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PitchBook-NVCA: global VC investments hit $512B in 2025 with AI accounting for 50% ; VC fundraising fell to a 10-year low of $118.6B, ~$100B less than in 2024 (Duncan Riley/SiliconANGLE)
https://siliconangle.com/2026/01/07/pitch…

PitchBook: AI dominates global venture capital as 2025 deal value nears record - SiliconANGLE
PitchBook: AI dominates global venture capital as 2025 deal value nears record - SiliconANGLE

Imax reports $1.28B in 2025 global box office, a company record, driven by a global theater network expansion and films like Ne Zha 2 and Avatar: Fire and Ash (Etan Vlessing/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bu…

Imax Hits Record $1.28 Billion Global Box Office for 2025 as Cinemas Struggle
The latest global ticket receipt haul surpassed the $1.1 billion year-end box office posted in 2019, as exhibitors saw their domestic box office end 2025 at $8.87 billion.

Plastic household waste burned as fuel on rise in Global South, risking health https://news.mongabay.com/2026/02/plastic-household-waste-burned-as-fuel-on-rise-in-global-south-risking-health/

Plastic household waste burned as fuel on rise in Global South, risking health
Burning plastic waste for household fuel, or to manage household waste, may be far more prevalent in poor urban areas in developing countries than previously thought, raising serious environmental pollution and public health concerns for individuals, families and communities. That’s according to a new global study that surveyed more than 1,000 “key informants,” including researchers, […]

🎈 First complete record of global underground CO₂ storage released
#co2

First complete record of global underground CO₂ storage released
The first-ever audited account of the actual amounts of CO2 stored underground by CCS projects globally has been released. It was created by a new international consortium of scientists and industrial partners, including NTNU.

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

#vereinfachteSprache
Das #Meereis am #Nordpol schmilzt durch die globale Erwärmung. Forscher warnen, dass das

Das Meereis am Nordpol schmilzt durch die globale Erwärmung (vereinfachte Sprache)
Der Klimawandel bedroht die Arktis: Der Rückgang des arktischen Meereises wird durch die globale Erwärmung verursacht. Er hat Auswirkungen auf die Tier- und Pflanzenwelt, die Wirtschaft und das Klima.

Reminder:
Degrowth UK plans to run a series of articles as a stock-take of degrowth and ecosocialism worldwide.
Details and how to submit:
https://degrowthuk.org/2026/01/21/call-for-articles-degrowth-and-ecosocialism-the-global-pict…

Call for articles: Degrowth and Ecosocialism: the global picture
Degrowth UK plans to run a series of articles as a stock-take of degrowth and ecosocialism worldwide. We envisage two types of contribution. 1) Short pieces (up to 2,000 words) summarising the situ…

Leaked letter: Tiger Global launches Private Investment Partners 17, a new fund targeting a raise between $2B and $3B, signaling a pivot away from megafunds (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/08/tiger-global-new-fund-ai-valuations.html

Tiger Global launches new fund eyeing between $2 billion and $3 billion as it takes more disciplined approach
Tiger first invested in OpenAI in 2021 at a valuation of less than $16 billion and in Waymo that same year at $39 billion.

New Report on U.S. Pet Trade Reveals Harm to Global Wildlife, Imperiled Species https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/new-report-on-us-pet-trade-reveals-harm-to-global-wildlife-imperiled-…

New Report on U.S. Pet Trade Reveals Harm to Global Wildlife, Imperiled Species
Center for Biological Diversity: 27 Million Wild Animals Imported for Pet Market Each Year

BBC Director General Tim Davie says the broadcaster will stay on X to try to counteract a flood of global misinformation, despite pressure to leave (Michael Savage/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jan