@Techmeme@techhub.socialThe US Senate confirms Trump pick Michael Selig as chairman of the CFTC, as lawmakers consider legislation to give the agency more control over digital assets (Lydia Beyoud/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
@cdarwin@c.imMastodon’s creator, Eugen Rochko,
is stepping down as CEO of the open source, decentralized social network and X riva
as part of the organization’s transition to a nonprofit structure,
announced at the beginning of the year.
The change is Mastodon’s most significant leadership overhaul to date, and one designed to ensure Mastodon’s longevity
@Sustainable2050@mastodon.energyChilean president declares state of catastrophe as wildfires kill at least 15. Fires blaze through 8,500 hectares, forcing 50,000 people to evacuate as firefighters struggle to extinguish flames in scorching heat: temperatures up to 38°C (100F)
https://www.thegu…
@steve@s.yelvington.com
@axbom@axbom.me
@memeorandum@universeodon.comA peace deal 'as soon as this week' (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2025/11/19/a-peace-deal-as-soon-as-this-week-00658623
http://www.memeorandum.com/251119/p6#a251119p6
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.deas_skitter: Skitter IP graph (2005)
An aggregate snapshot of the Internet Protocol (IP) graph, as measured by the traceroute tool on CAIDA's skitter infrastructure, in 2005.
This network has 1696415 nodes and 11095298 edges.
Tags: Technological, Communication, Unweighted
https://networks.skewed.de/net/as_s…
@cjust@infosec.exchangeMan who refers to himself as an ‘alpha-male’ actually just a dickhead
A man from Rochdale who refers to himself as an ‘alpha-male’ is in fact just a bit of a dickead sources have revealed.
The news follows reports of a man in Rochdale who refers to himself in the third person, wears a comically oversized watch and constantly has to remind himself and others that he is the dominant male in every group scenario.
@benb@osintua.euUkraine holds firm as Geneva talks with Russia yield limited progress, source says: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/19/ukraine-holds-firm-as-geneva.html
@NFL@darktundra.xyzJeff Ulbrich staying on as Falcons defensive coordinator https://www.nfl.com/news/jeff-ulbrich-staying-on-as-falcons-defensive-coordinator
@radioeinsmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Dan Mangan:
🎵 About As Helpful As You Can Be Without Being Any Help At
#NowPlaying #DanMangan
https://danmangan.bandcamp.com/track/about-as-helpful-as-you-can-be-without-being-any-help-at-all
https://open.spotify.com/track/3N74seW1F0IOqUdZx1wWQW
@toxi@mastodon.thi.ngThis was an interesting problem to work on (back in 2017): A visualization of a path planner for 3D printing (FDM) a single layer/mesh structure of a multi-layer textile. Two setups of the same path strategy which optimized for longest continuous sub-paths and minimum rapids (distance without filament extrusion) between sub-paths. The planner supported six strategies in total, incl. optimizing for straight sub-paths and minimum amounts of "recent" crossings (to allow filament to co…
@cowboys@darktundra.xyzRich Bisaccia steps down as Packers special teams coordinator https://www.foxsports.com/articles/nfl/rich-bisaccia-steps-down-as-packers-special-teams-coordinator
@markhburton@mstdn.social“For voters opposed to Reform UK, tactical voting represents the most obvious counterstrategy – one of the explanations for the lopsided result in the Caerphilly byelection (which used FPTP). But to be effective, tactical voting requires clear information: voters must know which party has the best chance of defeating Reform UK in their own constituency."
Reform holds 11% lead over Plaid Cymru in Westminster election poll, as centre left vote fragments in Wales
@raiders@darktundra.xyzRich Bisaccia steps down as Packers special teams coordinator https://www.foxsports.com/articles/nfl/rich-bisaccia-steps-down-as-packers-special-teams-coordinator
@metacurity@infosec.exchangeSeems like the funeral industry in Korea has failed to meet its cybersecurity requirements. Gotta wonder if this is true everywhere. (not that most organizations aren't bad at cyber -- they are -- but haven't read much about the funeral industry).
