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That was before the winds changed.
Politico: Texas officials huddled with tech companies before grid blitz https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/27/how-big-tech-and-abbott-made-texas-the-epicenter-of-data-centers-01135261 @politico #datacenters #BigTech
POLITICOTexas officials huddled with tech companies before grid blitzAs Republican Gov. Greg Abbott talks tough on data centers, records and interviews show how his office and appointees worked closely with the tech and power industries.
Who has done more for us: #WinRAR or #OpenAI?
#meme #criticism #ai #technology #Software #question #future #profit #finance #money #bubble #economy #civilization #humanity #burst #collapse #politics #bigtech #capitalism #fail
I'm not sure whether something similar could work in France, or whether there's still enough time in Spain, but one interesting aspect of Lula's victory in Brazil was a WhatsApp channel led by congressman André Janones that grew to more than 10 million followers in just three weeks.
The channel gave supporters concrete tasks, encouraged them to take to the streets, and, perhaps most importantly, kept morale high by reinforcing the belief that victory was still possible.
The goal was to mobilize people to engage with undecided voters, as well as those who had abstained or cast blank or invalid ballots in the first round.
I think it's an interesting example of how online mobilization can translate into real-world political action, rather than simply generating likes and shares.
It also illustrates how political movements can become less dependent on Big Tech's algorithms, even while using one of their platforms.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/26/lula-victory-brazil-bolsonaro-analysis
#Brazil #Democracy #BigTech #WhatsApp #Janones #France #Spain
the GuardianHow the streets and social media drove Lula to a historic comeback in BrazilA viral WhatsApp channel and student-led protests played a key role in the veteran Brazilian leftist’s election victory
"I still believe tech can make our lives better. But I’m increasingly concerned that companies building technology have stopped asking whether it actually does."
Computerworld: Technology has changed. So should the conversation https://www.computerworld.com/article/4239947/technology-has-changed-so-should-the-conversation.html #BigTech #Technology
ComputerworldTechnology has changed. So should the conversation.Technology has changed, and so has my perspective on covering it. After more than 20 years of talking about how technology can improve our lives, I think it's time to ask tougher questions about the companies building it, the promises they're making, and what it all means for the rest of us.
Here's why I'm changing the focus and format of Today in Tech, and why I want you to be part of the conver
Barron's: Big Tech Earnings, the Fed, and Elections. The Next 2 Weeks Could Make or Break the Stock Market https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/big-tech-earnings-the-fed-and-elections-the-next-2-weeks-could-make-or-break-the-stock-market/ar-AA2g5gqQ
Paywalled.
MarketWatch: Big Tech will have to deliver more than just strong revenue growth, say Barclays strategists https://www.marketwatch.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-dow-s-p-500-nasdaq-federal-reserve-interest-rate-decision-october-meeting/card/big-tech-will-have-to-deliver-more-than-just-strong-revenue-growth-say-barclays-strategists-rEcKHrEsT2DMYMxjKszB
The Motley Fool: We're Witnessing the Stock Market Do Something for Only the 3rd Time in the Last 100 Years, and History Is Crystal Clear on What's Next for Stocks https://www.fool.com/investing/2026/10/25/witnessing-stock-market-do-something-3rd-time-in-100-years-history-crystal-clear-whats-next-for-stocks/ #BigTech
New York Times: Data Center Industry Pushes for Darline Graham in South Carolina Senate Race https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/us/politics/darline-graham-data-centers-south-carolina.html #BigTech #datacenters
RE: https://infosec.exchange/@SkypLabs/117506592624217033
I'm glad to see my talk finally online! I was afraid the recording got lost due to a technical issue, but they successfully recovered it.
I hope you'll enjoy it.
#Valencia #Spain #VLCTechFest #Privacy #Security #DataCollection #Democracy #BigTech
The video of the talk we gave in May has finally been published! The talk was titled "But I Have Nothing To Hide! Or How Big Techs and States made you believe so" and was presented at VLCTechFest in Valencia, Spain. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aca5EQ9RClQ (or via Invidious: h
Infosec ExchangeSkypLabs (@[email protected])The video of the talk we gave in May has finally been published! The talk was titled "But I Have Nothing To Hide! Or How Big Techs and States made you believe so" and was presented at VLCTechFest in Valencia, Spain. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aca5EQ9RClQ (or via Invidious: https:// invidious.tiekoetter.com/watch?v=aca5EQ9RClQ) Its description was as follows: "Data collection has become s
The video of the talk we gave in May has finally been published!
