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Digital liberation: EU Parliament calls for detachment from US tech giants https://rmendes.net/bookmarks/2026/01/24/digital-liberation-eu-parliament-calls

Alphabet's X is increasingly spinning out independent companies via a dedicated Series X Capital fund, which has raised $500M with a minority Alphabet stake (Connie Loizos/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/02/alph

Alphabet is increasingly launching "moonshot" projects as independent companies -- here's why | TechCrunch
Despite the emphasis on detachment from ideas, X employees do have significant skin in the game when projects spin out.

"we encounter a lot of detachment from reality these days, and it seems to be at the core of our lot of problems. People lying habitually and shamelessly, dunces being placed in a position of real power over experts, people in high positions making deeply stupid decisions... people act as they are unconstrained by materiality, consequences or the laws of physics. This essay aims to figure out why" -- @…

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