Exclusive: Funeral Industry Faces Security Gaps as Top Firms Lack Key Certifications
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialNetflix hires ESPN anchor Elle Duncan as its first on-air host for live sports and cultural events; she has appeared on SportsCenter, College GameDay, and more (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/netflix-hires-espn-elle-duncan-sp…
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioWe can now add "6. Vibe-Code as Much as Possible" to this list
@servelan@newsie.socialGaza death toll exceeds 75,000 as independent data verify loss | Israel-Palestine conflict | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/2/18/gaza-death-toll-exceeds-75000-as-independent-data-verify-loss
@nohillside@smnn.chAs I said a few weeks ago: #Apple doesn’t have a problems with #ads as long as they are in charge. For users it‘s just more #enshittification.
@aral@mastodon.ar.alOh great, new issue spam attack on @…. People really have too much time on their hands. This time posting random images from 4chan, etc., as well as AI-generated bogus issues.
Sorry you guys have to deal with such crap.
![Screenshot of issue notification emails.
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[small-tech/jsdb] Inconsistent Query..
I have been testing JSDB with a dataset close to the stated limit of 1.4GB, and I've &
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@Dragofix@veganism.socialCrop droughts set to worsen—even as rainfall increases #environment
@detondev@social.linux.pizzaAndreessen said that mandatory NASDAQ rules that imposed diversity criteria on corporate boards were "crazy", recounting that on one occasion he was tempted to describe himself as "bisexual" to help Meta meet those criteria, as he felt for Peter Thiel, who was horrified when Meta lawyers suggested that he classified himself as "diverse".
@cdarwin@c.imVarious news about a possible future collider,
all pointing to the CERN FCC-ee as the leading proposal.
The Chinese CEPC plan is now on hold, as a decision was reached to not include it in China’s plans for the next five years (2026-30).
As part of the European Strategy for Particle Physics update process, recommendations drafted earlier this month have now been released
As expected, the main recommendation is to pursue the FCC-ee project, which will cost an esti…
@rainerzufall_le@mastodon.social"ICE has been using “brake-checks” as pretense for detaining observers. Another observer car pulls up and my city council member steps out. He strides up to the Wagoneer, blowing his whistle. (Absolutely everyone is confronting ICE—I’ve encountered my old boss from the local cafe scuffling with agents, too.) Someone on the street starts filming and the bicyclist we know in the chat as “small fry” shouts at the agents to get out of Minneapolis."
@kurtsh@mastodon.socialBinge watching #StarTrek #StrangeNewWorlds Season 3.
Not bad but not quite as good as S1 & S2.
▫️E1 was great as expected
▫️E2-E4 are cheesy & less creative
▫️E5-E6 is more my taste
(watching E7 now)
Still the best thing for me on
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: OpenAI's new fundraising round could value it at as much as $830B; it aims to raise up to $100B and complete the round by the end of Q1 at the earliest (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/openais-new-fu
@PaulWermer@sfba.socialSpeaking as a retired chemist, this is absolutely essential to help maintain California's strength in science and engineering.
On the other hand , the most valuable parts of my education (as opposed to training) came from the humanities. Yet we don't seem to recognize how important and central that non-STEM segment is. Why not?
Wiener pitches $23B ‘science bond’ to backfill Trump research cuts
@paulwermer@sfba.socialSpeaking as a retired chemist, this is absolutely essential to help maintain California's strength in science and engineering.
On the other hand , the most valuable parts of my education (as opposed to training) came from the humanities. Yet we don't seem to recognize how important and central that non-STEM segment is. Why not?
Wiener pitches $23B ‘science bond’ to backfill Trump research cuts
@blakes7bot@mas.torpidity.netB02 - Shadow
CALLY: Yes. Once the moon discs had broken through my isolation; as soon as I was no longer alone I could fight it. fight it.
