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One of the TV or cable networks should totally have the Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake at the ready to play when the time comes.
Context: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-04/swan-lake-broadcast-signals-turmoil-in-russia/100881424

Swan Lake TV broadcast signals turmoil in Russia as independent media outlets forced to close
Staff at a leading independent Russian TV station resign before airing Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, in a Soviet-era signal of political turmoil in the country.

⚡ Green electronics thanks to biodegradable circuit boards
#electronics

Green electronics thanks to biodegradable circuit boards
They are the "heart" of every electronic device, from laptops to electric toothbrushes: printed circuit boards, also known as PCBs. These rigid boards are covered with copper traces and soldered electronic components and are usually of a telltale green color. They are, however, not exactly environmentally friendly.

Bitcoin bridging app Garden Finance Reportedly Loses Over $10.8 Million in Hacking Incident
https://beincrypto.com/bitcoin-bridging-app-garden-finance-hack/

Garden Finance Reportedly Loses Over $10.8 Million in Hacking Incident
Garden Finance hack leads to $10.8 million loss after money laundering claims, echoing crypto’s ongoing security struggles.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Boards of Canada:
🎵 Julie and Candy
#BoardsofCanada
https://vaaticanrecords.bandcamp.com/track/zoogoo-tippity-tap-crack-boards-of-canada-julie-and-candy
https://open.spotify.com/track/5PwWkCS888xVopHOOTVtfY

Softwarelizenzen: Bei Microsoft wechselt die Ampel auf Grün, Broadcom bleibt Rot
Das 3. europäische Wettbewerbsbarometer von Cloud-Anbietern unterstreicht verschärfte Probleme bei Broadcom. Lizenzbedingungen von SAP geben Anlass zur Sorge.

“A massive pile of debt from the VMware acquisition is forcing Broadcom to squeeze every penny from assets we once considered sacred.” read here
#broadcom #docker #bitnami
we really need sovereign pu…

The $69 Billion Domino Effect: How VMware’s Debt-Fueled Acquisition Is Killing Open Source, One Repository at a Time
Bitnami’s decision to end its free tier by August 2025 has sparked widespread outrage among developers who rely on its services. This change is part of Broadcom CEO Hock Tan’s strategy …

Bayesian Surrogates for Risk-Aware Pre-Assessment of Aging Bridge Portfolios
Sophia V. Kuhn, Rafael Bischof, Marius Weber, Antoine Binggeli, Michael A. Kraus, Walter Kaufmann, Fernando P\'erez-Cruz
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.25031

Bayesian Surrogates for Risk-Aware Pre-Assessment of Aging Bridge Portfolios
Aging infrastructure portfolios pose a critical resource allocation challenge: deciding which structures require intervention and which can safely remain in service. Structural assessments must balance the trade-off between cheaper, conservative analysis methods and accurate but costly simulations that do not scale portfolio-wide. We propose Bayesian neural network (BNN) surrogates for rapid structural pre-assessment of worldwide common bridge types, such as reinforced concrete frame bridges. T…

A man named Bill DeBlasio, quoted in a Times story as ex-NYC mayor de Blasio, says he just played along in response to Times' email and used ChatGPT to respond (Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/10/29/2025/british-newspaper-…

British newspaper spoke to the wrong DeBlasio, not an ‘imposter’
How a Long Island vintner, with the help of ChatGPT, prompted a transatlantic journalistic debacle.

Russia–North Korea Partnership Boosted by New Bridge: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/29/russianorth-korea-partnership-boosted-by.html

Alexa : Amazons neue Assistentin ist endlich final
Bereits Ende 2023 präsentierte Amazon seine verbesserte Assistentin, nun "Alexa ". Zumindest in den USA hat sie Marktreife erreicht.
https://www.