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Only 13% of biodiversity promises from 180 influential companies pass accountability test https://phys.org/news/2026-07-biodiversity-influential-companies-accountability.html

Only 13% of biodiversity promises from 180 influential companies pass accountability test
New research by the University of Oxford and the Stockholm Resilience Centre at Stockholm University has revealed that most biodiversity commitments made by large, influential companies are not precise enough to enable society to evaluate whether they are making progress toward meeting their commitments. The results have been published in One Earth.

(German) Der Wettlauf um das beste Implantat für das menschliche Hirn https://www.handelsblatt.com/technik/forschung-innovation/gehirnchips-der-wettlauf-um-das-beste-implantat-fuer-das-menschliche-hi…

Gehirnchips: Der Wettlauf um das beste Implantat für das menschliche Hirn
Max Hodak hat Elon Musks Neuralink mitgegründet. Mit seiner Firma Science Corp arbeitet er daran, Blinden das Sehen zurückzugeben. Und ist damit nicht der einzige, der auf neue Gehirnchips setzt.

How social media influencers have become a magnet for political campaigns and groups in the US that want to push their priorities without disclosures (Ken Bensinger/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/202…

Political Money Is Flowing to Influencers. But From Whom?
Social media stars have become a magnet for campaigns and political groups that want to push priorities without disclosing where their money is going.

Datenschutz im Umbruch: Aufsichtsbehörden fordern digitale Modernisierung
Mit den „Stuttgarter Impulsen“ reagieren die Landesdatenschützer auf anhaltende Kritik und unterstützen eine Reform für mehr Effizienz und weniger Bürokratie.

Datenschutz im Umbruch: Aufsichtsbehörden fordern digitale Modernisierung
Mit den „Stuttgarter Impulsen“ reagieren die Landesdatenschützer auf anhaltende Kritik und unterstützen eine Reform für mehr Effizienz und weniger Bürokratie.

Amerikaanse senator Bernie Sanders waarschuwt Europa voor politieke invloed van 'superrijken': 'Ze ondermijnen onze democratie' | #EenVandaag
YouTube:
#EenVandaag #BerniSanders

An ICE Firearms Trainer Was Involved in At Least 4 Deadly Shootings (Ali Winston/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/an-ice-firearms-trainer-was-involved-in-at-least-4-deadly-shootings/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260518/p100#a260518p100

A profile of far-right influencer Nick Fuentes, who has been kicked off most mainstream social media but made ~$900K from "fanatical" donors since early 2025 (Washington Post)

He spreads hate online — and fans pay him hundreds of thousands of dollars
The far-right influencer Nick Fuentes has pocketed roughly $900,000 from “fanatical” donors since the start of 2025. Some superfans see him as part of their families.

As a fan of traditional machine learning research, I’ll just register here my sadness and discontent that things are going this way. Time was that an effort like this would follow stringent ethical rules for research involving humans that would never ever allow this kind of phony consent theater, would go through a review board •with actual teeth•, would not involve offloading raw personal data to commercial vendors who have the power to slurp it up and repurpose it, would result in a narrowly purposed-tuned model answering to the ethical parameters of the study, would not leave the barn doors wide open to endless open-ended use of personal data…I could go on.

"Only 13% of biodiversity promises from 180 influential companies pass accountability test"
#Biodiversity #Business

Only 13% of biodiversity promises from 180 influential companies pass accountability test
New research by the University of Oxford and the Stockholm Resilience Centre at Stockholm University has revealed that most biodiversity commitments made by large, influential companies are not precise enough to enable society to evaluate whether they are making progress toward meeting their commitments. The results have been published in One Earth.

Jeff Bezos says Amazon MGM Studios' decision to acquire and release Melania "was a good business decision", denying that it was "a way of buying influence" (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/film/news/jef

Jeff Bezos Defends 'Melania' Documentary as 'Very Good Business Decision,' Denies It Was Way to Buy Influence
Jeff Bezos insists that Amazon MGM Studios' decision to acquire and release "Melania," a documentary about the First Lady, was smart business -- and not an attempt to curry favor with her husband.