VILA: But what about the key? How did you get Orac's key while he was up here and you were down there? Long arms?
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/202/611
@khalidabuhakmeh@mastodon.socialAs soon as I see a loot box and in-game currency, I'm deleting your game
@tante@tldr.nettime.orgWhen looking at what the western AI companies are doing my current view is:
- OpenAI is actively evil. There's no morals or anything. Just scamers trying anything to amass power and money
- Anthropic is has sniffed so much of its own farts that most of what they are doing is just writing fan fiction for their own models. They are not evil as much as they just need psychological help
- Mistral is yelling a lot of "we are European" which nobody hears cause who give…
@Sustainable2050@mastodon.energyRenewables on the march in coal country.
https://reneweconomy.com.au/records-tumble-as-nine-wind-and-solar-projects-1-gw-of-batteries-join-grid-in-just-three-months/
@NFL@darktundra.xyzFalcons to hire former Browns coach Kevin Stefanski as new head coach https://www.nfl.com/news/kevin-stefanski-falcons-hire-former-browns-head-coach-as-new-hc
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.deword_assoc: Edinburgh word associations
A network of word associations showing the count of such associations as collected from subjects, from the Edinburgh Associative Thesaurus (EAT). Each node represents a word, and a directed edge (i, j) denotes that word i was used as a stimulus to which word j was given as a response. Multiple edges are allowed.
This network has 23132 nodes and 312342 edges.
Tags: Informational, Language, Unweighted, Multigraph
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: OpenAI has held preliminary discussions with investors about raising tens of billions of dollars, and as much as $100B, at a valuation of around $750B (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-discuss…
@cowboys@darktundra.xyzCowboys May Pass on a Bronco for Daronte Jones as Defensive Coordinator https://insidethestar.com/cowboys-may-pass-on-a-bronco-for-daronte-jones-as-defensive-coordinator
@cdarwin@c.imDonald Trump is worried that Republicans aren’t as afraid of him as they used to be.
Despite his self-billing as a dealmaker,
the president has only ever had one tool to control his party: fear.
GOP politicians have been afraid of career damage and literal physical harm if they crossed him.
Trump is not above reminding elected officials that he has unhinged followers who are known to be violent.
But as his approval ratings fall and the 2026 midterm elections …
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialSimilarweb: Threads had 141.5M DAUs on iOS and Android as of January 7, driven by Instagram promotions, while X had 125M DAUs; X continues to lead on the web (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/18/threads-edges-out-x-in-daily-mo…
@servelan@newsie.socialRad Power Bikes files for bankruptcy protection as Seattle e-bike maker pursues potential sale – GeekWire
https://www.geekwire.com/2025/rad-power-bikes-files-for-bankruptcy-protection-as-seattle-e-bike-maker-pursues-potential-sale/
@NFL@darktundra.xyzChiefs plan to bring back longtime assistant Eric Bieniemy as next OC https://www.nfl.com/news/chiefs-plan-to-bring-back-longtime-assistant-eric-bieniemy-as-next-oc
@memeorandum@universeodon.comCarr dismisses Colbert uproar as a 'hoax' (John Hendel/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/18/carr-dismisses-colbert-uproar-as-a-hoax-00786827
http://www.memeorandum.com/260218/p109#a260218p109
@raiders@darktundra.xyzWho will start as Raiders QB: Pete Carroll makes announcement https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/raiders/who-will-start-as-raiders-qb-pete-carroll-makes-announcement-3597924/
@blakes7bot@mas.torpidity.netSeries D, Episode 04 - Stardrive
PLAXTON: I don't know you.
DAYNA: -space drive. Why it doesn't look anything like as sophisticated as the prototype you were working on at the academy, but that's only to be expected having to work under these conditions.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/404/358
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioSo I think about one of the central thesis of Joseph Weizenbaum a lot.
It’s essentially an extension of “there’s no technical solutions to social problems”; it posits that computers are widely used to immortalize and amplify social problems while preventing reforms.
