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@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-10-29 10:05:54

French lawmakers vote to raise France's digital services tax on US tech giants to 6%, up from 3%; the French government opposes the move, fearing US retaliation (Politico)
politico.eu/article/french-law

French lawmakers progress tax on American Big Tech amid huge pushback
PARIS — French lawmakers are moving ahead with plans to double a tax on big tech firms — backing away from a more aggressive push amid fears of provoking U.S. trade retaliation. France’s National A…

@aral@mastodon.ar.al
2025-10-28 08:50:42

Ah, good thing Ireland didn’t bet a major chunk of its economy on US Big Tech creating jobs or anything.
*phew!*
#BigTech #USA #AI

Amazon has six sites in Ireland, including the Amazon Fulfilment Centre in Baldonnel Business Park in Dublin, Ireland. Amazon to cut 30,000 office jobs internationally following Al investments It is not yet clear whether Irish employees will be impacted. Today 8:40 a.m. AMAZON WILL LAY off tens of thousands of office workers as the e-commerce and tech giant trims costs amid ramped-up investments in artificial intelligence, according to US media reports. Some 30,000 positions will be cut in a be…
@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social
2025-10-27 23:59:52
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How does this Roman torso get identified as #Apollo? Just look at his glutes!
#BumDayMonday

A Roman marble torso of Apollo, depicted lifesized, standing in contrapposto with his weight on his right leg, the left slightly advanced, with both arms lowered, the left pulled slightly back. The lithe figure has softly-modelled musculature, his long serpentine tendrils falling onto each shoulder, preserving a tree trunk support along the right thigh, and a smaller rectangular strut at the back of the left thigh. The position of the arms, though mostly broken off now, suggests that this may …
@berlinbuzzwords@floss.social
2025-11-27 14:59:03

What is #bbuzz all about?
Our video team captured the essence of #bbuzz on film: #bbuzz by joining us as a speaker! We are looking for talks on search, data science, streams, operations, scale, storage, people and community, society, ethics, sustainability, and more: 2026.berlinbuzzwords.de/call-f

@cdarwin@c.im
2025-11-29 02:13:36

With the holidays upon us, it's easy to default to giving the tech gifts that retailers tend to push on us this time of year:
smart speakers, video doorbells, bluetooth trackers, fitness trackers, and other connected gadgets are all very popular gifts.
But before you give one, think twice about what you're opting that person into.
One big problem with giving these sorts of gifts is that you're opting another person into a company's intrusive surveillance prac…

Think Twice Before Giving Surveillance for the Holidays
With the holidays upon us, it's easy to default to giving the tech gifts that retailers tend to push on us this time of year: smart speakers, video doorbells, bluetooth trackers, fitness trackers, and other connected gadgets are all very popular gifts. But before you give one, think twice about...

@heiseonline@social.heise.de
2025-10-28 17:15:18

Etwas mehr der heute besonders häufig geteilten #News:
BSI: Checkliste für Vorgehen bei geknackten Konten

BSI: Checkliste für Vorgehen bei geknackten Konten
Das BSI hat eine Checkliste für Privatanwender veröffentlicht, die Hilfestellung zu Maßnahmen bei geknackten Zugängen liefert.

@rasterweb@mastodon.social
2025-09-29 01:35:45

Over the weekend I came close to joining these two sections of where I've ridden my bike! The square on the bottom is where the bike shop is where I got my new bike a month ago. Might be a project for next weekend.
#biking #bikeTooter

A map showing where I have biked.
@stefan@gardenstate.social
2025-08-29 01:32:40

I love Mortal Engines and i love reading stories in that universe. If you like those perfect books you will also enjoy this. Not on the same level as the OG series.
#books #reading

cover of the book Thunder City by Philip Reeve
@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-11-28 15:45:39

French President Emmanuel Macron criticizes the EU for being too slow to act on probes into Big Tech companies, attributing the delay to US pressure against DSA (Politico)
politico.eu/article/brussels-a

Macron says Brussels is ‘afraid’ of tackling US Big Tech
An “American offensive” has cowed the European Commission and some EU capitals, French president complains.

@cdarwin@c.im
2025-11-28 16:19:53

Why are other journalists in the room not reacting immediately to T's attacks on their colleagues?
Amplify the questions until they get meaningful answers.
Or they could walk out.
-- @locprof.bsky.social
bsky.app/profile/newsguy.bsky.

Steve Herman (@newsguy.bsky.social)
CBS News' Nancy Cordes: Your DoJ OIG "reported this year that there was thorough vetting by DHS and the FBI of these Afghans who were brought into the US so why do you blame the Biden administration?" President Trump: "Because they let them in. Are you stupid? Are you a stupid person?"