re:publica: Große Fragen, kaum Antworten
An digitalpolitischen Fragestellungen gab es bei der dreitägigen Konferenz re:publica in Berlin keinen Mangel – auch dank der Weltlage.
https://www.heise.de/new…
Docs: AI data startup Mercor had $614M in gross revenue in H1 2026, up 70% from all of 2025, with ~91% from foundation model makers like OpenAI and Anthropic (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/mercors-fast-growth-r…
It seems like it's out of fashion to provide meaningful changlog messages on #Android app updates. 😔
"Improving your experience."
"Minor changes."
"Making it even better for you."
"Providing the newest changes."
Cybersecurity is now a burning topic in capitals around the globe, so stay ahead of the curve by checking out today's Metacurity for the most crucial developments, including
--Anthropic watch: Congress scrambles, Europe recoils, and Anthropic's halo grows brighter,
--Leak exposes members of Peter Thiel's secretive power network,
--Cybercrime now accounts for a third of crimes in parts of Asia,
--France picks local rival to replace Palantir at spy agency,
Another Trump enemy falls as Brad Raffensperger loses Georgia primary (Alec Hernandez/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/19/raffensperger-loses-georgia-governor-primary-00929036
http://www.memeorandum.com/260519/p131#a260519p131
Need a concise rundown of everything that happened in the Anthropic saga yesterday? Today's Metacurity pulls together the latest developments, plus the other cybersecurity news that matters, including
--Bulgarian spyware firm sold surveillance tools to repressive regimes,
--The Gentlemen claims attack on Queensland sugar mills,
--FortiBleed exposes 73k Fortinet VPN credentials,
--Startup competition leak exposes 5k applicants,
--Canada spy agency disrupted b…
Italy nixes envoy's U.S. visit as leader Meloni "stunned" by Trump comments: "Neither I nor Italy beg" (Frank Andrews/CBS News)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-giorgia-meloni-stunned-italy-nixes-tajani-visit/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260619/p37#a260619p37
Für Leser:innen meines Blogs mal etwas ganz Anderes und Neues: ich starte eine Artikelserie, wo ich #Songtexte und #Musik kommentiere.
Den Anfang machen:
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