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German publisher C.H.BECK takes a majority stake in Noxtua, which develops AI tech to research, analyze, and draft legal documents and raised a $100M Series C (Cate Lawrence/Tech.eu)
https://tech.eu/2026/09/23/noxtua-raises-more-th…

Noxtua raises more than €100M as C.H.BECK takes majority stake German legaltech
Noxtua has closed its Series C funding round totaling more than €100 million. Founded in Berlin in 2017 and spun out of research at Oxford University and Imperial College London, the scale-up launched its first version in 2024. Since then, the legal AI company has grown continously and now has more than 30,000 users, around 100 employees, and six locations across Europe (Berlin, Paris, Stockholm, Zagreb, Munich, and Freiburg). Its tech covers the entire legal-writing workflow, including rese…

USA verschärfen Ton: Moonshot AI soll US-Modelle abgeschöpft haben
Ein hochrangiger US-Regierungsvertreter wirft Moonshot AI vor, unerlaubt US-Modelle destilliert zu haben. Doch mögliche Beschränkungen stoßen auf Widerstand.

USA verschärfen Ton: Moonshot AI soll US-Modelle abgeschöpft haben
Ein hochrangiger US-Regierungsvertreter wirft Moonshot AI vor, unerlaubt US-Modelle destilliert zu haben. Doch mögliche Beschränkungen stoßen auf Widerstand.

"Economic instability has many causes. Of late, the UK has endured banking crises, energy shocks, Brexit, supply chain disruption and pandemics. None of these arose because government borrowing was too high." — @…
I had some hopes. John Healey has shattered them

I had some hopes. John Healey has shattered them
John Healey’s appointment as Chancellor surprised many people, me included. The biggest reason for surprise was that he has no record as an economic thinker. As I noted on Monday evening, he might have spent time in the Treasury under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, but since then he has shown...

Q&A with Semafor Media Editor Max Tani about his beat, expanding Semafor's programming lineup with new video shows, trends in independent media, and more (Meredith Klein/Meredith & The Media)
https://meredithandthemedia.substack.com/p/an-interview-max-tan…

An Interview: Max Tani, Semafor
This week, I sat down with Max Tani, media editor at Semafor.

Ramses must reach space by spring 2028 in order to rendezvous with the cruise-liner-sized Apophis asteroid as it passes Earth on Friday 13 April 2029, representing less than three and a half years from contract signing to lift-off.
The spacecraft’s Core Module, containing all its main electronics, is currently being assembled in the Milan cleanroom facility of OHB Italia. Key Ramses units have been mounted within the module’s U-shaped body, and then linked together via intricate cabling…

First switch on for ESA-JAXA Ramses asteroid mission
The European Space Agency’s and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Ramses planetary defence spacecraft has been turned on for the first time by its prime contractor – marking a major milestone in its time-critical development schedule.

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Thunderbolt 3 cables longer than 0.5m generally don't support USB 3.1 speeds.
https://appleinsider.com/articles/17/08/15/psa-thunderbolt-3-cables-longer-than-05m-generally-dont-support-usb-3…

PSA: Thunderbolt 3 cables longer than 0.5m generally don't support USB 3.1 speeds
USB-C is the future of computer connectivity, but there is a great deal of confusion over USB-C, Thunderbolt 3, USB 3.1, and what any given cable with USB-C connectors is capable of. AppleInsider breaks it all down.

German publisher C.H.BECK takes a majority stake in Noxtua, which develops AI tech to research, analyze, and draft legal documents and raised a $100M Series C (Cate Lawrence/Tech.eu)
https://tech.eu/2026/09/23/noxtua-raises-more-th…

Noxtua raises more than €100M as C.H.BECK takes majority stake German legaltech
Noxtua has closed its Series C funding round totaling more than €100 million. Founded in Berlin in 2017 and spun out of research at Oxford University and Imperial College London, the scale-up launched its first version in 2024. Since then, the legal AI company has grown continously and now has more than 30,000 users, around 100 employees, and six locations across Europe (Berlin, Paris, Stockholm, Zagreb, Munich, and Freiburg). Its tech covers the entire legal-writing workflow, including rese…

Meta's infrastructure teams have become bloated, leading to poor decisions like troubled Rivos acquisition, loss of supplier trust due to hardware pivots, more (SemiAnalysis)
https://newsletter.semianalysis.com/p/metas-infrastructure-team-needs-a

Meta’s Infrastructure Team Needs A Culture Reset
Meta Infrastructure has become bloated, with middle managers expending resources on over-engineered technology solutions that lose sight of broader organizational needs.

Internal data: Meta's Muse surpassed 500,000 total users, including 250,000 daily active users, with more than 2M prompts submitted in its first week (Jyoti Mann/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/exclusive-metas-mus…

Exclusive: Meta’s Muse Surpassed 500,000 Users After First Week
Meta’s new personal AI agent, Muse, had more than 500,000 people try it out roughly a week after launch, including more than 250,000 daily active users, according to internal data viewed by The Information. Users have also submitted more than 2 million prompts. The data indicate there has been strong initial interest since Meta launched Muse on Sept. 8, initially making it available in the

GitHub plans a two-tier bug bounty system, cutting rewards for public reports and boosting payouts for an invite-only group, amid an AI-powered submission surge (Carly Page/The Register)
https://www.theregister.com/devops/2026/07

GitHub slashes public bug bounty payouts as AI report flood buries its security team
Code shack also putting new limits on first-time researchers, and reserving the biggest rewards for a hand-picked group of proven hunters