2025-09-30 15:10:54
Vercel, which offers cloud tools to make web and AI apps, raised $300M led by Accel and Singapore's GIC at a $9.3B valuation and considers a ~$300M tender offer (Paayal Zaveri/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
Vercel, which offers cloud tools to make web and AI apps, raised $300M led by Accel and Singapore's GIC at a $9.3B valuation and considers a ~$300M tender offer (Paayal Zaveri/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
Dolphins cut CB Smith, former second-round pick https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46440606/dolphins-waive-former-second-round-pick-cam-smith
2026 NFL Mock Draft: 3 QBs Destined for First Round — But Which Ones and Where To? https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/2026-nfl-mock-draft-3-qbs-destined-first-round-which-ones-where-to
At Bay Area protest, a second pastor is shot by federal agents with a pepper round
https://religionnews.com/2025/10/24/at-bay-area-protest-a-second-pastor-is-shot-by-federal-agents-with-a-pepper-round/
An LLM generates a statistically typical response.
If you ask an LLM whether the world is round, it generates what would be a typical response to the question of whether the world is round. (It will probably be correct, because the typical answer to that question is the correct one.)
If you ask an LLM to provide examples of its own bias, it will generate what would be a typical response to a request to provide examples of bias.
In neither case is the LLM sharing any knowledge or insight other than what is typical.
2/
Raiders predicted to add Geno Smith replacement in first round of 2026 NFL Draft https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/news/raiders-predicted-add-geno-smith-replacement-first…
because the sky is blue, it makes me cry...
I'm just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round...
like endless rain into a paper cup...
doesn't have a point of view...
Thank you, JL
ICE protesters clash with cops at NYC government building after reports of agents rounding up illegal migrants (New York Post)
https://nypost.com/2025/11/29/us-news/150-ice-protesters-flock-to-lower-manhattan-government-building-after-reports-of-agents-round-up-illegal-migrants/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251129/p56#a251129p56
Do the often traded sixth- and seventh-rounder picks matter? Plus: Ravens-Dolphins prep https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6765049/2025/10/30/late-round-picks-matter-nfl-draft-scoop-city/
'An Experienced Corner': Dallas Cowboys find cornerback help with other first round selection in latest 2026 NFL Mock Draft https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/dallas
KnowGuard: Knowledge-Driven Abstention for Multi-Round Clinical Reasoning
Xilin Dang, Kexin Chen, Xiaorui Su, Ayush Noori, I\~naki Arango, Lucas Vittor, Xinyi Long, Yuyang Du, Marinka Zitnik, Pheng Ann Heng
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.24816
Learning in an Echo Chamber: Online Learning with Replay Adversary
Daniil Dmitriev, Harald Eskelund Franck, Carolin Heinzler, Amartya Sanyal
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.25135 htt…
Check out today's Metacurity for a solid round-up of the most critical infosec developments you might have missed over the weekend, including
--UK government bails out Jaguar Land Rover with $2 billion loan,
--Hackers contacted Harrods after 430K customer records were stolen,
--Hackers threaten to release more Kido nursery school records,
--Russia's undersea spying ops become more brazen,
--Unitree robots afflicted by a severe flaw,
--Akira attacks …
Texans trade OT Cam Robinson to Browns, per report: Cleveland lands potential starter in late-round pick swap
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/texans-
Here's a ladybug on a Goldenrod, look really close and you'll see little yellow pollen spots on it!
#photo #photography #bug
Ex-Raiders First-Round Pick Signs Contract With Rival https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/clelin-ferrell-49ers-contract-roster/?adt_ei=[email]
It's a year since the last chemo round. And 6 months off venetoclax 🤢 I'm cancer-free(-ish) and back to work at HashiCorp (now IBM, which sounds very weird to me)
our kids pumpkin for this year
idk
#pumpkin
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Sandy B:
🎵 Make The World Go Round (Deep Deep In Orbit dub)
#SandyB
https://editlab.bandcamp.com/track/sandy-b-make-the-world-go-round-editlab
https://open.spotify.com/track/3suUyj7jumc7N0sxNfsdPe
This awesome t-shirt caused me to rewatch the #DaftPunk anime saga. I thought there were only 4 music videos but there are in fact many more (not for any hit singles though). Another tiny easter egg is the short drummer's back story: He's supposed to be from my home town Munich! So of course he likes beer :)
Projecting the draft order: Titans at the top, Jets in top three https://www.espn.com/nfl/draft2026/story/_/id/46146676/2026-nfl-draft-order-projections-32-first-round-picks
50th birthday celebrations so far have included:
- optician visit to get glasses adjusted
- going to Lidl & Asda for sundry items
- getting utterly drenched en route
- short dog walk
- burger in local indie food place
- 2hr round trip to Belfast Intl to collect daughter
- small amount of Bollinger
Actually not terrible, tbh.
