Lumin Digital, which provides cloud-based digital banking software to banks and credit unions, raised more than $115M at a $1.6B post-money valuation (Ryan Lawler/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/fintech-deals/2026/07/15/lumin-digital-banking-fun…
Ich gebe einen Vortrag in Cottbus, Brandenburg zum autoritären Staatsumbau sowie die Mittel der digitalen Überwachung die dazu genutzt werden. Viele dieser Befugnisse sind unseren Behörden um 9/11 herum erteilt worden, also auch zum 25. Jahrestags des Anschlags ein passendes Thema.
📅 Wann: 25. September 2026 um 17:00 Uhr
📍 Wo: Cafe Zelig, Friedrich-Ebert-Straße 21, 03044 Cottbus
🎤 Mit: Erik Ud…
Drought in the Netherlands: precipitation deficit for the season reached above 300 mm, a rare value, 150% above peak in a mediaan year.
Now forecasted to stabilise thanks to a bit of rain.
Worst in the west of the country.
#drought #ClimateChange
In 2022 I drove across Canada from Ottawa to northern BC. I remember driving for three full days around the top of Lake Superior with a wall of mostly dead trees on either side of the road the whole way, thinking, man when Ontario burns, there's going to be no stopping it. And here we are.
Via Bluesky:
Analysts: UK social media ban is likely to cause £1.3B in digital ad cuts in 2027, with streaming services poised to benefit as advertisers seek to reach teens (Mark Sweney/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jun
Deutsche Verwaltungen und openDesk: eine Liebesgeschichte in Zeitlupe. Während der Internationale Strafgerichtshof einfach wechselt, bildet man hierzulande eine Arbeitsgruppe zur Evaluierung der Pilotprojektmöglichkeiten. #Golem: Machen, nicht lange prüfen. Gewagt. #DigitaleSouveränität
VidCon is leaving Anaheim and combining with Lions Creators to hold VidCon x Lions Creators events, starting in Nashville in 2027; Informa bought VidCon in 2024 (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/vidcon-leaving-anaheim-li…