And it has gotten much worse since he wrote about this in the 1970s.
Two of the examples he gives are nation/world-wide stock exchanges and automated trading (lead to wealth concentration and gambling), as well as highly complex but wasteful, punishing and unfair welfare systems (instead of e.g. UBI).
@benb@osintua.eu📉 $35 oil sinks Russia’s budget as UK detains shadow fleet and funds go to Ukraine: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/17/oil-sinks-russias-budget-as.html
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.deword_assoc: Edinburgh word associations
A network of word associations showing the count of such associations as collected from subjects, from the Edinburgh Associative Thesaurus (EAT). Each node represents a word, and a directed edge (i, j) denotes that word i was used as a stimulus to which word j was given as a response. Multiple edges are allowed.
This network has 23132 nodes and 312342 edges.
Tags: Informational, Language, Unweighted, Multigraph
@Sustainable2050@mastodon.energyEU trade ‘bazooka’ back on the table, as Greenland tariff threat blows up US deal
https://www.euractiv.com/news/eu-trade-bazooka-back-on-the-table-as-greenland-tariff-threat-blows-up-us-deal/
@NFL@darktundra.xyzLions hiring former Cardinals offensive coordinator Drew Petzing as their new OC https://www.nfl.com/news/lions-hiring-former-cardinals-offensive-coordinator-drew-petzing-as-their-new-oc
@cdarwin@c.imThe first of at least seven straight days of rain begins Friday in the Bay Area
as an atmospheric river is set to soak the region with a stream of subtropical moisture from Hawaii.
The phenomenon, known as a Pineapple Express, generally brings heavy rain and mountain snow to the West Coast.
“When it reaches the west coast, the Pineapple Express can dump as much as 5 inches of rain on California in one day.”
Friday marks the first of what could be three different round…
@cowboys@darktundra.xyz49ers set for a Mexico City return as the NFL brings back regular-season games https://www.foxsports.com/articles/nfl/49ers-set-for-a-mexico-city-return-as-the-nfl-brings-back-regularseason-games
@Techmeme@techhub.socialNetflix hires ESPN anchor Elle Duncan as its first on-air host for live sports and cultural events; she has appeared on SportsCenter, College GameDay, and more (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/netflix-hires-espn-elle-duncan-sp…
@servelan@newsie.socialPort of Seattle Commission condemns Trump travel ban expansion as discriminatory - The B-Town (Burien) Blog
https://b-townblog.com/port-of-seattle-commission-condemns-trump-travel-ban-expansion-as-discriminatory/
@raiders@darktundra.xyzRaiders' season hits new low as Cowboys take knee before two-minute warning https://www.foxsports.com/articles/nfl/raiders-season-hits-new-low-as-cowboys-take-knee-before-twominute-warning
@memeorandum@universeodon.comVon der Leyen to visit Greenland as EU shores up Arctic presence (Ferdinand Knapp/Politico)
https://www.politico.eu/article/ursula-von-der-leyen-confirms-greenland-trip-as-eu-shores-up-arctic-presence/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260219/p19#a260219p19
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialNews Literacy Project survey: 84% of US teens describe news media negatively, and 94% think news or media literacy should be part of their education (Diane Sylvester/Editor and Publisher)
https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.depetster: Pet owner social networks (2016)
A network of friendships among users on catster.com and dogster.com. Node represents a user, and edge exists if two users self-identify as friends on either website. The dogster/catster network also contains family links between dog and dog, cat and cat, as well as dog and cat.
This network has 623766 nodes and 15699276 edges.
