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Sources detail Mark Zuckerberg's all-in bet to make Meta an AI leader, with some saying Alexandr Wang finds Zuckerberg's micromanagement of AI work suffocating (Financial Times)

Bundestag gibt 4,47 Milliarden Euro fürs Digitalministerium in 2026 frei
Erstmals verfügt das Digitalressort über einen eigenen Finanzplan. Der Breitbandausbau wird mit 2,3 Milliarden, die IT-Infrastruktur mit knapp einer gefördert.

BBC lawyers argue that the Florida court has no jurisdiction over President Trump's case; Trump's lawyers counter that BritBox showed Panorama in Florida (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/fb0d4335-c324-438c-951d-b46d40277a73

'Maga has gone Maoist': corporate America reels as Trump turns interventionist (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/36ab31dd-6cb6-4b1e-b15d-32eafdcea556
http://www.memeorandum.com/260116/p38#a260116p38

Training cannot correct for deficiencies resulting from a lack of vetting.
Remember what federal LEOs are normally screened for (CARLA F. BAD):
Character
Associates
Reputation
Loyalty
Ability
Finances
Bias
Alcohol/Addictions
Drugs
ICE is not being vetted against any of these.
Shut it down.

Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com)
No. We don’t need to “modify ICE training.” We need to close DHS. Dismantle it. It’s an outdated expensive bureaucracy that’s been usurped by violent white supremacists. Shut it down.

"But as you can see, the programs do come at a cost... we estimate about $27.4m a year goes to the administrative costs and also the projected fare revenue reduction."
I'm waiting for the slide where they estimate the much higher cost of all the unmetered parking spaces across the city, and of turning off meters at 6pm and on Sundays. I'm sure that'll definitely be later in this presentation, right?

OpenAI kündigt Werbung in ChatGPT an
In den nächsten Wochen will OpenAI Werbung in ChatGPT testen. Erste Experimente mit dem neuen Finanzierungsmodell sollen auf die USA beschränkt bleiben.
https://www.h…

A look at Michael Saylor's Strategy, known for buying bitcoin via creative financing strategies, as its stock trades way below its peak amid the crypto downturn (Rob Copeland/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/0…

Michael Saylor’s Creative Bitcoin Strategy Isn’t Working
Michael Saylor’s financial alchemy thrust an ordinary software company, Strategy, into the center of the crypto frenzy. It all worked spectacularly, until now.

One evening in early 1976, a bushy-haired Jeffrey Epstein
showed up for an event at an art gallery in Midtown Manhattan.
Epstein was a math and physics teacher at the city’s prestigious Dalton School,
and the father of one of his students had invited him.
Epstein initially demurred, saying he didn’t go out much, but eventually relented.
It would turn out to be one of the most fateful decisions he ever made.
At the gallery, Epstein bumped into another Dalton…

The Untold Story of How Jeffrey Epstein Got Rich
For years, rumors swirled about where his wealth came from. A Times investigation reveals the truth of how a college dropout clawed his way to the pinnacle of American finance and society.

Coinbase is rolling out stock trading, more advanced trading tools, prediction markets via Kalshi, and more, amid a push to be a one-stop financial app (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/17/coinbase-prediction-markets-stock-tradin…

Coinbase adds prediction markets and stock trading in push to be one-stop trading app
Coinbase is expanding into stocks, advanced trading, prediction markets, and new tools for businesses, developers, and automated financial guidance.