2025-11-09 14:01:25
An interview with Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle on copyright lawsuits that threatened to bankrupt the nonprofit, fair use, IA's future, AI, and more (Ashley Belanger/Ars Technica)
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20
An interview with Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle on copyright lawsuits that threatened to bankrupt the nonprofit, fair use, IA's future, AI, and more (Ashley Belanger/Ars Technica)
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20
An interview with Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle on copyright lawsuits that threatened to bankrupt the nonprofit, fair use, IA's future, AI, and more (Ashley Belanger/Ars Technica)
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20
As Russian losses in Ukraine mount, the Kremlin strains to avoid full mobilization: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/05/as-russian-losses-in-ukraine.html
NFL Week 15 Power Rankings: Jaguars jump into AFC spotlight while preseason Super Bowl contenders crumble
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-week-15-power-ran…
The Alpha Arena experiment gave six frontier models $10K each to trade crypto derivatives over two weeks: losses ranged from Qwen3 Max's $652 to GPT-5's $5,679 (Sebastian Pellejero/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/commentary/breakin
33,000 LOSSES IN DECEMBER! Russia pays a terrible price for the war #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/05/losses-in-december-russia-pays.html
"“AI layoffs are looking more and more like corporate fiction that’s masking a darker reality, Oxford Economics suggests”. That darker reality is that the economy is already screwed."
(Original title: The job losses are real — but the AI excuse is fake)
https://pivot…
Why Every Sunday Feels Like Groundhog Day for the Raiders https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-every-sunday-feels-like-groundhog-day
Massive job losses attributed to Fat Putin's tariffs?
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Polar Bears are in Better Physical Shape than 25 Years Ago, Despite Sea Ice Losses https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/polar-bears-are-in-better-physical-shape-than-25-years-ago-despite-sea-ice-losses/
Block Communications announces that The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette will cease publication May 3; the closure will not affect its sister newspaper, The Toledo Blade (Mark Walker/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/business/media/pittsburgh-po…
At last a sensible note on the bond problem that underpins the tax rises in #Budget2025.
"Slowing quantitative tightening, having the Bank of England absorb its own losses on its balance sheet and reducing the amount of interest paid out on reserves all offer ways for the government to recoup these losses and invest in public services and infrastructure. "
Budget tax rises to…
Russia’s Losses in Ukraine Are Reshaping the Middle East: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/05/russias-losses-in-ukraine-are.html
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The Wendelstein 7-X fusion stellarator proves its efficiency.
https://www.ipp.mpg.de/5125328/05_21
saved 2021-08-17 https://dota…
War of attrition: Russian troops advance, but with heavy losses | Wrap-Up Analytics: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/07/war-of-attrition-russian-troops.html
Denmark's electricity stats 2025 are in.
Total domestic supply (incl. grid losses) was 40.5 TWh, of which:
47.2% wind (onshore 24.3% offshore 22.9%)
11.1% solar PV
23.4% thermal power plants (central decentral industrial, incl. bio)
18.3% net imports from Sweden and Norway (mostly hydro)
Private payroll losses accelerated in the past four weeks, ADP reports
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/25/private-payroll-losses-accelerated-in-the-past-four-weeks-adp-reports-.html
"‘Borrowed time’: crop pests and food losses supercharged by climate crisis"
#Pesticides #Climate #ClimateChange
I have an idea. If we used people to do work, rather than paying for AI agents, then we wouldn’t need to pay for them to not work. Also, we wouldn’t have goodness knows how much electricity used on it.
#ai #ukpolitics
Ukraine reports record Russian losses in January, including 1,099 artillery systems: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/03/ukraine-reports-record-russian-losses.html
The facts in Ukraine are, Ukraine losses of territory are minimal, Russian losses are unsustainable. So all the talk of Ukraine “losing the war” is factually incorrect. At the same time Ukraine wants a ceasefire as soon as possible and even resume talks. But only if Russia stops attacking (my impression).
#ukraine
Every business venture in history ever, even those with the most devastatingly high losses, was still more profitable than Open AI
Yet one more adverse impact of climate change:
"Greater warmth enables pests to develop faster, produce more generations each year and attack crops for longer as winters shorten. Rising temperatures are also helping pests invade places further from the equator and on higher ground that were previously too cold"
In hindsight, not surprising - but this is the first time I have seen this impact publicly discussed.
