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Waymo in talks to raise billions at over $100 billion valuation, the Information reports reut.rs/3MEiHdD
Waymo in talks to raise billions at over $100 billion valuation, the Information reports
Alphabet unit Waymo is in talks with potential investors to raise money at a valuation of at least $100 billion, the Information reported on Tuesday, as competition intensifies in the nascent robotaxi market.
reut.rs
December 17, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Waymo in talks to raise billions at over $100 billion valuation, the Information reports reut.rs/3MEiHdD
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I honestly expected more from a FIFA Peace Prize recipient
Trump: "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled ... It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the USA all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us."
December 17, 2025 at 3:25 AM
I honestly expected more from a FIFA Peace Prize recipient
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A professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was fatally shot at his home near Boston, and authorities said they had launched a homicide investigation.
An MIT professor was fatally shot at his home and police launched a homicide investigation | CNN
A professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was fatally shot at his home near Boston, and authorities said Tuesday they had launched a homicide investigation.
www.cnn.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:01 AM
A professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was fatally shot at his home near Boston, and authorities said they had launched a homicide investigation.
I can't decide if this is more or less as crazy as Putin's excuse for invading Ukraine.
Trump: "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled ... It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the USA all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us."
December 17, 2025 at 5:18 AM
I can't decide if this is more or less as crazy as Putin's excuse for invading Ukraine.
Susan Wiles really needs to put a stop to this garbage.
Trump is calling for the arrest of his perceived enemies again. Including Christopher Wray, his own handpicked FBI director.
December 17, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Susan Wiles really needs to put a stop to this garbage.
There's only one reason to force regime change there -- Jared Kushner or one of the Trump boys wants an interest in a Venzuelan oilfield and is already in talks to get it.
I don’t put too much stock in arguments that this administration wants war with Venezuela specifically to jumpstart mass deportations because (1) we already live in a world of kavanaugh stops—they don’t need a costly pretext to terrorize people; (2) each bad vizier probably has a different reason
December 17, 2025 at 5:14 AM
There's only one reason to force regime change there -- Jared Kushner or one of the Trump boys wants an interest in a Venzuelan oilfield and is already in talks to get it.
Hahahahaha
Investors pile into Venezuelan debt in regime change bet ft.trib.al/u3A1HyB
Investors pile into Venezuelan debt in regime change bet
Bonds have risen sharply to the highest level since 2019 as the Trump administration increases pressure on Maduro
ft.trib.al
December 17, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Hahahahaha
Does POTUS have authority under the US Constitution or the War Power's Act to unilaterally blockade another country's commercial activity?
No. No he does not.
No. No he does not.
Trump orders 'blockade' of sanctioned oil tankers leaving, entering Venezuela reut.rs/3MHHY6G
Trump orders 'blockade' of sanctioned oil tankers leaving, entering Venezuela
U.S. President Donald Trump ordered on Tuesday a "blockade" of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela, in Washington's latest move to increase pressure on Nicolas Maduro's government, targeting its main source of income.
reut.rs
December 17, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Does POTUS have authority under the US Constitution or the War Power's Act to unilaterally blockade another country's commercial activity?
No. No he does not.
No. No he does not.
The Trump administration is making us all dumber.
NSF is about to dismantle NCAR at Russell Vought's direction to protect the fossil fuel industry. It's hard to communicate just how much NCAR does, so let's take a look: I've never worked at NCAR, and I've worked with NCAR researchers once ever. What scientific discoveries has NCAR made possible? 👇
December 17, 2025 at 4:42 AM
The Trump administration is making us all dumber.
The Saudis and Russians scoff at $250 million.
Trump: "Miriam Adelson…gave my campaign, indirectly and directly, $250 million — she was number one. When someone can you $250 million, I think that we should give her the opportunity to say hello. And Miriam, make it quick, be cause $250 million is not what it used to be."
December 17, 2025 at 4:41 AM
The Saudis and Russians scoff at $250 million.
Over the past two years, prediction markets have ballooned 130 times in size, as users have flocked online to make wagers on events in sports, politics and popular culture. ft.trib.al/RbI2VHZ
December 16, 2025 at 9:34 PM
V interesting.
🚨We analyzed 138 million geocoded property tax records to quantify how municipal boundaries spatially overlap onto economic segregation in every US metro area—creating disparities in localities’ ability to fund public goods. And we made an interactive map of our results! [1/16]
December 16, 2025 at 3:48 AM
V interesting.
There's some very obvious blame shifting in this post by SouthComm.
December 16, 2025 at 3:45 AM
There's some very obvious blame shifting in this post by SouthComm.
This is the basis for a class action law suit. If anyone not named Trump were POTUS, the DoJ would already have a grand jury running.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Meta’s “Trusted Experts” helped me run scam ads on Facebook and Instagram
A Reuters reporter created ads promising unrealistic investment returns and easily placed them on Meta's social media platforms.
www.reuters.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:45 PM
This is the basis for a class action law suit. If anyone not named Trump were POTUS, the DoJ would already have a grand jury running.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Data analysis gets you big phat (mostly) bell curves for a wide range of activities that happen on or near streets. Waymo is now well out on the tails trying to generalize from very few or no observations.
one of the BIG things AVs can't do (this is what we were hoping to solve) is understand WHY people are standing near it or in the street; to a human driver somebody who is trying to coax a cat out from under the car is VERY obvious; to the waymo they're a bounding box that is in the way or not
Waymo's narrative also doesn't disclose how/whether their robot (mis)understood:
"A pedestrian approached the Waymo AV from the east on the southern sidewalk of 16th Street and began crouching near the front of the Waymo AV, stepping partially into the roadway, appearing to reach for the cat."