Tags: Social, Online, Unweighted
@Techmeme@techhub.socialCanva COO Cliff Obrecht says the company hit $4B in ARR at the end of 2025, had 265M MAUs and 31M paid users, and expects to IPO in the next "couple of years" (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/18/canva-gets-to-4b-i…
@benb@osintua.eu1 killed, 25 injured across Ukraine as Russia launches latest mass missile, drone attack: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/17/killed-injured-across-ukraine-as.html
@NFL@darktundra.xyzILB coach Zak Kuhr hired as full-time Patriots defensive coordinator https://www.nfl.com/news/ilb-coach-zak-kuhr-hired-as-full-time-patriots-defensive-coordinator
@cowboys@darktundra.xyzTrevon Diggs pops up with new injury as Cowboys prepare for Week 16 https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/news/trevon-diggs-pops-up-with-new-injury-as-cowboys-prepare-for-week-16
@servelan@newsie.socialZelensky says Ukraine won’t withdraw from Donbas, 'won’t lose dignity' as peace talks stall on territory
https://kyivindependent.com/zelensky-says-ukraine-wont-withdraw-from-donbas-wont-lose-dignity-as-peace-talks-stall-on-territory/
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.depetster: Pet owner social networks (2016)
A network of friendships among users on catster.com and dogster.com. Node represents a user, and edge exists if two users self-identify as friends on either website. The dogster/catster network also contains family links between dog and dog, cat and cat, as well as dog and cat.
This network has 623766 nodes and 15699276 edges.
Tags: Social, Online, Unweighted
@raiders@darktundra.xyzVersus: Raiders must find an answer in the trenches as they go up against the league's No. 1 defense https://www.raiders.com/news/versus-raiders-must-find-an-answer-in-the-trenches-as-they-go-up-against-the-league-…
@cdarwin@c.imAs the government continues to pursue mass deportations, Section 111 of Title 18 of the U.S. Code has become a favored tool of the Justice Department for painting opposition to immigration enforcement as a corrosive, lawless force.
The Departments of Justice and Homeland Security often describe these cases in exaggerated language, even referring to defendants as “domestic terrorists,”
though the law has nothing to do with terrorism.
Across the country, prosecutors have ch…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialOpenAI partners with six Indian education institutions, including IIT Delhi, IIM Ahmedabad, and AIIMS New Delhi, to provide ChatGPT Edu access to 100K students (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/18/openai-pushes…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialBBC News hires Lindsay McIntosh, previously Head of News at The Sunday Times, as its Executive News Editor (BBC Press Office on LinkedIn)
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7407013484615409664
@NFL@darktundra.xyzHouston, we've got a problem -- kind of -- as C.J. Stroud's playoff collapse forces Texans reckoning
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/houston
@servelan@newsie.social‘Love That Stormy Detail’: Trump Floated Through a Parade as a Jaw-Dropping Spectacle, and One Hilarious Detail Revives a Chapter He Forgets
https://atlantablackstar.com/2026/02/18/trump-floated-through-a-parade-as-a-jaw-dropping-spectacle-and-one-wildly-shocking-detail-has-viewers-zooming-in/
@cowboys@darktundra.xyzCowboys Headlines: Dallas navigates injuries; Jerry Jones honored https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2025/12/18/cowboys-back-on-the-field-as-injuries-mount-and-chargers-loom/87818597007/
@cdarwin@c.imAccording to Chile’s CONAF forestry agency, firefighters were battling 24 active fires across the country as of Sunday morning,
with the largest being in the regions of Ñuble and Bío Bío,
where the government declared the emergency.
The regions are about 500 km south of the capital, Santiago.
“In light of the serious ongoing wildfires, I have decided to declare a state of catastrophe in the regions of Ñuble and Bio Bío. All resources are available,” Boric said on a p…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSimilarweb: Threads had 141.5M DAUs on iOS and Android as of January 7, driven by Instagram promotions, while X had 125M DAUs; X continues to lead on the web (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/18/threads-edges-out-x-in-daily-mo…
@servelan@newsie.socialUS Approves $1B Loan to Restart Three Mile Island, as Microsoft Data Centers Drive Demand
https://gizmodo.com/us-approves-1b-loan-to-restart-three-mile-island-as-microsoft-data-centers-drive-demand-2000688138
@cdarwin@c.imIn recent weeks, the U.S. military has built up forces close to Iran, in what Donald Trump has referred to as an “armada.”
