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A look at Search.com, which is building an AI chatbot to be integrated into publisher websites, giving 60% of ad revenue back to its publisher partners (Andrew Byrd/AdMonsters)
https://www.admonsters.com/search-com-has-a-novel-approac…

A Novel Approach To AI Search: Pay Publishers For Their Content
Search.com has introduced a publisher-first AI search and chat tool that promises to compensate publishers for their content.

Beijing-based DP Technology, which develops AI tools used by researchers for tasks like computer-aided drug design and battery design, raised a ~$114M Series C (Eunice Xu/South China Morning Post)
https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/ar

AI-for-Science start-up DP Technology raises US$114 million in Series C round
The Beijing-based AI-for-Science firm said the Series C round would fund hiring and R&D, as interest grows in using AI to speed up scientific discovery.

Mining the deep-sea could further threaten endangered sharks and rays https://news.mongabay.com/2025/10/mining-the-deep-sea-could-further-threaten-endangered-sharks-and-rays/

Mining the deep-sea could further threaten endangered sharks and rays
New research has found that deep-sea mining in international waters could threaten at least 30 species of sharks, rays and chimaeras — many of which are already at risk of extinction. Chondrichthyes, the class of cartilaginous fish that includes sharks, rays and chimaeras, are among the most threatened vertebrates on Earth, with more than 37% […]

Why the Lammy law change is a serious mistake
https://northwestbylines.co.uk/news/crime-and-justice/why-the-lammy-law-change-is-a-serious-mistake/

Why the Lammy law change is a serious mistake
Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy proposed increase of sentencing powers for magistrates may well damage our justice system

A court in Russia on Thursday convicted a pro-war activist and critic of Vladimir Putin of
justifying terrorism and sentenced him to six years in prison.
Sergei Udaltsov, the leader of the Left Front movement that opposes Putin and is affiliated with the Communist party, was arrested last year.
According to Russian independent news site Mediazona, the charges against him stem from an article Udaltsov posted online in support of another group of Russian activists accused of …

Ho y a du contenu sympa pour le #jdr sur peertube https://sepiasearch.org/search?search=jdr&page=1

Sepia Search
A search engine of PeerTube videos, channels and playlists, developed by Framasoft

They're making a Far Cry TV series, which I hope is better than the movie.
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/far-cry-tv-series-fx-noah-hawley-rob-mac-1236591190/

'Far Cry' TV Series Set at FX From Noah Hawley and Rob McElhenney
FX has ordered a series adaptation of Ubisoft's "Far Cry" video games from Noah Hawley and Rob McElhenney, Variety has learned.

This really is shaping up to be one of the worst governments in living memory.
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov/25/moj-considering-extreme-proposal-to-scrap-jury-trials-for-all-but-most-serious-cases

Deblock, an app that lets users manage fiat and digital assets in one place by linking a bank account with a self-owned crypto wallet, raised a €30M Series A (Tamara Djurickovic/Tech.eu)
https://tech.eu/2025/11/19/deblock-secures-eur30m-series…

Deblock secures €30M Series A to expand on-chain banking in Europe
French crypto-banking startup Deblock has secured €30 million in Series A funding led by Speedinvest, alongside CommerzVentures and Latitude. Existing investors 20VC, Headline, Chalfen Ventures, and Kraken Ventures also participated in the round. Deblock offers a fully on-chain banking solution in Europe that combines features of a traditional bank account with on-chain self-custody. By linking a euro current account with a personal, self-owned crypto wallet, the platform allows users t…

OpenAI launches a "company knowledge" ChatGPT update to let Business, Enterprise, and Education users search for data in connected apps like Slack and GitHub (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/806046/openai-chatgpt-company-knowled…

OpenAI made ChatGPT better at sifting through your work or school information
OpenAI has launched a new ChatGPT feature that makes it easier to search for workspace information without switching between apps.