Tootfinder

This piece nails it.
#BigTech #SiliconValley https://dice.camp/@brunobord/115558496764119435…

»Quantenphysik und KI — Warum neue Technologien magisch wirken - und das #BigTech in die Hände spielt:
Während bei einem Kartentrick jeder den Zauber entlarven will, begegnen wir neuer #Technologie gerne mit ehrfürchtigem Staunen. Der Grund hat etwas mit einer ganz rudimentären Angst zu tun, mein…

Quantenphysik und KI: Warum neue Technologien magisch wirken – und das Big Tech in die Hände spielt | t3n
Bei Kartentricks wollen die Menschen gern herausfinden, wie sie funktionieren. Bei neuen Technologien hingegen, lassen sie sich gern verzaubern.

Apple fined $261,000 for poisoning people.
(Apple made that money back in about 21.5 seconds.)
#BigTech #Apple #poisoning

Ashley M. Gjøvik, JD (@ashleygjovik@mastodon.social)
Attached: 1 image "Former Apple employee Ashley Gjøvik moved into one of the adjacent apartments in 2020 only to fall badly ill with indications of chemical poisoning, she told SFGATE. She didn't know what was happening at first, she said, but after she arrived she started suddenly having chest pains, strange rashes, arrhythmia and numbness. She regularly fainted. When she got her blood and urine tested that September, she said, the results showed arsenic, mercury, toluene and xylene." https:…

All of this. @… spot on.
And he doesn't even mention the tracking and funnelling of our data to #BigTech
Our devices work for Big Tech, not us - https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/70ba11e1-d4d7-4df6-83bb-f0a5433b1ee2 via @FT

Translation: #BigTech has paid #BigTech too much money for CurrentFad
https://techhub.social/@Techmeme/11506

Cloud providers keep shitting themselves; What can we even do?
Learn from decentralization
#bigtech #decentralization #outage

Wenn Big Tech zu Hoflieferanten der Macht wird und sich CEO Hoettges „inspiriert“ von Donald Trumps Industriekurs zeigt, ist das kein Wirtschaftskonzept, sondern Verrat an digitaler Souveränität. Sascha Pallenberg legt die Doppelmoral der Tech-Eliten offen. Fortschritt ohne Haltung ist nur Zynismus.
@…

It would be ironic if the shooting of a right wing influencer lead right wing US gov to 'taking aim at Big Tech algorithms' (interesting choice of words CBC!) and embrace the Fediverse perhaps!
“At the news conference, [Republican Governor] Cox... addressed young people specifically….. "Social media is a cancer," he said. "And I would urge people to log off, turn off and touch grass.””
#Fediverse #Algorithms #CharlieKirk #RIghtWing #SocialMedia #BigTech
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/kirk-shooting-investigation-fri-1.7632106

Tired of #BigTech? Explore the Rise of Decentralized #SocialMedia in #2026
> Why it matters now. Apps are smoother. Mobile experiences are better. More people want user control and #privacy. Crea…

Good!👏🏼
Knowing there will be a European payment solution (#Wero) and this data will NOT end up in the hands of #bigtech is a win for the citizens of #europe
Origineel bericht:

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

Why a self-hosted blog and not Instagram? #bigtech

Why a self-hosted blog and not Instagram?
You may have asked yourself why we're self-hosting our own blog instead of publishing on social media to potentially reach a wider audience.

WELL.
We have a newly installed @… version on an old #EndoOf10 laptop.
All user files have been moved across (will require some organisation still, and that alone will be a shock to a GenZ used to just dumping stuff on the cloud - honestly the desktop looked like my parents... 😱 ).
Most important programs are there (I had to explain difference between program and app along the way too).
And overall it's been a pretty positive learning experience for both of us. I have had to compromise on a few things and teenager has a few programs installed that I'd rather not - but let's see this as a gateway out of #BigTech if at all possible...
There will be a few more follow up points I suspect but thanks all for your friendly encouragement and helpful hints so far
#MastodonRocks
15/n

Terms and Conditions May Apply.
#tech
#bigtech
#privacy
#documentary

In case we needed more warning against #BigTech a push towards #DigitalSovereignty...
@… on scorching form.
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/115130382805060633
pluralistic@mamot.fr - William Gibson famously said "Cyberpunk was a warning, not a suggestion." But for every tech leader fantasizing about lobotomizing their enemies with Black Ice, there's 10 who wish they were Darth Vader, force-choking you while grating out, "I'm altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further."
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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:
https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/01/fulu/#i-am-altering-the-deal
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Humanity is against the Bluesky Social Terms of Service.
#BlueSky #SiliconValley #BigTech #israel…

Joy (@joynewacc@mastodon.social)
Attached: 2 images Although it may seem like a common thing to persecute the right party, it really hurt me when the BlueSky community closed all my accounts, and when I sent them an email telling them that they made a mistake in closing my accounts and that it is the only platform on which I share my poetry and they ignored it, but it really affected me, I became very frustrated because I am fighting two wars inside Palestine and on social media #palestine @palestine@lemmy.ml @aral@mastodon.a…

Sidste uge har jeg, efter #EndOf10 lavede teenageren's laptop om til #linuxMint. Det var en sjov og lærerig rejse. Jeg var meget glad med resultatet. Teenageren var lidt bekymret at det lignede ikke alle andre..
Idag kommer svaret fra skolen at de kun stŸtte Windows og macOS 🤦‍♀️
I morgen tager jeg kontakt med IT-manden ift. #BigTech #DigitalSuverænitet osv.
Nogle gode anbefalinger eller resourcer i kampen imod status quo?
#EndOf10 and the opportunity to convert the teenager's laptop to linux mint. Follow along with my no doubt enraging journey through the #Windows10 minefield here. (or mute if you don't want to hear it).
First task is to find a flash drive with enough space and or disposable files on it...