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An interview with Mozilla president Mark Surman about plans to deploy its ~$1.4B in reserves to fund an AI "rebel alliance" to challenge companies like OpenAI (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/27/mozilla-buildi…

Mozilla is building an AI ‘rebel alliance’ to take on industry heavweights OpenAI, Anthropic
Mozilla is looking to deploy its roughly $1.4 billion in reserves to support "mission driven" companies and nonprofits, and is particularly focused on AI.

Native Instruments meldet Insolvenz an
Das Berliner Musiktechnologieunternehmen Native Instruments, auch Muttergesellschaft von iZotope, Plugin Alliance und Brainworx, hat Insolvenz angemeldet.
https://www.

Ozone, a publisher alliance for ad sales representing 500 media brands, signs a deal that makes Ozone's inventory available on the Microsoft Media Marketplace (Dominic Ponsford/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/marketing/p

Publisher advertising alliance teams up with Microsoft ad-buying platform
Publisher online ad coalition Ozone signed a deal that gives it visibility on a buy-side advertising platform Microsoft Media Marketplace.

Metacurity is the daily intelligence report that thousands of infosec professionals rely on to cope with news overload.
Check out today's issue, which covers critical developments you should know, including
--Cisco, Five Eyes alliance urge immediate patching for Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN zero day,
--OpenAI refused to assist in online smear and other misdeeds,
--Shinyhunters pressures Odido with first leak of stolen data,
--Only a small fraction of new vulnerabil…

Cisco, Five Eyes alliance urge immediate patching for Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN zero day
OpenAI refused to assist in online smear and other misdeeds, Shinyhunters pressures Odido with first leak of stolen data, Only a small fraction of new vulnerabilities are exploited, Mississippi Medical Center closed through Friday, Anthropic denies it won't support military cyber action, much more

😬 Native Instruments GmbH is in preliminary insolvency
https://cdm.link/ni-insolvency/

Native Instruments GmbH is in preliminary insolvency - CDM Create Digital Music
According to insolvency documents, Berlin-based Native Instruments GmbH (also parent to iZotope, Plugin Alliance, and Brainworx) is in preliminary insolvency proceedings. This is devastating news for one of the biggest brands in music-making technology.

De opmerking van Rutte geldt alleen voor de korte/middellange termijn, op langere termijn is het onzin. Hij ondergraaft hiermee de terechte inspanningen die worden gedaan om Europa snel onafhankelijker te maken, economisch en militair. Heel kwalijk.
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu…

Europe can’t defend itself without the US, NATO’s Rutte warns
The EU should stop dreaming of creating a European pillar for NATO and continue to build ties with the U.S. despite Trump, the alliance secretary-general said.

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The News/Media Alliance partners with AI startup Bria to let its 2,200 members opt into a non-exclusive licensing deal for RAG usage, giving them 50% of revenue (Sara Guaglione/Digiday)
https://digiday.com/media/news-media-a

News/Media Alliance signs AI licensing deal to unlock recurring RAG revenue for small and mid-sized publishers
The News/Media Alliance has signed an AI licensing deal that lets its publisher members opt in to monetizing RAG-driven enterprise demand.

To those who miss (part of) #CHERI Blossoms, good news, from the organizers:
> the presentations and recordings will be available on the cheri-alliance.org website a week or so after the event.
🥳

Russian officials welcomed Donald Trump's threat to impose tariffs on NATO allies over Greenland,
with Kremlin economic negotiator Kirill Dmitriev claiming on Jan. 17 that the move signals
the "collapse" of the transatlantic alliance.
https://kyivindepen…

Russia welcomes Trump's tariffs on NATO allies over Greenland as 'collapse' of alliance
"The transatlantic alliance is over," Kremlin economic negotiator Kirill Dmitriev said.

RE: https://social.osb-alliance.de/@OSBA/115927970738632837
Das ist mit Abstand das vernünftigste, was ich seit Menschengedenken aus Bayern gehört habe!