The talk was titled "But I Have Nothing To Hide! Or How Big Techs and States made you believe so" and was presented at VLCTechFest in Valencia, Spain.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aca5EQ9RClQ
(or via Invidious: https://
invidious.tiekoetter.com/watch?v=aca5EQ9RClQ)
Its description was as follows:
"Data collection has become something that is hard to avoid in our modern societies. From telemetry to sensible personal data, many companies and even state actors rely on it for carrying out their operations. But is it really an issue? After all, I have nothing to hide.
What if I tell you that women were persecuted in the USA because they played to Candy Crush or used Tinder, and that their location data were sold to law enforcement which now criminalises people going to abortion clinics in some states? Or that it isn’t that difficult to figure out the real identity of spies with publicly sold data for little money? And when the data isn’t already available, state actors don’t hesitate to hack their own population, including in democratic countries like France and Spain.
Data collection has tangible impacts on our societies and democracies. Whether it’s for making business profits or controlling its own population while weakening adversary countries, the goal is the same: control. And with the current AI trend, data collection is reaching unprecedented highs.
So, what can we do about it in 2026? Thankfully, many technical and legal solutions exist, and we all have a role to play in it. Whether you are an entrepreneur, someone involved into the creation of a software, or a simple user, your choices can have a positive impact."
If you happen to watch it, let us know what you think.
#Valencia #Spain #VLCTechFest #Privacy #Security #DataCollection #Democracy #BigTech
Minęło pół roku, odkąd 20 kwietnia odinstalowałem Facebooka, a chwilę później Messengera.
Bałem się, że wypadnę z obiegu. Rzeczywistość? Facebooka zastąpił mi w 100% Mastodon, a z bliskimi gadam przez Molly (fork Signala) albo zwykłe SMS-y. Życie toczy się dalej, a ja zyskałem spokój i mnóstwo czasu.
To doświadczenie tylko utwierdza mnie w tym, o czym piszę na distrust.pl: te aplikacje są zaprojektowane tak, byśmy czuli, że są niezbędne. A prawda jest taka, że można żyć bez nich. Ba, żyje się lepiej.
A Wy macie na koncie jakieś udane „wielkie odejścia”?
#detokscyfrowy #prywatność #distrust #mastodon #DeleteFacebook #DeleteMeta #BigTech
"While the tech market has thus far avoided a dramatic across-the-board sell-off, the artificial intelligence buildout is showing signs of strain."
CNBC: Turmoil hits AI buildout as neoclouds face pressure, credit risks mount and Solidigm pulls IPO https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/23/ai-turmoil-neoclouds-struggle-credit-risks-jump-solidigm-pulls-ipo.html @CNBC #datacenters #BigTech
CNBCTurmoil hits AI buildout as neoclouds face pressure, credit risks mount and Solidigm pulls IPOStock slumps, pulled IPOs and rising spreads on credit default swaps this week sets stage for hyperscaler earnings.
Hey, @EUCommission, fuck you too.
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On Wednesday, EU Member States approved a change to the GDPR that would put the profit-making interests of OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta and SpaceX over European's fundamental right to data protection. According to the approved text, processing personal data “in the context of AI” should automatically be lawful. In particular, Big Tech would be able to use all personal data collected over the past decades with virtually no restrictions, as long as this happens “in the context” of AI. Schrems: “Under the agreed text, the profits of AI companies would typically trump European’s fundamental right to privacy. This is nothing but a digital expropriation of Europeans.”
https://noyb.eu/en/ai-eu-member-states-approve-digital-expropriation-europeans-ai-companies
noyb.euAI: EU Member States approve “digital expropriation” of Europeans for AI companiesOn Wednesday, EU Member States passed a highly controversial change to the GDPR, creating massive loopholes for AI
Paywalled.
