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Sources: DeepSeek is in talks to raise outside capital for the first time, seeking at least $300M at a valuation of at least $10B (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/chinas-deepseek-raising-money-first-time-10-b…

China’s DeepSeek is Raising Money for First Time, At $10 Billion-Plus Valuation
DeepSeek is in talks to raise outside capital for the first time, seeking to beef up its financial war chest so it can better compete in the costly battle to develop leading AI models, according to four people familiar with the matter. DeepSeek is owned by Chinese hedge fund High-Flyer Capital ...

Logged forests burn more severely than old growth, Tasmanian study finds #Tasmania

Logged forests burn more severely than old growth, Tasmanian study finds
Tasmania's logged forests burn significantly more severely in a bushfire than old growth, University of Tasmania scientists have found in a study that provides the strongest evidence yet on a question with real consequences for how the state manages its forests. The research team, led by Professor David Bowman from the University of Tasmania's Fire Center, seized on a natural experiment when the 2019 Riveaux Road fire swept through the Huon Valley.

NIS2-Mahnung: BSI setzt neue Frist zur Registrierung bis Ende Juli
Die Registrierungszahlen zum IT-Sicherheitsgesetz enttäuschen. Das BSI mahnt Firmen, NIS2-Vorgaben einzuhalten, und gibt eine neue Deadline vor.

NIS2-Mahnung: BSI setzt neue Frist zur Registrierung bis Ende Juli
Die Registrierungszahlen zum IT-Sicherheitsgesetz enttäuschen. Das BSI mahnt Firmen, NIS2-Vorgaben einzuhalten, und gibt eine neue Deadline vor.

FIRST Mid-Year Vulnerability Forecast Confirms Historic Surge, Projects ~66,000 CVEs in 2026
https://www.first.org/newsroom/releases/20260615

FIRST Mid-Year Vulnerability Forecast Confirms Historic Surge, Projects ~66,000 CVEs in 2026
AI and a rapidly expanding CVE ecosystem blow past February's already-record projections by 46%, but exploitable risk remains flat

"Urine From Music Festival Toilets is Fertilizing a New Biodiverse Forest With Odor-Free Nutrients'
#Festivals #Biodiversity

Urine From Music Festival Toilets is Fertilizing a New Biodiverse Forest With Odor-Free Nutrients
In a UK first, a new forest is set to be grown with fertilized nutrients recovered from urine collected at music festival toilets.

2026 NFL worst mock draft ever: First-round picks designed to frustrate every NFL fan base

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/news/2026-nfl-worst-mock-draft-ever-frustrate-fans/…

Infrastructure for African mines destroying forests at 34 times the rate of the mines themselves https://phys.org/news/2026-06-infrastructure-african-destroying-forests.html

Infrastructure for African mines destroying forests at 34 times the rate of the mines themselves
Industrial-scale mining in Africa to support global supply chains is leading to unprecedented deforestation across the continent, with 34 hectares of forest removed for every single hectare of active mine site.

Alibaba's AI unit Tongyi Lab launches the Qwen Robot Suite, its first family of AI models for robots, in pilot testing with some enterprise clients (Wency Chen/South China Morning Post)
https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article

Alibaba eyes physical world with its first suite of AI models for robots
Alibaba unveils Qwen robot models to push AI beyond chatbots, as embodied intelligence becomes the next frontier in global AI.

Defensive rewilding could turn wetlands and forests into border barriers #nature

Defensive rewilding could turn wetlands and forests into border barriers
Restoring forests, wetlands and peatlands could help defend national borders as well as tackle climate change, according to new research from the University of East London (UEL). The study introduces the concept of "defensive rewilding"—the intentional, pre- or mid-conflict restoration of ecosystems to shape terrain in ways that can slow, redirect or impede military advances, while delivering environmental benefits.

Back-to-back Amazon droughts trigger record forest stress #Amazon

Back-to-back Amazon droughts trigger record forest stress
Two back-to-back droughts in 2023 and 2024 caused the most severe decline in forest moisture and biomass (the total mass of living vegetation such as leaves, trunks and branches) in the Amazon since 1992, according to a study published in the journal PNAS. And many of the hardest hit areas are unlikely to recover before the next major drought arrives.