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Global fintech VC funding rose 27% YoY in 2025 to $51.8B; Y Combinator was the most active investor in the space, participating in 151 deals, up 24.8% YoY (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)
https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/most-active-fintech-inve…

Y Combinator Was By Far The Most-Active Fintech Investor in 2025, Data Shows
All told, global venture funding to financial technology startups totaled $51.8 billion for 2025 compared to $40.8 billion in 2024, per Crunchbase data. The investors who provided all that capital included a mix of private equity and alternative investors, with venture capital firms and accelerators next in line.

Truck carrying Russian troops blown up in Krasnodar Krai, Ukraine's intelligence says: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/05/truck-carrying-russian-troops-blown.html

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #PositiveVibrations
Chronixx:
🎵 Here Comes Trouble
#Chronixx
https://ideacitymusic.bandcamp.com/track/chronixx-here-comes-trouble
https://open.spotify.com/track/5Wwr2S7QZTR5PVJn6jhgdk

14- und 15-jährige Todesopfer. Bei den Verletzten wird es wohl nicht anders aussehen. Es ist absolut furchtbar!
Und nur zu hoffen, dass Verantwortlichkeiten aufgeklärt werden. Es kann nicht sein, dass der Kanton alles von sich wegschiebt auf die Gemeinde. Ob das Betreiberpaar eine Versicherung hat?
#CransMontana

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Out + Back | Grayson Haver Currin | Substack
The extracurricular thoughts, passions, and outtakes of music and hiking writer Grayson Haver Currin, with reflections and recommendations. Click to read Out + Back, by Grayson Haver Currin, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

Crunchyroll is raising its US prices by $2 per month; the cheapest tier gets its first price increase since 2019 and now offers offline downloads on one device (Isaac Rouse/Polygon.com)
https://www.polygon.com/crunchyroll-subscription-price-increase-2026/

Crunchyroll raises subscription prices for Fan, Mega, and Ultimate Tiers
Crunchyroll raises Fan, Mega, and Ultimate monthly prices by $2, effective now, while offering limited-time annual plan savings for members.

DealBook Summit: Palantir CEO Alex Karp says "the more constitutional you want to make" the US' Caribbean boat strikes "the more you're going to need" Palantir (Ece Yildirim/Gizmodo)
https://gizmodo.com/palantir-ceo-says-

Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Alex Karp vows to use his "whole influence" on immigration and defense policy.

Sources: Dell alerts customers to 15-20% price hikes as soon as mid-December amid surging DRAM costs; Lenovo says current quotes will expire in January 2026 (TrendForce)
https://www.trendforce.com/news/2025/12/05

[Exclusive] Memory Crunch Hits PCs: Dell Hikes Prices 15-20% Mid-December, Lenovo from January 2026
Soaring AI-server memory demand is driving DRAM prices sharply higher—and now PC and notebook makers are feeling the squeeze. Industry sources reveale...

Researchers claim that prompts framed as riddle-like poems could skirt AI chatbots' safety features designed to block production of explicit or harmful content (Robert Hart/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/report/838167/ai-chatbots-can-be-wooed-…

AI chatbots can be wooed into crimes with poetry
New research suggests riddle-like poems are remarkably effective at circumventing AI safety features. 

Sources: HP, Dell, Acer, and Asus are considering sourcing memory chips from Chinese chipmakers; HP and Dell are currently qualifying DRAM products from CXMT (Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/spotlight/supply-chain/h…

HP, Dell, Acer and Asus mull using Chinese memory chips amid supply crunch
Shortage a golden opportunity for China's memory chipmakers and electronics manufacturers