Carney offers to ‘broker a bridge’ to build giant anti-Trump trade club
#EU #Canada #CPTPP
Via @… (& @…)

NATO IN SHOCK! 10 Ukrainians "DESTROYED" two Alliance battalions!: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/20/nato-in-shock-ukrainians-ampquotdestroyedampquot.html

Series D, Episode 12 - Warlord
AVON: I agree with Mida. When you talk of compensation, Chalsa, remember: Zukan has already pledged more to this alliance than anyone else.
CHALSA: All right, all right, I agree. I accept. [Avon looks about at the others. Boorva nods. Avon gives a sickeningly sweet smile.]
https://blake.torpidity.…

Deutschland-Stack: Open-Source-Bündnis warnt vor „Souveränitäts-Washing“
Die OSB Alliance kritisiert Schlupflöcher für Hyperscaler und fordert eine ausnahmslose Open-Source-Strategie für die neue staatliche Technologie-Plattform.

At least 17 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean are on board with Trump’s new military alliance.
They are calling it the America’s Counter Cartel Coalition.
Latin America’s top right-wing leaders are involved,
including El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele and Argentina’s Javier Milei.
They met in Florida for the event, on March 7.
The United States has promised to use lethal force to destroy cartels and narco-traffickers in those nations.
Kristi Noem,…

The Donroe Coalition: Trump’s new right-wing military alliance
Last weekend, Donald Trump met with right-wing allies from Latin America to kick off a new military coalition to attack so-called drug cartels and push his agenda up and down the hemisphere. This is episode 8 of Under the Shadow, Season 2.

Worth reading #NYT
"Three American Speeches at Munich, and Plenty of Confusion
As the U.S. message veered from shared heritage and values to shared interests and back again, Europeans wondered what kind of alliance they were left with."

Three American Speeches at Munich, and Plenty of Confusion
As the U.S. message veered from shared heritage and values to shared interests and back again, Europeans wondered what kind of alliance they were left with.

The European Left Alliance has just now launched an ECI: A European Citizen's Initiative to demand #JusticeForPalestine. It's similar to a petition, and legally binding if the goal of 1.000.000 signatures is reached. The EU has to act if we share this enough!
We demand a full suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement, which is the cornerstone of EU-Israel …

Trump's "Board of Peace" logo is clearly just ripping off the United Nations logo.

RE: #Fediverse!
Die #European DIGITAL #SME Alliance ist das größte Netzwerk kleiner und mittlerer IKT-Unternehmen in #Europa und vertritt mehr als 45.000 Unternehmen.
@… @…
#NeuHier #DutGemacht

„Souveränitäts-Washing“ im 🇩🇪-Stack: Wer Unabhängigkeit predigt, aber weiter auf proprietäre Abhängigkeiten setzt, betreibt Etikettenschwindel. Digitale Selbstbestimmung ist mehr als PR. OSB Alliance laut @… #OpenSource

"Lack of demand hampering flexible plastics recycling, warns industry alliance"
#Plastic #Plastics #Recycling

Filings from Elon Musk's OpenAI lawsuit detail Microsoft's decade-long relationship with OpenAI, including plans for a new subsidiary during Sam Altman's firing (Todd Bishop/GeekWire)
https://www.geekwire.com/2026/the-microsof

Community Planning Alliance
Grey Belt Tracker
68,000 'grey belt' houses shown.
Of which 65% are at planning application, 14% at appeal and 17% in local plan review.
Sites are listed as mostly arable, meadow, pasture & paddock (plus 14 entries that are flood plain). Not a disused petrol station or car park in sight.
The three worst affected Green Belts are Metropolitan, North West and West Midlands.

