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Meta appoints Dina Powell McCormick, a prominent banking executive and former Republican official, as president and vice chair, reporting to Mark Zuckerberg (Sara Fischer/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/01/12/meta-dina-powell-mccormick-president-vice-cha…

Meta taps Dina Powell McCormick as president and vice chairman
Powell McCormick's connections to the global finance community has put her at the center of dealmaking across industries that matter to Meta in the AI era.

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-- Indian women are crushed by hours of abusive content,
--German-language Telegram channels spread Russian disinformation,
--China has a covert spy-cam porn industry,
--Fears over …

Best infosec-related long reads for the week of 1/31/26
Indian women are crushed by hours of abusive content, German-language Telegram channels spread Russian disinformation, China has a covert spy-cam porn industry, Fears over TikTok's policy changes are really fears of the tech industry, Canada is moving away from US intelligence in space

US Aluminum Premium Tops $1 a Pound for First Time (Yvonne Yue Li/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-29/us-aluminum-premium-tops-1-a-pound-for-first-time
http://www.memeorandum.com/260129/p42#a260129p42

this is incredible, @….
https://tapas.io/episode/1607651

#resist #protest #broligarchy #oligarchy

"How chemicals from our laptops and TVs have ended up in the brains of dolphins and porpoises"
#Oceans #Environment #Technology

E-waste chemicals found in the brains of dolphins and porpoises
A new study has warned that liquid crystal monomers from electronic devices are accumulating in the organs of endangered marine species.

Helsingin keskustatunneli vedetään Espooseen asti?
https://yle.fi/a/74-20201915

12 kilometrin kakkatunneli Helsingistä Espooseen ratkaisee kohta pääkaupunkiseudun jätevesiongelman – joksikin aikaa
Kasvava pääkaupunkiseutu käyttää lähivuosikymmeninä satoja miljoonia euroja, jotta voi käsitellä jätevesiä nykyistä enemmän ja paremmin.

WBD's board determines that Paramount's latest offer of $31/share is a "Company Superior Proposal", triggering a four-day period in which Netflix can counter (Christopher Palmeri/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

https://www.nextgov.com/people/2025/12/trump-formally-taps-joshua-rudd-lead-nsa-cyber-command/410266/
“Rudd, the current deputy director for Indo-Pacific Command, appears to not have previously held a military cybersecurity po…

Trump formally taps Joshua Rudd to lead NSA, Cyber Command
The nomination marks a turning point for the electronic surveillance and hacking teams that have been without a permanent leader for eight months.