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Forschungsinfrastruktur: BMFTR wählt Großprojekte für die Zukunft Deutschlands
Das Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt nennt neun Forschungsinfrastrukturen, die Deutschlands Innovationskraft stärken sollen.

Putin signs decree allowing foreigners to serve in Russian army during mobilization: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/08/putin-signs-decree-allowing-foreigners.html

@… https://social.heise.de/@heiseonline/114816740251310071 Interessant, habe das erste Mal von dieser Initiative gehört. Weiß man…

The data industry is consolidating, with Databricks' $1B Neon purchase, Salesforce's $8B Informatica deal, and more, fueled by the need for quality data for AI (Rebecca Szkutak/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/07/ai-i

AI is forcing the data industry to consolidate — but that's not the whole story | TechCrunch
While AI may be the catalyst behind the recent wave of data company M&A, the market was ripe for consolidation.

Software innovation might be freezing in place—and AI could be to blame. Theo Browne points out that Copilot and ChatGPT often return React-style code even for Solid or Elixir projects. Why? Because they’ve seen React a million times more. Python 3 took a decade to overtake Python 2. If that transition had to happen today, would our dependence on AI suggestions keep us from making the jump?

Putin signs decree allowing foreign nationals to serve in Russian armed forces: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/08/putin-signs-decree-allowing-foreign.html

Saudi Arabia has executed almost 600 people over the past decade for drug-related offences,
-- three-quarters of whom were foreign nationals from countries including Pakistan, Syria, Yemen, Nigeria and Egypt.
After a temporary moratorium on drug-related capital punishments between 2021 and 2022, the executions jumped to record levels, with 122 in 2024 and 118 so far this year up until the end of last month.
With little international scrutiny of what Amnesty International de…

Daten von US-Militärsatelliten für die Forschung: Bewährte Praxis vor dem Aus
Seit mehr als einem halben Jahrhundert sammeln US-Militärsatelliten Wetterdaten, seit Jahrzehnten gingen die auch die zivile Forschung. Damit ist Schluss.

Ukraine's ambassador to US will be replaced, foreign minister confirms: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/08/ukraines-ambassador-to-us-will.html

Forscher entwickeln Natrium-Brennstoffzelle für Elektromobilität
Forschende am MIT haben eine Natrium-Brennstoffzelle entwickelt, die eine Alternative zu Lithium-Ionen-Akkus und Wasserstoff-Brennstoffzellen darstellen könnte.