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Sources: data integration company Fivetran is in talks to acquire data management company dbt Labs in a deal valuing the combined entity at between $5B and $10B (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/data-startup-fi…

Data Startup Fivetran In Talks to Buy Dbt Labs in Multibillion Dollar Deal
Fivetran, a startup used by companies to manage and prepare data for analytics and artificial intelligence, is in talks to buy data management companydbt Labs, according to people with direct knowledge of the deal. The deal would combine two data companies that are facing competition from ...

“ Meer dan de helft van ons land bestaat uit landbouwgrond (~54%), waarvan ruim een derde (~35%) bestaat uit grasland en voedergewassen die in hoofdzaak voor veevoer worden gebruikt. Het vlees dat daarvan wordt geproduceerd, verdwijnt voor 60-70% over de grens. En dit levert economisch minder dan één procent bij aan ons BBP. ”

𝐃𝐞 𝐤𝐨𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐞 𝐤𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐭 𝐯𝐚𝐤𝐤𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐠 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐝 We horen vaak dat Nederland vol is. Dat er geen ruimte meer is voor woningen, of dat migratie het probleem is. Het… | Norbert Schotte
𝐃𝐞 𝐤𝐨𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐞 𝐤𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐭 𝐯𝐚𝐤𝐤𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐠 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐝 We horen vaak dat Nederland vol is. Dat er geen ruimte meer is voor woningen, of dat migratie het probleem is. Het bekt waarschijnlijk lekker, doet het aardig voor electoraal gewin, maar wie verder kijkt dan bepaalde populistische politici, ziet een ander verhaal. Meer dan de helft van ons land bestaat uit landbouwgrond (~54%), waarvan rui…

Wildfire raised local death rate by 67%, shows study on 2023 Hawaiʻi fires #Hawaii

Wildfire raised local death rate by 67%, shows study on 2023 Hawaiʻi fires
New research unveils the true death toll of the deadly August 2023 wildfires which took place in Lāhainā, Maui, Hawaiʻi—and which temporarily made wildfire a leading cause of death in Maui. By comparing death rates over time, the scientists found that two-thirds more people died that August than would have been expected.

South Korea fines SK Telecom US$97M over data breach
https://www.telecomstechnews.com/news/south-korea-fines-sk-telecom-us-97m-over-data-breach/

South Korea fines SK Telecom US$97M over data breach
South Korea’s regulator fined SK Telecom US$97M over a data breach affecting 23.2M users, citing weak safeguards dating back to 2021.

»Data-Worker und Drecksarbeit — Raus aus der Unsichtbarkeit:
Damit KI und Social Media nutzbar werden, blicken Data-Worker im Verborgenen in Abgründe. In Kenia regt sich nun aber Widerstand.«
Dass das "Training" für KI nicht menschenlos geht wollen anscheinend viele nicht wahrhaben wollen. Die müssen ungeschützt das dreckigste ansehen damit wir ein "Wohlgefühl" beim Web-Konsum erhalten.
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Data-Worker und Drecksarbeit: Raus aus der Unsichtbarkeit
Damit KI und Social Media nutzbar werden, blicken Data-Worker im Verborgenen in Abgründe. In Kenia regt sich nun aber Widerstand.

Why did we add Planned Dates to OmniFocus 4.7, when we already have both Due Dates and Defer Dates?
Defer Dates and Due Dates express constraints: you can't work on something before a date, or you need to finish something by a date. They affect the task's status: it's not available until its Defer Date, and it's overdue after its Due Date.
Planned Dates don't affect a task's status, they simply schedule when you currently plan to do the task. Goodbye, fake…

Planned versus Deferred date intended usage?
The defer date indicates when you want a task to become available. Until that date, it won’t show up in any perspectives that are filtering out unavailable tasks. It’s a way of hiding future work so it’s not distracting you today. You’ll start to see available tasks in various perspectives as soon as they’ve reached their defer date. The new planned date is for scheduling when you actually plan to do the task. It could be days or weeks or months later than the defer date. It doesn’…

An analysis of 30 US data center proposals in 14 states: in most cases, local officials signed NDAs and worked with apparent shell companies to hide details (Natalie Kainz/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/dat

How NDAs keep AI data center details hidden from Americans
A review of over 30 data center proposals across 14 states found that in most cases, officials signed NDAs and worked with what appeared to be shell companies.

Julius AI, which acts like a data scientist by analyzing data and running predictive models from natural language prompts, raised a $10M seed led by Bessemer (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/28/ai-data-analyst-startup-julius-nabs…

AI data analyst startup Julius nabs $10M seed round | TechCrunch
The seed round for Julius AI was led by Bessemer Venture Partners.

Nvidia unveils BlueField-4 data processing unit, combining a 64-core Grace CPU and ConnectX-9 SuperNIC for 800 Gbps of network throughput, launching in 2026 (Dylan Martin/CRN)
https://www.crn.com/news/components-periph

Nvidia Reveals BlueField-4 DPU, Packed With 64-Core Grace CPU For AI Data Centers
Nvidia said Tuesday that it plans to integrate its Grace CPU and ConnectX-9 SuperNIC into the next-generation BlueField-4 DPU to bring 800 Gbps of networking throughput to future AI data centers for high-performance inferencing.

Google plans to invest an additional $9B in Virginia through 2026 to boost its cloud and AI infrastructure, including a new data center in Chesterfield County (Emily Forgash/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Google to Invest Additional $9 Billion in Virginia Data Centers
Alphabet Inc.’s Google is investing an additional $9 billion in Virginia through 2026 to enhance cloud and AI infrastructure across the state, marking the latest in a series of big tech investments in US data centers.