digital in App für E-Patientenakte an
Den Beipackzettel von Medikamenten muss es bald digital geben. Erste Krankenkassen beteiligen sich daran. Bis 2028 soll eine Datenbank aufgebaut sein.

Fascists: can’t live with ‘em, can’t kill ‘em.
Oh, no, wait…

Bengaluru-based AI startup Sarvam AI announces two models at the AI Impact Summit that it says are tailored to Indian languages and cultures (Saritha Rai/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-18/upstart-sarva…

Frisches Geld für OpenAI: Amazon soll 10 Milliarden investieren
OpenAI bekommt Amazon-Gelder, die sollen dann unter anderem in Trainium-Chips investiert werden. Amazons Angriff auf Nvidia.
https://www.

Liquid Ass: you’re looking at it wrong™

Microsoft says it is on pace to invest $50B by 2030 to help expand AI across the "Global South"; it unveiled $17.5B worth of AI investments in India in 2025 (Abu Sultan/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/micros

Roboter setzt selbstständig zerstörte Pompeji-Fresken wieder zusammen
Eine KI analysiert Fresko-Fragmente, ein Roboter setzt sie dann zusammen. Jahrelange Puzzlearbeit von Archäologen kann so beschleunigt werden.

Retrograde (n, v): An upgrade that makes things worse.
e.g., I retrograded to iOS 26 by mistake and now I’m stuck with this piece of shit.
#retrograde #tech

Crypto lender Nexo says it is relaunching in the US in partnership with Bakkt, three years after leaving the US and paying a $45M fine to settle SEC charges (Elizabeth Howcroft/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/technology/crypto-

Wenn KI-generierte Fake News internationale Wellen schlagen: Ein gefälschtes Video über einen angeblichen Militärputsch in Frankreich hat für diplomatische Verwirrung gesorgt und den Zorn von Präsident Emmanuel Macron auf sich gezogen. 😮
Zum Artikel: https://h…

Warning: kissing fascist ass may result in liquid glass.
So my phone tricked me into updating to iOS 26 (nice one, asshats). And wow: it really is a case study in form over function. Gratuitous, meaningless aesthetics and motion. Decoration, not design. “Look what I can do!”
Oh well, if it gets me using my phone less, that’s a good thing, I guess.
But the next time you hear someone from Apple talking about design, please feel free to laugh in their damn faces. What a sad j…

Es geht bei Cowboy weiter: Rebirth Group übernimmt Mehrheit
Der belgische E-Bike-Hersteller Cowboy ist nun gerettet. Die französische Rebirth Group wird Mehrheitseigner und will das Unternehmen stabilisieren.
ht…

Google's Android XR design docs and developer tools hint at the XR glasses' details, including mandatory physical buttons and "Glimmer" UI design language (Abner Li/9to5Google)
https://9to5google.com/2026/02/16/android-xr-glasses-ui/

Here’s how you’ll control and navigate Android XR glasses
Android XR glasses are coming in 2026. Here’s what you can expect from the user interface and experience...

All-Ausflug zweier Deutscher steht an
Blue Origin fliegt wieder ins All, diesmal mit zwei Deutschen. Eine der Reisenden ist querschnittgelähmt. Rund 80 Menschen waren schon an Bord.
https://www.heise.de/…

Filing: Gemini says its COO, CFO, and chief legal officer are leaving; Cameron Winklevoss will take on many of the COO's duties; GEMI falls 10% (Olivier Acuna/CoinDesk)
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/02/

Gemini ousts COO, CFO and Chief Legal Officer after international exit and 25% staff cuts
Newly public crypto exchange Gemini Space Station Inc. said Marshall Beard, Dan Chen and Tyler Meade are departing effective immediately, days after the company announced plans to shut down U.K., EU and Australia operations and refocus on the U.S. and prediction markets.

Noch einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Nein, das Militär hat in Frankreich nicht die Regierung gestürzt

Qualcomm says UK consumer association Which? is withdrawing its chip royalties lawsuit that sought £480M for 29M iPhone and Samsung users, after a CAT trial (Sam Tobin/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boa…

Einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
WhatsApp und Signal: Privatsphäre angreifbar, Tracker-Software verfügbar

Palo Alto Networks agrees to acquire Israeli endpoint security company Koi Security, sources say for ~$400M; Koi raised $48M across two rounds, per PitchBook (Assaf Gilead/Globes)
https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-palo-alto-networks-to-buy-isr…

Donnerstag: Isaacman als neuer NASA-Chef, Folgen von destabilisierendem KI-Video
US-Senat für Musk-Favoriten Macron gegen Facebook 1&1-Mobilfunknetz größer Vergleich der iPhone-Regulierung Interview zu Praxen-Software #heiseshow

Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez says he asked the country's prosecutor office to investigate X, TikTok, and Meta over the alleged "creation and dissemination" of CSAM (Macarena Munoz Montijano/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

#heiseshow: Verbrenner-Aus-Aus, Telefonbetrug, 2025-Rückblick
In der #heiseshow: Das Verbrenner-Aus wird aufgeweicht, die Telekom kämpft gegen Betrugsanrufe und wir blicken zurück auf das Tech-Jahr 2025.

