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Sources: Coatue is leading a $3B investment in Databricks that values the data analytics software company at $188B, a 40% increase from its December valuation (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/databricks-set-to-…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Early
dead prez:
🎵 Hip‐Hop
#deadprez
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1978!!!
"Die Folgen sind einschneidend" - Prognose zum Klimawandel von 1978 von Hoimar von Ditfurth
https://schule.zdf.de/video/hoimar-von-ditfurth-querschnitt-1978-ueber-co2-und-klimawandel-100

The benefits of suboptimality: https://dotproto.com/2026/08/14/the-benefits-of-suboptimality.html
The search for a retro digital camera elicits a reflection on analog photography and how friction can kindle intentionality.

Databricks closed a $5B funding round at a $190B valuation, six months after raising $5B at a $134B valuation, and says it has crossed $7B in revenue run rate (Samantha Subin/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/13/databricks-funding-round-190-billion-valuat…

Databricks wraps $5 billion funding round at $190 billion valuation
Databricks is benefitting off of the agentic AI wave.

POL-HI: Verkehrsunfall nach mutmaßlichem Rotlichtverstoß - Zeugen gesucht Hildesheim (ots) - Bad Salzdetfurth - (hue) Am Montag, 17.08.2026, kam es gegen 06:10 Uhr an der Kreuzung Detfurther Straße/Unterstraße in Höhe des Bahnübergangs Kurmittelhaus in Bad Salzdetfurth zu einem Verkehrsunfall. Nach bisherigen ... https://www.

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dead prez:
🎵 It's Bigger Than Hip-Hop
#deadprez
https://falldren.bandcamp.com/track/dead-prez-its-bigger-than-hip-hop-falldren-flipped
https://open.spotify.com/track/6l34fR7gd6R53AnQmEveoQ

«Wie Dateiformate digitale Abhängigkeiten schaffen:
Italo Vignoli von der Document Foundation erklärt, warum digitale Souveränität bei Dateiformaten beginnt und ODF proprietären Formaten überlegen ist»
Zu viele Firmen und Private glauben, dass das Format "wichtig" da es "alle das Selbe" nutzen und deswegen Software abhängig sei. Seit Jahren heften sich viele daran fest doch nun gibt es langsam eine Einsicht zur Microsoft Abhängigkeit.
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Wie Dateiformate digitale Abhängigkeiten schaffen
Italo Vignoli von der Document Foundation erklärt, warum digitale Souveränität bei Dateiformaten beginnt und ODF proprietären Formaten überlegen ist.

London-based Applied Computing, which is developing AI models for energy operations, raised $20M led by KBR, with participation from Databricks Ventures (Tamara Djurickovic/Tech.eu)
https://tech.eu/2026/07/16/applied-computing-lands-20m-to-expand-fo…

Applied Computing lands $20M to expand foundation AI for energy
Applied Computing, a British artificial intelligence company developing foundation models for energy operations, has raised $20 million in a funding round led by KBR, with participation from Databricks Ventures.Headquartered in London, with offices in Bengaluru and Houston, Applied Computing develops AI technology designed specifically for the energy sector. Check out our earlier interview with Dan Jeavons, the president of Applied Computing.Its flagship platform, Orbital, combines physics-…

What's that? @… you say? Why, I met 'em back when we were using tables to build pixel-perfect HTML from PSDs