Sources: Nvidia is in advanced talks to acquire Tel Aviv-based AI21, which is building its own LLMs, for $2B to $3B; the deal would resemble an acquihire (CTech)
https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/rkbh00xnzl
The rolling grasslands and rocky beaches of
"Vandenberg Space Force Base",
— home to more than a dozen at-risk species,
easily could pass for a peaceful nature preserve
— but that's an illusion.
The nearly 100,000-acre base was a testing ground in the 1960s for early-generation ballistic missiles,
and today it's a launch site for satellites, classified missions and other payloads key to a new type of war: one fought far above the Earth.
So, #Trump is threatening people that do not like hate speech, claiming this is #censorship. But at the same time, he is restricting the rights to free speech for anyone who doesn't agree 120% with his opinion.
Here's a great Guest Essay by Nora Benavidez in the
I agree with the following but understand why folks would like to be private too!
Fernando Borretti:: "I Wish People Were More Public"
Probably not a popular thing to say today. The zeitgeisty thing to say is that we should all log off and live terrible cottagecore solarpunk lives raising chickens and being mindful. I wish people were more online and more public. I have rarely wished the opposite. Consider this post addressed to you, the reader." --> Read the whol…
Brauchte #AusGründen Inspiration für eine Science-Fiction-Stadt auf einem fremden Planeten und bin über das hier gestolpert.
Muss jetzt leider umziehen.
https://www.dw.com/de/ein…
Filing: Chinese AI chipmaker Axera aims to raise up to ~$379.2M in a Hong Kong IPO, offering 104.9M shares at ~$3.61 each; trading expected to start February 10 (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific
Rest Fire
Santa Barbara County
An Evacuation Warning has been requested for Gaviota State Beach, per Incident Command. The fire is 1/2 to 1 acre in medium brush w/ moderate rate of spread, burning under the influence of a north wind & is burning towards the south, per Incident Command.
https://share.wa…
Cloudflare says it mitigated a 31.4 Tbps DDoS attack from the Aisuru/Kimwolf botnet in December 2025, making it the largest attack ever disclosed publicly (Bill Toulas/BleepingComputer)
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ais…
Meta has agreed to acquire AI startup Manus; the Singapore-based startup said in December that its annual revenue run rate is over $125M (Kurt Wagner/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-29/meta-acquires-startup-manu…