I'm sure he doesn't comprehend why NATO might be a tad reluctant these days, when only a year ago...
But he can always ask his buddies Vlad and Kim to help out.
From last year: https://apnews.com/article/trump-nato-ukraine-c5fef35ca057a31a61cba6…

Trump casts doubt on NATO solidarity
President Donald Trump is expressing uncertainty that NATO would come to the United States' defense if the country were attacked. That's despite the alliance doing just that after Sept. 11 in what was the only time that the Article 5 defense guarantee has ever been invoked. He also suggested Thursday that the United States might abandon its NATO commitments if member countries don’t meet defense spending targets. Trump mentioned France during his remarks, saying if he called them and said, �…

Ukraine needs billions in US arms as Greenland dispute pushes alliance to breaking point, documents reveal: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/19/ukraine-needs-billions-in-us.html

Trump’s claim of forthcoming deal with Nato over Greenland is ‘not real’
Sascha Faxe, a member of Denmark’s parliament,
has said that the deal Donald Trump claims to have struck with Nato over Greenland is “not real”.
“The thing is, there can’t be a deal without having Greenland as part of the negotiations, first of all,” Faxe said.
She went on to reference earlier comments from Aaja Chemnitz Larsen, a Greenlandic member of the Danish parliament, saying:
“I have…

If anyone has questions about this role, I'm happy to answer them! I've really enjoyed supporting the digital humanities as ADHO Exec Board Secretary
From: @…
https://

Donald Knuth is quite enthusiastic about his recent experiences with generative AI: #Knuth

NATO SG Rutte praises the end of international law as we knew it. Attack any country that does stuff you don't like, and never mind the democratic process in your own country! https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace

Congratulations to the ten German universities that successfully defended their status as universities of excellence.
RWTH Aachen @rwthaachenuniversity@wisskomm.social
Berlin University Alliance ( @… @… …

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"Everything I’ve feared would happen is happening.
America has fallen. NATO is teetering. Europe is on the brink of some new darkness. The Silicon Valley tech companies are now in an alliance with the worst people on the planet" -- @…

On Power
Liminal thoughts from a liminal space, "The Perineum" between Christmas and New Year

Supreme Court considers Trump administration’s bid to fire Lisa Cook,
asking lawyer to provide evidence for alleged mortgage fraud
During today’s arguments, both conservative justice Amy Coney Barrett
and Ketanji Brown Jackson of the liberal wing of the court
pushed solicitor general Sauer to explain how the administration’s allegations against Cook would harm the public if she were to remain in her position.
Jackson went on to press Sauer to provide “evidence t…

Russia welcomes Trump's tariffs on NATO allies over Greenland as 'collapse' of alliance: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/18/russia-welcomes-trumps-tariffs-on.html

Radio Can sur Amazon, vraiment degueulass
https://www.lapresse.ca/arts/chroniques/2026-03-06/ici-rdi-sur-prime-video/l-entente-qui-ne-passe-pas.php

@… thanks, that's genuinely interesting (although I stopped using Parallels many years ago (and then abandoned Apple products)).
I had no idea that an alliance with Corel had formed!

The #Agile Manifesto is now 25 years old - happy anniversary! 🥳
https://agilealliance.org/25-years-ago-a-manifesto-was-born/

25 Years Ago, a Manifesto Was Born | The Agile Manifesto | Agile Alliance
A concise history of the Agile Manifesto’s creation at Snowbird, told through participant recollections and the pivotal moments that shaped its four values, 25 years later.

Sources detail how JD Vance, David Sacks, and others brokered a fragile truce between President Trump and Elon Musk, who threatened to fund an America Party (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/12/29/musk-trump-vance-maga-allia…

How Vance brokered a truce between Trump and Musk
As Trump’s first year in office comes to a close, both he and his Trump world allies have learned hard lessons about Musk’s unusual influence.

Radoslaw Sikorski, vice-premier ministre de Pologne : « Le défi de l’UE consiste Š traduire son poids économique en influence et en leadership mondiaux »
https://www.

Radoslaw Sikorski, vice-premier ministre de Pologne : « Le défi de l’UE consiste à traduire son poids économique en influence et en leadership mondiaux »
Le ministre des affaires étrangères polonais appelle, dans une tribune au « Monde », au renfort de la coopération européenne en matière de sécurité, de migration, de technologie et de politique étrangère et à une alliance occidentale accrue avec les Etats-Unis.

