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Source: Perplexity has secured commitments from investors for $200M in new funding at a $20B valuation (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/perplexity-finalizes-20-billion-valuation-round

Perplexity Finalizes $20 Billion-Valuation Round 
Perplexity, which runs an artificial intelligence-powered search engine, has secured commitments from investors for $200 million in new funding at a $20 billion valuation, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. The new capital comes less than two months after the three-year-old startup raised money at a $18 billion valuation. The frequent but relatively modest financings, at

Perplexity Head of Publisher Partnerships Jessica Chan says it isn't "taking any new advertisers", and that ads aren't currently planned for AI browser Comet (Trishla Ostwal/Adweek)
https://www.adweek.com/media/perplexity-pauses-n…

Perplexity Pauses New Advertising Deals to Reassess Ambitions
The move highlights the AI search startup's monetization challenges.

SSD-Probleme unter Windows: Alte Firmware soll schuld sein
SSD-Probleme unter Windows 11 sollen dann aufgetreten sein, wenn der Hersteller eine nicht finale Firmware-Version aufgespielt hat.
https://www.

»Wie Komplexität KI-Ambitionen sabotiert:
Es ist die ultimative Ironie – Unternehmen können ihre Probleme nicht mit KI lösen, weil ihre IT-Probleme sie daran hindern, die Technologie einzusetzen.«
Tja was nun, müssen weiterhin teure Menschen bezüglich der IT-Sicherheit angestellt werden und werden umfangreiche Programme sich nicht selber coden?
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Wie Komplexität KI-Ambitionen sabotiert
Es ist die ultimative Ironie: Unternehmen können ihre Probleme nicht mit KI lösen, weil ihre IT-Probleme sie daran hindern, die Technologie einzusetzen.

An Improved Robin-Robin Coupling Method for Parabolic-Parabolic Interface Problems
Erik Burman, Miguel A. Fernandez, Johnny Guzman, Sijing Liu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.08103 h…

An Improved Robin-Robin Coupling Method for Parabolic-Parabolic Interface Problems
We consider a loosely coupled, non-iterative Robin-Robin coupling method proposed and analyzed in [Numer. Algorithms, 99:921-948, 2025] for a parabolic-parabolic interface problem. We modify the first step of the scheme so that several error difference quantities remain higher order convergence without requiring additional assumptions. Numerical results are presented to support our findings.

„Mit der Migration als Problem abzurechnen, bedeutet zu verstehen, dass sie kein Problem an sich darstellt. Es bedeutet, zu verstehen, wie gefährlich es ist, die Rede von Migration als Problem im politischen Diskurs zu normalisieren.“ https://www.blaetter.de/ausgabe/2025/septe

14 Russian drones entered Poland's airspace in the southeast of the country, ~250 km from Warsaw. Visible on the map are the Ukrainian cities Lviv and Lutsk.
https://bsky.app/profile/euanmacdonald.bsky.social/post/3lyhfpbbryk2w

Euan MacDonald (@euanmacdonald.bsky.social)
Map showing reported Russian drone incursions into Poland. Does not look random (14 drones): It looks like a deliberate attempt by fascist Russia to test NATO air defenses over a part of Polish territory used as a transit point for Western aid to democratic Ukraine.

https://bsky.app/profile/ericwbailey.website/post/3m27zvanqsc2d
Over on Bluesky from @…

Eric Bailey (@ericwbailey.website)
"Again and again, accessibility as a topic in web standards is treated as simultaneously too trivial for specialists' technical opinions to be given weight, but also too difficult to get right without a specialist volunteering to tackle the tricky details." https://alice.boxhall.au/articles/a-threat-model-for-accessibility-on-the-web/

In 2030, OpenAI projects $200B in revenue, with R&D spending hitting ~45% of that, or ~$90B; R&D costs of Alphabet and others are currently 10%-20% of revenue (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openais-350-billion-computing-co…

OpenAI’s $350 Billion Computing Cost Problem
The most popular consumer internet services usually figure out how to make money even after a decade or more of losses. Amazon, Uber, Netflix and Snap all started generating cash by raising prices or leveraging their large audiences to sell ads or other services. OpenAI’s growing audience would ...