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Hungary managed to replace its Orbšn puppet president by the former chair of the Supreme Court.
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/08/11/hungarys-parliament-approves-orban-critic-and-former-judge-andras-bak…

Hungary parliament approves Orbán-critic former judge as president
Besides a brief stint as a lawmaker, elected from the conservative Hungarian Democratic Forum's party list in 1990, after the democratic transition, Baka did not hold any political positions. #EuropeNews

PR agency Baden Bower appears to be behind two fake and largely AI-generated websites purporting to be published by Forbes and filled with promotional content (Rob Waugh/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/fake-forbes…

Fake Forbes websites and the PR agency offering guaranteed coverage - at a price
Fake iterations of the Forbes website are packed with AI-generated and promotional content.

Rein Security, which develops runtime tools to secure enterprise AI agents and stop adversarial AI agents, raised a $25M Series A, taking total funding to $35M (Meir Orbach/CTech)
https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/rkf52cnimg

Rein Security raises $25 million Series A as companies struggle to control their AI agents
The Israeli startup says its revenue has grown eightfold since January and its platform is now securing thousands of agents that execute millions of actions. 

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Songlink (Odesli): The Smart Link Tool Explained | Orphiq
How Songlink (Odesli) works, free vs paid features, and how it compares to other smart link tools. Setup guide and best practices for music promotion.

Was zu erwarten war: Die USA reagieren auf die Verleihung des Friedensnobelpreises an eine ehemalige Richterin des Internationalen Strafgerichtshofs ( #ICC) – anstatt ihm den Preis zu verleihen. Eine doppelte Ohrfeige.
EU Staaten, die den ICC anerkennen, sollten jeweils den US-Botschafter, bzw. die Botschafterin einbestellen.
Ein Affront gegen internationales Recht, gegen Universalismus und An…

Liveticker USA unter Trump: USA verhängen Sanktionen gegen Internationalen Strafgerichtshof | FAZ
Rubio spricht kurz nach Vergabe des Friedensnobelpreises von „Schurkengericht“ +++ USA planen öffentliche Erschießung eines zum Tode verurteilten Attentäters  +++ alle Neuigkeiten im Liveblog

Es ist manchmal doch ein bisschen schade, dass Ohrfeigen für Politiker aus der Mode gekommen sind.

Capitolis, which develops tech for banks and financial institutions, raised $220M, including a $120M Series E at a $1.9B valuation, up from $1.6B in 2022 (Meir Orbach/CTech)
https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/b1aq11vfime

Capitolis raises $220 million from Wall Street giants at $1.9 billion valuation
Citi, Bank of America, Nomura, Tradeweb, J.P. Morgan, UBS and other major financial institutions are backing the fintech as it expands into securities lending through its eSecLending acquisition.  

Valley National Bancorp agrees to acquire New Jersey-based Bluevine, which provides digital banking and payments services for 175K SMBs in the US, for $340M (Meir Orbach/CTech)
https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/sjh5ocv5me

U.S. bank Valley National buys Israeli fintech Bluevine for $340 million
The acquisition will give the bank a digital small business platform while accelerating its technology and AI strategy. 

Nasdaq-listed neocloud Nebius acquires Inferize, whose tech helps optimize GPU utilization and reduce AI request costs, sources say for $100M to $150M (Meir Orbach/CTech)
https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/byzggtiqgx

Nebius acquires 10-month-old stealth AI startup Inferize in $100-150 million deal
The Israeli startup, which was founded by former Granulate executives and employs 17 people, built technology designed to reduce idle GPU capacity when AI demand changes.