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US-Zustelldienst Instacart stoppt KI-Preismanipulation
Selbes Produkt, selbe Zeit, selbe Filiale, Selbstabholung. Dennoch setzte Instacarts KI heimlich unterschiedliche Preise an. Der US-Dienst gelobt Besserung.
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Trump’s friends controlling TikTok is maybe bad news for the US and US democracy? 🤔
#tiktok

The deal to secure TikTok’s future in the US has finally closed
The joint venture acquiring TikTok’s US assets has been formally established and has announced its leadership team, according to the company, one day before the deadline set by President Donald Trump for the app’s US assets to be spun off by Chinese parent company ByteDance.

World peace? Universal food, water, shelter, and healthcare? No, capitalism knows what it is you really need: Lego Crocs.
Because fuck you, that’s why.
https://www.lego.com/en-us/aboutus/news/2026/january/th…

The LEGO Group and Crocs Enter Multi-Year Global Partnership - About Us - LEGO.com
The LEGO Group today announced a multi-year global partnership with Crocs, bringing together two icons of self-expression and originality.

One might think that the maga-klan actually wants these people to destabilize the US....
"Neo-Nazi terror group steps up US operations as FBI pulls back"
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/22/neo-nazi-terror-the-base

The dream holiday ended abruptly on Friday 26 September, as British tourists Karen and Bill Newton were trying to leave the US.
When they crossed the border, Canadian officials told them they didn’t have the correct paperwork to bring the car with them.
They were turned back to Montana on the American side – and to US border control officials.
Bill’s US visa had expired; Karen’s had not.
“I worried then,” she says. “I was worried for him. I thought, well, at least I a…

Sources: the US and China approve a deal to sell TikTok's US business to a group of mostly US investors led by Oracle and Silverlake, set to close this week (Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/01/22/2026/china-us-sign-off-on-tiktok-us-spinoff

Exclusive: China, US sign off on TikTok US spinoff
The deal caps a yearslong battle between the social media app and the two superpowers.

Shot/chaser
Billionaires like Lurie and his buddies prefer philanthropy to taxes because they decide how much to pay and how it's used. We should not believe for a second that it has anything to do with helping non-rich San Franciscans. #sfpol

us_congress: US Congressional co-sponsorship (1973-2016)
Two temporal networks of bill co-sponsorship tendencies among US Congresspeople, from 1973 (93rd Congress) to 2016 (114th Congress). Edges are signed, indicating the presence of a significant tendency to co-sponsor, or tendency to not co-sponsor, bills. Two networks per year, one for each chamber (House, Senate). Each file contains the signed network for a chamber of congress (H = House, S = Senate) in one session (e.g. 93 = 93rd…

Worst of the worst? Most US immigrants targeted for deportation in 2025 had no criminal charges, documents reveal | Trump administration | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/22/us-immigration-trump-administration

15,000 people singing to call on ICE to leave their jobs!
🎵🎵🎵
Oh-h-h, It's okay to change your mind,
Show us your courage,
Leave this behind,
It's okay to change your mind,
And you can join us,
Join us here any time
🎵🎵🎵
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DVEuV1hkvjG/

Singers on Instagram: "15,000 people singing to call on ICE to: quit your jobs! Show your courage! Lay down your weapons! Leave this behind! 🧊 Singing with Brandi Carlile was awesome - but what we’re really about is taking it to the streets. Join us for our National Weekend of Action Feb. 28 / March 1 by find your local group at tinyurl.com/groupslistSR (linked in bio) and contact them directly to join an action near you. ⭐️ We sing to protect and care for our communities in the face of rising authoritarianism. Always and forever we say: ABOLISH ICE. Who in your life can you start a conversation with about abolishing ICE? Send them this video and invite them to join you at a Singing Resistance action near you! 💌 Song: Annie Schlaefer It’s okay to change your mind Show us your courage Leave this behind It’s okay to change your mind And you can join us Join us here anytime"
31K likes, 307 comments - singingresistance on February 22, 2026: "15,000 people singing to call on ICE to: quit your jobs! Show your courage! Lay down your weapons! Leave this behind! 🧊 Singing with Brandi Carlile was awesome - but what we’re really about is taking it to the streets. Join us for our National Weekend of Action Feb. 28 / March 1 by find your local group at tinyurl.com/groupslistSR (linked in bio) and contact them directly to join an action near you. ⭐️ We sing to prot…

‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks | ICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement) | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/21/karen-newton-valid-visa-detained-ice

Sources: the US and China approve a deal to sell TikTok's US business to a group of mostly US investors led by Oracle and Silverlake, set to close this week (Liz Hoffman/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/01/22/2026/china-us-sign-off-on-tiktok-us-s…

Exclusive: China, US sign off on TikTok US spinoff
The deal caps a yearslong battle between the social media app and the two superpowers.

