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Oracle expands its partnership with fuel cell maker Bloom to procure up to 2.8 GW of capacity, after receiving a warrant to purchase $400M of Bloom stock (Jordan Novet/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/13/oracle-expands-bloom-energy…

It’s hard to convey the current state of things in Minneapolis right now, in part because we ourselves don’t really know. Abductions are •way• down. We’ve seen close to zero of the random, chaotic smash-and-grab kidnappings ICE was perpetrating in Dec and Jan. We still see their vehicles. There are still deportation flights — they •are• still taking people, albeit it in a less visible and maybe more targeted way.
And…

Oracle-Geschäft profitiert von KI-Boom
Oracle investiert massiv in KI-Rechenzentren. Trotz anfänglicher Zweifel an der Börse, ob sich die hohen Investitionen lohnen, brummt das Geschäft.
https://www.he…

“When we think of technology as a tool that can be used for good as well as evil, we also think that we are in control of why, when, and for what it is used. But this is only partly the case. We may decide to buy a car to drive ourselves to work. And thus we may think of the car as a tool to achieve our goal of getting to work as fast as possible. But we never made the decision that fast is better than slow. It’s an idea that comes with the car. So is the idea that it should be easy and conveni…

Honestly, the whole #Microslop “morge" debacle throws into question the entire Learn platform.
How much of it is actually helpful content, and how much is generated junk to meet A.I. goals so folks can get promotions and bonuses?
We find ourselves in a terrible time for improving. Some devs are trying to learn, but they're being led down a path of misinformation.

“Our transition to EVs is aimed at ensuring our energy sovereignty,” said Bareo Hassen Bareo, Ethiopia’s state minister for transport and logistics. “As a net importer of fuel, we are affected by global supply and price fluctuations. In contrast, EVs use electricity, which we produce locally and can price ourselves.”

REFUSE / RESIST
<<Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison delivers a sales pitch for his company's new AI-monitored body cameras, which live stream footage back to headquarters and cannot be turned off.
"Citizens will be on their best behaviour, because we're constantly recording and reporting everything that's going on."
"These are the kind of next generation systems we can build using AI.">>

Oracle reports Q3 revenue up 22% YoY to $17.19B, vs. $16.91B est., and cloud revenue up 44% to $8.9B, vs. $8.85B est.; ORCL jumps 6% after hours (Jordan Novet/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/10/oracle-orcl-q3-earnings-report-2026.html

Source: Microsoft is in advanced talks to lease hundreds of MWs of data center capacity in Abilene, TX, after Oracle abandoned its expansion plans at the site (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/microsoft-tal…

Sensor Tower: TikTok's US DAUs are at ~95% of the week of Jan. 19, with engagement metrics showing little sign of a mass exodus since its Jan. 23 US takeover (Matthew Chin/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/16/tiktok-us-