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Anthropic's Jack Clark argues that, while he is optimistic about AI's progress, the industry must do a better job of listening to people's concerns about it (Jack Clark/Import AI)
https://importai.substack.com/p/import-ai-431-technological-optimism…

Import AI 431: Technological Optimism and Appropriate Fear
What do we do if AI progress keeps happening?

Georgia's imprisoned ex-leader asks Zelensky for status of 'civilian captive' in Russia-Ukraine war: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/13/georgias-imprisoned-exleader-asks-zelensky.html

It was Operation Endgame that took down Rhadamanthys.
End of the game for cybercrime infrastructure: 1025 servers taken down
https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/end-of-game-for-cybercrime-infra…

End of the game for cybercrime infrastructure: 1025 servers taken down – Operation Endgame’s latest phase targeted the infostealer Rhadamanthys, Remote Access Trojan VenomRAT, and the botnet Elysium | Europol
Between 10 and 14 November 2025, the latest phase of Operation Endgame was coordinated from Europol’s headquarters in The Hague. The actions targeted one of the biggest infostealers (Rhadamanthys), the Remote Access Trojan VenomRAT, and the botnet Elysium, all of which played a key role in international cybercrime. Authorities took down these three large cybercrime enablers. The main suspect for VenomRAT was also arrested in Greece on 3 November 2025.

⚠️ An important wetland in Ghana is under siege. Researchers investigate the real issues
https://theconversation.com/an-important-wetland-in-ghana-is-under-siege-researchers-investigate-the-real-issues-269016<…

An important wetland in Ghana is under siege. Researchers investigate the real issues
In Ghana, the degradation of wetlands is widespread and many are in poor condition.

"France halts imports of food with traces of banned pesticides"
#France #Pesticides #Food

France halts imports of food with traces of banned pesticides
France on Wednesday officialized a ban on food imports containing traces of five pesticides currently banned in the EU, a move aimed at easing farmers' opposition to the Mercosur trade deal with four South American nations.

Der #Klimawandel lässt den #Permafrostboden auftauen, was zu erheblichen Zerstörungen von #Infrastruktur und einer erhöhten

Die Folgen des Auftauens des Permafrostbodens: Zerstörung von Infrastruktur und mehr Kohlenstofffreisetzung
Das Auftauen des Permafrostbodens hat bereits jetzt schwerwiegende Folgen für die Arktis, wie die Zerstörung von Infrastruktur. Wenn er auftaut, wird obendrein Kohlenstoff freigesetzt und trägt zur globalen Erwärmung...

Public Participation NOT a barrier to UK infrastructure projects. Dr Dan Durrant lunch time lecture on a (failed) attempt to amend the P&I Bill. UCL 4 November https://www.ucl.ac.uk/events/events/2025/nov/lunch-hour-lecture-buildin…

Lunch Hour Lecture | Building Better: The Case for Democratic Infrastructure
In this lecture, Dr Dan Durrant discusses the recent (failed) attempt to introduce an amendment to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill.

Intel unveils Crescent Island, a data center GPU designed for AI inference workloads, featuring Intel's Xe3P microarchitecture and 160GB of LPDDR5X memory (Dylan Martin/CRN)
https://www.crn.com/news/components-periph

Intel Reveals 160-GB, Energy-Efficient Inference GPU As Part Of New Yearly Cadence
Intel on Tuesday revealed a 160-GB, energy-efficient data center GPU that is part of a new annual GPU release cadence to deliver on the chipmaker’s new strategy of delivering open systems and software architecture for AI systems.

Mark Zuckerberg says Meta is establishing a new "top-level" initiative called Meta Compute to build "tens of gigawatts" of AI infrastructure during this decade (Sara Fischer/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/01/12/meta-compute-ai-infrastructure<…

Meta launches new "Meta Compute" initiative to build AI infrastructure
Zuckerberg said Meta plans to build tens of gigawatts of AI infrastructure this decade, "and hundreds of gigawatts or more over time."

Alpaca, which builds software to let companies offer stocks, ETFs, and other financial instruments, raised a $150M Series D led by Drive at a $1.15B valuation (Ben Weiss/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2026/01/14/alpaca-fundraise-series-d-brokerage-infrastruct…

Brokerage tech firm Alpaca raises $150 million in push to compete with trading giant Interactive Brokers
Drive Capital led the round, with participation from Citadel Securities and the crypto exchange Kraken.