V.A – The World Is Mine – vol.02
#acoustic

Three stories today that sum up #Trump and #maga :
US immigration agents detain two-year-old Minnesota girl: ‘depravity beyond words’

US-Lawinenunglück: iPhone-Funktion „Notruf SOS via Satellit“ half bei Rettung
Apple bietet seit einigen Jahren die Möglichkeit, per Textnachricht außerhalb von Mobilfunkempfangsgebieten zu kommunizieren. In den USA rettete das Leben.

Trump’s First Year Sparks Popular Resistance in US
#Trump

J. Alex Swift Ltd, sock manufacturers, Hathern (Charnwood, Leicestershire), June 2024
#photography #ukphotographer #documentingbritain

EU and US pressure the Kremlin: money to Ukraine, sanctions on Russia: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/22/eu-and-us-pressure-the.html

Nationale Sicherheit gefährdet: US-Regierung stoppt Offshore-Windprojekte
Die US-Regierung setzt Offshore-Projekte aus. Die Windturbinen sollen angeblich Radaranlagen zur Feinderkennung stören.
htt…

Wood burning pollution leads to 8,600 premature US deaths a year, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/20/wood-burning-air-pollution-premature-us-deaths-study

This weather channel streaming video is going to be great for the east coast US snowstorm this week! https://weatherstar.netbymatt.com/

The state department has barred five Europeans from the US, accusing them of leading efforts to pressure tech firms to censor or suppress American viewpoints
“These radical activists and weaponized NGOs have advanced censorship crackdowns by foreign states – in each case targeting American speakers and American companies,” Rubio said in an announcement.
Neben Thierry Breton trifft das u.a. Josephine Ballon und Anna-Lena von Hodenberg von @…

https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20260121-what-animals-can-teach-us-about-overcoming-tyranny

What animals can teach us about overcoming tyranny
Some animal societies are ruled by despots with an iron fist, while others seem naturally egalitarian – and they all have lessons for us.

US to stop collecting tariffs deemed illegal by Supreme Court on Tuesday (David Lawder/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-customs-agency-stop-collecting-tariffs-deemed-illegal-by-supreme-court-2026-02-23/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260223/p7#a260223p7

Before you head out for the weekend, don't miss today's Metacurity for the crucial cybersecurity developments you should know, including
--A database with 149 million usernames and passwords was exposed on the internet,
--Venezuelan nationals who stole cash from ATMs using malware will be deported from US,
--FBI asked Microsoft to unlock encrypted laptops,
--Under Armour is investigating massive data breach,
--Tech investors want the US government to prob…

A database with 149 million usernames and passwords was exposed on the internet
Venezuelan nationals who stole cash from ATMs using malware will be deported from US, FBI asked Microsoft to unlock encrypted laptops, Under Armour is investigating massive data breach, Tech investors want the US government to probe S. Korea's treatment of Coupang following data breach, much more

Canada carrying out war games in preparation for US military invasion for first time in a century, report says | #TheIndependent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/canada-trump-us-military-invasion-b2904279.html

This error makes me wonder if I have the work fuck in a secret:
#fuck #error

RE: https://mstdn.social/@ObsidianUrbex/115947071453928624
There are so many video games about going to an undeveloped landscape and cutting down trees, removing rocks, laying paths, planting orderly gardens, and building increasingly sophisticated home…

aCAdeMiC FrEedOM. 🤡
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/us/mel-curth-oklahoma-instructor-firing.html

"Kurswechsel: #Europa soll US-Tech von kritischer #Infrastruktur ausschließen.
Die Gesellschaft für Informatik warnt vor einer digitalen Kolonie der #USA und fordert einen Kurswechsel bei staatlicher

Yay! #Scotland
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/23/scotland-sends-baby-box-to-new-york-after-…

US farmers are increasingly rejecting multimillion-dollar offers from data center developers; some estimate ~40K acres are needed globally for new AI projects (Niamh Rowe/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/21/us-farmers-datacenters

