Tootfinder

Ownwell, which uses AI to let homeowners appeal property taxes, raised a $30M Series B, bringing its total funding to $54M; it also raised $20M in debt (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)
https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/ownwell-raise-lower-homeowner-propert…

Exclusive: Ownwell Lands $30M To Help Homeowners Lower Their Property Tax Bills
Ownwell, an AI-powered startup that appeals property taxes on behalf of homeowners, has secured $50 million in financing, including $30 million in equity and $20 million in debt, the company tells Crunchbase News exclusively.

800 billion against Kremlin: EU prepares for BIG WAR?: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/20/billion-against-kremlin-eu-prepares.html

One thing I'm interested in is government committing to transparency in service performance. This was one of the original features of the post-2012 approach... that got ignored and shuttered ( www.gov.uk/performance goes to an archive)
https://roadmap-…

Creating a consistent approach to measuring how digital services perform
GDS is establishing a consistent government digital performance framework to measure services, driving evidence-led improvements across departments.

PowerToys 0.98: Bessere Performance und neues Dock für Befehlspalette
Die Entwickler der PowerToys versprechen für die frisch veröffentlichte Version 0.98 bessere Geschwindigkeit an allen Ecken und Enden.

"Amid Trump threats, Copenhagen also sent over explosives intended to blow up runways, according to Danish media"
Denmark reportedly flew blood bags to Greenland in preparation for a US attack | Denmark | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/19/denmark-prepared-for-us-attack-donald-trump-greenland

Poland prepares to mine Russian border after exit from Ottawa treaty (Malek Fouda/Euronews)
https://www.euronews.com/2026/02/20/poland-prepares-to-mine-russian-border-after-exit-from-ottawa-treaty
http://www.memeorandum.com/260220/p7#a260220p7

UKRAINE PREPARES: new offensive, Kremlin's destroyed $4B air defense and sanctions on "shadow fleet": https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/19/ukraine-prepares-new-offensive-kremlins.html

MiniMax releases M2.7, a proprietary "self-evolving" LLM that the company used to build, monitor, and optimize the model's own reinforcement learning harnesses (Carl Franzen/VentureBeat)
https://venturebeat.com/technology/new

heise | Besser Essen mit KI: Unterstützung beim Abnehmen und gesunder Ernährung
Mit Fddb und Gemini lassen sich Kalorien schneller zählen und die Ernährung analysieren. Wir probieren, wie gut die KI bei den guten Vorsätzen hilft.

❗️ Russia has prepared for a massive strike and is waiting for the moment to launch it, – Zelenskyy: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/19/russia-has-prepared-for-a.html