‘Borrowed time’: crop pests and food losses superchar…
Yet one more adverse impact of climate change:
"Greater warmth enables pests to develop faster, produce more generations each year and attack crops for longer as winters shorten. Rising temperatures are also helping pests invade places further from the equator and on higher ground that were previously too cold"
In hindsight, not surprising - but this is the first time I have seen this impact publicly discussed.
‘Borrowed time’: crop pests and food losses superchar…
25,000 losses per month! Ukrainian servicemen repel occupiers' assaults near Pokrovsk: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/03/losses-per-month-ukrainian-servicemen.html
Russia's losses in Ukraine rise faster than ever as US pushes for peace deal (Olga Ivshina/BBC)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62n922dnw7o
http://www.memeorandum.com/251230/p27#a251230p27
Lionsgate reports a Q3 net loss of $46.2M, vs. a $21.9M loss a year earlier, $724.3M in revenue, vs. $705.9M est., motion picture revenue up 35% YoY to $421.2M (Etan Vlessing/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business
Gold and silver retreated from record highs
and the dollar strengthened
on reports that Trump may appoint a more hawkish-than-expected Federal Reserve chair.
Trump said on Thursday that he intended to announce his pick to replace Jerome Powell on Friday,
with growing speculation that the role will go to the former Fed governor #Kevin
“And the cost of credit default swaps, which protect bond investors from losses, has surged in recent months on some A.I. companies’ debt.”
Cool cool So like a dot-com boom-bust with mortgage crisis characteristics?
https://www.
Cyclones, floods and wildfires among 2025’s costliest climate-related disasters https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/27/cyclones-floods-and-wildfires-among-2025s-costliest-climate-related-disasters
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A brain for radio: Raiders host can’t comprehend “meaningless” wins https://raiderramble.com/2025/12/05/a-brain-for-radio-raiders-host-cant-comprehend-meaningless-wins/
Manufacturing:
Trump official admits 7 straight months of job losses in key sector - Alternet.org
https://www.alternet.org/trump-manufacturing-jobs/
Bears back their way into No. 2 seed, but are playing like a playoff 1-and-done https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6940977/2026/01/04/bears-lions-nfl-playoffs-no-2-seed/
Big Picture: 10 Cowboys-Lions Storylines https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/big-picture-10-cowboys-lions-storylines
MEAT GRINDER: Russian losses surge in war against Ukraine #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/30/meat-grinder-russian-losses-surge.html
Car sharing service Zipcar UK plans to shut down after London extended its Congestion Charge to EVs; Zipcar had losses of £11.7M in 2024 vs. £364,000 in 2023 (Simon Hunt/City A.M.)
https://www.cityam.com/zipcar-uk-to-shut-operations-ahead-of-new-…
Microsoft disrupts RedVDS cybercrime platform behind $40 million in scam losses https://therecord.media/microsoft-redvds-cybercrime-scam
50,000 losses monthly – Fedorov’s algorithms drain Russia’s forces: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/30/losses-monthly-fedorovs-algorithms-drain.html
Russia: Oh, no, we're in demographic decline! We should do something about it
Also #Russia : OK, let's go die by the hundreds of thousands because our dictator has a tiny dick.
https://en.zona.media/a…
Labor market lost 41,000 jobs over October, November;
Unemployment rate is up
The October loss of more than 100,000 jobs was particularly striking,
-- the sharpest losses since the covid pandemic-era recession.
But economists expected losses in October
-- because the data reflected tens of thousands of federal workers who deferred resignation and officially parted ways with the federal government in October.
Federal government payrolls fell by 162,000 j…
Russia has suffered 'more losses than any major power' since World War II, report says: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/28/russia-has-suffered-more-losses.html
NFL Week 16 picks: Expert looks at teams coming off shutout losses under proven betting system
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-wee
Filing: Chinese AI chip designer Cambricon reports a $316M net profit in 2025, its first profitable year; rivals Moore Threads and MetaX narrowed their losses (Coco Feng/South China Morning Post)
https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-t…
Opinion | The Health Care Debate We Really Need - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/opinion/health-care-aca-cost-insurance.html ""...decades’ worth of research shows that, even though employers pay most of workers’ premiums, t…
Big Picture: 10 Cowboys-Lions Storylines https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/big-picture-10-cowboys-lions-storylines
Watch the moment Ukrainian drones tear into Russia’s airfields, destroying 15 aircraft and causing $1bn in losses | LBC
https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/ukraine-drone-attack-russia-5HjdRYg_2/
Three fave craft brewers of my thirsty youth are no more , multiple #WestCoast #IPA makers shut #microbrew operations and pubs due to economics & some related labor issues ...