In the Netflix/Spotify/Amazon era,
many of us access copyrighted works purely in digital form
– and that means we rarely have the chance to buy them.
Instead, we are stuck renting them,
subject to all kinds of terms and conditions.
And because the content is digital,
reselling it,
lending it,
even preserving it for your own use
inevitably requires copying. 
Unfortunately, when it comes to copying digital media,
US copyright l…

Rent-Only Copyright Culture Makes Us All Worse Off
In the Netflix/Spotify/Amazon era, many of us access copyrighted works purely in digital form – and that means we rarely have the chance to buy them. Instead, we are stuck renting them, subject to all kinds of terms and conditions. And because the content is digital, reselling it, lending it, even preserving it for your own use inevitably requires copying. Unfortunately, when it comes to copying digital media, US copyright law has pretty much lost the plot.

It seems like an odd choice for this piece to not note that James Cameron is not a US citizen (he's Canadian and withdrew his application for US citizenship decades ago).
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jan/23/james-cameron-left-…

‘Everybody’s at each other’s throats’: James Cameron says he has left the US permanently
Avatar director, who moved to New Zealand after the Covid pandemic says he will soon be a citizen of a country where people ‘are, for the most part, sane’

Aus Protest gegen die US-Politik nutzen viele #Dänen die App #UdenUSA, um gezielt auf #amerikanischeProdukte zu verzichten.
Die App erkennt Herkunftsländer per Scan und schlägt eu…

Dänischer US-Boykott: Apps sortieren Waren im Supermarkt aus
Viele Dänen haben eine große Wut auf die USA – und lassen die beim Einkaufen raus. Mit Hilfe von Apps vermeiden sie gezielt amerikanische Produkte.

📢 15 statt 10 Prozent: US-Präsident Trump will weltweite Zölle weiter anheben
US-Präsident Trump hat auf seiner Plattform Truth Social mitgeteilt, er werde den angekündigten weltweiten Zoll von zehn auf 15 Prozent erhöhen. Diese Entscheidung gelte ab sofort. Mit den Zöllen hatte Trump auf ein Urteil des Obersten Gerichts in den USA reagiert. Die Richter hatten Teile der bisherigen US-Zölle für unrechtmäßig erklärt.
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15 statt 10 Prozent: US-Präsident Trump will weltweite Zölle anheben
US-Präsident Trump will den von ihm verkündeten weltweiten 10-Prozent-Zoll auf Importe in die USA erneut erhöhen. Auf Truth Social kündigte er an: Die Zölle sollen auf 15 Prozent steigen. Das sorgt weltweit für Unsicherheit.

Excellent conversation on the F-stop podcast with Jason Hatfield about intersection of landscape photography, endurance, ethics and the controversial topic of gatekeeping sensitive locations. Really good listen.
https://overcast.fm/ AALaCzGAmLw

House Rep. Rosa DeLauro (from CT) says:
❝I understand that many of my Democratic colleagues may be dissatisfied with any bill that funds ICE. …[But]… The Homeland Security funding bill is more than just ICE. If we allow a lapse in funding, TSA agents will be forced to work without pay, FEMA assistance could be delayed, and the US Coast Guard will be adversely affected….❞
And I am saying stop ICE if you have to ••shut down every airport in the country•• to do it.
That is the message I want Congress to hear. That serious. This is Trump starting a civil war.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/22/democrats-ice-funding-bill

faculty_hiring_us: Faculty hiring networks in the US (2022)
Networks of faculty hiring for all PhD-granting US universities over the decade 2011–2020. Each node is a PhD-granting institution, and a directed edge (i,j) indicates that a person received their PhD from node i and was tenure-track faculty at node j during time of collection (2011-2020). This dataset is divided into separate networks for all 107 fields, as well as aggregate networks for 8 domains, and an overall network for …

Most of us are bad at predicting what will make us happy, including the world's best athletes https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7065732/2026/02/24/psychology-of-happiness-athletes-predicting/

Is the #GOP Congress OK with the Adminstration's refusal to comply with the #SCOTUS ruling?
Something about oaths of office and defend the constitution exists, doesn't it?
#SpeakerJohnson d…

Is the #GOP Congress OK with the Adminstration's refusal to comply with the #SCOTUS ruling?
Something about oaths of office and defend the constitution exists, doesn't it?
#SpeakerJohnson d…

US officially out of WHO, leaving hundreds of millions of dollars unpaid - Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/01/us-stiffs-who-hundreds-of-millions-as-it-officially-withdrawals/

