@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-01-16 01:01:40
Total global VC funding to fintech startups totaled $51.8B in 2025, up 27% YoY and above pre-pandemic totals, but much lower than 2021's peak of $141.6B (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)
https://news.crunchbase.com/fintech/funding-jumped-big-checks-ai-ye-2025/<…
@tante@tldr.nettime.org2026-02-14 16:47:05
My "research is invisible to AI"?
Good.
@khalidabuhakmeh@mastodon.social2025-12-15 17:05:05
Called a Saab mechanic to ask some questions. Turns out he had a customer wanting to sell his. Although his customer is insane because the car is mechanically totaled and still wants $3000 for a 240K mile vehicle.
The mechanic said it's probably worth $1000 at most, and even then it would be difficult to buy.
@cdarwin@c.im2026-01-16 03:29:39
Donald Trump has finally unveiled his long-awaited framework for healthcare affordability,
almost a year and a half after announcing during a pre-election presidential debate that he had the “concepts of a plan” for healthcare reform.
The short document, titled
"the Great Healthcare Plan",
provides four headline objectives,
but few specific details as to how they will be achieved.
The Trump administration says it intends to lower prescription pri…
@jake4480@c.im2026-02-15 03:36:05
New Laibach record in May. Single sounds good. One of the songs is titled 'Luigi Mangione'. This should get good. #2026Albums
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk2025-12-14 06:48:48
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #SonicReducer
Industry:
🎵 Totalitarian Domination
#Industry
https://industryinternational.bandcamp.com/album/a-self-portrait-at-the-stage-of-totalitarian-domination-of-all-aspects-of-life
@cheeaun@mastodon.social2026-02-15 01:32:36
RE: https://mastodon.social/@cheeaun/116052332060770274
Now that the poll is done, thinking if something like this make sense?
@outer@mas.to2026-01-16 02:00:24
Jane Fonda said, "Hope is activism."
Greta Thunberg said, "Don’t go looking for hope. Look for action and the hope will come."
Barack Obama titled his book "The Audacity of Hope (2006)."
Be audacious. Do NOT give up. Give hope.
#WeThePeople #HopeInHumanity
@Xavier@infosec.exchange2025-11-16 01:20:20
Wow, what a wonderful day at @… ! They put on a great conference and I was honored to have been part of it. I held a privacy workshop and gave a #fedvierse talk. I just posted the worksheets from the workshop and the presentation from the talk over on the …
@cdarwin@c.im2026-02-15 16:35:50
A trial date has been set for Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against the BBC.
On Thursday, Judge Roy K. Altman of the Southern District of Florida set a provisional start date of ⭐️February 15, 2027, for a two-week trial.
The lawsuit was filed following the release of an episode from Panorama,
the BBC's investigative documentary series, titled
"Trump: A Second Chance?"
In it, the BBC cut together two parts of Trump's January 2021 speech to …
