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Source: Meta has signed a multiyear deal to rent Google's TPUs to develop new models and has also been in talks to buy TPUs for its data centers as soon as 2027 (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/go

Google Strikes Multibillion-Dollar AI Chip Deal With Meta, Sharpening Nvidia Rivalry
Meta Platforms has signed a deal to rentGoogle’s AI chips, known as tensor processing units, to develop new AI models, according to a person involved in the talks. The multi-year deal is worth billions of dollars, said a person who was briefed about it.Meta has also been talking to Google about ...

So this is good.
UK news giants form ‘NATO for news’ group to control AI scraping
https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/uk-news-giants-form-nato-for-news-group-to-defend-against-ai/

UK news giants form 'NATO for news' group to control AI scraping
Five major UK news organisations have banded together in an attempt to develop shared AI licensing standards.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Expansions
Usual Suspects:
🎵 Shrapnel (Stakka & Skynet remix)
#UsualSuspects
https://renegadehardwarerecords.bandcamp.com/track/shrapnel
https://open.spotify.com/track/4NBqP0F1MS7pTPPgqQ2C2D

The BBC, Sky News, FT, The Guardian, and The Telegraph form the Standards for Publisher Usage Rights coalition to tackle AI "scraping" of journalism (Daniel Thomas/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/2622f8d7-9564-434c-bae6-a0c4c254be49

UK media groups unite to tackle AI ‘scraping’ of journalism
Coalition, including BBC, Sky News and FT, wants to establish shared standards and licensing frameworks for access

Meta-Scraping-Urteil: OLG München stärkt Nutzerrechte bei „Kontrollverlust“
In einem Urteil gegen die Facebook-Mutter Meta hat das OLG München betont, dass Plattformbetreiber für Sicherheitslücken beim Massenabgriff von Daten haften.

Serbiens Jugend protestiert mit einer Strategie, die der Westen fast vergessen hat.
300.000 Menschen auf der Straße, eine eigene Wahlliste, klassenübergreifende Allianzen von Studierenden bis Landwirten: In #Serbien wächst eine #Protestbewegung, die das Vučić-Regime bedroht.
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Serbiens Jugend protestiert mit einer Strategie, die der Westen fast vergessen hat
300.000 Menschen auf der Straße, eine eigene Wahlliste, klassenübergreifende Allianzen von Studierenden bis Landwirten: In Serbien wächst eine Protestbewegung, die das Vučić-Regime bedroht.

And to be clear, zeroing out the budget, scrapping the DHS, returning its law enforcement duties to local agencies, and prosecuting ICE officers — all of that! — is the •moderate• position here.
The extremist position is violence of a kind and scale I shudder to contemplate.
Pressure them. Rattle them out of their stupor.
/end

Oh sweet memory. This is where I spend 3 years during my apprenticeship at SIEMENS-Nixdorf. Sad to see this place being abandoned
https://www.radiohochstift.de/aktionen/lokale-aktionen-und…

Tradition in Scherben: Verwüstetes Nixdorf-Gebäude vor Zwangsversteigerung
Vandalismus, Lost Place, Zwangsversteigerung? Entdeckt hier die Geschichte des Nixdorf-Gebäudes Paderborn, ihre aktuelle Lage und Zukunftspläne.

Einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Meta-Scraping-Urteil: OLG München stärkt Nutzerrechte bei „Kontrollverlust“

Bengaluru-based Sarvam, which is building AI models for local languages, launches its Indus chat app in beta, powered by its Sarvam 105B model (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/20/indias-sarvam-launches-indus-ai-chat…

India's Sarvam launches Indus AI chat app as competition heats up | TechCrunch
Sarvam's Indus chat app is currently available in beta.