Neo-Nazi terror group steps up US operations as FBI pulls back;
Online activity shows the Base, headed by alleged Russian asset Rinaldo Nazzaro, sees US and Ukraine as key centers
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/22/neo-nazi-terror-the-base…

Neo-Nazi terror group steps up US operations as FBI pulls back
Online activity shows the Base, headed by alleged Russian asset Rinaldo Nazzaro, sees US and Ukraine as key centers

Digitaler Befreiungsschlag: EU-Parlament fordert Loslösung von US-Tech-Riesen
EU-Abgeordnete skizzieren einen Kurswechsel in der Digitalpolitik. Sie verlangen Unabhängigkeit von US-Infrastrukturen sowie mehr heimische KI und Open Source.

2026 mood
(from Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany)

J. Alex Swift Ltd, sock manufacturers, Hathern (Charnwood, Leicestershire), June 2024
#photography #ukphotographer #documentingbritain

Putin tells US envoys 'no point in hoping' for peace without Ukraine's capitulation on territories: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/22/putin-tells-us-envoys-no.html

Bid to rein in Trump's Venezuela war powers fails in US House (Patricia Zengerle/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/bid-rein-trumps-venezuela-war-powers-fails-us-house-2026-01-22/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260122/p147#a260122p147

The US says China is engaging in unfair trade practices in the chip sector, but holds off on imposing additional tariffs on chip imports at least until mid-2027 (Jordan Fabian/Bloomberg Law)
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/tech-and

US Holds Off on New Chinese Chip Tariffs Amid Trump-Xi Truce (1)
The US accused China of engaging in unfair trade practices in the semiconductor sector, but is declining to impose additional tariffs on chip imports until at least mid-2027.

The US is imposing visa restrictions on five Europeans, including Thierry Breton, accusing them of pressuring US tech companies to censor certain US viewpoints (Fatima Hussein/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/state-depart…

US bars five Europeans accused of censoring Americans
The State Department is barring five Europeans it accuses of leading efforts to pressure U.S. tech firms to censor or suppress American viewpoints. Secretary of State Marco Rubio did not name them, identifying them only as “radical” activists and “weaponized” nongovernmental organizations. The five Europeans were later identified by Sarah Rogers, the under secretary of state for public diplomacy, in a series of posts on social media. They include a former EU commissioner and the leaders…

Region locking content should have been illegal in 2026, but here we are unable to legally watch the next Star Trek series
#StarTrek #StarfleetAcademy

iPhone-Analytics: US-Datenschutzklage gegen Apple teilweise gescheitert
Seit 2022 läuft ein Verfahren von Nutzern gegen Apple, weil dort App-Store-Infos trotz Opt-Out erfasst worden sein sollen. Die Klage kommt nicht vom Fleck.

USA sanktionieren HateAid-Chefinnen und Ex-EU-Kommissar Thierry Breton
Die US-Regierung kritisiert „Ideologen in Europa“, die US-amerikanische Plattformen zensieren wollten. Jetzt verhängt sie Einreiseverbote – auch gegen Deutsche.

“When Karen Newton left home in late July 2025, she knew that international travellers were being locked up in immigration detention centres in the US. ‘I was aware,’ she nods. ‘But I never thought it would have any impact on my holiday.’”
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Huge “I planned a holiday in Nazi Germany because they were only persecuting Jews and I’m not Jewish” vibes.
It’s amazing to see privileged white people learn the leopards eating people’s faces lesson over and over again.

If it's not in your vault, it's not your gold.
‘Repatriate the gold’: German economists advise withdrawal from US vaults | Germany | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/24/repatriate-the-gol…

The office of Gavin Newsom, the California governor,
said his appearance at the World Economic Forum in Davos
was canceled under pressure from the Trump administration.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/21/newsom-davos-trump?CM…

That two-button meme:
[enforce Iran sanctions] [regulate cryptocurrencies]
https://www.elliptic.co/blog/iran-has-acquired-us-dollar-stablecoins-worth-at-least-half-a-billion-dollars

The Central Bank of Iran has acquired US dollar stablecoins worth at least half a billion dollars
Elliptic analysis reveals that the Central Bank of Iran has acquired at least $507 million in USDT, the US dollar-backed stablecoin. This was likely used to support the value of the Iranian rial, providing a viable alternative for market intervention given that sanctions prevent the regime from deploying its official foreign reserves.

