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I support I should feel sorry, but as someone who has repeatedly warned #nonprofits (& media outlets) that I've worked about their over-rerliance on #bigtech platforms, I find it hard to really be so sympathetic.
Also - how can it be that I, an individual, have a most robust data backup and…

The Quiet Decision Microsoft Made That Devastated Thousands of Nonprofits
When the tech giant retired a popular software grant, years of nonprofit data vanished with it.

An impressive resources trying to uncover what and why #bigtech is using to train LLMs
AI Watchdog: The Atlantic’s ongoing investigation of the books, videos, and other media used by the world’s most powerful tech companies to train their AI models.

AI Watchdog - The Atlantic
The Atlantic's ongoing investigation of the books, videos, and other media used by the world's most powerful tech companies to train their AI models.

So, #Google will no longer let you see even basic details - like hours - unless you login. Which, of course, I can't since I have no account.
#enshittification #bigtech

Gartner nennt es das größte Infrastrukturprojekt der Menschheitsgeschichte. Man könnte es auch die teuerste Wette aller Zeiten nennen: Amazon, Alphabet, Meta und Microsoft haben seit 2023 über eine Billion Dollar in KI verbuddelt, meldet Bezmalinović bei heise online. Der freie Cashflow? Nur noch 7 Mrd. Dollar. #KI #BigTech

De beste oplossing tegen de te hoge kosten door oa Uber en Bolt:
Taxichauffers beginnen eigen taxi-app uit frustratie over commissie aan Uber
#taxi #bigtech

Google er ikke vores ven. #DKIT #google #DKTech #USTech

€890 million fine for Google, Google's invisible wall! | PixelUnion - Free your photos from American tech platforms
Google has again been fined hundreds of millions by the European Commission for breaching the Digital Markets Act. What does 'self-preferencing' mean for creators and their images?

So we've figured out that smoking is bad for you (actually, we fought an uphill battle to even get scientists to universally agree, and even today people are grasping for any pseudoscientific evidence to the contrary). But instead of fighting the tobacco companies and eliminating this awful habit, we've decided to ban children from smoking and limit smoking zones. We know how well that worked. And now there are all these vapes, and we pretend that everything is fine.
We've figured out that alcohol is bad for you. But instead of fighting the booze companies and eliminating this nasty habit, we've decided to ban children from drinking, and adults in some contexts. We all know how well that worked. And now all the booze companies are selling alcohol-free beer to keep everyone ready to drink the serious stuff.
Now we've figured out that a lot of shit that #BigTech is giving you is bad for you. You can guess where this is going…

Over garanties die 'leveranciers uit de VS' nooit kunnen bieden....
'Het samenwerkingsverband zegt ook dat Nextcloud 'in tegenstelling tot leveranciers met hoofdkantoor in de VS een harde garantie biedt dat het nooit persoonsgegevens zal verstrekken aan autoriteiten buiten de EU'.'
SURF geeft onderwijs- en onderzoekssector positief privacyadvies over Nextcloud - Tweakers
#bigtech #nextcloud #surf

Konferenz „On/Off“ von @… und @…
📅 15. Okt: 10–18 Uhr
»Digitale Kompetenzen für Berlins Kulturszene«
Aus dem Programm:
🔹 @… u. Stefan Janson: Kulturvideos ins #Fediverse bringen
🔹 @…: #Wiblio – das digitale Wohnzimmer für d. Stadtgesellschaft
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👉 #KulturDigital #Digitalisierung #Kultur #Berlin #DigitaleSouveränität #BigTech #Bildung #Museum

Die irische Datenschutzbehörde DPC hat gegen Google 403 Millionen Euro Bußgeld verhängt — wegen unrechtmäßiger Verarbeitung von Standortdaten zwischen 2018 und 2020 und des Einsatzes von Dark Patterns. Das Verfahren lief fast ein Jahrzehnt und gilt als weiterer Beleg für das irische Durchsetzungsproblem bei der DSGVO. @… #Irland #Europe #BigTech #DSGVO https://www.heise.de/news/Google-403-Millionen-Euro-Strafe-wegen-Standortdaten-Tracking-11460206.html

The danger is not AI or AGI that will take over or destroy the world, the biggest danger is that this technology is in the hands of very bad people that will do awful things with it and there are no restraints or checks&balances, It is not that complicated...
#AI #AGI #armageddon #bigtech #government

RE: #bigtech

RE: #Kommunikations-Kolleg:innen in Kommunen & Digitalpolitik!
📅 Am Fr., 16. Oktober, spricht @…, Staatskanzlei #SchleswigHolstein, über » #SocialMedia ohne #BigTech: Infrastruktur für ein Bundesland «
Im Webinar von #SaveSocial geht es um einfache, budget- und #datenschutz-freundliche (!) Schritte für mehr #DigitaleSouveranitat in #Verwaltung und #Kommunen!
Anmeldung:
👉 #Stadt #Demokratie

#BigTech #Billionaires #EatTheRich #Security #Win10 #TechSupport
So some press covered Zuckerberg's mega yacht not responding to a distress call and rightfully saying the Law Of the Sea requires aid to be rendered if possible.
Now, there's apparently a Win10 zero-day vulnerability in the wild. A vulnerability that Microsoft HAS A FIX FOR.
And yet they won't allow you to run it if you haven't paid up for support.
They should be REQUIRED TO RELEASE the fix to all.

Dieter Schnaas in seiner Tauchsieder-Kolumne: „Der Gewinner heißt Meta." Der Konzern gibt zu, digitale Suchtmittel zu vertreiben — und entgeht genau dadurch der Verurteilung.
Seine Parallele: das Tabakabkommen von 1998. 200 Mrd. Dollar über 25 Jahre an 46 Bundesstaaten.
@… hat in #9vor9 dieselbe Parallele gezogen. Nur sah er darin den Anfang echter Regulierung. Schnaas sieht ein Prinzip: Freikauf statt Urteil.
#Meta #Jugendschutz #BigTech #Digitalpolitik #DSA https://www.wiwo.de/politik/deutschland/meta-vergleich-warum-der-deal-ein-sieg-fuer-big-tech-ist/100250341.html