Trump is now deciding whether to take military action against Iran as soon as this weekend, officials said.
But unlike last June, when the United States joined Israel in attacking nuclear sites in Iran, the president’s objectives are less clear.
The "armada" includes the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln, which is accompanied by three warships …
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.deas_skitter: Skitter IP graph (2005)
An aggregate snapshot of the Internet Protocol (IP) graph, as measured by the traceroute tool on CAIDA's skitter infrastructure, in 2005.
This network has 1696415 nodes and 11095298 edges.
Tags: Technological, Communication, Unweighted
https://networks.skewed.de/net/as_s…
@servelan@newsie.socialREPORT: Graham Lobbed Multiple "Sneering" F-Bombs At Danish Prime Minister, Mocked Her As "Little Lady" - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2026/02/report-graham-lobbed-multiple-sneering-f-bombs-at-danish-prime-minister-mocked-her-as-little-lady/
@cdarwin@c.imAfter years of failing to produce a profitable augmented reality platform,
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta is pounding one of the final nails into the coffin of its metaverse efforts
— the ones that were once so central to its vision that it renamed the entire company after them.
This week, the Wall Street Journalreported Meta was laying off some 1,500 employees from its Reality Labs division,
-- the department working on Meta’s virtual reality products.
As part of the …
@Techmeme@techhub.socialBenchmark hires Jack Altman, the founder of Alt Capital and Lattice, as its fifth general partner; three Alt Capital team members will join him at Benchmark (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/benchmark-hires-jack-altman-newe…
@cdarwin@c.imDespite her close alignment with Donald Trump,
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY)
has yet to secure the president's endorsement over other Republican candidates vying for the GOP nomination for New York governor.
The lack of support has left Stefanik's allies puzzled,
particularly given Trump's previous nomination of her as UN ambassador and her status as a prominent House ally.
According to Politico, the race to challenge Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) is considered …
@servelan@newsie.socialIt Is Not Only Alright To Shame, And Ultimately Ostracize, Your MAGA Relatives, It Is Your Patriotic Duty As An American - Above the Law
https://abovethelaw.com/2025/11/it-is-not-only-alright-to-shame-and-ultimately-ostracize-your-maga-relatives-it-is-your-patriotic-duty-as-an-american/
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.dewiki_users: Wikipedia user interaction (2011)
A network derived from interactions between editors of the English language Wikipedia, as derived from the edit histories of 563 wiki pages related to politics. A positive sign indicates positive links such as trust or similarities, and a negative sign indicates distrust or disagreement.
This network has 138592 nodes and 740397 edges.
Tags: Social, Online, Signed
@NFL@darktundra.xyzAs Shedeur Sanders nears first Browns start, revisiting Cleveland's sad history of 41 starting QBs since 1999
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/shedeur-sanders-browns-qb-history/
@cdarwin@c.imOn Jan. 18, 2026, Chilean President Gabriel Boric declared a state of catastrophe for the Nuble and Biobio regions
as wildfires killed at least 16 people and forced more than 50,000 to evacuate.
A severe summer heat wave and prolonged drought since December created conditions highly favorable to wildfire ignition,
with dry foehn-type winds and 38 C daytime temperatures.
Fire agencies said nearly 4,000 firefighters are battling about 24 active wildfires as blazes have …
@Techmeme@techhub.socialAlphabet's stock rose as much as 6.9% on Wednesday, its biggest gain since early September, amid a wave of glowing reviews for Gemini 3 (Ryan Vlastelica/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-19/alphabet-…
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.dewiki_users: Wikipedia user interaction (2011)
A network derived from interactions between editors of the English language Wikipedia, as derived from the edit histories of 563 wiki pages related to politics. A positive sign indicates positive links such as trust or similarities, and a negative sign indicates distrust or disagreement.
