In the spirit of #FOSDEM2026 being sponsored by Google, I hope HackerTrain is brought to you by Ryanair.
#google #surveillanceCapitalism
Punkt. MC03: Android-Smartphone „Made in Europe“ ohne Google mit Abo
Der Schweizer Hersteller Punkt. hat mit dem MC03 ein abonnementbasiertes Smartphone mit Fokus auf Datensicherheit angekündigt.
https://ww…
Perfect day for pond skating! 19F/-7C, no wind. In this case, the artificial Centennial Lakes Park, #Edina, #Minnesota (suburb of #Minneapolis). Interestingly, set in an office complex. 900 m / half a mile long…
from my link log —
The Google squeeze.
https://stratechery.com/2019/the-google-squeeze/
saved 2019-11-12 https://dotat.at/:/TAJ…
Google Cloud partners with Replit to expand the use of Google's cloud offerings and AI models and to jointly support AI use cases for enterprise customers (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/04/google-replit-ai-vibe-coding-anthropic-cursor.html
Yours truly speaking at Defuse Dublin (IxDA) last month, where I presented on Gaza Verified and Small Tech/Small Web.
All photos: https://photos.app.goo.gl/irq95gn1ncUJtL4W7 (apologies for Google/Alphabet, Inc. link)
All talks:
Google launches Workspace Studio, a no-code tool to create, design, manage, and share AI agents, for users on Business and Enterprise Workspace plans (Abner Li/9to5Google)
https://9to5google.com/2025/12/03/google-workspace-studio/
Noch ein paar der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Mobilfunk von Google: KI lauscht mit und verbessert den Ton
Sources: Fluidstack, an AI cloud provider that is aiding Google's effort to expand access to its TPUs, is in talks to raise $700M led by Situational Awareness (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/ai-cloud-pr…