The Atlantic, from yesterday: The Myth of Safe AI https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/10/false-promise-of-safe-ai/689114/ @theatlantic #bigTech #SiliconValley
The AtlanticThe Myth of Safe AISilicon Valley promises to make AI benevolent. That may be technically impossible.
The best what to describe what Anthropic and OpenAI are doing in this regard is brute force.
OpenAI "has strategically poached much of the field’s top young talent, arming them with lavish resources to bag the biggest mathematical game they can. They unveil their papers alongside carefully-worded press releases, substituting the impersonal, monolithic byline “OpenAI” for the traditional list of human contributors. They’ve become notorious for disregarding academic norms, and their lead scientist Sébastien Bubeck has now had to apologize repeatedly after these aggressive rollouts sparked furious backlash."
Scientific American: The inside story behind OpenAI’s million-dollar math proof https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-inside-story-behind-openais-million-dollar-math-proof/ #OpenAI #Anthropic #BigTech
Scientific AmericanThe inside story behind OpenAI’s million-dollar math proofAI’s solution to the Navier-Stokes problem, and the details of how it happened, preview a chaotic future for math—and the world
#meme #quote #difference #bigtech #economy #capitalism #Zuckerberg #CEO #company #power #fail #money #finance #society #nature #profit #responsibility #planet #earth #politics #climate #future #humanity #system #ethics #civilization #Fridaysforfuture #Fridays4future
My dad won't share a volume we are collaborating on over #syncthing because it is "one more thing" and I get it.
I see it as #BigTech burnout. Attention monopolized and mined dry by the necessities too many of us are locked into.
Makes me think, if "one more thing" could be the only one thing someone needed to get #digitalSovereignty, what could that look like?
I have my ideas, but I'll leave it as an exercise for your magnificent imagination.
Is there a #Linux #distro with preconfigured blocking of #BigTech #BigStalking and (maybe wishful) not just preinstalled alternatives, but assisted rerouting to such alternatives?
#digitalSovereignty #smallTech #askFedi
How did big tech jump the shark to the point that when I look at the details of the new update for the phone, the update is features I would never want? I don’t want to allow the update. I need to know how to turn off all the crap that gets downloaded when I’m forced to do the update. Ugh! How did we get to this tech hell? #ai #bigtech
Ah, yes, the annual employee review trap.
Reuters: Qualcomm to cut jobs worldwide in performance-focused layoffs, internal memo shows https://www.reuters.com/business/qualcomm-cut-jobs-worldwide-performance-focused-layoffs-internal-memo-shows-2026-10-20/ @Reuters #Qualcomm #BigTech
*insert Dis Gon B Gud meme here* 🪑🥸
The opt-out of software made by #BigTech 👹 hotline is now open.
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BTW, start small if you feel overwhelmed. 💅🏼
You 👏🏼 can 👏🏼 do 👏🏼 this 👏🏼!
👾 #OptOutOctober
👾 #TheNerdReich
🗳️ #AlsoDontForgetToVote
🔗 https://www.eff.org/pages/i-want-opt-out-software-made-big-tech#main-content
Electronic Frontier FoundationHow to Opt Out of Software Made by Big TechBig tech companies make the devices we use and the operating systems that come on them. They also make the bulk of the default software that comes packed into those operating systems. But spend even just a few moments of your time looking, and you’ll find a variety of other options out there.Using...
The EU is weighing Google DMA compliance after July fines of 890 million euros over search ranking and Google Play fees.
#Google #DMA #DigitalMarketsAct #EuropeanCommission #GooglePlay #Antitrust #EU #BigTech
https://securityonline.info/google-dma-compliance/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social
I hope #California voters are paying attention to this. https://www.commondreams.org/news/sergey-brin-donald-trump
Common DreamsAs Millions Struggle to Get By, Plutocrat Working to Kill California Billionaire Tax Dines With Trump | Common Dreams"He’d rather working class kids die because they can’t afford healthcare than pay his fair share in taxes," Sen. Bernie Sanders said of Google co-founder Sergey Brin.