This network has 138592 nodes and 740397 edges.
Tags: Social, Online, Signed
@cdarwin@c.imWhile X still dominates Threads on the web,
the Threads mobile app for iOS and Android has seen an increase in daily active users over the past several months.
Similarweb’s data shows that
Threads had 141.5 million daily active users on iOS and Android as of January 7, 2026, after months of growth,
while X has 125 million daily active users on mobile devices.
This appears to be the result of longer-term trends,
rather than a reaction to the recent X contro…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialTim Sweeney says Fortnite will not return to iOS in Japan in 2025, as Apple is "charging a competition-crushing 21% junk fee on third-party in-app payments" (Tim Sweeney/@timsweeneyepic)
https://x.com/timsweeneyepic/status/2001494517996732598
@cdarwin@c.imThe American patrol satellite had the targets in its sights:
two recently launched Chinese spacecraft flying through one of the most sensitive neighborhoods in space.
Like any good tactical fighter,
the American spacecraft, known as USA 270, approached from behind,
so that the sun would be at its back, illuminating the quarry.
But then one of the Chinese satellites countered by slowing down.
As USA 270 zipped by, the Chinese satellite dropped in behind its…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialOpenAI hires Instagram's VP of global partnerships, Charles Porch, as its first VP of global creative partnerships, seeking to win over a skeptical Hollywood (Julia Black/Vanity Fair)
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/openai-hires-charles-porch-instagram
@cdarwin@c.imScottish engineer and inventor,
James Watt
was born on this day
19 January 1736
"I had gone to take a walk on a fine Sabbath afternoon. I had entered the Green by the gate at the foot of Charlotte Street – had passed the old washing-house. I was thinking about the engine at the time and had gone as far as the Herd’s house when the idea came into my mind, that as steam was an elastic body it would rush into a vacuum, and if a communication was made between the cyl…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSoftBank Group Corp was among the Japanese tech stocks that fell on Dec. 18, as AI infrastructure spending worries on Wall Street crossed into the Asian markets (Lim Hui Jie/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/18/japan-tech-stocks-plun…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialAmazon overtakes Walmart as the world's largest company by revenue, reporting $717B in 2025 sales compared to Walmart's $713.2B for the 12 months to January 31 (Spencer Soper/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
@Techmeme@techhub.socialFigma reports Q4 revenue up 40% YoY to $303.8M, vs. $293.15M est., and forecasts Q1 revenue above estimates; FIG jumps 15% after hours (Jordan Novet/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/18/figma-fig-q4-earnings-report-2025.html
@Techmeme@techhub.socialCursor-developer Anysphere acquires code review startup Graphite and says Graphite will continue operating as an independent product (Beatrice Nolan/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2025/12/19/cursor-ai-coding-startup-graphite-competition-heats-up/
@Techmeme@techhub.socialNetEase says 2M people played martial arts game Where the Winds Meet in the 24 hours after its global release, as Chinese companies' cultural influence expands (Evelyn Cheng/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/19/china-conn
@Techmeme@techhub.socialAI robotics startup Physical Intelligence claims vision-language-action models learn to align human videos and robot data as pre-training is scaled up (Physical Intelligence)
https://www.physicalintelligence.company/research/human_to_robot
@Techmeme@techhub.socialMeta warns of significant difficulties in identifying and removing underage users as it prepares for Australia's under-16 social media ban, set for December 10 (Angus Whitley/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: Coinbase is preparing to launch a prediction market powered by Kalshi to allow its clients to bet on events such as elections and sports (Yueqi Yang/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/coinbase-launch-prediction-market-po…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialYann LeCun is departing Meta; sources: Meta plans to partner with LeCun on his new startup, which will be focused on world models (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-19/meta-ai-s-lecun-to-announce-exit-s…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: Google has formed a new executive council to allocate computing capacity given a critical shortage; members include Thomas Kurian and Demis Hassabis (Erin Woo/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/inside-balancing-act-googles-co…