The losses to palette include iconic Anchor Chri…
"This study could reshape climate lawsuits against fossil fuel companies"
#FossilFuels #Climate #ClimateChange
⚠️ $262 million stolen in account takeover fraud schemes this year, FBI says ahead of holiday season
https://therecord.media/millions-in-account-takeover-fbi-warns-ahead-of-holidays
Jalen Hurts' slump: Can the Eagles' star QB turn it around after 3 straight losses? https://www.foxsports.com/articles/nfl/jalen-hurts-slump-can-the-eagles-star-qb-turn-it-around-after-3-straight-losses
Super Bowl odds: Week 13 carnage reshuffles top teams, but Rams stay on top https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6855710/2025/12/02/super-bowl-odds-week-14/
hmm https://youtu.be/QDoasQC2IJM my unanswered question is why the submerged part of the tower rotates in the water: wouldn’t that have bad losses from viscosity? my guess would be that it’s better to enclose the rotating shaft, that friction in bearings would be lower… tho maybe they need less steel if they don’…
Puck: Disney offered YouTube the same rates as major distributors at least for ESPN, but YouTube wants to pay less; Disney is losing $30M/week without YouTube (Ben Schoon/9to5Google)
https://9to5google.com/2025/11/11/youtube-tv-rate-report-disney-losses/
A look at the rift in the Democratic party over AI and data centers, as pro-business Democrats oppose the fiery, anti-AI politics of the progressive wing (Calder McHugh/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/12/28/ai-j…
“I love A.I.”
For Donald Trump, there is no risk, only reward, posed by the dawning and disruptive new age of computing.
Over the past year, the president and his top aides have fully embraced A.I.,
and showered its leading corporate backers with money and regulatory support,
as the administration looks to supercharge one of the primary areas of growth in an otherwise precarious U.S. economy.
That optimism was on display on Tuesday, after the federal government …
It only took 10 losses for the Raiders to give Jack Bech more looks https://raiderramble.com/2025/12/09/it-only-took-10-losses-for-the-raiders-to-give-jack-bech-more-looks/
30,000 Russian losses per month – US “platinum” guarantees and a new phase of the war: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/18/russian-losses-per-month-us.html
🔥 Russian aviation's CRASH: Su-30 & Su-34 DOWN in ONE DAY! Putin's "TRUCE" and FRONTLINE losses: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/03/russian-aviations-crash-su-ampamp.html
What's next for Rams after NFC Championship defeat? Matthew Stafford decision, potential staff losses loom
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/whats-next-for-ra…
Extreme floods are slashing global rice yields faster than expected #environment
Meta reports Reality Labs Q4 revenue of $955M vs. $940.8M est. and a $6.02B operating loss vs. $5.67B est.; Reality Labs now has $75B in losses since late 2020 (Jonathan Vanian/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/28/metas-reality-labs-pos…
❗Russian assaults intensify, losses explode – US compares Putin to Hitler: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/16/russian-assaults-intensify-losses-explode.html
$262 million stolen in account takeover fraud schemes this year, FBI says ahead of holiday season https://therecord.media/millions-in-account-takeover-fbi-warns-ahead-of-holidays
Ukraine stalls Russian push near Hulyaipole amid heavy losses: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/02/ukraine-stalls-russian-push-near.html
Big Picture: 10 Cowboys-Chiefs Storylines https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/big-picture-10-cowboys-chiefs-storylines
Morgan Stanley: UK companies reported that AI led to 8% net job losses over the past 12 months, above Japan's 7%, Germany's 4%, Australia's 2%; the US added 2% (Irina Anghel/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
1,700 losses per day! Russian infantry is being wiped out by drones, especially near Pokrovsk: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/17/losses-per-day-russian-infantry.html
"Kenyan wildlife census reveals conservation wins and losses"
#Kenya #Animals #Wildlife #Conservation
Verizon offers $10.99 credits to Fios subscribers in Boston, Pittsburgh, and Providence, RI, to cover the loss of Fox and NBC affiliates amid a dispute with Cox (Dan Primack/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/01/23/verizon-refund-customers-boston-pittsburgh<…
Over 1,000 losses in 24 hours! Russia burns near POKROVSK. Putin threatens in agony!: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/10/over-losses-in-hours-russia.html
Big Picture: 10 Cowboys-Chiefs Storylines https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/big-picture-10-cowboys-chiefs-storylines
A silent ocean pandemic is wiping out sea urchins worldwide #ocean
A year out from the 2026 midterms, with Republicans feeling the blows from a string of losses in this week’s elections,
Donald Trump and his allies are mounting a multipronged attack on almost every aspect of voting in the United States
and raising what experts say are troubling questions about the future of one of the world’s oldest democracies.
