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Everett Randle, a former partner at Kleiner Perkins, joins VC firm Benchmark as general partner, following a slew of personnel departures at Benchmark (Natasha Mascarenhas/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/benchmark-names-ev…

Benchmark Names Everett Randle as New General Partner 
Everett Randle, a former partner at Kleiner Perkins investing out of its growth-stage funds, has joined Benchmark as the firm’s newest general partner, the early-stage firm announced Monday. At Kleiner, Randle worked on investments including enterprise search startup Glean and legal AI startup Harvey, earning him a top spot on The Information’s Next General Partners list in 2024. The hiring

KI im US-Militär: Chatbots unterstützen Generäle im Alltag
KI spielt beim US-Militär nicht nur bei Waffen eine Rolle. Auch im Alltag eines Kommandanten ist der KI-Chat eine große Hilfe, so Generalmajor William Taylor.

A simulated attack that exploits Claude's inability to verify the true origin of a message received through iMessage allowed General Analysis LLM researchers to create a $50,000 Stripe coupon.
https://www.generalanalysis.com/blog/imessage-stripe-exploit

General Staff: Russia has lost 1,072,700 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/20/general-staff-russia-has-lost.html

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson boldly called for Americans to stage a general strike
during his speech at his city’s
‘No Kings’ rally on Saturday.
Summoning people of all backgrounds to unite and take a stand against
Donald Trump’s “tyranny,”
the “ultra-wealthy”
and corporate greed,
Johnson said,
“We are going to make them pay their fair share in taxes to fund our school, to fund jobs, to fund healthcare, to fund transportation"

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Ups The Ante As He Calls For A General Strike
It was an audacious proposal, given that the U.S. has never held a true, nationwide general strike.

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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Ups The Ante As He Calls For A General Strike (Kelby Vera/HuffPost)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-general-strike_n_68f5168fe4b02184e56e6a11
http://www.memeorandum.com/251019/p62#a251019p62

Ukraine greift Ölraffinerien in Russland an
Das ukrainische Militär hat nach eigenen Angaben erneut die Ölraffinerie im russischen Saratow an der Wolga angegriffen. In der Umgebung des Ziels habe es Explosionen und einen Großbrand gegeben, teilte der Generalstab bei Telegram mit. Die Raffinerie ist in der Vergangenheit mehrfach Ziel ukrainischer Angriffe gewesen, nach Angaben des Generalstabs auch in der vergangenen Woche.
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Ukraine-Liveblog: ++ Selenskyj will Trump bei UN-Versammlung treffen ++
Der ukrainische Präsident Selenskyj erwartet ein Treffen mit US-Präsident Trump am Rande der am Dienstag beginnenden UN-Generaldebatte in New York. Bei russischen Angriffen sind nach ukrainischen Angaben drei Menschen getötet worden.

General Staff: Russia has lost 1,100,600 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/20/general-staff-russia-has-lost.html

WhatsApp updates its Business API terms to ban general-purpose chatbots starting January 15, 2026, affecting WhatsApp assistants of OpenAI, Perplexity, others (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/18/whatssapp-…

WhatssApp changes its terms to bar general purpose chatbots from its platform | TechCrunch
WhatsApp is banning general purpose chatbots from using its Business API