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Palantir sues two ex-employees now working at Percepta, an "AI transformation company" launched by General Catalyst, and alleges deception and stolen documents (Dan Primack/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/10/30/ai-palantir-general-catalyst-lawsuit…

Palantir sues ex-employees over AI startup, alleging deception, stolen documents
There's been a big rise in startup-related litigation.

Of course this exists...
#Cobol #Programming

GitHub - azac/cobol-on-wheelchair: Micro web-framework for COBOL
Micro web-framework for COBOL. Contribute to azac/cobol-on-wheelchair development by creating an account on GitHub.

Open Access: Bibliothek der Association for Computing Machinery öffnet sich
Ab Januar 2026 sollen alle Publikationen der ACM Digital Library öffentlich zugänglich sein. Das soll Wissen zugänglicher machen und Innovation fördern.

Nick Shirley, a MAGA-friendly YouTuber, goes viral with video reports about alleged fraud in Minnesota, provoking approving responses from the FBI and JD Vance (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/29/nick-shirley-minnesota-fraud-vance-fbi-somali

YouTuber Nick Shirley gets FBI response to Minnesota fraud probe
Shirley alleges billions were stolen in state scams.

"Tennet to grant grid access to 6 GW of Dutch battery projects"
#Netherlands #Batteries #Energy

Tennet to grant grid access to 6 GW of Dutch battery projects
After unlocking more than 9 GW of high-voltage grid capacity through flexible off-peak contracts, Dutch transmission system operator Tennet is set to allocate roughly two-thirds of the connection rights to battery energy storage systems.

Milan-based Bending Spoons, which buys and seeks to revitalize tech brands like AOL, raised $710M led by T. Rowe Price at an $11B pre-money valuation (Sara Fischer/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/10/30/bending-spoons-aol-billion

Bending Spoons, fresh off its AOL deal, gets valued at $11.7 billion
The Italian holding company buys and seeks to revitalize tech brands.

Puck acquires Air Mail, the startup founded by Graydon Carter; source: Carter and co-editor Alessandra Stanley will step down as part of the stock-and-cash deal (Sara Fischer/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/10/30/puck-air-mail-stock-deal-graydon-carter

Puck buys Air Mail in cash and stock deal
The deal brings together two like-minded digital media startups.

Apollo Global reaches a deal to sell AOL to Bending Spoons, sources say in a deal valued at ~$1.5B; AOL has about 30M MAUs across its email and web properties (Sara Fischer/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/10/29/aol-bending-spoons-deal

AOL to be sold to Bending Spoons for roughly $1.5B
For AOL, a deal means they will finally have a long-term home, after changing hands many times in recent years.

Apollo Global reaches a deal to sell AOL to Bending Spoons, sources say in a deal valued at ~$1.5B; AOL has about 30M MAUs across its email and web properties (Sara Fischer/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/10/29/aol-bending-spoons-deal

AOL to be sold to Bending Spoons for roughly $1.5B
For AOL, a deal means they will finally have a long-term home, after changing hands many times in recent years.

Google partners with Reliance to offer free AI Pro access to Jio 5G users in India for 18 months; Perplexity has a similar deal with Bharti Airtel (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/30/goog

Google partners with Ambani's Reliance to offer free AI Pro access to millions of Jio users in India | TechCrunch
The offer will first roll out to Jio users aged 18 to 25 before expanding to all subscribers nationwide.