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Android Auto: Gemini ersetzt den Google Assistant
Google ersetzt den Google Assistant durch den neuen KI-Assistenten Gemini. Erste Nutzer können die Funktion bereits verwenden.
https://www.hei…

In a letter, the SIA urges the USPTO to drop a plan to impose annual patent fees of 1% to 5% based on government-assessed value, replacing the flat-fee model (Jowi Morales/Tom's Hardware)

Chipmaking industry pushes back on U.S. Patent Office considering imposing annual fee based on assessed value — “tax on innovation” draws strong opposition from Semiconductor Industry Association
The federal government wants a bigger slice of the semiconductor pie through patents.

Ich habe (in den Andromeda Nachrichten des SFCD) mal versucht, meinem Unbehagen bezüglich persönlicher AI-Assistent*innen auf den Grund zu gehen - und bin auch mit Hilfe literarischer Beispiele bei den Themen Vertrauen und Versklavung angekommen.
https://blog.till-westermayer.de/2025/

Der Traum von digitaler Assistenz
In eigener Sache: in der aktuellen Ausgabe der Andromeda Nachrichten Nr. 291 des SFCD ist mein Text "Der Traum von digitaler Assistenz" (S. 44-45) erschienen. Die komplette Ausgabe gibt es hier als PDF. Der Traum von digitaler Assistenz. Science Fiction oder schon Realität? Egal, wohin man au

Poland detains Russian archaeologist accused of damaging cultural sites in occupied Crimea: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/11/poland-detains-russian-archaeologist-accused.html

Model Context Protocol Server for #HomeAssistant
https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/mcp_server/

Kristi Noem Accused of Lying Under Oath and Trump Officials Fail to Answer Basic Questions in Explosive Hearing (Aaron Parnas/The Parnas Perspective)
https://aaronparnas.substack.com/p/news-kristi-noem-accused-of-lying
http://www.memeorandum.com/251211/p74#a251211p74

from my link log —
An adequate left-associated binary numeral system in the lambda calculus.
https://www.brics.dk/RS/95/42/index.html
saved 2026-01-09 https://

Canada-based legaltech company Clio raised a $500M Series G at a $5B valuation, along with $350M in debt, and says it has completed its $1B vLex acquisition (Josh Scott/BetaKit)
https://betakit.com/clio-secures-500-million-usd-series-g-as-it-comple…

Clio secures $500-million USD Series G as it completes vLex acquisition | BetaKit
BC legaltech firm nabs $5-billion valuation plus $350 million in debt to help close deal.

Broadcoms VMware-Übernahme: EU-Kommission soll Warnsignale ignoriert haben
Der Cloud-Verband CISPE greift die EU-Kommission vor Gericht scharf an: Bei der Genehmigung der VMware-Akquisition durch Broadcom habe die Aufsicht versagt.

Coinbase confirms that it has called off acquisition talks with stablecoin infra startup BVNK; reports previously put the acquisition price around $2B (Ben Weiss/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2025/11/11/coinbase-bvnk-2-billion-deal-falls-through-stableco…

Exclusive: Coinbase and stablecoin startup BVNK call off $2 billion acquisition
BVNK was previously fielding offers from not only Coinbase but Mastercard.