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Trump Admin To Settle Suit Claiming Program For ‘Disadvantaged’ Businesses Only Serves ‘Women And Certain Minorities’ | Atlanta Daily World
https://atlantadailyworld.com/2025/06/02/trump-admin-to-settle-suit-claiming-program-for-disadvantaged-businesses-only-serves-women-and-certain-minorities/

Snowflake agrees to acquire Crunchy Data, a cloud-based database service that helps businesses and government agencies use PostgreSQL, a source says for ~$250M (Belle Lin/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/snowflake-to-buy-crunchy…

Trump’s determination to move fast could slow implementation of his tariff regime.
It also threatens to cost him credibility with businesses he’s counting on to invest in the U.S.
and world leaders whose buy-in he needs to negotiate trade deals.
Still, few expect a different posture from the famously intransigent fool or any second-guessing following the Wednesday ruling from the U.S. Court of International Trade, which briefly halted most of the tariffs

business owners once again proving they don't know how people get to their stores. they equate congestion with economic activity, when the opposite is true. there's no parking on the street! taxis are allowed!! the vast majority will come by public transit
“S.F. businesses are pressuring Mayor Lurie to reopen Market Street to cars. Will it work?”

Geniuses, all of them. https://apnews.com/video/fort-bragg-back-and-forth-has-consequences-for-some-local-businesses-2b35edf86f324436a63840a6137d919f

Fort Bragg back and forth has consequences for some local businesses
Ralph Rodriguez can be forgiven for feeling like a pawn. He chose to name his pawn and gun store after Fort Liberty, and is having to spend thousands to rebrand after the Army changed the installation back to Fort Bragg.

Sudden hailstorm lashes Egypt's Alexandria #Egypt

Sudden hailstorm lashes Egypt's Alexandria
An unseasonal rainstorm battered the Egyptian city of Alexandria on Saturday, flooding roads and damaging seafront businesses in the latest bout of erratic weather to hit the region.

Elad Gil, backer of Perplexity, Character.AI, Airbnb, Coinbase, and Stripe, invested in Enam Co., which aims to transform businesses with AI via PE roll-ups (Connie Loizos/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/01/early-a…

Early AI investor Elad Gil finds his next big bet: AI-powered rollups | TechCrunch
Elad Gil started betting on AI before most of the world took notice. By the time investors began grasping the implications of ChatGPT, Gil had already

Looking to spend your money someplace that doesn't support Trump and MAGA? The MAGAs have conveniently made a list of businesses to avoid.
#AntiMAGA #boycott

business owners once again proving they don't know how people get to their stores. they equate congestion with economic activity, when the opposite is true. there's no parking on the street! taxis are allowed!! the vast majority will come by public transit
“S.F. businesses are pressuring Mayor Lurie to reopen Market Street to cars. Will it work?”

An NBC News and Get Real Security [analysis](https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news
/internet-thinks-video-gaza-ai-s-proved-isnt-rcna209617) found no evidence of AI generation or manipulation in the video of people waiting for food in Rafah.

Technology and Media News
Get the latest news on technology businesses and Internet media at NBCNews.com. Learn about the digital trends and platforms that are disrupting media and tech companies.

Memo: Business Insider is cutting staff by 21% to "endure extreme traffic drops outside of our control" and "exiting the majority of our Commerce business" (Ben Mullin/@benmullin)
https://x.com/benmullin/status/1928046544390926339

Ben Mullin (@BenMullin) on X
scoop: Business Insider is reducing staff by 21% as it reduces its reliance on “traffic-sensitive businesses.” Memo from CEO Barbara Peng:

One #infosec example of the very many NSF funding awards being revoked:
"Hudson County Community College (HCCC) was awarded a $599,811 National Science Foundation (NSF) grant for its program, “Nurturing Resilience: Empowering the Next Generation of Cybersecurity Professionals with a Focus on Women.” The program goals are to recruit and retain more women in the HCCC Cybersecurity Prog…

Hudson County Community College Receives $600,000 National Science Foundation Grant to Expand Its Nationally Acclaimed Cybersecurity Program
The explosive demand for Cybersecurity is outpacing the supply of computer science professionals who assess threats and prevent attacks. Educational institutions, healthcare organizations, government, businesses, and individuals are increasingly vulnerable to evolving hazards including phishing, spoofing, malware, ransomware, and viruses.

«the idea of LLMs as a technology that's largely parasitic on status games in a crumbling society does a great deal to explain the recent spate of AI use mandates in businesses. While they're obviously, transparently bad for materially getting work done, they're amazing status boosters, and if people are willing to take on material harm in order to improve their relative status, this behaviour actually makes considerable sense.»
Keeping up appearances | deadSimpleTech
https://deadsimpletech.com/blog/keeping_up_appearances

I am willing to be pleasantly surprised, but... when all I see from these "major projects" is oil and gas and other 20th century backwards nonsense, I can't help but be pessimistic.
Ironically, a real "nation building" project that would be a huge benefit to Canadians would be more akin to something from the 19th century: Standing up a true public railway corporation and rebuilding a high speed electrified rail network from sea to sea to sea that could reduce transportation costs and increase flexibility and convenience for millions of Canadians and businesses including in remote communities.
But our current leadership is too beholden to existing capitalist interests and status quo business to be that bold. And they're positively allergic to anything done purely in the public interest. How dare we not include some profiteering private corporation… /sarc
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #NaitonBuilding #Transportation #rail
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/premiers-meeting-prime-minister-carney-major-projects-1.7549577

London-based Dojo, a payments tech provider to over 140K businesses, raised $190M from Vitruvian Partners in its first equity raise since launching in 2021 (Vishal Singh/Silicon Canals)
https://siliconcanals.com/dojo-secures-investment-of-e168-6m/

UK’s payments tech provider Dojo secures investment of €168.6M
Dojo is a payments technology provider that aims to expand its presence in the payments sector with a focus on supporting in-person commerce.

