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Digitalstrategie: Bayern setzt auf zentrale Infrastruktur, Microsoft & Bayern‑KI
Bayern will eine zentrale IT-Infrastruktur aufbauen – mit an Bord sind die Anstalt für Kommunale Datenverarbeitung in Bayern, aber auch Microsoft.

AWS announces a commitment to invest up to $50B to build AI and HPC infrastructure for the US government, starting in 2026 and adding nearly 1.3 GW of capacity (Eric Revell/Fox Business)
https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/amazon-invest…

Amazon to invest up to $50B to build AI infrastructure for US government agencies
AWS announced an investment of up to $50 billion to build AI and supercomputing infrastructure for U.S. government agencies starting in 2026 through a new initiative.

Belarus imprisons citizen who fought for Russia in Ukraine, defying Moscow: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/24/belarus-imprisons-citizen-who-fought.html

I found this an interesting view on the AI scraping and Hoovering everything disease.
This view focuses on the overhead and costs that such hoovering places on our packet carrying infrastructure.
"The hiQ Decision Legalized Infrastructure Theft - We Need a Federal Fix"
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The hiQ Decision Legalized Infrastructure Theft - We Need a Federal Fix
The hiQ ruling erased legal protections against commercial scraping, leaving infrastructure providers to absorb escalating costs. Without federal action defining data misappropriation, a free-rider AI economy could undermine open networks, investment, and long-term data integrity.

That's a lot of dough
The FBI warned today of a massive surge in account takeover (ATO) fraud schemes and said that cybercriminals impersonating financial institutions have stolen over $262 million in ATO attacks since the start of the year.
https://www.

FBI: Cybercriminals stole $262M by impersonating bank support teams
The FBI warns of a surge in account takeover (ATO) fraud schemes and says that cybercriminals impersonating various financial institutions have stolen over $262 million in ATO attacks since the start of the year.

Was wondering how to use Subresource Integrity with dynamic import() — thought maybe there was a path forward using import attributes (no) but I did stumble across this excellent post about using it with Import Maps (from @…):

There are two open consultations about digitising the information about properties for use in the home selling process.
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/material-information-in-property-listings

Material information in property listings
​​This consultation seeks views on guidance to make important property information available upfront for home buyers and sellers.

🕶️ “Like putting on glasses for the first time”—how AI improves earthquake detection
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/10/like-putting-on-glasses-for-the-first-time-how-ai-improves-earthquake-detection/

“Like putting on glasses for the first time”—how AI improves earthquake detection
AI is “comically good” at detecting small earthquakes—here’s why that matters.

Waymo, which paused its service during blackouts in San Francisco on December 20, says it is updating its fleet to improve navigation during widespread outages (Ari Levy/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/23/waymo-updating-fleet-af…

Waymo will update driverless fleet after San Francisco blackout to improve navigation during outages
Three days after blackouts in San Francisco brought down Waymo's service, the company said it's implementing changes for when "infrastructure fails."

Amazon investiert 50 Milliarden Dollar in KI-Infrastruktur für US-Behörden
Amazon Web Services will ab 2026 spezialisierte KI-Rechenzentren für US-Regierungsbehörden bauen. Die Investition umfasst 1,3 Gigawatt Rechenkapazität.