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Indian IT services provider Coforge agrees to acquire Encora, which offers AI tools for product, cloud, and data engineering, at an enterprise value of $2.35B (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/india/indias-coforge-acquire-us-based…

Here was the vice president defending the administration’s vile immigration policies
in a way that fundamentally degrades the experiences and traditions of his own family,
of people he is bound by vows —vows that should be sacred to a Christian —to love and protect.
It sums up Vance’s journey into public life and politics:
There is nobody he won’t betray,
and no principle he won’t cast aside, in his quest to accrue more fame and power.
This has been clear…

Who Is JD Vance? (No, Seriously. Who Is He?)
The vice president is a cynical shapeshifter, willing to say anything—and be anybody—to become the most powerful person in America.

EU member states agree a position on draft child protection legislation without forcing Big Tech to find and remove CSAM; states now negotiate with EU lawmakers (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/soc

Minhas aeronaves derrubaram o disco-voador e depois meus soldados conseguiram revirar os escombros e neutralizar os extraterrestres sobreviventes. Nisso eu obtive algum alenium e talvez agora jš tenha matéria-prima suficiente para a produção de mais armas laser. Mas vou deixar isso pra amanhã, jš fiz o suficiente pra proteger a humanidade da invasão alienígena rs. Vou dormir.

What did countries agree to at COP30? #environment

What did countries agree to at COP30?
The COP30 climate summit has drawn to a close after two weeks in the Amazonian city of Belem where protests, street marches and even a fire caused unexpected moments of drama.

Harjeet Singh of the Satat Sampada Climate Foundation, said: “Cop30 will go down in history as the deadliest talkshow ever produced.”
https://thenextrecession.wordpress.com/2025/11/23/cop-30-its-no-joke/

COP 30: it’s no joke
The usual joke about the United Nations Climate Change Conferences (COPs) is that each one is a ‘cop-out’.  Each time there is a failure to agree on ending fossil fuel production as the source…

Frohe Weihnachten & Merry Christmas to all who celebrate it at sea, in foreign ports and ashore, seafarers, families and friends.
With photos from Amsterdam, Stade, Douala, Durban - just as examples.

CISA, FBI and Partners Unveil Critical Guidance to Protect Against Akira Ransomware Threat
https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/news/cisa-fbi-and-partners-unveil-critical-guidance-protect-against-akira-ransomware-threat<…

Coinbase agrees to acquire prediction markets startup The Clearing Company for an undisclosed sum; the startup was founded in 2025 and raised a $15M seed (Yogita Khatri/The Block)
https://www.theblock.co/post/383497/coinbase-to-acquire-…

Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 4.5, Haiku 4.5, and Opus 4.1 are now available in public preview in Microsoft Foundry for Azure customers (Anthropic)
https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-in-microsoft-foundry

Claude now available in Microsoft Foundry and Microsoft 365 Copilot
Claude Sonnet 4.5, Haiku 4.5, and Opus 4.1 models are now available in public preview in Microsoft Foundry, where Azure customers can build production applications and enterprise agents.