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Paris-based Zama, which is developing fully homomorphic encryption tech for blockchain and AI apps, raised a $57M Series B at a $1B valuation (Cate Lawrence/Tech.eu)
https://tech.eu/2025/06/25/zama-becomes-1st-i-fhe-unicorn…

Zama becomes 1st fully homomorphic encryption unicorn with $57M raise
French open source cryptography company Zama today announced a $57 million Series B funding round co-led by Blockchange Ventures and Pantera Capital, bringing Zama’s total funding to over $150 million, and its valuation to north of a billion USD.  Founded by Dr Pascal Paillier and Dr Rand Hindi, the company is building state-of-the-art Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) solutions for blockchain. Fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) allows computations to be performed on encrypted data without…

Roboterhund Black Panther pulverisiert Geschwindigkeitsrekord im 100-Meter-Lauf
Der chinesische Roboterhund Black Panther II hat inoffiziell einen Laufrekord im 100-Meter-Sprint aufgestellt. Leichtbau und KI machten es möglich.

Podcastfolgen in Sachen #Kinder & #Jugendliche und #SocialMedia:
"Das Fass der Pandora – Kinder und soziale Medien" im WDR Dok 5 "Das Feature":

Ich rechne heute mit 2 klaren Siegen in der #ErimaGFL - das ist ja nicht schön beim #AmericanFootball, lässt sich aber bei Dolphins vs Lions und Panther vs Monarchs aktuell nicht vermeiden. Dann halt einfach die Quarter im Wechsel anschauen. Auf nach Dresden.

Zum 20. Jubiläum geht ein @… #PanterPreis unter dem Motto „Zusammen:Halt! – für ein friedliches und menschliches Miteinander“ an:
KulturQuartier Schauspielhaus in Erfurt. Sie wandeln das leerstehende ehemalige Schauspielhaus der Stadt, als Verein und…

A file I came across on my iPad. No idea where it came from. #randomThoughts
Thoughts to ponder:
Why isn’t the number 11 pronounced onety-one?
If 4 out of 5 people SUFFER from diarrhea, does that mean that one out of five enjoys it?
Why do croutons come in airtight packages? Aren't they just stale bread to begin with?
If a pig loses its voice, is it disgrunt…

Model Predictive Black Start for Dynamic Formation of DER-Led Microgrids with Inrush Current Impacts
Cong Bai, Salish Maharjan, Zhaoyu Wang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.12569

Model Predictive Black Start for Dynamic Formation of DER-Led Microgrids with Inrush Current Impacts
Black start (BS) of the distribution system (DS) with high penetration of distributed energy resources (DERs) requires advanced control frameworks to ensure secure and efficient restoration. This paper proposes a model predictive black start (MPBS) framework incorporating an inrush current feasibility module to dynamically generate real-time feasible and optimal restoration sequences. Short-term forecasts of DER output and transmission grid (TG) availability are utilized to construct adaptive c…

Viele kennen den Japanischen Staudenknöterich nur als penetrant schnell wachsenden #Neophyt, der andere Pflanzen verdrängt & #Monokultur hinterlässt. Hier ein Beispiel vom #Britz-er Verbindungskanal i…

#DOJ apparently fired 17 year govt veteran #PR woman over her previous assigned role in crafting press releases regarding #January6th cases.
Patty Hartman, who held a supervisory

"""
"[…] Wanting a man got me into awful troubles more than once. But wanting to get married, never! No, no. None of that for me."
"Why not?" Tenar demanded.
Taken aback, Moss said simply, "Why, what man'd marry a witch?" And then, with a sidelong chewing motion of her jaw, like a sheep shifting its cud, “And what witch’d marry a man?"
They split rushes.
"What's wrong with men?" Tenar inquired cautiously.
As cautiously, lowering her voice, Moss replied, "I don't know, my dearie. I’ve thought on it. Often I’ve thought on it. The best I can say it is like this. A man’s in his skin, see, like a nut in its shell." She held up her long, bent, wet fingers as if holding a walnut. “It’s hard and strong, that shell, and it’s all full of him. Full of grand man-meat, man-self. And that’s all. That’s all there is. It’s all him and nothing else, inside."
Tenar pondered awhile and finally asked, "But if he's a wizard—"
"Then it's all his power, inside. His power’s himself, see. That’s how it is with him. And that’s all. When his power goes, he’s gone. Empty." She cracked the unseen walnut and tossed the shells away. “Nothing."
"And a woman, then?"
"Oh, well, dearie, a woman's a different thing entirely. Who knows where a woman begins and ends? Listen, mistress, I have roots, I have roots deeper than this island. Deeper than the sea, older than the raising of the lands. I go back into the dark." Moss’s eyes shone with a weird brightness in their red rims and her voice sang like an instrument. “I go back into the dark! Before the moon I was. No one knows, no one knows, no one can say what I am, what a woman is, a woman of power, a woman’s power, deeper than the roots of trees, deeper than the roots of islands, older than the Making, older than the moon. Who dares ask questions of the dark? Who’ll ask the dark its name?"
"""
(Ursula K. Le Guin, Tehanu)