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The Players' Tribune owner Minute Media acquires VideoVerse, whose AI tools let broadcasters extract highlights from sports footage, sources say for $200M-$250M (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/09/blac

BlackRock-backed Minute Media acquires Indian AI startup that extracts sports highlights | TechCrunch
Minute Media's main reason behind the acquisition is to use VideoVerse's tech and its own publisher network to better distribute content across various sports properties and generate ad revenue out of distributed content.

Warten auf den AI Mode – und bangen vor den Auswirkungen
Der neue KI-Modus in Googles Suche war für Mittwoch angekündigt, der Rollout dauert allerdings. Die EU braucht Geduld. Und Nerven.
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More than 1,400 dead across Asia after ‘rare’ cyclone & typhoon converge https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/12/more-than-1400-dead-across-asia-after-rare-cyclone-typhoons-converge/

More than 1,400 dead across Asia after ‘rare’ cyclone & typhoon converge
At least 1,400 people have died as a result of flooding and landslides across Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia, with many more still missing. The unusual combination of a tropical typhoon and two tropical cyclones is behind the mounting humanitarian disaster. Scientists and meteorologists note that Cyclone Senyar formed just north of the equator, […]

Only one paper telling the truth... is that funny?
https://theonion.com/israel-agrees-to-go-back-to-killing-palestinians-on-less-frequent-basis/

Israel Agrees To Go Back To Killing Palestinians On Less Frequent Basis
CAIRO—As part of a historic ceasefire agreement with Hamas following two years of war, the Israeli government reportedly agreed Thursday to go back to killing Palestinians on a less frequent basis. “In line with the terms of the deal, Hamas will release all remaining Israeli hostages, and Israel will still murder innocent Palestinian civilians on […]

Dust devil migration patterns reveal strong near-surface winds across #Mars: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adw5170 -> Dancing dust devils trace raging winds on Mars / Raging winds on Mars / How fast winds sweep across Mars: https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Mars_Express/Dancing_dust_devils_trace_raging_winds_on_Mars / https://mediarelations.unibe.ch/media_releases/2025/media_releases_2025/raging_winds_on_mars/index_eng.html / https://www.dlr.de/en/latest/news/2025/how-fast-winds-sweep-across-mars

🇫🇷 France has introduced a subsidy scheme for electric farm machinery, including 🚜 tractors and other equipment.
https://agirpourlatransition.ademe.fr/entreprises/aides-financieres/catalogue/2025/engins-agr…

On Dec. 6, people across the United States marched.
They protested.
They carried banners:
No war on Venezuela.
No blood for oil.
US hands off Venezuela.
They chanted and waved Venezuelan flags.
Trump says he’s coming to remove Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
-- He’s promised it’s only a matter of time.
The United States has amassed the largest military buildup in the Caribbean since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. 
But accordi…

Thousands march across US against Trump’s drive for war in Venezuela
Over the weekend, thousands of people protested in more than 65 cities across the United States against US intervention in Venezuela. This is episode 80 of Stories of Resistance.

Freitag: Chip-Milliarden für Straßenbau, Oracle-Lücke mit großen Auswirkungen
Straßenbau vor Chip-Produktion Dutzende Erpressungen nach Oracle-Lücke Diskussion um EHDS iPhone-Hüllen mit Tastatur Verbraucherschutz-Podcast zu Banken

High levels of ‘forever chemical’ found in cereal products across Europe – study https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/04/high-levels-of-forever-chemical-found-in-cereal-products-across-europe-study<…

Weltraumteleskop James Webb bestätigt die bislang früheste Supernova
Dank ausreichender Vorwarnzeit konnte das Weltraumteleskop James Webb die mit Abstand früheste Supernova erforschen. Ein Gammablitz hatte sie angekündigt.
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