Crypto VC firm Dragonfly closes a $650M fund, its fourth, as the crypto VCs go through a "mass extinction event"; Dragonfly backed Polymarket's Series B (Leo Schwartz/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2026/02/17/dragonfly-fou…

Exclusive: Crypto venture firm Dragonfly closes $650 million fourth fund—even as blockchain VCs face ‘mass extinction’
An inside look at the fast-rising firm, from its early Polymarket bet to its mysterious founding partner.

Gesundheitswesen: Fintech-Unternehmer über Sicherheit, Skepsis bei EU-ID & mehr
Das Start-up Nelly legt sich als zusätzliche Software-Schicht um das Praxisverwaltungssystem und will unter anderem Aufnahme und Abrechnung erleichtern.

Musk-Favorit Jared Isaacman vom US-Senat als kommender NASA-Chef bestätigt
Nach einjährigem politischem Hin und Her steht Jared Isaacman als neuer NASA-Chef praktisch fest. Seine erste Aufgabe wird das Wettrennen mit China zum Mond.

Danaher agrees to acquire US medical tech company Masimo for $9.9B, paying $180 per share, a nearly 40% premium on February 13's close, set to close in H2 2026 (Stuart Biggs/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Generalsanierung Hamburg-Berlin: Bahn liegt im Zeitplan
Die Deutsche Bahn meldet Fortschritte bei der Generalsanierung der Strecke Hamburg-Berlin. Die erste Bauphase steht kurz vor dem Abschluss.
https://www.<…

Airbnb expands its Reserve Now, Pay Later feature globally, after a US pilot for domestic travel saw a 70% adoption rate for eligible bookings (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/17/airbnb-expands-its-reserve-now-pay-later-globally/

Airbnb expands its "Reserve Now, Pay Later" globally | TechCrunch
The feature allows users to cancel eligible bookings if there is a change of plans -- without losing money upfront.

Android 16 QPR2: Pixel-Geräte erhalten zweites Dezember-Update
Google veröffentlicht zweites Update für Pixel-Geräte nach Android 16 QPR2, behebt Akku- und Touchscreen-Fehler. Treiber-Update für Pixel-10-GPU in Arbeit.

Temporal, which builds open-source software to ensure "durable execution" of code, raised a $300M Series D at a $5B valuation, up from $2.5B in October 2025 (Krystal Hu/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-tel

O2-Kunden können ab sofort RedCap für Smartwatches nutzen
O2 bietet Vertragskunden ein kostenloses 5G Plus Pack mit RedCap-Technologie an. Die energiesparende 5G-Variante richtet sich an Wearables und IoT-Geräte.

Mexico-based online used car dealer Kavak raised $300M led by a16z, the first Latin American deal for a16z's Growth fund, after raising $700M in September 2021 (Michael O'Boyle/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…

Jahresrückblick der Störungen: Die größten Online-Ausfälle 2025
Ein Blick auf das Jahr 2025 zeigt, welche Online-Dienste die weitreichendsten Ausfälle in Europa verzeichneten – von Gaming-Plattformen bis zu Cloud-Anbietern.

„Horizon“-Abklatsch: Sony und Tencent einigen sich wegen „Light of Motiram“
Der chinesische Publisher Tencent hat mit „Light of Motiram“ einen offensichtlichen „Horizon“-Klon beworben. Nach einer Klage von Sony gibt es nun eine Einigung.

Freunde des ungestörten Bingewatchings, aufgepasst:
Das Landgericht München I hat Amazon in die Schranken gewiesen und entschieden: Der Streaming-Gigant darf nicht einfach Werbung in sein Angebot einbauen, wenn dies beim Vertragsabschluss nicht vorgesehen war.
Zum Artikel: https://

Kindle: Amazon erlaubt ab 20. Januar Download von DRM-freien E-Books
Amazon öffnet sich ein wenig: Ab dem 20. Januar 2026 können DRM-freie E-Books aus dem Kindle-Shop als EPUB und PDF heruntergeladen werden.

heise | Web-Suche für die lokale KI: So schließen Ihre LLMs Wissenslücken
Das Wissen lokaler KI-Modelle ist auf ihre alten Trainingsdaten beschränkt. Dieser Workflow bringt ihnen Online-Recherche bei: mit quelloffener Gratis-Software.