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Etwas mehr der heute besonders häufig geteilten #News:
BGH: Link auf Geschäftsbedingungen in Brief reicht nicht bei Vertragsabschluss

Coupa, a Thoma Bravo-owned supply chain tech company, acquires procurement tech startup Scoutbee, with the deal expected to close by the end of October (Colin Campbell/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/supply-chain-dea

Exclusive: Thoma Bravo-backed supply chain tech firm Coupa acquires Scoutbee
Supply chain technology is increasingly consolidating as AI transforms firms' capabilities and draws additional investor interest.

FPF releases Issue Brief on Brazil’s Digital ECA: new paradigm of safety & privacy for minors online
https://fpf.org/blog/fpf-releases-issue-brief-on-brazils-digital-eca-new-paradigm-of-safety-privacy-for-minors-online…

from my link log —
Evaluating TCP BBRv2 on the Dropbox edge network.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2008.07699
saved 2020-08-19 https://dotat.at/:/FHLM3.html

Evaluating BBRv2 on the Dropbox Edge Network
Nowadays, loss-based TCP congestion controls in general and CUBIC specifically became the de facto standard for the Internet. BBR congestion control challenges the loss-based approach by modeling the network based on estimated bandwidth and round-trip time. At Dropbox, we've been using BBRv1 since 2017 and are accustomed to its pros and cons. BBRv2 introduces a set of improvements to network modeling (explicit loss targets and inflight limits) and fairness (differential probing and headroom for…

Apple-Brief: EU-Gesetze widersprechen sich und machen Plattformen unsicher
Apple wirft der Europäischen Union vor, dass sich ihre Digitalgesetze gegenseitig in die Quere kommen und mobile Plattformen für Verbraucher unsicherer machen.

Trump DOJ sued over alleged Tom Homan bribe recording - Salon.com
https://www.salon.com/2025/10/07/trump-doj-sued-over-alleged-tom-homan-bribe-recording/

In keeping with a brief return to my telecom/cable/satellite/media analysis roots, my latest piece commissioned by TechTarget takes a look at how AI is being integrated into 5G, mostly to push more compute power down to more devices.
Many thanks to Scott Lawrence of Verizon Business, Joe Madden of Mobile Experts, and the utterly delightful Ray Liu of Origin AI for their insights.

5G and AI: What enterprises need to know | TechTarget
Learn how combining 5G and AI can speed up and extend intelligent, distributed wireless applications in manufacturing, healthcare and other industries.

Full die PIC12F683 100x scan at M3 with a little bit of passivation remaining.
There's a few small particulates on the surface from my somewhat crude "rub it with a swab" cleaning to remove residual undercut glass fragments.
Plan is to give it ~10 more seconds in HF to get more glass residue off, then maybe a very brief sonication (like 2-3 seconds), then image again to see if it cleaned up at all.
Depending on how things go I might end up just continuing to e…

Series D, Episode 03 - Traitor
AVON: Ah well. Tarrant is brave; young; handsome. [Chuckles] There are three good reasons for anyone not to like him.
SOOLIN: He has a point all the same.
AVON: About Tarrant?
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/403/109 B7B2

Frank Gehry,
one of the most influential architects of the 20th century,
has died aged 96.
Renowned for his deconstructivist style,
Gehry designed many iconic structures such as L.A.'s Walt Disney Concert Hall and the titanium-covered Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in Spain.
He died at his Santa Monica home after a brief respiratory illness, Meaghan Lloyd, chief of staff at Gehry Partners LLP, said in a statement.

Frank Gehry Dead At 96: Renowned Architect Dies At Home After Brief Illness
Frank Gehry, one of the most influential architects of the 20th century, has died aged 96.