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I was a bit slow in my thinking but the fact that grabbing Greenland also breaks NATO could actually be an extra reason for Trump to do it.... The alliance is one life-support anyway... Also there is good chance that the EU will struggle to reach consensus on a reaction, divisions will increase, all wins for Trump....
#NATO

Dans un communiqué publié ce mardi après-midi, le PLR Vaud, le parti le plus représenté au parlement «estime nécessaire de prendre ses distances avec les agissements de la conseillère d’Etat Dittli». Une rupture qui annonce la fin d’une alliance contre nature. L’électorat sanctionnera en 2027.
https://www.letemps.ch/suisse/vaud/le-plr-lache-valerie-dittli-l-alliance-vaudoise-prend-un-peu-plus-l-eau

"Killers of Roe" is a new book by the reproductive rights journalist Amy Littlefield
on what she describes as the death of abortion rights in the United States.
The book is framed as a murder mystery, examining a
“twisted alliance of believers and opportunists” in the years and decades before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022.
“It started out as a murder mystery because it was a way to entice myself to tell a really difficult story about wom…

“Killers of Roe”: Amy Littlefield Investigates the “Mysterious Death of Abortion Rights” in U.S.
Killers of Roe is a new book by the reproductive rights journalist Amy Littlefield on what she describes as the death of abortion rights in the United States. The book is framed as a murder mystery, examining a “twisted alliance of believers and opportunists” in the years and decades before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. “It started out as a murder mystery because it was a way to entice myself to tell a really difficult story about women dying preventable deaths as a re…

Is the #Pope a Star Wars fan?
Also: a strong and well thought-out message on #AI, social media and other things that interest us here on Fedi.
Never thought I will read this list of tech terms in an official message from the

How independent Venezuelan outlets, operating from exile and in alliance with reporters who remain in the country, managed to cover Maduro's ouster (César López Linares/LatAm Journalism Review)
https://latamjournalismrevie…

How Venezuelan journalists broke the information blockade with a 10-hour broadcast of Maduro’s ouster
How Venezuelan journalists broke the information blockade with a 10-hour broadcast of Maduro’s ouster Digital Native. Latin American Journalism Review by The Knight Center at The University of Texas at Austin.

This is sound.
However the Together Alliance needs to do a lot more than organise merely performative marches
Despite the headlines, the British left is big. Can it unite to make a difference in 2026? | Morning Star
https://www.morningstaronline.c…

🤯 RUSSIA chooses NATO country for first STRIKE against ALLIANCE #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/11/russia-chooses-nato-country-for.html

RE: https://c.im/@cdarwin/116242078585351780
The Trump Justice Department has forged an unholy alliance with this convicted
Russia-connected fabricator
whose lies were embraced by Trump, MAGA Republicans,
and right-wing media
and cited as smo…

With a historic supermajority now secured, the Japanese
Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) under Sanae Takaichi stands at its strongest position in decades.
The collapse of the Centrist Reform Alliance (CRA) in the same election has left Japan’s political landscape without its most prominent counterweight.
The question now is simple: what is left of Japan’s opposition?
Running under the slogan “Citizens First,” the CRA tried to appeal to voters with middle-ground messagi…

[Insider] Where Will Japan’s Bruised Opposition Go After Takaichi’s Big Win? - Unseen Japan
PM Takaichi secured a supermajority in the Lower House election as the opposition fractured. What comes next for Japan’s politics?

HBO Max and RTL strike a bundle partnership in Germany ahead of HBO Max's local launch on January 13; RTL's Ad Alliance already handles HBO Max's ad sales (Max Goldbart/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/01/hbo-max-rtl-partner-germany-content…

HBO Max & RTL+ Partner Up In Germany Ahead Of Jan 13 Launch
HBO Max & RTL+ have partnered in Germany on a bundle and content like 'The White Lotus' and 'House of the Dragon'.

