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Boom um KI: Start-up-Gründungen steigen 2025 auf Rekordwert
Die Euphorie um KI ermöglicht neue Geschäftsmodelle und treibt die Zahl der Start-up-Gründungen in neue Höhen. Besonders nach oben geht es abseits von Berlin.

United Nations Cuts Its 2026 Emergency Aid Budget in Half (Nick Cumming-Bruce/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/world/united-nations-humanitarian-aid-cuts.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251208/p34#a251208p34

"74 Nations Complete High Seas Treaty Ratification to Protect Two-Thirds of the World’s Oceans"
#Oceans #Environment

74 Nations Complete High Seas Treaty Ratification to Protect Two-Thirds of the World's Oceans | Happy Eco News
The high seas treaty ratification by 74 nations brings a historic ocean protection agreement into force on January 17, 2025, covering two-thirds of the world's oceans with new conservation rules.

How "cash to crypto" swaps allow users everywhere to convert national currencies to stablecoins and then debit cards, avoiding financial oversight and sanctions (Aaron Krolik/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/technol

How Stablecoins Can Help Criminals Launder Money and Evade Sanctions
Through layers of intermediaries, stablecoins can be moved, swapped and mixed into pools of other funds in ways that are difficult to trace, experts say.

Saalumarada Thimmakka Dies;
Planted and Nurtured Thousands of Trees
Believed to be 113,
she spent decades building an environmental legacy in India,
inspired by her grief at being unable to conceive children.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/wor…

Saalumarada Thimmakka Dies; Planted and Nurtured Thousands of Trees
Believed to be 113, she spent decades building an environmental legacy in India, inspired by her grief at being unable to conceive children.

Excellent analysis by the New York Times of the killing by ICE in Minneapolis.
https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000010631041/minneapolis-ice-shooting-video.html?smid=nytcore-android-share

Video: Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
An analysis of footage from three camera angles show that the vehicle appears to be turning away from a federal officer as he opened fire.

In recent months, several companies like Airtable, Handshake, and Opendoor have announced that they are "refounding", as they scramble to add new AI features (Lora Kelley/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/business/refounding-startups-ai.html…

Don’t Call It a Pivot. These Executives Are ‘Refounding’ Their Start-Ups.
In the age of artificial intelligence, some company leaders are framing new business lines as radical reboots.

The rule of law / justice, is breaking down in the USA.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/us/renee-good-investigation-minnesota-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.KVA.DLYy.spYn8eVKzeX…

Prosecutors Began Investigating Renee Good’s Killing. Washington Told Them to Stop.
Federal prosecutors had a warrant to collect evidence from Ms. Good’s vehicle, but Trump administration leaders said to drop it. About a dozen prosecutors have departed, leaving the Minnesota U.S. attorney’s office in turmoil.

Sources: wealthy Californians are quietly mobilizing on WhatsApp and calls in a long-shot bid to oust Rep. Ro Khanna, who supports a controversial wealth tax (Theodore Schleifer/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/us/politics/ro-khanna-calif…

California Tech Executives Plot Against Rep. Ro Khanna Over Support of Wealth Tax
It’s hard right now to be a progressive Democrat in the heart of America’s tech industry.

Sources and US tax lawyers: the IRS's planned audit of private equity and VC firms is faltering under President Trump, as many senior leaders leave the agency (Jesse Drucker/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/business/irs-private…

Push to Audit Private Equity and Venture Capital Falters Under Trump
Specialists have left the I.R.S. and audits have been abandoned since the president returned to office.