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Lyft launches teen accounts in the US more than two years after Uber, with safety features such as PIN verification, real-time tracking, and audio recordings (Samantha Subin/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/09/lyft-teen-accounts-uber-rideshare-waymo.html…

Lyft debuts teen accounts more than two years after Uber
CEO David Risher also addressed the company's autonomous vehicle strategy amid rising competition from Waymo, Uber and Tesla.

🙈 Our study shows younger siblings spend more time on screens than big sisters and brothers
https://theconversation.com/our-study-shows-younger-siblings-spend-more-time-on-screens-than-big-sisters-and-brothers-27390…

Our study shows younger siblings spend more time on screens than big sisters and brothers
Younger siblings also spend less time per day on ‘enrichment activities’, such as music practise or reading.

Temu und Shein: Handelsverband HDE bringt Importstopp ins Spiel
Der Handeslverband HDE sorgt sich um den deutschen Einzelhandel – und schlägt einen Importstopp für Temu, Shein und Co. in einem Brandbrief an den Kanzler vor.

Tell me you used AI to generate your diagram without telling me.

from my link log —
Clang hardening cheat sheet, ten years later.
https://blog.quarkslab.com/clang-hardening-cheat-sheet-ten-years-later.html
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The US military has always had a massive global advantage against enemies by having bases all over the world. There are bases in every NATO country. This would appear to be a powerful threat to anyone willing to oppose American hegemon, and under normal conditions it would be.
But a lot of those kids serving on those bases joined, not because they love America but, because they needed a ticket out of poverty. They joined for the education, for the money, maybe a bit for the adventure, but, more than anything, to escape the ghetto or podunk backwater that trapped them. Under normal times, this is the best deal they could expect. Maybe they risk their lives, usually they sit around being bored for a few years, and they get to come out with respect and paid college.
But what they are being offered is normal in most of the countries they're stationed in. Free healthcare, cheap or free education, is just what citizens in a lot of countries have come to expect. If the US attacked a NATO country, how many would snap up citizenship if they were given a chance to defect? Bonus points for taking some hardware with you, I'm sure.
But there are some who love their country. There are some patriotic Americans on those bases. Some of them joined specifically to protect the US from all enemies, foreign *and* domestic. Given a chance to fulfill that oath or violate international law, what happens?
There are a good number of former military folks too who now are unsafe in the countries they served, who would do just about anything for citizenship in any EU country and almost any NATO ally. Some of those folks know things they swore an oath to never share, but the country they swore an oath to has betrayed them. Today there's no value in leaking those secrets, but in a war between the US and NATO allies things would be different. Some of those former military folks still believe in their oath, and know exactly who the real enemy is. What happens when there's a real threat of war, when they can use their knowledge to fulfill that oath to protect the US against those domestic threats?
There are a bunch of civilian tech workers who have become targets of the regime. Some of them had clearance, or know about the skeletons in the closet. They know about critical infrastructure, classified systems, all sorts of things that would be extremely valuable to an opponent. But the opponents of the US have always been a frightening *other*, never familiar societies these folks look up to, have visited, have thought about moving to, are trying to escape to.
All I'm saying here is that invading Venezuela and kidnapping the president has a very different calculus than does attacking Greenland. I don't know if Trump or his people are able to understand that, but if he and his folks aren't then I hope European leaders are. But more than that, I hope it never comes down to finding out.
But perhaps we should all think about what we would do to make sure things ended quickly if American leadership ever made such an incredible mistake.

Tim Cook bei All-Hands: Neues zur Rente und zu Apples 50. Geburtstag
Bei einem Unternehmenstreffen hat Tim Cook verschiedene Themen angesprochen. Es gibt Neuigkeiten zu Apples Jubiläumsplanungen und seiner eigenen Pensionierung.

London-based Tem, which uses AI to optimize energy transactions for businesses, raised a $75M Series B led by Lightspeed, a source says at a $300M valuation (Tim De Chant/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/09/tem-raises-75m-to-remake-electric…

Exclusive: Tem raises $75M to remake electricity markets using AI | TechCrunch
Tem has built a transaction engine that relies on AI to cut costs. Lightspeed led the round to help the startup expand to the U.S. and Australia.

Sources: Lip-Bu Tan's dual roles as Intel CEO and tech investor cause consternation in the industry and at Intel; four ex-Intel execs say it caused them to exit (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/technology/lip-bu-tan-intel-ceo-investor.h…

Does the Job of C.E.O. or Private Investor Come First? Intel’s Chief Is Juggling That Question.
Lip-Bu Tan, who was appointed chief executive of Intel in March, is also a longtime venture capitalist. His dual roles have caused some consternation.

A profile of Apple SVP John Ternus, the head of hardware engineering, who sources say is the front-runner to succeed Tim Cook, who wants to reduce his workload (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/technology/apple-ceo-tim-cook-john-ternus.html…

Apple’s John Ternus Could Be Tim Cook’s Successor as CEO
John Ternus, a low-profile but influential executive at Apple, could be next in line to replace the company’s longtime chief executive, Tim Cook, if he steps aside.