Microsoft launches Copilot Checkout in the US, enabling in-chat purchases via PayPal, Shopify, Stripe, and others; Shopify merchants are automatically enrolled (Barry Schwartz/Search Engine Land)
https://searchengineland.com/microsoft-launches-copilot…
Exclusive: Trump supporter and oil magnate Harry Sargeant advising US on Venezuela, sources say (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/trump-supporter-oil-magnate-harry-sargeant-advising-us-venezuela-sources-say-2026-01-08/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260108/p158#a260108p158
Vor wenigen hundert Jahren: Spur eines Ausbruchs des Schwarzen Lochs Sgr A*
Das supermassereiche Schwarze Loch im Zentrum der Milchstraße hat offenbar vor relativ kurzer Zeit dramatisch aufgeflackert. Davon wurde ein Echo gefunden.
Nice piece on 'Prototyping semantic search for case law' by PhD student Caitlin Wilson working with the National Archives: 'a user searching for 'divorce' may be shown legal alternatives like '[decree] nisi,' or searching for 'compensation' will suggest terms like 'damages,' or 'reparation''
2025 NFL MVP Odds, Race: Matthew Stafford New Favorite; Love, Allen Surging https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/2025-26-nfl-mvp-odds
Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer über Netanjahu: „Manchmal haben Schurken ungerechtfertigt großes Glück.“ Von Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer.
https://europa.blog/de/ilja-leonard-pfeijffer-ueber-netanjahu/ @…
A Fifth #Drumpf-appointed acting U.S. attorney disqualified by Federal Judge...
John Sarcone, ostensible U.S. attorney for the Northern District of New York, has been ruled to be serving #unlawfully for months according to a new #Federal
NFL Week 15 Power Rankings: Rams return to top spot, Bills lurking and Jaguars surging https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6873010/2025/12/09/nfl-power-rankings-week-15-rams-bills-jaguars/
Federal judge disqualifies 5th Trump-appointed acting U.S. attorney (Jacob Knutson/Democracy Docket)
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/judge-disqualifies-trump-acting-u-s-attorney-john-sarcone-northern-new-york/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260108/p88#a260108p88
South Korean media: police raided Coupang's HQ, searching for evidence related to a historic data breach that compromised 30M people's personal information (Jane Lanhee Lee/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20