"Although Ecosia is a not-for-profit, they seem to be re-enacting the for-profit erosion of human knowledge and the active murder of the open web currently being orchestrated by Google and the other tech giants."
(Original title: Ecosia’s “Green AI”: false hope for corrosive tech)
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Ukraine eases curfew rules as energy crisis caused by Russian attacks deepens: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/16/ukraine-eases-curfew-rules-as.html
Esusu, which offers a rent reporting API to Zillow, banks, and others to help renters build credit scores, raised a $50M Series C at a $1.2B valuation (Krysta Escobar/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/11/esusu-funding-renters-credit-scores.html
If I were running an AI company, I'd ban employees from implying any AI can have consciousness or sentience - for the simple reason that it would prompt comparisons to slavery.
https://www.404media.co/anthropic-exec-forces-ai-chatbot-on-gay…
Anthropic Exec Forces AI Chatbot on Gay Discord Community, Members Flee https://www.404media.co/anthropic-exec-forces-ai-chatbot-on-gay-discord-community-members-flee/
NFL insider playoff predictions: Coaches, execs pick divisional round winners https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6971296/2026/01/16/nfl-insider-playoff-predictions-coaches-pick-divisional-round/
reading this as a hostile reaction from Copilot after my cursor accidentally highlights a punctuation mark in an email
#Outlook
Trumpist Speaker of the US House of Representatives keeps elected Democrat Adelita Grijalva out of office, using the government shutdown as an excuse
She can force a vote on the Epstein files, but she's still not sworn in.
https://www.npr.org/2025/10/16/g-s1-93709/…
Dutch court hearing: Nexperia claims Chinese owner Wingtech pushed for tech transfers out of Europe and threatened execs; Wingtech criticizes Nexperia execs (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-14/nexperia…