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Sources: Tencent is developing a top-secret AI agent for WeChat, and has tested using models from Zhipu, Alibaba, and DeepSeek, to compete with Qwen and Doubao (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/tencent-joins-chinas-…

Tencent Joins China’s AI Agent Race With ‘Top-Secret’ WeChat Project
Tencent Holdings is secretly building a new AI agent for its hugely popular WeChat messaging app, in hopes of leapfrogging rivals like Alibaba Group and ByteDance in the race to dominate China’s domestic AI market, according to four people familiar with the project. The projectcould dramatically ...

Sources: Tencent mulls rejoining Paramount's WBD deal as a passive investor with several hundred million; filing: Tencent withdrew a $1B commitment in December (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

EU setzt sich neues Ziel für den Klimaschutz
Im Kampf gegen den Klimawandel einigt sich die EU auf ein neues Ziel – mit Hilfe aus dem Ausland. Für Verbraucher gibt es in Sachen Tanken und Heizen Neues.
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#ClaudeCode Performance: Unlock Deep #Thinking for Better Results
https://claudefa.st/blog/guide/perform

“Instead of wanting to learn and improve as humans, and build better software, we’ve outsourced our mistakes to an unthinking algorithm.”
https://localghost.dev/blog/stop-generating-start-thinking/

POL-GÖ: (68/2026) Unübersichtliche Lage bei Auseinandersetzung vor Wohnkomplex am Maschmühlenweg - Polizei mit Gegenständen beworfen, zwei Personen im Gewahrsam, Verfahren eingeleitet, Ermittlungen dauern an Göttingen (ots) - Göttingen, Maschmühlenweg Sonntag, 8. März 2026, gegen 19.20 Uhr GÖTTINGEN (jk) - Mutmaßlich aufgrund einer vorherigen Beleidigung auf sexueller Basis ist es am Sonntagabend (08.03.26) gegen 19.20 Uhr auf dem

Random #ThingUmbrella tip & tidbit about unit conversions: I've been sourcing materials for a larger contact printing setup for my kallitype process, incl. getting a much heavier ultra-clear glass plate than what I've been using so far.
Using the https://

Extensible SI unit creation, conversions, quantities & calculations (incl. ~170 predefined units & constants)

An interview with Tencent Games Global CEO Michelle Liu, whose hands-on dealmaking approach generated $10B in international gaming revenue over the past year (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-09/tenc…

Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab signs a chip supply deal with Nvidia worth tens of billions of dollars, planning to deploy 1GW of next-gen Vera Rubin chips (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/a8853057-c0a3-46f6-817f-7a23e79ea4e2

Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines strikes multibillion chip deal with Nvidia
Multiyear partnership includes a further ‘significant’ investment from Nvidia into one-year-old AI start-up

Chinese AI companies like Alibaba and Tencent are releasing new models and spending millions on "red envelope" freebies to woo users ahead of the Lunar New Year (Cissy Zhou/Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/tech…

China's AI apps wield 'red envelopes' in Lunar New Year fight for users
Alibaba, Tencent, ByteDance and DeepSeek step up fight heading into 'crucial' holiday season