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Bombardier Global 8000: Schnellster ziviler Jet erhält europäische Zulassung
Mit Mach 0,95 ist die Bombardier Global 8000 der wohl schnellste zivile Jet weltweit. Aber auch seine Reichweite ist erheblich.

Great company operating in an important niche.
Axelera AI Secures More Than $250 Million Funding on Global Commercial Growth https://axelera.ai/news/axelera-ai-secures-more-than-250-million-funding-on-global-commercial-growth

foursquare_global: Foursquare global check-ins (2013)
A bipartite network of users and locations, representing check-in events worldwide on Foursquare, from April 2012 to September 2013. Metadata include country, city name, city type (e.g. national capital), and vender's latitude and longitude.
This network has 3935215 nodes and 22809624 edges.
Tags: Social, Online, Unweighted, Metadata, Timestamps

Citadel rebuts Citrini's viral article, arguing that AI deployment is constrained by the marginal cost of compute vs. human labor, and needs far more compute (Citadel Securities)
https://www.citadelsecurities.com/news-and-insights/2026-global-intellig…

The 2026 Global Intelligence Crisis

Discord pushes back global age verification rollout amid criticism, promises transparency
https://apnews.com/article/discord-global-age-verification-privacy-f508653aad57f9f1b45175acee1ebcde

Discord pushes back global age verification rollout amid criticism, promises transparency
Discord is postponing its controversial age verification policy after users of the popular platform for gamers to communicate online expressed strong objections and privacy concerns. The company announced earlier this month it would roll out an age verification policy in March that would include face scanning or requests for an ID upload for users it could not determine were adults. When it rolls out the revised age verification system in the second half of 2026, Discord will now offer more opt…

Global greening: Study shows Earth's green wave is shifting northeast #environment

Global greening: Study shows Earth's green wave is shifting northeast
A team of scientists led by the German Center for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), the Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research (UFZ), and Leipzig University has developed a new method to track Earth's greenness—a key indicator of vegetation health and activity—by calculating its center of mass.

While global attention is divided, the largest displacement crisis in Europe is deepening: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/25/while-global-attention-is-divided.html

Efforts to repress climate and environmental protest are growing worldwide
through a combination of new legislation,
novel uses of existing legal processes,
police actions,
vilification of activists,
and both violence and killings.
Acts of repression are likely to expand and intensify
as authoritarian regimes roll back climate policies,
with a particular focus on Trump’s actions in office
criminalizing protest,
increasing police po…

Here's the global playbook being used to crack down on climate protest
A new study finds that repression of environmental protest is rising worldwide and Indigenous land defenders face the greatest risk.

A look at TAT-8, the first transoceanic fiber-optic cable, which went into service in 1988, was retired in 2002, and is now being pulled up for recycling (Jane Ruffino/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/say-goodbye-to-the-undersea-cable-t…

Say Goodbye to the Undersea Cable That Made the Global Internet Possible
History was unmade last year, as engineers began the massive project of ripping the first-ever transoceanic fiber-optic cable from the ocean floor. Just don’t mention sharks.

Discord says it won't roll out age verification globally next month as previously announced, delaying the change until H2 after it adds verification options (Stevie Bonifield/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/policy/883852/discord-age-verification-…

Discord is delaying its global age verification rollout
Discord will delay a planned global rollout of age verification for accounts accessing restricted content, promising more options and transparency.