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.15799 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csCY_…

The Agentic Economy
Generative AI has transformed human-computer interaction by enabling natural language interfaces and the emergence of autonomous agents capable of acting on users' behalf. While early applications have improved individual productivity, these gains have largely been confined to predefined tasks within existing workflows. We argue that the more profound economic impact lies in reducing communication frictions between consumers and businesses. This shift could reorganize markets, redistribute powe…

Vista Equity Partners agrees to acquire ERP software provider Acumatica from PE firm EQT, sources say in a deal that values Acumatica at ~$2B including debt (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-0…

Buyout Firm Vista to Acquire EQT’s Acumatica in $2 Billion Deal
Vista Equity Partners agreed to acquire Acumatica Inc., a software company that helps businesses streamline workflows.

«the idea of LLMs as a technology that's largely parasitic on status games in a crumbling society does a great deal to explain the recent spate of AI use mandates in businesses. While they're obviously, transparently bad for materially getting work done, they're amazing status boosters, and if people are willing to take on material harm in order to improve their relative status, this behaviour actually makes considerable sense.»
Keeping up appearances | deadSimpleTech
https://deadsimpletech.com/blog/keeping_up_appearances

"Only 1 in 4 small businesses expect to reach net-zero by 2050"
#NetZero #Business #Climate #ClimateChange

#linktipp
They Looted Companies — Now They're Looting the Government
Most executives are no longer rewarded for building durable businesses or contributing to the real economy—they’re rewarded for how efficiently they extract value from the companies that they control.
“Because these people have gotten away with looting corporations, they’ve come to believe it’s their right …

If only a free speech absolutist were in power
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/us/politics/trump-democracy.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2E4.DSRY.s2ndHvKYyC_c&s…

Fearing Retribution, Trump Critics Muzzle Themselves
People say they are intimidated by online attacks from the president, concerned about harm to their businesses or worried about the safety of their families.

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In an earlier post I introduced the principle that there were four categories of side hustle. Let’s now talk about the third category.
3️⃣ 𝐁 – 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐎𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐇𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬: 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬
Want a side hustle that doesn’t depend on YOU working 24/7? That’s the Business Owner (B) quadrant – where you build 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞, with or without your direct involvement.
🔹 Examples: Online business, e-commerce, franchising, automated lead-generation businesses.

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In an earlier post I introduced the principle that there were four categories of side hustle. Let’s now talk about the third category.
3️⃣ 𝐁 – 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐎𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐇𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬: 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬
Want a side hustle that doesn’t depend on YOU working 24/7? That’s the Business Owner (B) quadrant – where you build 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞, with or without your direct involvement.
🔹 Examples: Online business, e-commerce, franchising, automated lead-generation businesses.

"But there were technologists and open source projects in attendance. Notably, representatives from the Mastodon and Bluesky teams were at the Festival. The Newsmast Foundation was also present, incisively taking part in conversations to help newsrooms onboard themselves onto both of them. I got to hang out with them all, connecting with people I’d spoken with but never interacted with in person. Mastodon has undergone a transformation, has doubled its team, and is working on smoothing out some of its rough edges, while not letting go of its core ethos. It’s also beginning to position itself as a European alternative to American social media platforms, with a community-first values system and new services to directly help organizations join the network.
Bluesky, on the other hand, has done an able job of bringing journalists onto its existing social app, and is now hard at work explaining why its underlying protocol matters. Both want to engage with newsrooms and journalists and do the right thing by them. They each have something different to prove: Mastodon that it can be usable and accessible, and Bluesky that it can provide a return to its investors and truly decentralize while holding onto its values. I’m rooting for both of them.
These platforms’ messages dovetail with my own: news can own the platforms that support them. Lots of people at the Festival were worried about the impact of US big tech on their businesses — particularly in a world where tech moguls seem to be aligning themselves with a Presidential administration that has positioned itself as being adversarial to news, journalists, sources, and, arguably, the truth. The good news is that the technology is out there, the values-aligned technologists are out there, and there’s a strong path forward. The only thing left is to follow it."
#media #Mastodon #BlueSky #Journalism
https://werd.io/2025/notes-from-perugia-journalism-values-and-building-the-web-we

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In an earlier post I introduced the principle that there were four categories of side hustle. Let’s now talk about the second category.
2️⃣ 𝐒 – 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐇𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬: 𝐎𝐰𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐉𝐨𝐛
Ever thought about turning your skills into a business? Many side hustlers shift from Employee (E) to Self-Employed (S) – gaining more control but still relying on their own efforts.
🔹 Examples: Coaching, consulting, independent contractors, small-scale service businesses (photography, home repairs, etc.).

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In an earlier post I introduced the principle that there were four categories of side hustle. Let’s now talk about the second category.
2️⃣ 𝐒 – 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐇𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬: 𝐎𝐰𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐉𝐨𝐛
Ever thought about turning your skills into a business? Many side hustlers shift from Employee (E) to Self-Employed (S) – gaining more control but still relying on their own efforts.
🔹 Examples: Coaching, consulting, independent contractors, small-scale service businesses (photography, home repairs, etc.).

Found this: #serverless tools and their consequences.
We're going to see many more of these in the comming years thanks to #vibecoding .
#BigTech companies love these synergies between #CloudComputing, #generativeAI businesses and occasional incompetence (NOTE: not saying that all these horror stories are tied to incompetence, many times is due to malice on the services provider side).