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Linking habitats strengthens wildlife microbiomes, helps fight disease: Study https://news.mongabay.com/2026/04/linking-habitats-strengthens-wildlife-microbiomes-helps-fight-disease-study/

Linking habitats strengthens wildlife microbiomes, helps fight disease: Study
A new study has found that when deforestation and land use change break up key habitats vital to amphibian life cycles, those disconnects can play havoc with the animals’ microbiome, leaving them more susceptible to disease. This troubling finding could also apply to a host of other species, the study researchers say, but may also […]

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POL-NI: Zusammenstoß zwischen Pkw und E-Scooter - Fahrerin leicht verletzt Helpsen (ots) - (Thi) Am Mittwochmittag, 27.05.2026, ist es auf der Voßkampstraße in Helpsen zu einem Verkehrsunfall zwischen einem Pkw und einem E-Scooter gekommen. Dabei wurde eine 21-jährige Frau leicht verletzt. Nach bisherigen Erkenntnissen ... https://www.

Western coverage mocked the foreign guest list at the 2026 St. Petersburg International Economic Forum,
laughing at how low Russia had sunk,
and moved on.
Compare the conspiracists and convicted criminals with the world leaders who once attended
and the story of the decline of “Putin’s Davos” writes itself.

That story is true.
But the freak show distracts from the real work that is happening behind the scenes,
where the global far-right gets to meet and e…

Russia Helps The Western Far-Right Feel at Home
Opinion | Western coverage mocked the foreign guest list at the 2026 St.

Lakes around the world are under threat, but now there's a powerful new tool to help protect them.
The Global Lakes Explorer is an interactive map that reveals how pollution and climate change are impacting freshwater ecosystems worldwide. Users can explore nutrient inputs like phosphorus and nitrogen, and even see projections for future pollution trends.

Sources: Fireworks AI, which helps companies run AI models, is in talks to raise funding at a $15B valuation after being valued at $4B in October 2025 (Rebecca Torrence/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-27/…

Der #ADFC zieht eine kritische Halbzeitbilanz zum Nationalen #Radverkehrsplan.
Wichtige Ziele bei #Radwegenetzen,

ADFC kommentiert Halbzeitbilanz des Nationalen Radverkehrsplans
Die Halbzeitbilanz des Nationalen Radverkehrsplans fällt aus ADFC-Sicht ernüchternd aus. Deutschland verfehlt zentrale Radverkehrsziele bei Ausbau, Sicherheit, Fahrradnutzung und Finanzierung.

Sources: software-specialist PE firm Hg agrees to acquire Rightsline, whose software helps Disney, the BBC, WBD, and others manage IP licensing, for $500M (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/2addf5f8-56de-42f9-834e-14024f0139d7

Netris, which helps neoclouds automate network configuration to bring their data centers online faster, raised a $15M Series A from a16z (Ram Iyer/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/25/netris-raises-15m-series-a-from-a16z-to…

Netris raises $15M Series A from a16z to help AI neoclouds go live faster | TechCrunch
Netris provides software that runs on network switches, and offers a platform that helps neocloud operators reduce the time it takes to go live.

OpenRouter raised $113M led by CapitalG, a source says at a $1.3B valuation, and now processes 25T tokens across 400 models weekly, up from 5T six months ago (Michael J. de la Merced/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/26/business/dealb…

OpenRouter, an Exchange for A.I. Models, Raises $113 Million
An investment arm of Alphabet is backing OpenRouter, which helps companies choose among hundreds of models for different software tasks.