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DEMONSTRATIVE STRIKE: weakness of Russian strategic alliance in Caracas #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/08/demonstrative-strike-weakness-of-russian.html

Big Tech got almost everything it wanted from President Trump, as he backs policies that allow the industry to grow unfettered, worrying some conservatives (Cecilia Kang/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/technol<…

From A.I. to Chips, Big Tech Is Getting What It Wants From Trump
The president has backed policies that allow the industry to grow unfettered. The mutually beneficial alliance is causing concern among some conservatives.

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NATO Is Having a Military Exercise.
The U.S., Its Largest Member, Won’t Be There.
The operation, Steadfast Dart, comes as Trump has been accused of undermining the alliance
It will be watched closely to see how well the allies manage without their most important partner

NATO to Hold Military Exercise Without U.S., Its Largest Member
The operation, Steadfast Dart, comes as President Trump has been accused of undermining the alliance and will be watched closely to see how well the allies manage without their most important partner.

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This network has 16 nodes and 58 edges.
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h…

On Thursday Trump recast his denial, saying he had told the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, not to attack Iranian gasfields again, but he appeared unable to explain the logic of how the junior partner in a wartime military alliance had felt able to act unilaterally with such internationally damaging consequences.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/19/iran-says-it-will-show-zero-restraint-if-energy-infrastructure-is-targeted-again?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

NATO countries will launch a brand new operation in the Arctic this week,
following US claims that the island of Greenland is facing serious threats from China and Russia.
The Western military alliance is expected to launch "Arctic Sentry", three people with knowledge of the plans said,
in a move to deter foreign adversaries in the high north.
The decision, however, is widely interpreted as political rather than based on concrete security risks.
US Pr…

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h…

There is no clear provision in the #Nato treaty for #expelling a country,
though its preamble does commit the US and other allies
“to live in peace with all peoples and all governments” and
“to safeguard the freedom, common heritage and civilisation of their peoples”
– wording once intended to be u…

An attack by the United States on a Nato ally would mean the end of both the military alliance
and “post-second world war security”,
Denmark’s leader has warned,
after Donald Trumpthreatened again to take over Greenland.
https://www.

Valérie Dittli: "Je lance un appel Š la paix dans l'Alliance de centre droit". On dit que Erdogan et Meloni sont prêt Š faire de la médiation. https://www.rts.ch/info/regions/vaud/2026/article/valerie-dittli-appelle-a-l-unite-de-l-alliance-vaudoise-malgre-les-polemiques-29134888.html

Shortly after U.S. forces captured Venezuela’s leader, Trump said that Cuba’s days were numbered
and that his administration may turn its sights on the Communist island next.
“Cuba looks like it is ready to fall,” Trump said to reporters on Air Force One.
“I don’t know if they’re going to hold out, but Cuba now has no income.
They got all their income from Venezuela, from the Venezuelan oil.”
Whether Washington does move against Cuba remains to be seen.
P…

After Venezuela, Trump Says Cuba Is ‘Ready to Fall’
The capture of Nicolás Maduro is a devastating blow to the alliance between Venezuela and Cuba. Many wonder if the island nation will be targeted next.

"Latvia deploys 258 MW of PV in 2025"
#Latvia #SolarPower #Energy #Renewables

Latvia deploys 258 MW of PV in 2025
With Latvia’s cumulative solar capacity reaching 920 MW by end of 2025, the Latvian Renewable Energy Alliance says the 1 GW threshold may now have been surpassed. The country also appears on track for a record year in solar deployment this year, as some of the largest projects in the pipeline materialize. 

The ‍Baltic Sea region is on high alert after a string of power cable,
telecom link and gas pipeline outages since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, ‍
and the NATO military alliance has boosted its presence with frigates, aircraft and naval drones
The latest incident was made public five days after Finnish police seized a cargo vessel en route from Russia to Israel on suspicion of sabotaging ‌an undersea telecom cable running from Helsinki across the Gulf of Finland to Estoni…