European VC funding rose 9% YoY to hit $58B in 2025, below North America's 46% YoY rise; AI led with $17.5B, followed by biotech's $13.4B and hardware's $10.8B (Gené Teare/Crunchbase News)
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European Venture Funding Nudged Higher In 2025, While AI Led For The First Time
Venture funding to Europe-based startups last year gained only slightly, around 9% year over year, reaching $58 billion, with AI emerging as the region’s leading sector for startup investment for the first time, an analysis of Crunchbase data shows.Gené Teare (Crunchbase News)
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Europe needs a dramatic strategic revolution - now: historian Robert Kagan
Listen to “conservative historian... Robert Kagan about the critical geopolitical moment we are in. With the Trump administration [now in an effective state of] dictatorship, Kagan says, European governments need to completely change tack, fast. 'I feel like the administration has done everything except climb up on the roof of the White House and yell what they're going to do,' says Kagan. 'Trump is already talking about how you don't really need these midterm elections'.”
MPF e ANPD exigem que X bloqueie deepfakes sexuais no Grok
https://canaltech.com.br/mercado/mpf-e-anpd-exigem-que-x-bloqueie-deepfakes-sexuais-no-grok/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Creste curve vicino a Reull Vallis
L'obiettivo di questa osservazione è esaminare le creste curve sul fondo di un cratere. Potrebbero trattarsi di canali invertiti. Questa scena, disponibile anche nei dati della Context Camera, si trova all'interno di un cratere molto più grande e senza nome a est dell'enorme bacino da impatto Hellas. Reull Vallis è un sistema di canali di deflusso ampio e morfologicamente diversificato.
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Creste curve vicino a Reull Vallis
L’obiettivo di questa osservazione è esaminare le creste curve sul fondo di un cratere.umberto gaetani (La macchina del tempo)
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🤖 Microsoft sottolinea: l'IA senza benefici tangibili rischia di perdere il sostegno pubblico. Siamo destinati a prosperare o a soffrire? 🧠💻 #AI #Microsoft
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Microsoft: senza benefici reali l’AI perderà consenso pubblico
Il CEO di Microsoft avverte che l’uso massiccio di energia per l’AI va giustificato da benefici concreti per società ed economia.Antonello Buzzi (Tom's Hardware)
Not only in terms of audio plugins, it seems to be a time for trying new stuff for me… the post man just dropped by and brought a new used lens.
Stuck in office work for my bands and my business, but now I really feel like taking a break with a longish photo walk.
I have no idea if this #Sigma #MFT 30mm f2.8 will work for me, but you never know if you don't try. I was looking for something small to pair with my small #omSystems / #Olympus #EP7.
I will sell my #Panasonic #Leica #m43 25mm anyways because it annoys me too much. So perhaps this small piece of glass might do what I need for everyday snapshotting…?
Check out my growing online exhibition at @nielso@pixelfed.de
#photography #fotografie #photographie
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The Board Of Peace: A Replacement To The UN?
The Board of Peace is less a replacement to the UN and more akin to a “coalition of the willing” which might broaden to other conflicts.Andrew KORYBKO (Oriental Review)
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“He has repatriated more than 1,600 Cubans in 2025, according to the Cuban government. That is about double the number of Cubans who were repatriated in 2024. And in the years that Mr. Trump has been president, he has sent more Cubans back than his three predecessors.”
Wanted: A legal authority for data purchases by German security and intelligence agencies - about:intel
The transatlantic dimension of intelligence sharing and intelligence diplomacy is being eroded since Trump's re-election and his pledging allegiance to the red, white, and blue of Putin’s Russia.Svenja Efinger (about:intel)
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Comment l’industrie de la publicité en ligne alimente en secret la surveillance d’Etat
Des entreprises proposent aux forces de l’ordre de pister des utilisateurs de smartphones grâce à leurs données publicitaires. « Le Monde » a assisté à des présentations confidentielles de ces nouveaux outils de surveillance.Martin Untersinger (Le Monde)
Sage Operations: KI-Assistent für Fertigung und Handel
Sage integriert den KI-Assistenten Copilot in seine ERP-Software Sage Operations. Über eine Chatfunktion soll man damit Lieferketten besser steuern können.
President Trump's tantrum is no reason to invade Greenland
Last week, President Donald Trump took a Nobel Peace Prize earned by somebody else. This week, his telling the prime minister of Norway that being passed over for a Nobel justifies seizing Greenland dwarfs that shock. Why are we still surprised?Neil Steinberg (Chicago Sun-Times)
Teenage girl wearing jersey with Palestinian flag refused entry to Sydney A-League game
As Ella Ajaje, a Palestinian Australian, attempted to enter the stadium just after 4.30pm on Sunday. The 15-year-old girl was wearing the jersey, which says “Palestine” on the front. A guard refused her entry, referring to her shirt and “the fact it’s got Palestine”.