South Korean AI chip maker Rebellions raised a $250M Series C at a $1.4B valuation; Arm joined the round as a strategic partner (Yoolim Lee/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-29/ai-chip-startup-rebellio…
$22 Million Rookie First Round Pick Touted as ‘Star’ for Cowboys https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/star-rookie-offensive-lineman-tyler-booker/?adt_ei=[email]
Bandits roaming Hilbert space
Josep Lumbreras
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.24569 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.24569
Raiders still won't commit to 3rd round rookie despite injuries at guard https://raiderswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/raiders/2025/11/30/raiders-competition-guard-caleb-rogers-atonio-mafi-…
This would've been my choice:
Children's Games
from One More Round by Enoch Kent
Sweet a cappella ballad from his life growing up playing with kids in the streets of Glasgow
#ListeningClub
#Accordion on the rest of the record
Me drying my long skate shorts on the radiator before going to the seaside because I forgot to hang them up last night 😩
This is a 'shorts all year round kinda person' problem.
Putin shifts Russia to year-round conscription after 346,000 losses in 2025 - Euromaidan Press
https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/10/28/putin-shifts-russia-to-year-round-conscription-after-346000-casualties-in-2025/
Cowboys Trade Prediction Lands $26 Million First Round Pick https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/trade-prediction-edge-rusher-jermaine-johnson/?adt_ei=[email]
New York-based Modal Labs, which offers a serverless cloud platform to build AI apps and run AI inference, raised $87M led by Lux Capital at a $1.1B valuation (Chris Metinko/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/enterprise-software-deals/2025/09/29/modal…
🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#RoundMidnight
- London Jazz Festival: Laura Jurd, LVDF and ESKA
In a special Friday edition, Soweto shares performance highlights from our 'Round Midnight showcase at the Barbican, recorded during this year's London Jazz Festival.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002mbfd
Driven Dissipative Soliton Resonance
Vladimir L. Kalashnikov, Alexander Rudenkov, Evgeni Sorokin, Irina T. Sorokina
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.24503 https://
Why the Raiders Are Ready for Round 2 vs. Chargers https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-ready-for-round-2-chargers
A sanderling, Calidris alba, probing for prey at the tide line on Asilomar State Beach back in January
#naturalist
Hi @…
The server on which my liberaforms instance runs is not configured to send outgoing email (because I haven't got round to doing that). When I try to create a new user, the page at `/admin/invites/new` just hangs (which is reasonable because it can't send email) and no record is created in the `invites` table. The form at `/site/new-user…
My windows are too round.
My WINDOWS are too ROUND.
MY WINDOWS are TOO ROUND.
For the love of god and all that is holy MY WINDOWS ARE TOO ROUND.
Toronto-based Wealthsimple, an online investment management service, raised CA$750M co-led by Dragoneer and GIC at a post-money valuation of CA$10B (Josh Scott/BetaKit)
https://betakit.com/wealthsimple-hits-10-billion-valuation…
Cowboys' Jerry Jones says he offered Jets first-round pick, Micah Parsons for Quinnen Williams https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6845402/2025/11/28/cowboys-jerry-jones-says-he-offered-jets-first-ro…
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
The Equatics:
🎵 Merry Go Round
#TheEquatics
https://theequatics.bandcamp.com/track/merry-go-round
https://open.spotify.com/track/4X4NrHp5VpibgirzuImxXd
New York-based Kaizen, which provides a commerce platform for government agencies to offer services like utility billing, raised a $21M Series A led by NEA (Chris Metinko/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/enterprise-software-deals/202…
This would've been my choice:
Children's Games
from One More Round by Enoch Kent
Sweet a cappella ballad from his life growing up playing with kids in the streets of Glasgow
https://borealisrecords.bandcamp.com/track/childrens-games
Cowboys lose LB, re-add former Colts 2nd-round WR to extended roster https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2025/09/30/cowboys-lose-lb-buddy-johnson-re-sign-wr-parris-campbell/86441051007/…
Raiders Predicted to Trade Starting CB for Former First-Round Pick QB https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/anthony-richardson-eric-stokes-colts-trade/?adt_ei=[email]
Cowboys' Jerry Jones says he offered Jets first-round pick, Micah Parsons for Quinnen Williams https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6845402/2025/11/28/cowboys-jerry-jones-says-he-offered-jets-first-ro…
Sources: Databricks is raising $5B and expects sales to grow 55% this year, putting its post-money valuation at $134B, as AI costs squeeze gross profit margins (Cory Weinberg/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/datab…
