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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.

Kanadische Arbeitsbehörde kritisiert Amazon.com heftig
Amazon.com hat in Kanada unnötig Leute eingestellt, um gewerkschaftliche Organisation zu untergraben. Die zuständige Behörde ist not amused.
https://www.…

Mysterious Crime Spree Targeted National Guard Equipment Stashes
https://www.wired.com/story/mysterious-crime-spree-targeted-national-guard-equipment-stashes/

Mysterious Crime Spree Targeted National Guard Equipment Stashes
A string of US armory break-ins, kept quiet by authorities for months, points to a growing security crisis—and signs of an inside job.

Trump says he can pick and choose which feds get back pay. Republicans in Congress mostly disagree (Eric Katz/GovExec.com)
https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2025/10/trump-says-he-can-pick-and-choose-which-feds-get-back-pay-republicans-congress-mostly-disagree/408668/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251007/p118#a251007p118

Meta earns $16B a year from targeted scam ads.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/11/bombshell-report-exposes-how-meta-relied-on-scam-ad-profits-to-fund-ai/
This is fine and normal.

Bombshell report exposes how Meta relied on scam ad profits to fund AI
Meta goosed its revenue by targeting users likely to click on scam ads, docs show.

You.com CEO Richard Socher is working on a new AI lab to automate AI research, and, sources say, hopes to raise $1B for it; Socher will remain at You.com (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/com-ceo-socher-seeks-1-billion-new-ai-lab

You.com CEO Socher Seeks $1 Billion for New AI Lab
Richard Socher, CEO of AI search startup You.com and a former chief scientist at Salesforce, hopes to raise around $1 billion for a new AI research startup he will oversee, said two people who spoke to senior staff at You.com. Socher will remain at the helm of You.com, he said in an interview. ...

Ex-special counsel John Durham undercut case against James Comey in interview with prosecutors: Sources (ABC News)
https://abcnews.go.com/US/special-counsel-john-durham-undercut-case-james-comey/story?id=126164120
http://www.memeorandum.com/251006/p48#a251006p48

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative restructures to focus on AI and science, led by Biohub research centers, and acquires AI startup Evolutionary Scale's team (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/technology/zuckerberg-chan-initiative-biohub.…

Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan Restructure Their Philanthropy
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative said its restructured organization, Biohub, would lead its focus on artificial intelligence and scientific research.

Sources: the White House has told others in the government it won't allow Nvidia to sell its scaled-down AI chip B30A to China, despite Trump's hints he might (Qianer Liu/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/u-s-block-nvid…

U.S. to Block Nvidia’s Sale of Scaled-Back AI Chips to China
The White House has told others in the federal government it won’t allow Nvidia to sell its latest scaled-down AI chips to China, despite President Donald Trump’s hints over the summer that he might allow the company to do so, according to three people with knowledge of the matter. The decision ...

Data shows WLFI's sharp drop was driven by shorting and dumping across exchanges, not Justin Sun's token movements; WLFI blames phishing-related compromises (Sam Reynolds/CoinDesk)
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2025/09/0

WLFI News: If They Can Do it to Sun, Who's Next?' Say Insiders as WLFI Claims Freeze Was to 'Protect Users'
Onchain data shows WLFI’s sharp drop was driven by shorting and dumping across exchanges – not Justin Sun's token movements – while the project says wallet freezes targeted phishing-related compromises, not market participants.