“We don’t allow countries in here other than Australia,” the guard could be heard telling another man who intervened. Ella said she saw other fans wearing jerseys displaying other country’s flags who were walking into the stadium.
Her brother, who was standing next to her, was wearing a Portugal jersey and was not stopped as he walked in, she said.
Teenage girl wearing jersey with Palestinian flag refused entry to Sydney A-League game
Exclusive: Girl had to agree to remove Club Deportivo Palestino shirt before being let into Allianz Stadium on Sunday nightAdeshola Ore (The Guardian)
Pointing out the hypocrisy gives undue credit to the "policy" in the first place. We know it's a lie.
What's amusing is that he accidentally acknowledged that Palestine is a country.
It looks like the US is going to experience another Snowmaggedon ... especially in Texas.
Oof. Stay safe.
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Teenage girl wearing jersey with Palestinian flag refused entry to Sydney A-League game
As Ella Ajaje, a Palestinian Australian, attempted to enter the stadium just after 4.30pm on Sunday. The 15-year-old girl was wearing the jersey, which says “Palestine” on the front. A guard refused her entry, referring to her shirt and “the fact it’s got Palestine”.
“We don’t allow countries in here other than Australia,” the guard could be heard telling another man who intervened. Ella said she saw other fans wearing jerseys displaying other country’s flags who were walking into the stadium.
Her brother, who was standing next to her, was wearing a Portugal jersey and was not stopped as he walked in, she said.
Teenage girl wearing jersey with Palestinian flag refused entry to Sydney A-League game
Exclusive: Girl had to agree to remove Club Deportivo Palestino shirt before being let into Allianz Stadium on Sunday nightAdeshola Ore (The Guardian)
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Artist: Konstrukto x J. Duko
Support: sponsstudio.nl/
Title: Bloembollen (feat. DJ Skinny Bonez tha Godfatha)
Album: nham.co.uk
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Spons Studio | Illustratie en animatie
welkom op de pagina van Spons Studio, een studio die zich bezig houdt met illustratie en animatie. Tevens de website van MC/muzikant KonstruktoSpons Studio
#poetry #poetrycommunity #nonsenseverse #synthography #blog #blogger
'Please Don't Holler'
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Please Don't Holler!
A whimsical encounter with a mad-hatter spirit. A frantic grab, a warning of tigers, & a bizarrely bold lesson in this surreal piece of nonsense versebaccusbeepoetea.blogspot.com
La vittoria del Bodø/Glimt sul City ha un significato politico?
https://www.esquire.com/it/sport/calcio/a70073346/bodo-glimt-manchester-city-2026/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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La vittoria del Bodø/Glimt sul City ha un significato politico?
I gialloneri hanno battuto per 3-1 gli inglesi in Champions League sotto un’incredibile aurora boreale.Matteo Albanese (Esquire)
3 em 1: Modder chinesa combina PS5, Xbox Series e Switch 2 na mesma máquina! Veja o resultado
https://www.tecmundo.com.br/voxel/503302-3-em-1-modder-chinesa-combina-ps5-xbox-series-e-switch-2-na-mesma-maquina-veja-o-resultado.htm?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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ieri @giuliocavalli mi ha chiesto di spiegare alla gente comune perché dobbiamo preoccuparci che i nostri #dati vadano all'#ICE
io ho detto: Chi ha informazioni su di noi,ha potere su di noi. Per esempio,quando mafiosi ci minacciano,dicono: so dove va a scuola tuo figlio
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Salumi e carni lavorate, ora certamente cancerogeni
Dopo la conferma di ulteriori studi, lo IARC -Agenzia dell'OMS sui tumori- ha spostato nella tabella "certamente cancerogeni" insaccati e carni lavorate. Ma è la dose a contareRaiNews
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"Shelter!" is an initiative for free public overnight-shelters. I am developing it while studying M.A. #Gestaltung at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts #Bielefeld. There is also a project-website: shelter.apgw.de
It is about #infrastructure as #art: For #climate-friendly travels. For local #microadventures. #Socially inclusive and #ecologically reasonable.
I like to see many new public shelter-spaces and trekking-places and I want to build shelters together with you, e.g. on public meadows at the edge of cities.
That's also a bit egoistic because I like to experience self-efficacy while building it, and in the best case, make it experiencable for others, too.
Inspiration and motivation is the impressive culture of public fresh air #tourism in #Denmark. There are hundreds of trekking-places for up to two nights, often with wooden shelter-huts. And: You are allowed to place your tent beside of them, if they are already taken...