To avoid misunderstandings, EU says it will accept no increase in US tariffs after Supreme Court ruling: 'a deal is a deal' .
https://www.reuters.com/business/eu-says-it-will-accept-no-increase-us-tariffs-aft…

Zelensky optimistic $800 billion US prosperity plan will be signed after Davos delay: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/23/zelensky-optimistic-billion-us-prosperity.html

Trump announces plan for new class of more powerful US battleships (Steve Holland/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-announces-plan-new-class-more-powerful-us-battleships-2025-12-22/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251222/p121#a251222p121

EU May Freeze US Trade Deal Approval on Trump Tariff ‘Chaos’ - Bloomberg
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-22/eu-may-freeze-us-trade-deal-approval-over-trump-s-tariff-chaos?embedded-checkout=true

us_roads: United States roads (2000)
The road networks of the 50 US States and the District of Columbia based on UA Census 2000 TIGER/Line Files. Edges are stretches of road and vertices are intersections of roads. The data sets were assembled by Dominik Schultes. The 'merged' network contains all the states merged together.
This network has 547028 nodes and 670443 edges.
Tags: Transportation, Roads, Unweighted

US-Effizienzbehörde DOGE existiert nicht mehr
DOGE sollte den Behördenapparat reformieren. Zuletzt war nicht mehr viel davon zu hören. Ein Regierungsmitarbeiter hat Reuters das Ende von DOGE bestätigt.
https://www.

The US is imposing visa restrictions on five Europeans, including Thierry Breton, accusing them of pressuring US tech companies to censor certain US viewpoints (Fatima Hussein/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/state-depart…

US bars five Europeans accused of censoring Americans
The State Department is barring five Europeans it accuses of leading efforts to pressure U.S. tech firms to censor or suppress American viewpoints. Secretary of State Marco Rubio did not name them, identifying them only as “radical” activists and “weaponized” nongovernmental organizations. The five Europeans were later identified by Sarah Rogers, the under secretary of state for public diplomacy, in a series of posts on social media. They include a former EU commissioner and the leaders…

Memo: TikTok CEO Shou Chew hailed the establishment of the TikTok USDS JV as "great news", and said the app is used by 200M US users and 7.5M US businesses (Dan Whateley/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/read-tiktok-ceo-memo-cl…

Read the memo TikTok's CEO sent staff after closing a deal to avoid a US ban
TikTok CEO Shou Chew sent a memo to staff celebrating the "good news" that the company had finalized a deal to keep its business operating in the US.

With YIMBYs like this, who needs NIMBYs?
*yes, SF YIMBY endorsed the two sponsors of this ordinance, Matt Dorsey and Bilal Mahmood
https://missionlocal.org/2026/01/sf-soma-store-ban-drug-crime-deterrence/

S.F. supervisors vote to expand late-night store ban to parts of SoMa  
Board of Supervisors committee elevated a proposed store-closure ordinance, following public support from some community stakeholders

US-Algorithmen als Grenzhüter: Automatisierte Urteile über EU-Reisende möglich
Ein Entwurf zum Austausch von Biometriedaten mit den USA lässt zu, dass Software bald allein über die Einreise entscheidet – trotz massiver Datenschutzbedenken.

Zelensky 'counting on' more US air defense missiles, security guarantees following meeting with Trump at Davos: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/23/zelensky-counting-on-more-us.html

The main recourse for challenging #racial #profiling
is through the
"Federal Tort Claims Act",
which allows people to sue the federal government
for harm caused by federal employees,
said Thomas A Saenz,
the president and general counsel at
the "Mexican American L…

“The US has unveiled its plans for a ‘New Gaza’ that would see the devastated Palestinian territory rebuilt from scratch.
‘We’re going to be very successful in Gaza. It's going to be a great thing to watch,’ Trump declared.
‘I’m a real estate person at heart and it's all about location. And I said: “Look at this location on the sea. Look at this beautiful piece of property. What it could be for so many people.”’
…
Last February, Trump sparked outrage around the …

US unveils plans for development of 'New Gaza' with skyscrapers
"We're going to be very successful in Gaza," President Trump says, as his administration laid out its vision for post-war reconstruction.

Memo: TikTok CEO Shou Chew hailed the establishment of the TikTok USDS JV as "great news", and said the app is used by 200M US users and 7.5M US businesses (Dan Whateley/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/read-tiktok-ceo-memo-cl…

Read the memo TikTok's CEO sent staff after closing a deal to avoid a US ban
TikTok CEO Shou Chew sent a memo to staff celebrating the "good news" that the company had finalized a deal to keep its business operating in the US.

