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The administration has done real damage to climate action,
experts say.
But in many ways, renewables are unstoppable.
https://grist.org/climate-energy/trump-is-trying-to-kill-clean-energy-the-market-has-other-plans/

Trump is trying to kill clean energy. The market has other plans.
The administration has done real damage to climate action, experts say. But in many ways, renewables are unstoppable.

OpenAI fired an employee for insider trading on prediction markets like Polymarket; Unusual Whales has flagged 77 suspected insider trades around OpenAI events (Kate Knibbs/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/openai-fires-employee-insider-trading-polymarke…

OpenAI Fires an Employee for Prediction Market Insider Trading
Prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi are big business, and some Big Tech employees are testing boundaries by making trades based on insider knowledge.

Ozone, a publisher alliance for ad sales representing 500 media brands, signs a deal that makes Ozone's inventory available on the Microsoft Media Marketplace (Dominic Ponsford/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/marketing/p

Publisher advertising alliance teams up with Microsoft ad-buying platform
Publisher online ad coalition Ozone signed a deal that gives it visibility on a buy-side advertising platform Microsoft Media Marketplace.

Cyber Resilience Act: BSI wird zum digitalen TÜV für vernetzte Produkte
Die Bundesregierung bringt das Durchführungsgesetz zum Cyber Resilience Act der EU auf den Weg und will das BSI zur zentralen Marktüberwachungsbehörde machen.

Cyber Resilience Act: BSI wird zum digitalen TÜV für vernetzte Produkte
Die Bundesregierung bringt das Durchführungsgesetz zum Cyber Resilience Act der EU auf den Weg und will das BSI zur zentralen Marktüberwachungsbehörde machen.

Weekend Reads
* Peering market evolution
https://blog.lacnic.net/en/peering-market-at-a-glance/
* BGP path security with ASPA

LACNIC Blog | Peering market at a glance
By Flavio Luciani, Namex CTO and John Souter, Namex Advisor Trends, transformations, and regional dynamics of Internet interconnection Abstract Over the past decade, the Internet’s interconnection landscape has been shaped by sustained traffic growth, changing content distribution models, and increasingly complex relationships between networks. Internet Exchange Points sit at the center of these dynamics, yet […]

"'…war is hitting…global economy in cumulative waves: 1st through higher energy prices, then higher food prices, & finally, higher inflation, which will push up interest rates & make debt even more expensive,' said Indermit Gill…World Bank Group's Chief Economist '…poorest people, who spend…highest share of their income on food & fuels, will be hit…hardest…All of this is a reminder of…stark truth: war is development in reverse.'"

Middle East War to Spark Biggest Energy Price Surge in Four Years
Energy prices are projected to surge by 24% this year to their highest level since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, as the war in the Middle East sends a severe shock through global commodity markets, according to the World Bank Group's latest Commodity Markets Outlook.

In an interview, Apple's SVP of Services Eddy Cue says Brazil is Apple TV's second-largest and fastest growing market in terms of subscribers (Marcus Mendes/9to5Mac)
https://9to5mac.com/2026/02/26/eddy-cue-says-…

Eddy Cue: Brazil is Apple TV’s second-largest market, talks Netflix-Warner merger - 9to5Mac
In an interview, Cue emphasized Brazil’s growing role in Apple TV’s business, and commented on Netflix’s attempt to acquire Warner Bros.

Starting in less than ONE HOUR, our final webinar of this series:
"Report-Back from COP30, Reflections on Change-Making and Next Steps."
Register now to hear about COP30, the Peoples' Summit and the Indigenous Village.
We will also reflect on corporate capture of climate action.

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Report Back from COP30, Reflections on Change-Making and Next Steps. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
In November 2025, Seed the Commons participated in the People’s Summit Towards COP30. We presented a talk as part of the Just Transition axis, and the last day of the summit we marched with tens of thousands of other activists from around the world to demand real solutions to our climate crisis. Alongside organizations such as SEUI 1021 and the SF Labor Council, Seed the Commons co-organized a solidarity climate march on the same day in San Francisco. We merged it with a People Over Billionai…

Analysis: in 2025, total UK ad spend grew 6.4% YoY to £46.7B; of that, £31B went to Google, Meta, and Amazon, and £1.6B went to magazines and news, down 5.1% (Dominic Ponsford/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/marketing/uk-adspend-google-meta-amazon/

Google, Meta and Amazon took two thirds of £46bn UK 2025 adspend
The vast UK adspend with Google, Meta and Amazon for 2025 has been revealed in new Press Gazette research which shows they dominate market.

“Overweighting the US has served global investors well the past 15 years,” Lisa Shalett, chief investment officer at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management said.
“That said, we believe shifting geopolitical, monetary and fiscal policy regimes amid technological upheaval and the constraints of developed world debt are creating a need for diversification beyond US stocks and bonds for long-term investors.”
“One of the biggest and most underappreciated surprises of 2025 has been the extr…

US stocks had a remarkable 2025. But international markets did much better
Heading into 2025, US stock valuations were already relatively expensive compared to the rest of the world, creating an incentive for investors to look for returns in different markets.