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Cloudflare combines a new Email Sending feature with Routing into a unified Email Service to let developers send emails from Cloudflare Workers, in private beta (Cloudflare)
https://blog.cloudflare.com/email-service/

Announcing Cloudflare Email Service’s private beta
Today, we’re launching Cloudflare Email Service. Send and receive email directly from your Workers with native bindings—no API keys needed. We're unifying email sending and routing into a single service built for developers. Sign up for the private beta.

As streaming services hike prices, consumer frustration grows, and streamers look to increase content stickiness and more to combat "serial churners" (Kevin Williams/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/25/disney-hulu-netflix-streaming-services…

It's not just Disney: As streaming services hike prices, it's a battle over who blinks first
Disney+/Hulu hiked prices this week, the most recent of many streaming service increases. Churn is a concern, but entertainment giants haven't blinked yet.

Russia’s customs service starts concealing import data on sanctioned goods: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/25/russias-customs-service-starts-concealing.html

"Plastic pollution could linger at ocean surfaces for over a century, new research finds"
#Plastic #Plastics #Oceans

Plastic pollution could linger at ocean surfaces for over a century, new research finds
Scientists from the Department of Geography and Environmental Science at Queen Mary University of London have developed a simple model to show how buoyant plastic can settle through the water column and they predict it could take over 100 years to remove plastic waste from the ocean's surface.

Sources: ServiceNow is in advanced talks to buy corporate data management and security startup Veza for $1B in a deal as early as next week (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/servicenow-advanced-talks-buy-security…

ServiceNow in Advanced Talks to Buy Security Startup For At Least $1 Billion
ServiceNow, an IT and HR software provider, is in advanced talks to buy five-year-old security startup Veza for more than $1 billion, according to people with knowledge of the deal. Veza’s subscription software helps businesses see which of their employees, as well as AI agents that automate ...

The U.S. patent for mp3 audio was granted on November 26 in 1996. This piece is kinda weird about it in spots, but it gives a decent history about how it laid the foundations for peer-to-peer music sharing, etc.

The U.S. patent for MP3 audio was granted on this day in 1996 — laid the foundations for peer-to-peer music sharing, iTunes, and today's streaming services
The Fraunhofer Institut had been working on its lossy audio compression tech for phone line transmission since 1977.

Municipal emergency warning service offline after hackers steal user data https://therecord.media/emergency-warning-service-offline

2000KM STRIKE! Security Service of Ukraine sinks Russia spy network in the Mediterranean!: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/26/km-strike-security-service-of.html

Filing: Sinclair offers to acquire Scripps for $7 a share in cash and stock, a 70% premium over Scripps' November 21 closing price of $4.12 (Rob Golum/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-24/sinclair-b…

Sinclair Bids to Buy Rival TV Broadcaster Scripps for $7 a Share
Sinclair Inc., one of the largest US TV broadcasters, offered to acquire competitor E.W. Scripps Co. for $7 a share in cash and stock.

ServiceNow has spent $12B on acquisitions and investments in 2025 amid concerns about revenue growth, projected to fall below 20% in 2026 without acquisitions (Brody Ford/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025…