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Coinbase is rolling out stock trading, more advanced trading tools, prediction markets via Kalshi, and more, amid a push to be a one-stop financial app (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/17/coinbase-prediction-markets-stock-tradin…

Coinbase adds prediction markets and stock trading in push to be one-stop trading app
Coinbase is expanding into stocks, advanced trading, prediction markets, and new tools for businesses, developers, and automated financial guidance.

A lot of journalistic pieces contain too little information. But here's one that is chock full of interesting stuff, not details, but hooks for deeper inquiry. That stuff goes far beyond the topics in the headline. For instance I had never previously considered subway cars as a potential form of spyware.
"After F-35 “Kill Switch”, Now Europe Perturbed By Chinese “Kill Switch” That Could Cripple Its Transport Infra'

After F-35 “Kill Switch”, Now Europe Perturbed By Chinese “Kill Switch” That Could Cripple Its Transport Infra
The debate about a “kill switch” in Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter jets was hardly over when a new worry is pestering Europe. Do Chinese electric buses plying across multiple cities in Europe come with a similar “kill switch” that allows Beijing to deactivate them remotely? In the last month, multiple European countries, […]

Canal takes a 34% stake in French cinema operator UGC, with the option to build a controlling stake in 2028, and says UGC's content library will expand its own (Jesse Whittock/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2025/10/canal-ugc-stake-secondary-listin…

Canal+ Buys Into French Cinema Chain UGC & Plans Secondary Listing In Johannesburg
Canal has bought a 34% stake in French cinema operator UGC, as the London-listed Euro giant announced plans for a secondary listing in South Africa.

"First assessment of UNESCO sites finds widespread climate impacts"
#UNESCO #Climate #ClimateChange

First assessment of UNESCO sites finds widespread climate impacts
Nearly all of UNESCO’s more than 2,200 World Heritage Sites, Biosphere Reserves and Geoparks have already endured climate extremes over the past two decades. That’s according to initial data from the first ever global biodiversity and climate assessment unveiled at the UNESCO World Congress of Biosphere Reserves, held in Hangzhou, China, from Sept. 22-26. The […]

Turkey shoots down 'out of control' drone over Black Sea: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/16/turkey-shoots-down-out-of.html

Cyberangriff: Bundestagspolizei warnt Fraktionen vor gefährlichen USB-Sticks
In vielen Abgeordnetenbüros sind Postsendungen auf Englisch mit einem USB-Stick eingegangen. Die Polizei mahnt, solche Geräte nicht an Computer anzuschließen.

Im April spreche ich auf der Rack&Stack Konferenz über Decomputing. Weitere Teile des Programms sind nun öffentlich.
(Original title: Golem-Konferenz Rack & Stack 2026: Diese Speaker stehen fest, jetzt verbilligte Tickets sichern)
https://www.…

Golem-Konferenz Rack & Stack 2026: Diese Speaker stehen fest, jetzt verbilligte Tickets sichern - Golem.de
Das Programm für die Rack & Stack steht in großen Teilen, wir haben Zusagen von einigen tollen Speakern! Bis Ende Januar können noch Vorschläge eingereicht und vergünstigte Tickets gekauft werden.

Hab ein Dreirad von VAn Raan zu verkaufen
https://www.kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/dreirad-easy-rider-sitz-dreirad-von-vanraam-mit-unterstuetzung/3224068456-217-3107

Dreirad Easy Rider Sitz-Dreirad von VanRaam mit Unterstützung
Das Dreirad ist 1Jahr alt, ist ein Easy Rider von VanRaam. Es hat einen Eletromotor, so das für...,Dreirad Easy Rider Sitz-Dreirad von VanRaam mit Unterstützung in Niedersachsen - Emden

Sources: Nintendo has asked manufacturers to produce as many as 25M Switch 2 units by the end of March 2026, surpassing analysts' estimates of 17.6M (Bloomberg)

Nintendo Switch 2 Production Plan: 25 Million Units by March 2026
Nintendo Co. has asked suppliers to produce as many as 25 million units of the Switch 2 by the end of March 2026, setting the company up for record first-year sales of a console that’s already reached high-water marks for the global gaming sector.

SharpLink Gaming, the second-largest publicly traded ether treasury firm, raised $76.5M in a direct stock offering priced above market (CoinDesk)
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2025/10/16/sharplink-raises-usd76-5…

SharpLink Raises $76.5M in Premium-Priced Stock Deal to Expand Ether Holdings
The sale reflects "strong institutional confidence," the company said, with an unnamed investor also receiving an option to buy another 4.5 million shares