"A pedestrian approached the Waymo AV from the east on the southern sidewalk of 16th Street and began crouching near the front of the Waymo AV, stepping partially into the roadway, appearing to reach for the cat."
December 15, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Data analysis gets you big phat (mostly) bell curves for a wide range of activities that happen on or near streets. Waymo is now well out on the tails trying to generalize from very few or no observations.
FIFA should revoke it.
this is not behavior becoming of a FIFA Peace Prize recipient.
December 15, 2025 at 11:09 PM
FIFA should revoke it.
Probably not important, unless you drink water that comes from a river or a well.
The number of glaciers disappearing worldwide each year is projected to sharply increase, peaking at 2,000–4,000 per year around the middle of the century, depending on the level of warming above pre-industrial levels, according to a study in Nature Climate Change. go.nature.com/4pEfbP5 ⚒️ 🧪
December 15, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Probably not important, unless you drink water that comes from a river or a well.
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Less than 48 hours after the deadly attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach that left more than a dozen dead, Australian authorities announced proposals for sweeping new gun laws. n.pr/48UTa7g
Australia announces strict new gun laws. Here's how it can act so swiftly
Less than 48 hours after the deadly attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach that left more than a dozen dead, Australian authorities announced proposals for sweeping new gun laws.
n.pr
December 15, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Less than 48 hours after the deadly attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach that left more than a dozen dead, Australian authorities announced proposals for sweeping new gun laws. n.pr/48UTa7g
Leadership matters.
Wow, Ford done with the F-150 [BEV] Lightning.
"Ford is rethinking its EV and battery strategy, dropping the all-electric version of the F-150 Lighting and putting more of its money into hybrid trucks and energy storage to support data centers and grid stability."
www.axios.com/2025/12/15/f...
"Ford is rethinking its EV and battery strategy, dropping the all-electric version of the F-150 Lighting and putting more of its money into hybrid trucks and energy storage to support data centers and grid stability."
www.axios.com/2025/12/15/f...
Ford pivoting to hybrids, dropping all-electric F-150, sees $20B in charges
By 2030, about 50% of Ford's global volume will be hybrids, extended-range EVs and electric vehicles.
www.axios.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Leadership matters.
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Two months after POLITICO exposed a racist Young Republican group chat, the NYC chapter showed it’s willing to welcome almost anyone.
Its gala featured a white nationalist and far-right German politicians — while GOP elected officials stayed away.
Its gala featured a white nationalist and far-right German politicians — while GOP elected officials stayed away.
New York Young Republican Club gala draws white nationalist, far-right Germans as elected officials skip out
The annual soiree took place as young Republican groups across the country are reeling from POLITICO’s reporting on a racist and antisemitic chat group among prominent leaders.
politi.co
December 15, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Two months after POLITICO exposed a racist Young Republican group chat, the NYC chapter showed it’s willing to welcome almost anyone.
Its gala featured a white nationalist and far-right German politicians — while GOP elected officials stayed away.
Its gala featured a white nationalist and far-right German politicians — while GOP elected officials stayed away.
Canada is one of the richest countries in the world in terms of natural resources. China would love to access all of that.
Canada is mulling how to re-engage with China. There is room for growth when it comes to trade: it takes only about 4% of Canada’s exports currently. But America will complicate matters
Hedging against Trump, Canada reconsiders ties with China
How far it can go will depend on America
econ.st
December 15, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Canada is one of the richest countries in the world in terms of natural resources. China would love to access all of that.
This seems like Trump desperately trying to tie drugs to military action before the Courts and Congress pull-out the rug from under him. It's a (bs) peg upon which to hang his hat.
Breaking: President Trump signs executive order classifying fentanyl as a "weapon of mass destruction."
Trump signs order classifying fentanyl as 'weapon of mass destruction'
The executive order comes as the president has signed off on unprecedented airstrikes on alleged drug-carrying boats in the Caribbean.
bit.ly
December 15, 2025 at 10:37 PM
This seems like Trump desperately trying to tie drugs to military action before the Courts and Congress pull-out the rug from under him. It's a (bs) peg upon which to hang his hat.
Tell me securities trading is all AI driven without telling me that.
Nasdaq is planning to submit paperwork with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday to roll out round-the-clock trading of stocks, Anirban Sen reports for Reuters.
www.reuters.com/business/fin...
www.reuters.com/business/fin...
Exclusive: Nasdaq seeks to extend trading hours, as Wall Street gears up for 24/7 move
Nasdaq is planning to submit paperwork with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday to roll out round-the-clock trading of stocks, as it looks to capitalize on a global demand for U.S. e...
www.reuters.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Tell me securities trading is all AI driven without telling me that.
Not sure I even believe this score or this benchmark as an altogether relevant measure of AI's ability to replace a human doing a job, but also it's getting this score in an average of 1/10 the time and 1% of the cost of humans. CEO's are going to have a lot of hard decisions in 2026.
Whoa. This new GDPval score for GPT-5.2 is something.
GDPval is probably the most economically relevant measure of AI ability, suggesting that in head-to-head competition with human experts on tasks that require 4-8 hours for a human to do, GPT-5.2 wins 71% of the time as judged by other humans.
GDPval is probably the most economically relevant measure of AI ability, suggesting that in head-to-head competition with human experts on tasks that require 4-8 hours for a human to do, GPT-5.2 wins 71% of the time as judged by other humans.
December 15, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Not sure I even believe this score or this benchmark as an altogether relevant measure of AI's ability to replace a human doing a job, but also it's getting this score in an average of 1/10 the time and 1% of the cost of humans. CEO's are going to have a lot of hard decisions in 2026.