Cowboys now down 3 OL starters as former first-round pick suffered concussion vs Packers https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2025/09/29/cowboys-lt-tyler-guyton-concussion-protocol/86414934007/
Singapore-based wealth management platform Endowus raised $70M , bringing its total funding to $130M , and says the new capital will boost its AI advisory tools (Katrina Bianca Cuaresma/DealStreetAsia)
https://www.dealstreetasia.com/stories/endowus-70-m-round-460635/…
Cowboys proposed to land $13 million, former 1st-round pick in trade deadline deal https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2025/10/30/cowboys-proposed-as-top-trade-destination…
Bills 1st-round pick Hairston set for season debut https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46722845/bills-first-round-pick-maxwell-hairston-set-season-debut
Inspiren, which provides AI-powered fall detection and other tech for senior living facilities, raised a $100M Series B, bringing its total funding to $155M (Kathleen Steele Gaivin/McKnight's Senior Living)
https://www.mcknightsseniorliving.c…
Cowboys' Jerry Jones says he offered Jets first-round pick, Micah Parsons for Quinnen Williams https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6845402/2025/11/28/cowboys-jones-jets-trade-parsons-williams/
Fireworks AI, which helps developers access AI chips and models, raised a $254M Series C at a $4B valuation, split into a $230M primary and $24M secondary round (Belle Lin/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.co…
Texans trade OT Cam Robinson to Browns in move that includes pick swap: Source https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6673477/2025/09/29/texans-browns-cam-robinson-trade/
Titans deal CB Roger McCreary to Rams for 2026 fifth- and sixth-round draft picks https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6754415/2025/10/27/roger-mccreary-titans-rams-trade-news-nfl/
Raiders Week 4 Busters vs Bears https://raiderswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/raiders/2025/09/30/raiders-week-4-busters-chicago-bears/86441350007/
Cowboys' Jerry Jones says he offered Jets first-round pick, Micah Parsons for Quinnen Williams https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6845402/2025/11/28/cowboys-jones-jets-trade-parsons-williams/
Source: Browns trade for Texans OT Robinson https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46421597/source-browns-trade-texans-cam-robinson-fill-ot-need
Sources: AI image generation startup Black Forest Labs is exploring raising $200M-$300M at a $4B valuation, after a prior undisclosed round at a $1B valuation (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/299ddb72-1ae7-4691-bf6b-cd0229bbb04f
Steelers starting LT Broderick Jones expected to miss rest of 2025 season with neck injury, per report
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/broderick-jones-injury-steelers-2025-season/
Jets Host Former First-Round CB Just Days After Cowboys Cut https://www.si.com/nfl/jets/onsi/news/jets-host-former-first-round-cb-just-days-after-cowboys-cut-pat3
Las Vegas Raiders bye week 3-round 2026 NFL mock draft https://raiderswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/raiders/2025/10/24/las-vegas-raiders-bye-week-3-round-2026-nfl-mock-draft/86872597007/
Sources: Carter to Philly, Metchie to Jets in trade https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46772929/sources-eagles-trade-john-metchie-iii-jets-michael-carter-ii
Sources: legal AI startup Harvey raised $150M led by a16z at an $8B valuation, up from a $5B valuation in June, bringing its total raised to over $1B (Iain Martin/Forbes)
http://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2025/10/29/le…
Jerry Jones: Cowboys almost traded Micah Parsons and first-round pick to Jets https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2025/11/28/micah-parsons-trade-quinnen-williams-cowboys-jets/87509145007/
Eagles trading WR John Metchie III to Jets for CB Michael Carter II https://www.nfl.com/news/eagles-jets-trade-john-metchie-michael-carter-ii
Bengals tabbed as trade fit for Raiders' 2nd-round project https://bengalswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/bengals/2025/09/24/bengals-trade-fit-raiders-2nd-round-jackson-powers-johnson/86334154007/…
Dallas Cowboys named potential trade suitor for former first-round WR https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/news/dallas-cowboys-named-potential-trade-suitor-former-first-round-wide-receiver
Source: cryptocurrency exchange Kraken quietly closed a $500M funding round at a $15B valuation, including from co-CEO Arjun Sethi's Tribe Capital (Jeff John Roberts/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/crypto/2025/09/25/kraken-ipo-ceo/
Former Dallas Cowboys defender has an opportunity with the Tennessee Titans https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/tennessee-titans/news/former-dallas-cowboys-defender-has-opportunity-tennessee-titans/1…
2026 NFL mock draft: Serving up first-round projections as playoff picture comes into focus this Thanksgiving
