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Biometrische Grenzkontrolle: Deutschland startet Ein-/Ausreisesystem im Oktober
Nach einer Verzögerung soll das europäische Ein-/Ausreisesystem fürs Grenzmanagement jetzt in Düsseldorf starten. Frankfurt und München sollen folgen.

Source: cloud startup Vercel has been approached by investors offering to invest hundreds of millions at an $8B-$9B valuation; it was valued at $3B last year (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/cloud-startup-vercel-fields-o…

Cloud Startup Vercel Fields Offers for $9 Billion Valuation
Vercel, a nine-year-old cloud startup that companies use to host and develop websites and artificial intelligence apps, has been approached by investors offering to invest hundreds of millions of dollars at a valuation between $8 billion to $9 billion, according to a person with direct knowledge ...

Last weekend, Yale University had a “viral German-style pudding event” where students gathered to eat pudding with a fork
https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2025/10/09/viral-german-style-pudding-event-set-for-saturday-w…

Viral German-style pudding event set for Saturday with academic funds
On Saturday afternoon, Yalies will try out the German trend of eating pudding with a fork, at an event organized with the German department’s support.

Noch einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Biometrische Grenzkontrolle: Deutschland startet Ein-/Ausreisesystem im Oktober

Sources: Stockholm-based vibe coding startup Lovable is in talks to raise funding at a valuation of ~$6B, up from $1.8B in July when it raised a $200M Series A (Iain Martin/Forbes)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/20

Vibe Coding Startup Lovable In Talks To Raise At $6 Billion Valuation
The Stockholm-based startup that uses artificial intelligence to code apps and websites for its users is in talks to raise a new round at triple its last valuation from just four months ago.

Schlecht für Custom ROMs: Google ändert Android-Sicherheitspatch-Strategie
Monatliche Sicherheitspatches für Android werden künftig kleiner ausfallen. Zudem soll der Sourcecode nicht mehr regelmäßig veröffentlicht werden.

Sources: OneTrust, which sells privacy and compliance software and was last valued at $4.5B in 2023, is exploring a sale, possibly to private equity buyers (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/onetrus…

OneTrust, Privacy Startup Last Valued at $4.5 Billion, Discusses Private Equity Sale
OneTrust, a nine-year-old startup that benefited from a wave of European and U.S. laws regulating how companies collect and share website data, is exploring a sale—possibly to private equity buyers, according to people familiar with the discussions. The Atlanta-based startup, which sells privacy ...

Meta's strong Q2 shows it has learned a company must give investors short-term results to get permission for long-term investments, such as its AI ambitions (Ben Thompson/Stratechery)
https://stratechery.com/2025/meta-earnings-meta-turns-the-dial-soci…

Facebook is Dead; Long Live Meta
Meta delivered blowout earnings the same quarter that Mark Zuckerberg doubled down on AI; I don’t think it was a coincidence.

An interview with Unity CEO Matthew Bromberg on lessons from AOL, the rise of esports, turning around EA's Star Wars: The Old Republic, Zynga, more (Ben Thompson/Stratechery)
https://stratechery.com/2025/an-interview-with-unity-ceo-matthew-bro…

An Interview with Unity CEO Matthew Bromberg About Turnarounds
An interview with Unity CEO Matthew Bromberg about a career focused on turnarounds, from EA’s KOTR to Zynga and now to Unity.