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More than 100 detained in holiday immigration raids across Central Coast, sparking outrage
Federal immigration agents took people from their homes, job sites, businesses and on the streets as they ran errands,
#Santa #Maria City Councilmember Gloria Soto said.
She said at least 87 people were taken by age…

More than 100 detained in holiday immigration raids across Central Coast, sparking outrage
A year-end wave of immigration raids in California's Central Coast led to the apprehension of 147 people, sparking outrage from elected officials and immigra...

Vodafone bekommt dank Konkurrent 1&1 mehr Geld in die Kasse
Nach starken Einbußen stabilisiert Vodafone Deutschland sein Geschäft. Grund sind Mietzahlungen vom Wettbewerber 1&1.
https://www.

At a US Senate hearing, Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos committed to a 45-day theatrical window and discussed a meeting with Trump, YouTube, residuals, and more (Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/02/netflix-warner-bros-senate-antitrust-1236707208/
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At Senate Hearing, Netflix’s Ted Sarandos Commits To 45-Day Theatrical Window, Grilled By Republican Over Transgender Content — Update
The chair of a Senate subcommittee called it "extraordinary in both scale and potential consequence"

Since I've been seeing a lot of "switch to Ecosia for search they are sustainable and European" hints lately your evaluation might soon change:
Their boss explicitly wants not just to add "AI" to search but go all in on more "AI" tools. (Which sucks, I was thinking about applying for the CTO job there but I won't waste my time seeing that)
(Article in German)

Ecosia-CEO: „In drei Monaten sind wir die größte KI-App Europas” | t3n
Erst Suche, dann Browser, jetzt KI-Tool: Die Pläne der grünen Tech-Firma klingen ambitioniert. Aber sind sie auch realistisch? Wir haben mit Geschäftsführer Christian Kroll über die Zukunft von Ecosia gesprochen. Fakt ist: Das Suchmonopol von Google ist Stand jetzt nicht überwindbar. Ebenfalls Fakt ist: Der Markt scheint groß genug zu sein, dass sich auch kleinere […]

Health care, funding and more: 5 things to watch when the Senate returns (Al Weaver/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5661828-health-care-funding-senate-2026/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260104/p30#a260104p30

Giants owner Mara gets game ball after finale win https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47506545/giants-present-owner-john-mara-game-ball-beating-cowboys

»Open Source — Die Suche nach mehr digitaler Unabhängigkeit:
Tech-Konzerne wie Microsoft sind mächtig, doch ein Großteil der deutschen Ministerien und Behörden nutzt die Software. Das macht verwundbar, glauben viele. Bundesregierung und erste Bundesländer setzen deshalb zunehmend auf den offenen Quellcode.«
Zu lange haben zu viele blind den Konzernen geglaubt und hatten sich (so gut wie) nicht darum gekümmert.
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Um in IT-Fragen weniger verwundbar zu sein, setzen Bundesregierung und Ministerien auf Open Source
Um in der IT weniger verwundbar zu sein, setzen Bundesregierung und Ministerien nicht mehr auf Microsoft-Software, sondern vermehrt auf den offenen Quellcode.

Santa Barbara County authorities recovered the body of a man who was reportedly swept off a flooded roadway in Goleta Valley on Saturday.
The man was driving near the 1100 block of North San Marcos Road shortly before noon when his vehicle reportedly became stuck on a flooded part of the road that passes over Maria Ygnacio Creek, according to Captain Mike Gray with the Santa Barbara County Fire Department.
The man then exited his vehicle, Gray said, and he was subsequently washed…

The marquee matchup for the open US Senate seat in North Carolina will begin to resolve into focus Tuesday,
with a well-known former Democratic governor and a Donald Trump-endorsed but untested Republican appearing to lead the field.
In the Democratic primary, former two-term governor Roy #Cooper is ahead in recent polling against the slate of other candidates who have never held elected office.…

The Washington Post told employees on Wednesday that
it was beginning a widespread round of layoffs that are expected to
decimate the organization’s sports, local news and international coverage.
Matt Murray, The Post’s executive editor, told newsroom employees on a call that
all sections would be affected in some way.
But he said that the end result would be a publication that focused even more on national news and politics,
as well as business and health…

Washington Post Begins Cutting More Than 300 Jobs
The layoffs will cut into The Post’s local, international and sports coverage, and reduce the number of all its employees by about 30 percent.