Denmark summons US ambassador after Trump names Greenland envoy
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2025/12/22/denmark-warns-us-to-respect-borders-as-trump-names-greenland-special-envoy_6748746_4.html

Zum Abend noch einige der heute besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Dänischer US-Boykott: Apps sortieren Waren im Supermarkt aus

How true crime influencers on YouTube are compromising the search for Nancy Guthrie, the mother of Today show host Savannah, including by "investigating" tips (Alaina Demopoulos/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/f

“I’d try to help any president of the US because I’m a patriot,”
JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon told shareholders.
Even Vanity Fair commented on Dimon’s “unbridled optimism”
despite the new president’s growing list of gaffes.
A decade on, the pair’s relationship has hit rock bottom.
Trump on Thursday took aim at his one-time ally, launching a $5bn (£3.7bn) lawsuit against JP Morgan and Dimon
over claims the bank had unfairly closed his accounts for political re…

Einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Digitaler Befreiungsschlag: EU-Parlament fordert Loslösung von US-Tech-Riesen

New open-access paper: Degrowth is popular in the US and UK!
The label "degrowth" is not, but the policy substance is. "Ecosocialism" or "well-being economy" were labels that got better reactions.
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanplh/<…

Sweden's Largest Pension Fund Dumps $8.8B in US Bonds | the deep dive
https://thedeepdive.ca/swedens-largest-pension-fund-dumps-8-8b-in-us-bonds/

Corrupt Judge permanently bars DoJ from releasing Jack Smith's report on Trump documents
In a ruling on Monday, US federal judge #Aileen #Cannon permanently prohibited the justice department from releasing a report put together by former special counsel Jack Smith related to classified documents Trump kept at Mar…

Brett Harrison, the former president of FTX US, raised $35M for his new global exchange AX, which offers perpetual futures, a source says at a $187M valuation (Yueqi Yang/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/former-ftx-head-raises-…

Former FTX US Head Raises $35 Million for New Exchange
Brett Harrison, the former president of FTX US, has raised $35 million for his startup Architect Financial Technologies, which offers a global perpetual futures exchange. The round, led by Miami International and Tioga Capital, values the company at $187 million, according to a person familiar with the fundraising. The exchange, AX, offers perpetual futures on traditional assets such as stocks

TikTok says ByteDance sold a majority stake in the app's US operations to a group of non-Chinese investors, including Oracle, MGX, and Silver Lake (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/technology/tiktok-deal-oracle-bytedance-china-us…

TikTok Strikes Deal to Create New U.S. Entity and Loosen App’s Ties to China
The Chinese parent company of the popular video app said a group of non-Chinese investors would create an American TikTok to avoid a federal ban.

Oberster US-Gerichtshof erklärt US-Zölle für illegal
US-Präsident Trump hat bei den weltweiten Zöllen seine Befugnisse überschritten. Zu dem Ergebnis kommt der Oberster Gerichtshof der USA.
https://www.

TikTok says ByteDance sold a majority stake in the app's US operations to a group of non-Chinese investors, including Oracle, MGX, and Silver Lake (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/technology/tiktok-deal-oracle-bytedance-china-us…

TikTok Strikes Deal to Split Off an American Version, Ending Long Legal Saga
The Chinese parent company for the popular video app said it had struck a deal with a group of non-Chinese investors to create a new American TikTok to avoid a ban in the United States.

A proposed constellation of satellites has astronomers very worried.
Unlike satellites that reflect sunlight and produce light pollution as an unfortunate byproduct,
the ones by US startup
"Reflect Orbital" would produce light pollution by design.
The company promises to produce “sunlight on demand” with mirrors that beam sunlight down to Earth so solar farms can operate after sunset.
It plans to start with an 18-metre test satellite named Earendil-1 wh…

A US startup plans to deliver ‘sunlight on demand’ after dark. Can it work – and would we want it to?
Satellites beaming sunlight down to Earth sound like science fiction – and they have astronomers very worried.

An interview with BBC Studios executives about BBC News' popularity in the US, WBD-Netflix merger, success of BritBox and BBC Select in North America, and more (Georg Szalai/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-ne

BBC Studios Chiefs on Mega-Mergers, Own M&A, Trump Tariffs, U.S. Streaming Growth, and the ‘Bluey’ Movie
During the annual BBC Studios Showcase in London, CEO Tom Fussell and Zai Bennett, the company's production head, also discussed growth, diversification, microdramas, and 'Top Gear.