While Democratic leaders continue to invest their hopes in a “blue wave” to overturn Republican majorities in the House and Senat…
Biggest Bills concern? Will Steelers or Ravens win AFC North? Week 17 expert takeaways https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6923411/2025/12/28/nfl-takeaways-week-17-scores-results/
Mailbag: Better to win or lose last two? https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/mailbag-better-to-win-or-lose-last-two
SoftBank Group Corp was among the Japanese tech stocks that fell on Dec. 18, as AI infrastructure spending worries on Wall Street crossed into the Asian markets (Lim Hui Jie/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/18/japan-tech-stocks-plun…
Bolts' Herbert: Haven't forgotten '24 playoff flop https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47402472/chargers-herbert-admits-24-playoff-flop-stayed-him
Memo: Greg Peters and Ted Sarandos lay out Netflix's WBD case, moving to quell concerns about job losses and the end of theater releases, after Paramount's bid (Rose Henderson/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
💥AFU destroy air defense near Kachi; 1.23M Russian losses, 105 battles in 24 hours: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/28/afu-destroy-air-defense-near.html
Mailbag: Better to win or lose last two? https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/mailbag-better-to-win-or-lose-last-two
Interviews with copywriters on generative AI's impact: job losses to AI, work used for training, falling wages and rates, freelancers losing clients, and more (Brian Merchant/Blood in the Machine)
https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/i-was-forced-to-use-ai-until-the
How Shorthanded Raiders' Defense Can Have a Repeat Performance https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-shorthanded-defense-can-have-repeat-performance
2026 NFL Draft order after Week 16: Giants, Raiders losses set up a potential No. 1 pick showdown
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/2026-nfl-draft-order-updated-top-picks-team-nee…
Memo: Greg Peters and Ted Sarandos lay out Netflix's WBD case, moving to quell concerns about job losses and the end of theater releases, after Paramount's bid (Rose Henderson/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
Russia rejects peace – gets KARMA: "friendly fire" missiles & record troop losses: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/25/russia-rejects-peace-gets-karma.html
Brian Schottenheimer dismisses risk of playing Cowboys starters final 2 games https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/news/brian-schottenheimer-dismisses-risk-playing-dallas-cowboys-starters-final-two-games
Rams fire special teams coordinator Chase Blackburn: Source https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6906894/2025/12/20/rams-chase-blackburn-fired-special-teams-coordinator/
Financial documents show Anthropic expects to break even in 2028, while OpenAI projects ~$74B in operating losses that year before turning a profit in 2030 (Berber Jin/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/openai-anthropic-profitability-e9f5bcd6
Was Sean McDermott really Buffalo's problem? There's plenty of blame to go around for its playoff woes https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47660090/2026-nfl-offseason-buffalo-bills-fire-sean-mcdermott-coach-al…
3 Discouraging Fantasy Takeaways from Raiders' Embarrassing Loss vs. Cowboys https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-3-discouraging-fantasy-takeaways-from-embarrassing-loss
Michael Burry, Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark, and Dwarkesh Patel on the future of AI, whether AI tools improve productivity, job losses due to AI, and more (The Substack Post)
https://post.substack.com/p/the-ai-revolution-is-here-will-the
❗️220 occupiers dead in one day – record losses for Russia in Kupyansk #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/20/occupiers-dead-in-one-day.html
Crypto exchange Gemini reports Q3 revenue up 106% YoY to $50.6M, vs. $46.2M est., net loss of $159.5M, up from $90.2M a year ago; GEMI drops 5% after hours (Olga Kharif/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-…
HELL FOR THE OCCUPIERS: Russia burns from Tuapse to Bashkortostan, heavy losses near Pokrovsk: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/15/hell-for-the-occupiers-russia.html
Ukraine denies Russian claims of captured territory, citing heavy Russian losses: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/16/ukraine-denies-russian-claims-of.html
Analysis: New Data Suggests Russia Is Sustaining Mi-8 Output Despite Wartime Losses: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/11/analysis-new-data-suggests-russia.html
AFU DESTROYS RUSSIAN POL DEPOT! 20 fuel tanks eliminated — Kremlin hides LOSSES!: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/10/afu-destroys-russian-pol-depot.html