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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.

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.

The joy of commercial big data. Thomson Reuters helps ICE to see in realtime which drivers are Democrats.
https://www.404media.co/this-app-lets-ice-track-vehicles-and-owners-across-the-country/

This App Lets ICE Track Vehicles and Owners Across the Country
Material viewed by 404 Media shows data giant Thomson Reuters enriches license plate data with marriage, voter, and ownership records. The tool can predict where a car may be in the future.

Russian attacks kill 5, injure 30 across Ukraine as Moscow again targets energy infrastructure: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/18/russian-attacks-kill-injure-across.html

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Agriculture:
🎵 Bodhidharma
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https://agriculturemusic.bandcamp.com/track/bodhidharma
https://open.spotify.com/track/1NoYnWzMQ1mY67jo7gDakq

Quora's Poe launches group chats, letting users around the world engage in group chats with up to 200 people and collaborate across 200 AI models (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/18/poes-ai-app-now-supports-group-chats-acro…

Poe's AI app now supports group chats across AI models | TechCrunch
Quora's AI platform Poe now lets users engage in group chats with up to 200 people across AI models and bots.

Fachkräftemangel: Warum in der KI-Branche gerade Elektriker und Klempner fehlen
In den USA ist der Bau zahlreicher Rechenzentren geplant. Ausgerechnet der Mangel an gut ausgebildeten Handwerkern könnte allerdings zu Verzögerungen führen.

EU agrees to €90 billion loan for Ukraine, without frozen Russian assets (France 24)
https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20251219-eu-agrees-to-€90-billion-loan-for-ukraine-without-frozen-russian-assets
http://www.memeorandum.com/251219/p11#a251219p11

UN-Bericht: Methan-Ausstoß sinkt langsamer als nötig
Ein UN-Bericht zeigt Möglichkeiten zu Methan-Einsparungen auf. Dennoch gelangt viel von dem aggressiven Treibhausgas in die Atmosphäre.
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This App Lets ICE Track Vehicles and Owners Across the Country (Joseph Cox/404 Media)
https://www.404media.co/this-app-lets-ice-track-vehicles-and-owners-across-the-country/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251117/p101#a251117p101