Filing: Sony and Tencent reach a "confidential settlement" over Tencent's Light of Motiram, a game that Sony alleged was a "slavish clone" of its Horizon series (Jay Peters/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/847080/sony-
Reduced protection, rising tensions: Inside Lithuania's strained relations with Belarus opposition: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/18/reduced-protection-rising-tensions-inside.html
Source: Tencent tells staff that Yao Shunyu, an ex-OpenAI researcher who joined in September, is now its chief AI scientist, reporting to President Martin Lau (Juro Osawa/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/tencent-name…
Forward thinking, stalled results: Raiders still searching for direction https://raiderramble.com/2025/12/16/forward-thinking-stalled-results-raiders-still-searching-for-direction/
Republican tensions boil over as ObamaCare deadline approaches (The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5651966-republican-tensions-obamacare/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251216/p132#a251216p132
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https://themagneticfields.bandcamp.com/track/i-think-i-need-a-new-heart
https://open.spotify.com/track/3aK3ILajqjf3rjMtDgbF5E
India's Ministry of Information and Broadcasting orders the takedown of 138 YouTube videos and 83 Instagram posts on Adani Enterprises, citing a court order (The News Minute)
https://www.thenewsminute.com/news/govt-or
The joy of commercial big data. Thomson Reuters helps ICE to see in realtime which drivers are Democrats.
https://www.404media.co/this-app-lets-ice-track-vehicles-and-owners-across-the-country/
Tim Sweeney says Fortnite will not return to iOS in Japan in 2025, as Apple is "charging a competition-crushing 21% junk fee on third-party in-app payments" (Tim Sweeney/@timsweeneyepic)
https://x.com/timsweeneyepic/status/2001494517996732598
How the Media Shape Our Thinking (Christopher F. Rufo)
https://christopherrufo.com/p/how-the-media-shape-our-thinking
http://www.memeorandum.com/251217/p55#a251217p55