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I had the opportunity to write a chapter for the handbook *The Global Business of Education*, edited by Marcelo Parreira do Amaral, Sieglinde Jornitz, and S. Karin Amos.
“People Farming in Academia” analyzes how the increasing datafication of academia is increasingly modeling it after the platform economy as we know it - with all the accompanying phenomena: vendor lock-in, precarity, ghost work, geopolitical interference, and an increasingly questionable relationship with factual accur…

Palo Alto Networks agrees to acquire Portkey, which develops AI gateway tech to manage and secure AI agents; sources say the deal values Portkey at $120M-$140M (The Economic Times)
https://economictimes.indiati…

Palo Alto Networks to acquire AI infra firm Portkey; valuation may double to $140 million
Cybersecurity giant Palo Alto Networks is acquiring AI infrastructure startup Portkey to bolster its defences for autonomous AI systems. This move aims to provide enterprises with a centralised control plane for managing and securing AI agents. The acquisition is expected to close in Palo Alto Networks’ fourth quarter of fiscal 2026, subject to approvals.

I somewhat agree with @… on his recent AI statement.
LLMs for programming tasks are useful - for the time being.
Are they economically viable? Probably not.
Are they sustainable? Hell no.
Are they copyright infringement? Most likely.
But this is not what Torvalds is talking about. This guy just wants to make his Kernel better.…

Interesting article in the Economist, don't necessarily agree,
https://www.…

Opinie | If you thought the global financial crisis was bad…
When the crash comes, stabilising markets will be easy compared with reordering society for AI, writes short-seller Carson Block.

In vielen Städten in #NRW gibt es Zuschüsse für die Begrünung von #Gärten, #Vorgärten, #Gründächer

Geld für den eigenen Garten geschenkt: So sichern sich NRW-Gärtner hohe Zuschüsse
Wer sein Eigenheim grüner machen will, kann in NRW Geld vom Staat abkassieren. Vor allem für Vorgärten und Dächer gibt es Förderung.

UnearthInsight: Indian IT companies have spent $7.1B on acquisitions since the start of 2025 to gain clients, as AI-led pricing pressure weakens organic growth (Shristi Achar/The Economic Times)
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/t…

IT firms spend big on acquisitions as AI hits growth
Indian IT companies are buying smaller companies to boost growth. Acquisitions are happening due to AI's impact on pricing and organic growth. Companies are spending billions to gain clients and market share. These deals help IT providers enter new markets and offer expanded services. This strategy aims to counter revenue pressures and vendor consolidation.

«Microsoft veröffentlicht eigene Server-Linux-Distribution:
Azure Linux 4.0 positioniert Microsoft naturgemäss primär für den Einsatz in der eigenen Cloud. Bald soll aber auch eine Variante erscheinen, die sich als virtuelle Maschine im Windows Subsystem for Linux betreiben lässt.»
Erst jetzt gesehen und ein wenig überrascht. Mal sehen was das für eine Distro wird und die bestehenden wirklich konkurenziert.
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Microsoft veröffentlicht eigene Server-Linux-Distribution
Azure Linux 4.0 positioniert Microsoft naturgemäss primär für den Einsatz in der eigenen Cloud. Bald soll aber auch eine Variante erscheinen, die sich als virtuelle Maschine im Windows Subsystem for Linux betreiben lässt.

Excellent analysis on China. "Europe's door to Chinese tech investment is still ajar"
https://www.cer.eu/insights/europes-door-chinese-tech-investment-still-ajar

Europe's door to Chinese tech investment is still ajar
Europe has learned to block Chinese acquisitions of strategic assets. Chinese factories in Europe now pose harder economic security challenges.

Wirescreen analysis of 3,800 Chinese military procurement records finds 500 instances since 2019 where the PLA sought Nvidia chips, including the A100 and A800 (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/business/economy/china-military-nvidia-chi…

Chinese Military Sought Nvidia Chips for Years, Report Says
An analysis of six years of procurement records suggests that the People’s Liberation Army has openly tried to acquire restricted U.S. technology.

Human Archive, which trains robots using first-person video from 1,000 camera-equipped caps worn by Indian home services workers, raised $8.2M from YC and more (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/26/human…

This startup is betting India's gig economy can train the world's robots | TechCrunch
Human Archive, a startup founded by UC Berkeley and Stanford researchers, is paying gig workers in India to wear camera-equipped caps and sensor devices to collect the real-world physical training data that AI and robotics labs are racing to acquire.