Insight Partners-owned Veeam agrees to acquire Securiti AI, which makes data security tools, for ~$1.73B in cash and stock, set to close first week of December (Dina Bass/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-…
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
Billionaire Larry Ellison,
the largest shareholder of Paramount,
often speaks to connections at the White House but, in at least one of the calls,
engaged in a dialogue about possibly firing CNN hosts whom Donald Trump is said to loathe, including Erin Burnett and Brianna Keilar.
Senior White House officials have discussed internally their preference for Paramount Skydance to acquire Warner Bros Discovery in recent weeks,
and one official has discussed potentia…
«Imagine a carpenter who couldn’t figure out how to adjust their table saw, or a surgeon who shrugged and said something like, “I’m just not a scalpel person.” We would never accept that. But in the field of knowledge work, “I’m just not a tech person” has become a permanent identity instead of a temporary gap to be filled»
Tech is partially to blame, but totally agree on the "permanent identity" bit of where people refuse to learn the tools of their trade
/HT @…
https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/please-learn-how-to-use-your-computer/
Etwas mehr der heute besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Patchday XXL: Microsoft schließt teils aktiv attackierte Schwachstellen
Was ist denn das? #Kichererbsen sind es schonmal nicht. Ist das Acker-Rettich? 🤔
Übrigens, #Wanderroutentipps in diesem Bundesland mit GPX-Track findet Ihr über
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…
Sources: Sinclair builds an ~8% stake in E.W. Scripps and is vying to acquire the local TV broadcaster; the companies held constructive talks in recent months (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/business/deals/sincl…
Stop expecting this guy to do “peace” except on his terms which means the end of a free and independent Ukraine.
“MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin emphasized Friday that Moscow’s troops were advancing across the battlefield in Ukraine and voiced confidence that the Kremlin would achieve its goals militarily if Kyiv doesn't agree to Russia's conditions in peace talks.
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#putin #russiaUkraineWar #ukraine #nato #eu
https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/world/putin-tells-his-annual-news-conference-that-the-kremlins-military-goals-in-ukraine-will-be/article_334ace92-4491-54f6-91d3-6d7d26a66963.html
Sources: DAZN is in advanced talks to acquire a majority stake in US regional sports broadcaster Main Street Sports Group, formerly Diamond Sports Group (Lauren Thomas/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/bus…