Tootfinder

Nic Chan tells a familiar story and hits on one of three lessons I’ve learned in this scenario:
1. No discounts (project fees are different);
2. Very clear and tight scope with full-price out-of-scope rates;
3. Some clients are just a poor fit.
https://indieweb.social/@NicMakesStuff

A look at Tether's global expansion, after it recently hit ~300 staff; sources describe Tether's internal focus on corporate structure and "profit and loss" (Jill R Shah/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/c38c672f-a113-4b1f-a56d-b165c5f4cb86

The year starts with a new competition case re. public EV charging prices in Italy. The competition authority has decided to conduct a further investigation into A2A Mobility, as prices charged to others were higher than in their own app.
https://www.agcm.it/pubblicazioni/bolletti<…

The EU says Meta agreed to make changes to its "pay or consent" model in the EU, including ad-lite Instagram and Facebook versions, but "the case is not closed" (Barbara Moens/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/39b9d90c-0629-4dfc-8a2b-c52f1f503f38…

"‘Choose people and planet over pain’: UN chief highlights climate impact of war in New Year’s call"
#UN #UnitedNations #Climate

Military spending keeps rising. Will it soon cost us the planet?
World leaders have been told to get their ‘priorities straight’ and invest in development, not destruction, as we enter 2026.

Washington's cap-and-invest auctions have raised billions now funding transit, heat pumps, and clean energy projects. Japan is activating multi-trillion-yen green finance for resilience and transition. China commissioned a 1 GW floating solar farm paired with aquaculture.
Policy meets practice, at scale.
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India's Tata Electronics signs up Intel as the first prospective client for its upcoming chip facilities; Tata is investing ~$14B to build in Gujarat and Assam (Nandan Mandayam/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific

Microsoft's chief scientist Eric Horvitz warns that the US' cuts to academic research funding could push talent abroad and hand rivals an edge in the AI race (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/3cf97a0b-b194-4d72-9dee-f8710b2d7476

Sources: Beijing is set to limit access to Nvidia's H200 chips despite President Trump allowing their export to China, in its push for chip self-sufficiency (Zijing Wu/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/c4e81a67-cd5b-48b4-9749-92ecf116313d

Telegram bonds worth $500M are frozen in Russia under western sanctions; filings: its H1 2025 revenue rose 65% YoY to $870M, driven by $300M from Toncoin deals (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/36a37387-cb71-4851-a56f-de2571d520d8