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> “almost everyone at Vimeo was laid off,” including the entire video team
Capitalism, working as designed.
Oh, you thought it was about making shiny, fun things for you play with? Oh, my sweet, summer child, no… capitalism is about fuck you.
Why?
Because. @…

Bending Spoons acquires Eventbrite for ~$500M in an all-cash deal, following its $1.38B purchase of Vimeo and a pending acquisition of AOL (Cate Lawrence/Tech.eu)
https://tech.eu/2025/12/02/bending-spoons-to-acquire-eventbrite-in-500m-all-cash-deal/

Bending Spoons to acquire Eventbrite in $500M all-cash deal
Bending Spoons is acquiring the global event management platform Eventbrite in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $500 million. Eventbrite would become the latest major global brand to join the Bending Spoons portfolio. Last month, the company announced a definitive agreement to acquire AOL, pending customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals. Bending Spoons also recently completed its $1.38 billion acquisition of Vimeo. “For two decades, Eventbrite has stood at the…

Smart-Home-Hub für die Wand: Aqara S1 Plus mit Siri- und AirPlay-Anbindung
Aqara hat sein Smart-Home-Kontrollzentrum für Apple-Nutzer aufgerüstet – bevor Apple voraussichtlich selbst ein solches Produkt auf den Markt bringt.

J'espères bien que non https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2025/12/28/jordan-bardella-peut-gagner-a-ma-place-l-election-presidentielle-assure-marine-le-pen_6659649_823448.html

Jordan Bardella « peut gagner à ma place » l’élection présidentielle de 2027, assure Marine Le Pen
« Les idées vont survivre, l’avenir de la France est assuré », a déclaré la triple candidate du parti d’extrême droite, qui sera jugée en appel du 13 janvier au 12 février dans l’affaire des assistants parlementaires européens du FN.

First they made useless demands, then they also caved even on their useless demands. The US is a one-party state but in our typical extravagance we have two of them.
https://truthout.org/articles/democrats-cave-on-demands-f…

Democrats Cave on Demands for DHS Reforms, Agree to Short-Term Spending Bill
The deal — a major concession from Democrats — funds DHS and its immigration-related agencies for another two weeks.

Guatemala has opted out of renewing a lease agreement
on a 7,000-acre oil field in order to use the land for better protection of the surrounding Laguna del Tigre Biosphere Reserve.
An 830,000-acre component of the greater Mayan Biosphere Reserve
which allows Mesoamerican wildlife to roam freely between the country and neighboring Belize and Mexico,
it’s one of the world’s most important protected areas.
As such, the presence of an oil field inside its borders wa…

Guatemala Opts Out of Oil Extraction in Favor of Protecting Jaguars and Macaws in Mayan Biosphere
Natural Resources Minister Patricia Orantes said the government is trying to do a “180-degree” shift on many management decisions.

EU in race against time to agree climate emissions target #EU

EU in race against time to agree climate emissions target
European diplomats are scrambling to agree on a 10-year target to cut EU carbon emissions this week, with time running out ahead of the United Nations COP30 climate summit.

The Pentagon denied the AP and others access to a few news briefings, claiming they're orientation events for the new press corps, which now includes Matt Gaetz (David Bauder/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/pentagon-pre…

Outlets that reach millions denied access to rare Pentagon news briefings
It's not often Pentagon officials hold briefings for the press, but they are this week — although outlets that reach millions of news consumers have been denied access. Instead, press meetings with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and press representative Kingsley Wilson are being characterized by the Pentagon as part of orientation sessions for newly credentialed Pentagon press. Most mainstream outlets exited the Pentagon this fall rather than agree to rules they worried would restrict them fr…

In #Tützpatz hat #Vattenfall Deutschlands größten #AgriPV Park mit 76 MWp Leistung in Betrieb genommen.
Auf 93 Hektar werden

Deutschlands größter Agri-PV Park geht in Betrieb
Offizieller Dienstbeginn für ein Pionierprojekt der Energiewende: Heute (10.9.) nimmt Vattenfall den bis dato größten deutschen Agri-PV Park „Tützpatz“ in Betrieb. Es ist ein weiterer Schritt des Unternehmens, den Übergang zu fossilfreier Energie zu unterstützen und damit die Gesellschaft voranzubringen. Starke Partnerin ist die Deutsche Telekom AG. Sie nimmt den produzierten Grünstrom für zehn Jahre vollständig ab.

Brookfield is launching a cloud company called Radiant and a new $10B AI fund, and plans to acquire up to $100B in land, data centers, and power assets for AI (Miles Kruppa/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/brookfield-start-cloud-b…

Brookfield to Start Cloud Business to Lower Cost of AI
Private-equity firm Brookfield is starting its own cloud business, going up against tech giants like Amazon by arguing it can bring down the costs of developing AI. The firm, which has long invested in infrastructure and energy, is becoming the first major investment firm to try to lease chips ...