Teslas Robotaxis fahren in Texas autonom, Musk verspricht weiten US-Ausbau 2026
Vollautonome Tesla-Taxis sind jetzt im texanischen Austin verfügbar. Trotz starker Konkurrenz will Elon Musk Robotaxis bis Ende 2026 in den USA weit ausbauen.

An analysis of 5,290 AI research papers at NeurIPS: 141, or ~3%, had US-China AI lab collaboration, up from 134 in 2024; Llama featured in 106 Chinese papers (Will Knight/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/us-china-collaboration-neurips-papers/

The US and China Are Collaborating More Closely on AI Than You Think
WIRED analyzed more than 5,000 papers from NeurIPS using OpenAI’s Codex to understand the areas where the US and China actually work together on AI research.

Trump Administration Scrambles to Pick Up the Pieces of Broken
Consumption Tax (AKA Tariffs)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/us/politics/trump-tariffs-supreme-court.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Trump Administration Scrambles to Pick Up the Pieces of Broken Tariffs
President Trump is already working to piece his tariff program back together, after a Supreme Court ruling ruptured a centerpiece of his economic agenda.

Court filing: SEC drops a case against Gemini Trust, founded by the Winklevoss twins, major Trump donors; the case stemmed from Gemini Earn's implosion (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/us/politics/sec-crypto-winklevoss.html

S.E.C. Drops Case Against Cryptocurrency Firm Founded by Winklevoss Twins
The agency says that victims of an investment offering involving Gemini Trust got their money back, though after a regulatory action brought by the New York attorney general.

Adam Presser, previously TikTok's head of operations and trust and safety, will be the CEO of TikTok USDS Joint Venture; TikTok CEO Shou Chew will be a director (Jonathan Vanian/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/22/tiktok-forms-us-joint-venture-names-a-ceo…

TikTok forms U.S. joint venture, names a CEO
TikTok said Thursday that it officially formed a joint venture that will keep the video-sharing app operating in the United States.

Fleet management software provider Motive files for a US IPO, reporting a $138.5M net loss on $327.3M in revenue for the nine months ended September 30 (Prakhar Srivastava/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/technology/motive-technologies-files-us-ipo-2025-12-23/…

Dänischer US-Boykott: Apps sortieren Waren im Supermarkt aus
Viele Dänen haben eine große Wut auf die USA – und lassen die beim Einkaufen raus. Mit Hilfe von Apps vermeiden sie gezielt amerikanische Produkte.
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US-Raumfahrtunternehmen Vast baut integrierte Raumstation Haven-1
Das US-Raumfahrtunternehmen Vast beginnt mit der Montage der Systeme in die Primärstruktur der Station. Der Start von Haven-1 ist für 2027 geplant.

Visa-Verzögerungen: Apple und Google warnen US-Mitarbeiter vor Reisen
Einem Medienbericht zufolge bitten Apple und Google ihre Mitarbeiter, die mit einem Visum in den USA leben, das Land nicht zu verlassen.

Einführung von Starterpacks: X kopiert Bluesky
Die US-Plattform X führt Starterpacks ein. Damit kopiert der Kurznachrichtendienst eine beliebte Funktion von Bluesky.
https://www.heise.de/news/Ei…

Sieg für YouTube: Warum Plattformen nicht für jeden Upload haften
Ein US-Urteil bestätigt, dass YouTube & Co. nicht proaktiv nach Urheberrechtsverletzungen suchen müssen. Das gilt auch, wenn sie fortschrittliche Filter nutzen.

Die Botschaft ist klar: Die Abhängigkeit von US-Tech-Riesen soll ein Ende haben. 🇪🇺
Zum Artikel: https://heise.de/-11151163

Bundesregierung zu Sanktionen: „was offline illegal ist, auch online illegal“
Die Regierung von US-Präsident Trump wirft „Ideologen in Europa“ Zensur vor und verhängt Einreiseverbote. Aus Deutschland kommen klare Reaktionen.

OpenAI und Gates Foundation: KI für den afrikanischen Gesundheitssektor
OpenAI und die Stiftung von Bill Gates wollen 50 Millionen US-Dollar investieren, um die medizinische Versorgung in Afrika mittels KI zu verbessern.