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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-…

EU leaders agree on $105 billion loan to secure Ukraine’s financing through 2027: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/19/eu-leaders-agree-on-billion.html

Anthropic commits to buy $30B in Azure capacity in a new deal with Microsoft and Nvidia, which commit to invest up to $5B and $10B, respectively, in Anthropic (Microsoft)
https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2025/11/18/microsoft-nvidia-…

Microsoft, NVIDIA and Anthropic announce strategic partnerships - The Official Microsoft Blog
Anthropic to scale Claude on Azure Anthropic to adopt NVIDIA architecture NVIDIA and Microsoft to invest in Anthropic Today Microsoft, NVIDIA and Anthropic announced new strategic partnerships. Anthropic is scaling its rapidly-growing Claude AI model on Microsoft Azure, powered by NVIDIA, which will broaden access to Claude and provide Azure enterprise customers with expanded model choice and new capabilities. Anthropic...

Anna-Karin Hatts avhopp borde vara en larmklocka. Det är dags för svenska politiker och makthavare i opinionssfären att agera.
Ett första enkelt steg finns: lämna X.
Många har redan bytt plattform till Mastodon, Bluesky m.fl. Ta ert ansvar, proffstyckare, gör det ni också.

It is now less than than 12 months to the midterm elections.
And the D-party is about as ready and organized as a bag of live worms.
The R-party is ready with massive tools to exclude voters; block, disrupt and manipulate the vote counts; and otherwise assure that the election comes out their way.
But the D's still hang onto leaders and issues (I'm lookin' at you "identity politics") that are like boat anchors on a parachute.
I am old, but I firm…

I wrote a blog post that could be seen as depressing, but I think it's full of hope and perhaps you'll agree.
I'd like to hear what you think.
https://rasterweb.net/raster/2025/12/16/the-book-of-pete/

The Book of Pete
Something for when I am gone I guess...

Dei agora um dos meus raríssimos saltos ao Facebook (tem sido em média 1 por mês, mais ou menos), e deparei com isto.
Achei que devia trazer para aqui. Porque é relevante.

Umerov: Ukraine, U.S., and European partners agree on next steps in talks on Trump’s Ukraine peace plan: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/20/umerov-ukraine-us-and-european.html

Agora Digitale Transformation fordert: mehr Geld & Strategie für offene Plattformen – von Fediverse bis Bluesky (??). Europas digitale Öffentlichkeit darf nicht länger an BigTech hängen. Souveränität heißt: offene Infrastruktur statt Abhängigkeit. 1-Prinzip jetzt konsequent umsetzen!
#DigitaleSouveränität

Digitale Souveränität: Think Tank empfiehlt mehr Investitionen in Big-Tech-Alternativen
Vor dem Gipfel zur europäischen digitalen Souveränität werden die Appelle an die Bundesregierung lauter, gemeinwohlorientierte Alternativen zu Facebook und Co. zu stärken. Offene Netzwerke wie das Fediverse sollen mit konkreten Maßnahmen aus der Nische geführt werden.

The Kremlin WILL NOT GO TO PEACE: Why Russia will not agree to any truce | Explainer: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/18/the-kremlin-will-not-go.html