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#Trekking #Bikepacking #Biketravels #Bike #Hiking #Commons
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“Too over-the-top for satire. Now it was just Monday, with the rest of the week a greased slope downward toward darkness.”
President Trump's tantrum is no reason to invade Greenland
#politics
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President Trump's tantrum is no reason to invade Greenland
Last week, President Donald Trump took a Nobel Peace Prize earned by somebody else. This week, his telling the prime minister of Norway that being passed over for a Nobel justifies seizing Greenland dwarfs that shock. Why are we still surprised?Neil Steinberg (Chicago Sun-Times)
Detective games get extra cryptic with TR-49’s code-breaking mystery
https://www.theverge.com/games/864630/tr49-review-steam-iphone?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Detective games get extra cryptic with TR-49’s code-breaking mystery
TR-49 is a code-breaking mystery that’s out now on the iPhone and Steam, developed by the studio behind 80 Days and Heaven’s Vault.Andrew Webster (The Verge)
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Meta is *still* running thousands of ads for AI nudifiers
But hey, at least some of them appear to be scams that can’t be used to undressAlexios Mantzarlis (Indicator)
Instagram ha regalato i like personalizzati a 25 creator
https://www.wired.it/article/instagram-like-personalizzati-animazioni/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Instagram ha regalato i like personalizzati a 25 creator
Instagram introduce i like personalizzati per 25 creator. Un'iniziativa pilota che potrebbe presto essere espansa anche ad altri profili molto seguitiDiego Barbera (Wired Italia)
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#Tech #Telecoms #France #Free
La période d’essai gratuite d’un an à Le Chat Pro de Mistral AI, déployée en février 2025 arrive bientôt à son terme, alerte Busyspider le 21 janvier 2026. Passé cette échéance, l’abonnement bascule -->
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Abonnés Free Mobile : attention, l’offre gratuite de Mistral arrive bientôt à expiration - Numerama
La période d’essai gratuite d’un an à Le Chat Pro de Mistral AI, déployée en février 2025 arrive bientôt à son terme, alerte Busyspider le 21 janvier 2026. Passé cette échéance, l’abonnement bascule automatiquement à 17,99 € par mois.Lisa Imperatrice (Numerama)
Sometimes I’ll watch a random “culture shock” video from someone visiting Australia. One thing that consistently surprises people is the public barbecues.
They can be found in public parks around the country and are usually maintained by the town councils. They’re free for anyone to use.
This seems normal to me.
Nice! We occasionally have public barbecues in some Canadian parks (eg local Britannia city park) but wow, nothing so substantial. Impressive.
Must immediately make foreign tourists utter something something 'shrimp on the barbie ' stereotypes. 😂
These exist because usually using your own BBQ is strictly forbidden to avoid the risk of the grass / vegetation catching fire and well.. you know people losing their homes and worse - It doesn't detract from the the fact that they are a good thing.
They encourage people to visit the area and enjoy time at the relevant park - so good for the local community.
They tend to be well designed for two reasons - it reduces maintance and causes people to respect them as community assets.
It may be French, but it’s nice.
Pretty expressive for an instrument incapable of getting louder or softer as you play.
It’s done in the timing.
Le programme lyonnais est là :
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Jumping Off Sinking Trump Ship!
Danish pension fund AkademikerPension said on Tuesday it would sell off its holding of U.S. Treasuries, worth some $100 million, by the end of this month, blaming weak U.S. government finances
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Breaking #BreakingNews
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“L’ordine mondiale è finito, inizia una realtà brutale
L'intervento applaudito dai leader al forum internazionale parte da una riflessione sul mantenimento del potere del sistema comunista: non usava solo "la violenza", ma "la partecipazione delle persone comuni a rituali che in privato sapevano essere f…Redazione Esteri (Il Fatto Quotidiano)
#IntelligenceArtificielle #Tech #Adolescents #Chatbot
OpenAI a officialisé le déploiement de son système de prédiction d’âge. Pour trier les adolescents des adultes, l’IA analyse désormais vos heures de connexion et vos habitudes de vie. Une méthode qui-->
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"Here is French Pres. Emmanuel Macron.
The future’s so bright he has to wear shades."
#Davos #leadership #diplomacy #politics
Brown Students Return to Tighter Security After Campus Shooting
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-21/brown-students-return-to-tighter-security-after-campus-shooting?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Cake & Pudding 🌱
in reply to Dave á Jus • • •Kagan is like "Help I turned the conservative party into a protofascist movement and destroyed important checks and balances under Bush. To my surprise, the movement evolved into a fascist party. Nobody could have seen this coming. Nobody! Now somebody else help us. Right Now! or I'm getting angry !1!1!".
Also the fact he is married to Victoria "Let's foment War in Ukraine to fuck the EU" Nuland is so funny.
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