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Copenhagen-based Spektr, which develops AI agents for compliance teams in financial services, raised a $20M Series A led by NEA, taking total funding to $26M (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)
https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/fintech-compliance-founders…

Exclusive: Repeat Founders Raise $20M For Spektr, A Fintech Compliance Startup, In NEA-Led Series A
Copenhagen-based Spektr, which uses AI to tackle the manual drudgery of financial compliance, raised $20 million in a Series A funding round, the company tells Crunchbase News exclusively.

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Retrofitting JIT compilers into C interpreters with ykllvm.
https://tratt.net/laurie/blog/2026/retrofitting_jit_compilers_into_c_interpreters.html
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Roblox, Reddit and Discord users compelled to use biometric ID system backed by Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel
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Roblox, Reddit and Discord users compelled to use biometric ID system backed by Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel
Following global pushes for age assurance by governments, Persona is increasingly being used by major online platforms to carry out biometric age checks.

All people suggesting that Art.5 NATO offers stronger protection then Art. 42.7 TEU should check how the procedures work around Art.5, the NATO has to decide that it is applicable , there is no automatism or something like that, well described in this scenario.
https://www.amazon.nl/If-Russia-Wins-Alas…

Internal emails show Brendan Carr's links to the Center for American Rights, which supplied arguments for the FCC's challenge to Jimmy Kimmel (Dell Cameron/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/the-fcc-has-a-fast-lane-for-complaints-about-t…

The FCC Has a Fast Lane for Complaints About Trump’s Media Critics
Internal emails obtained by WIRED reveal how a conservative legal group with a direct line into FCC chairman Brendan Carr’s office built the case against Jimmy Kimmel and his employees.

Ukraine update from Dylan Combellick.
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Ukraine Update April 15
2026 — Deep Drone Strikes, Russian Criminal Army, McD’s Delivered

‘Why Is He Doing It Like That?!’: Hegseth Talks Tough About ‘Putting Hands’ on Recruits, Then a Cringe Workout Clip Completely Hijacks the Conversation
https://atlantablackstar.com/2026/01/15/hegseth-talks-tough-about-putting-hands-on-recruits-then-a-cringe-workout-clip-completely-hijacks-the-conversation/

Adobe unveils Firefly AI Assistant, which can orchestrate and execute multistep tasks across Creative Cloud apps, available in public beta in the coming weeks (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/15/adobes-new…

Adobe's new Firefly AI assistant can use Creative Cloud apps to complete tasks | TechCrunch
Adobe says the assistant can work across apps like Firefly, Photoshop, Premiere, Lightroom, Express, Illustrator and its other apps to do tasks for you.

Ukraine Update from Dylan Combellick -
Excellent coverage and insight.
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Ukraine Update April 14
2026 — Sleeping Dragons, Ukrainian Space Program

Ukraine Update: More from Dylan Combellick, someone living in Ukraine and providing unique perspective and understanding.
We need more guys on the couch with stacks of drones...
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Ukraine Update March 15
2026 — Riding Shotgun, Web of Allies