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/news/2026-nfl-mock-dr…
Cowboys, Browns named possible trade partners for embattled former 1st-round wide receiver https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/dallas-cowboys/news/cowboys-browns-trade-partners-embattled-1st-round-wide…
Raiders activate 2 TE in wake of Michael Mayer injury including former 4th round pick https://raiderswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/raiders/2025/09/27/raiders-activate-2-tight-ends-in-wake-of-michae…
Micah Parsons Expects 'Round of Applause' From Cowboys Fans in Dallas Return https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/micah-parsons-expects-round-applause-from-cowboys-fans-dallas-return
Sources: AI chip startup SambaNova is exploring a sale after it struggled to complete a fundraising round; SambaNova was last valued at $5B in 2021 (Valida Pau/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/ai-chip-startup-sambano…
Cowboys first-round rookie guard Tyler Booker (ankle) to miss four to six weeks https://www.nfl.com/news/cowboys-first-round-rookie-guard-tyler-booker-ankle-to-miss-four-to-six-weeks
13 biggest first-round NFL draft busts in Raiders history https://thelistwire.usatoday.com/story/sports/2025/09/20/raiders-first-round-busts-jamarcus-russell-todd-marinovich/86249722007/
Germany-based Quantum Systems, which sells surveillance drones that are being used by Ukraine, raised €180M, tripling its valuation to €3B since May (Christina Kyriasoglou/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/202…
Cowboys load up in 4-round mock draft with defensive studs, playmaking RB https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/draft/cowboys-load-up-in-4-round-mock-draft-with-defensive-studs-playmaking-rb
Hall of Fame cuts 2 more 2-time Super Bowl winning Raiders in latest round of Senior nominees https://raiderswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/raiders/2025/10/23/raiders-hall-of-fame-senior-nominee…
Titans trade starting CB Jarvis Brownlee Jr. to Jets in shocking late-round pick swap
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/titans-trade-…
AI workplace agents startup Genspark raised a $275M Series B at a $1.25B valuation and says it hit $50M in annualized revenue after pivoting from AI search (Anna Tong/Forbes)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/annatong/2025/11/20/genspark…
Source: Kalshi raised $1B led by Sequoia and CapitalG at a $11B valuation, less than two months after it announced a $300M fundraise at a $5B valuation (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/20/source-kalshis-valuatio…
Projecting the 2026 draft order: Titans still No. 1, with Giants and Jets in top five https://www.espn.com/nfl/draft2026/story/_/id/46146676/2026-nfl-draft-order-projections-32-first-round-picks
Cowboys cut former first-round CB, reunite with RB before Week 12 https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/news/cowboys-cut-former-first-round-cb-reunite-with-rb-before-week-12
Miller's new NFL mock draft: 32 first-round pick predictions -- and two trades -- five months out https://www.espn.com/nfl/draft2026/story/_/id/47000736/2026-nfl-mock-draft-first-round-predictions-32-picks-matt-miller
Cowboys cut ties with former 1st-round pick to make room for signing RB https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/dallas-cowboys/news/cowboys-cut-ties-former-1st-round-pick-signing-rb/01e60974a8f634e7c554d929
Buccaneers' Calijah Kancey (pectoral) could return if team reaches playoffs, advances past first round https://www.nfl.com/news/buccaneers-calijah-kancey-pectoral-could-return-if-team-reaches-playoffs-advances-past-fir…
Upgrade, which offers online loans and other financial services, raised $165M led by Neuberger Berman at a $7.3B valuation and is "12 to 18 months" from an IPO (Jaures Yip/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/16/fintech-star…
Cowboys build elite defense with two 1st-round difference-makers in recent mock draft https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/news/cowboys-build-elite-defense-with-two-1st-round-difference-makers-in-recent-mock-draft…
Grading every first-round pick through Week 7: Tyler Warren, Emeka Egbuka lead strong rookie class
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/grading
Carnell Tate 2026 NFL Draft profile: Ohio State looking to place WR in first round for fifth straight year
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/news/carnell-tate-nfl-draft-pro…
Jets trade CB Michael Carter to Eagles in exchange for WR John Metchie, per report
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/jets-trade-cb-michael-carter-t…
Eagles trade WR John Metchie III to Jets for CB Michael Carter II: Source https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6760966/2025/10/29/eagles-jets-trade-john-metchie-michael-carter-ii/
2025 NFL midseason All-Rookie Team: Jaxson Dart, Tyler Warren and Emeka Egbuka among breakout stars
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/2025-nf