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In a letter, the SIA urges the USPTO to drop a plan to impose annual patent fees of 1% to 5% based on government-assessed value, replacing the flat-fee model (Jowi Morales/Tom's Hardware)

Chipmaking industry pushes back on U.S. Patent Office considering imposing annual fee based on assessed value — “tax on innovation” draws strong opposition from Semiconductor Industry Association
The federal government wants a bigger slice of the semiconductor pie through patents.

"Europe's clean tech industry between Trump's policies and Chinese pressure"
https://www.cer.eu/publications/archive/policy-brief/2025/between-rock-and-hard-place-europes-clean-tech-industry

Europe's clean tech industry between Trump's policies and Chinese pressure
The EU needs a coherent clean tech strategy to fend off the US industrial & trade policy shock & Chinese market pressure.

Salesforce integriert Informatica in seine Datenplattform
Salesforce schließt die Übernahme von Informatica ab und stärkt damit seine Datenplattform für vertrauenswürdige, kontextbasierte Unternehmens-KI.
https://…

Brazilian Amazon’s most violent city tied to illegal gold mining on Indigenous land https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/12/brazilian-amazons-most-violent-city-tied-to-illegal-gold-mining-on-indigenous-land…

Brazilian Amazon’s most violent city tied to illegal gold mining on Indigenous land
Violence has escalated in the small Brazilian town of Vila Bela da Santíssima Trindade as illegal gold mining on the nearby Sararé Indigenous Territory has exploded over the last two years, according to the 2025 Amazon Violence Atlas. Located in Mato Grosso state near the Bolivian border, Vila Bela da Santíssima Trindade recorded the highest […]

👿 How a ‘green gold rush’ in the Amazon led to dubious carbon deals on Indigenous lands
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/11/how-a-green-gold-rush-in-the-amazon-led-to-dubious-carbon-deals-on-indigenous-lands/

How a ‘green gold rush’ in the Amazon led to dubious carbon deals on Indigenous lands
BARCELONA — In December 2022, one of Brazil’s largest Indigenous territories and one of the smallest would each sign a 118-page, 10-year contract they would soon come to regret —as would faraway investors looking to capitalize on the billion-dollar carbon and biodiversity markets. In Brazil’s lush westernmost states of Amazonas and Acre, which border Peru, […]

Pebble unveils the Pebble Index 01, a $99 smart ring with an on-device LLM for processing voice notes, shipping in March 2026, initially for $75 (Julian Chokkattu/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/pebble-index-ring/

Pebble Index: Everything You Need to Know About the $75 Smart Ring
You can speak into the Pebble Index to have it remember things or set reminders, timers, and tasks. No cloud processing, no subscription, and best of all, no charging.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Indigo De Souza:
🎵 Be Like The Water
#IndigoDeSouza
https://indigodesouza.bandcamp.com/track/be-like-the-water
https://open.spotify.com/track/0pAFmSSx6GO5FzMWAzSYfV

Inevitable, but a bit worrying these kind of integrations.....
https://winbuzzer.com/2025/10/10/microsoft-copilot-for-windows-gains-document-creation-and-gmail-integration-in-major-update-xcxwbn/

Microsoft Copilot for Windows Gains Document Creation and Gmail Integration in Major Update - WinBuzzer
Microsoft is updating its Copilot for Windows app, allowing users to create Office documents and connect to personal accounts like Gmail and Google Drive.

Adobe launches free ChatGPT-integrated apps for Photoshop, Acrobat, and Express on desktop, the web, and iOS, after OpenAI added app integrations in October (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/841369/chatgpt-apps-adobe-photoshop-acrobat…

ChatGPT can now use Adobe apps to edit your photos and PDFs for free
Adobe is giving ChatGPT users integrated apps for Photoshop, Acrobat, and Express for designing and editing their work without having to switch apps.

Amkor breaks ground on advanced chip packaging campus in Arizona, with production expected by early 2028; state officials say Amkor's investment could reach $7B (Luke James/Tom's Hardware)
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry

Amkor breaks ground on Arizona advanced packaging campus, plugging critical gap in US semiconductor supply chain — production expected in 2028, investment could extend to $7 billion with 3,000 jobs in tow
Amkor moves in next door to TSMC as CHIPS Act funding continues to turn the Phoenix metro area into a chips hub.