@ruth_mottram@fediscience.org2025-09-28 06:13:19
Another excellent thread from @… I especially agree with this bit:
"The EU needs to get the *hell* off US tech infrastructure. Under Trump, Big Tech and the US government have stopped even pretending that American tech companies are independent of the US government. We know (from China) that Apple will happily backdoor its cloud servers to assuage authoritarian governments"
Not easy for even a motivated person to achieve without a lot of help though. Yet.
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/115271300104707706
pluralistic@mamot.fr - Apple has threatened to stop selling iPhones and other devices in the European Union (home to over 500,000,000 affluent consumers) if the bloc doesn't rescind the Digital Markets Act, a democratically accountable anti-monopoly law that bans Apple from blocking third parties from offering services to iPhone owners:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/sep/25/apple-calls-for-changes-to-anti-monopoly-laws-and-says-it-may-stop-shipping-to-the-eu
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@poppastring@dotnet.social2025-08-29 01:47:53
🧑🏻💻 .NET 10 Preview Now Available on #Azure App Service! :azure: https://azure.github.io/AppService/2025/08/26/dotnet-10-preview-on-App-Service.html…
@askesis@qoto.org2025-09-27 13:17:34
Para lembrar (sobre Charlie #Kirk): Marco Feliciano falando sobre balas na cabeça de #esquerdistas
https://www.instagram.com/…
@elduvelle@neuromatch.social2025-10-27 22:06:52
"Le Monde – En France, une transition climatique laissée pour compte"
https://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2025/10/27/en-france-une-transition-climatique-laissee-pour-compte_6649812_3232.html
@cdarwin@c.im2025-09-28 05:00:09
Trump’s Gaza peace plan leaves door ajar for Palestinian state
Some elements of the U.S. proposal are comically specific.
“Once all the hostages have been released,” it reads,
“Israel will release 250 life sentence prisoners plus 1,700 Gazans who were detained after October 7. …
For every Israeli hostage whose remains are released, Israel will release the remains of 15 deceased Gazans.”
The proposal says that “upon acceptance of this agreement,
full aid…
@Techmeme@techhub.social2025-10-28 13:27:42
OpenAI-Microsoft deal: Microsoft gets a 27% stake, access to its AI models until 2032, including AGI-level models, and OpenAI will buy $250B of Azure services (Brody Ford/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-1…
@tante@tldr.nettime.org2025-10-27 21:43:10
"Can a leftist position on the use of generative AI be materially held?" by @… is a great read that brings a lot of structure to the debate. And I do agree: GenAI contradicts leftist positions fundamentally.
https://www.
@Techmeme@techhub.social2025-09-28 03:45:51
Sources: data integration company Fivetran is in talks to acquire data management company dbt Labs in a deal valuing the combined entity at between $5B and $10B (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/data-startup-fi…
@Techmeme@techhub.social2025-10-29 02:01:54
Sources: Francisco Partners is in talks to acquire Jamf, which provides remote device management tools, taking it private; Jamf has a market cap of ~$1.5B (Milana Vinn/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/francisco-partners-buy-jamf…
@Techmeme@techhub.social2025-11-27 16:41:32
EU lawmakers agree on new rules that hold platforms like Meta and TikTok liable for financial scams that have been reported, requiring them to compensate banks (Politico)
https://www.politico.eu/article/social-media-giants-meta-tik…
