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Kremlin agrees to Macron’s proposal to resume contacts, Paris to set terms in coming days: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/22/kremlin-agrees-to-macrons-proposal.html

Waymo already operates in San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Austin, and Phoenix.
But maps published by California’s Department of Motor Vehicles showed that the company can now test and deploy its autonomous vehicles across a much larger area in both the Bay Area and Southern California.
In the Bay Area, Waymo’s approved areas of operation now include most of the East Bay and North Bay (including Napa/Wine Country), as well as Sacramento.
In Southern Cal…

Waymo gets regulatory approval to expand across Bay Area and Southern California | TechCrunch
Waymo continues to expand its reach, with the robotaxi company posting Friday that it’s now “officially authorized to drive fully autonomously across more of the Golden State.”

Federal Judge Orders Education Dept To Reinstate $1 Billion In Mental Health Grants Across 16 Blue States - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2025/12/federal-judge-orders-education-dept-to-reinstate-1-billion-in-mental-health-grants-across-16-blue-states/

Wie ein französischer Richter von den USA digital abgeklemmt wurde
Nicolas Guillou wurde von den USA als Richter des Internationalen Strafgerichtshofs sanktioniert. Die Auswirkungen bemerkt er vor allem im Digitalen.

Netflix acquires avatar creation platform Ready Player Me to let its subscribers carry their personas and fandoms across games; the startup raised $72M (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/19/netflix-acquires-gaming-avatar-maker-read…

Netflix acquires gaming avatar maker Ready Player Me | TechCrunch
The gaming startup will allow Netflix subscribers to create avatars that can extend across gaming titles.

Russia legitimizes its aggression as defense against NATO #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/22/russia-legitimizes-its-aggression-as.html

🔥 Russia legitimizes aggression as protection against NATO #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/22/russia-legitimizes-aggression-as-protection.html

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-…

DraftKings acquires predictions platform Railbird as it prepares to launch its mobile platform DraftKings Predictions in the coming months (Contessa Brewer/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/21/draftkings-railbird-predictions-platform-acquisition.htm…

DraftKings acquires predictions platform Railbird
The sports betting giant is preparing to launch a new platform in the coming months called DraftKings Predictions.

HBO Max raises prices across all plans: Basic With Ads increases by $1/month to $10.99, Standard by $1.50/month to $18.49, and Premium by $2/month to $22.99 (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/hbo-max-prices-increases-plans-2025-123655767…

HBO Max Raises Prices Across All Plans Effective Immediately
It's going to cost you more to watch HBO Max, after the streaming platform raised its prices just a year after its last hikes.