Tootfinder

@aral@mastodon.ar.al
2025-07-16 06:21:54

“Move fast and break things.”
The things:
- Human rights
- Our habitat
- Democracy
#BigTech #SiliconValley #ventureCapital

Arthur Charpentier ⏚ 🇨🇦 (@freakonometrics@mastodon.social)
"Because electricity is more costly for data centers than water, companies often prioritize building their facilities in places with cheap power, even if the area is drought stricken. That has exacerbated water shortages across the world, Ms. Ajami said. “Water is an afterthought” for tech companies, she said. “The thinking is, ‘Someone will figure that out later.’”" https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/technology/meta-data-center-water.html

@aral@mastodon.ar.al
2025-06-09 10:20:22

“I’m usually fine with surveillance capitalism but this is too much, even for me.”
#surveillance #capitalism #BigTech

Filippo Valsorda :go: (@filippo@abyssdomain.expert)
Attached: 1 image I usually get where big tech is coming from, but this is just malicious tracking. If you're an engineer and you're asked to implement something like this, it's time to whistleblow. I hope the IE DPA will look into it. Anyway, Local Network Access (https://github.com/explainers-by-googlers/local-network-access) can't come soon enough. https://localmess.github.io

@aral@mastodon.ar.al
2025-07-30 17:25:06

Microsoft is complicit in genocide.
#microsoft #BigTech #SiliconValley #israel