Texas accuses Netflix of spying on children in new lawsuit

Ken Paxton accuses streamer of designing addictive platform and falsely representing data collection practices

The Guardian

RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/116614777625910070

The orbital data center pitch is broken at every layer, it's just marketing that sounds cool.
There's the hardware costs (space rated is more expensive), repair or just let it be space junk, the how do you power it? the list goes on and on.

for the full exposition on the insanity --or idiocy from a certain point of view of orbital data centers scroll about halfway down my Evil vs Evil post 👇
https://blog.ppb1701.com/evil-vs-evil-or-how-two-billionaires-accidentally-told-the-truth-in-oakland

#BigTech #SpaceX #xAI #Musk #TheranasAI

Ik was deze avond als freelancer vanuit @publicspaces de host van de 'Weg bij Bigtech' avond in de bibliotheek van #Zutphen. De mooiste bieb van Nederland wat mij betreft, gevestigd in een oude kerk.

Dankzij het fijne, geïnteresseerde publiek werd het een hele leuke avond en kreeg ik te horen dat men het reuze interessant vond om te horen over hoe je als individu kleine stapjes kan maken om digitaal onafhankelijker te worden van #BigTech. #Doeidag kwam zelfs nog voorbij.

Nu tevreden naar huis.

Die Menschen, die am Kot-Fluss leben sind arm und haben kein Geld, um Bluttests selber zu bezahlen. Nun fehlt ihnen ihre Lebensgrundlage, die dieser Fluss für sie war, durch den Raubabbau der seltenen Erden, bei dem richtig große Firmen beteiligt sind, denn diese brauchen die seltenen Erden für ihre Produkte, von denen wir im globalen Norden alle abhängig sind. Auch ich habe ein Smartphone und Computer. (3/3) #umwelt #bigtech #thailand #kotfluss #myanmar #verschmutzung #asien #selteneerden
🥴 Oh joy, yet another "decentralized" platform promising to liberate us from the clutches of Big Tech. #Freenet, where your computer becomes a cog in the grand "unstoppable" network—because who doesn't dream of turning their PC into a relentless packet mule? 🙄 And don't forget, you'll need #JavaScript to visualize this chaos, because a revolution without JavaScript is just not cool enough. 😂
https://freenet.org/ #decentralization #BigTech #network革命 #HackerNews #ngated
Freenet

#DataCenters are thirsty as hell! 💦 #Wisconsin researchers are finally asking how much water these facilities really use. 🕵🏽‍♀️ Meanwhile, #BigTech wants communities to just trust them. Nope! 👎🏽 Wisconsin deserves answers before more farmland becomes #ServerFarms.

How much water do AI data cent...
How much water do AI data centers really use? Wisconsin researchers look for answers.

UW-Milwaukee's Center for Water Policy reviewed data centers around the country to develop recommendations for policymakers. They say more transparency is needed around how much water, electricity and other resources these facilities are using.

WPR
The AI Resist List

A living directory of ways communities resist AI harms—and build alternatives worth fighting for.

Met Police Palantir contract blocked by City Hall

City Hall has refused a contract worth up to £50m with the US technology firm Palantir.

BBC News

Altro che Steve Jobs. La #SiliconValley e le #BigTech Usa hanno costruito il sistema di sorveglianza del XXI secolo. Vi spieghiamo l'inchiesta dell'#AssociatedPress che ha vinto il #Pulitzer (e cosa c'entrano #Cina e #Israele) - MOW - Mowmag.com https://mowmag.com/attualita/altro-che-steve-jobs-la-silicon-valley-e-le-big-tech-usa-hanno-costruito-il-sistema-di-sorveglianza

@sicurezza

Altro che Steve Jobs. La Silicon Valley e le Big Tech Usa hanno costruito il sistema di sorveglianza del XXI secolo. Vi spieghiamo l'inchiesta dell'Associated Press che ha vinto il Pulitzer (e cosa c'entrano Cina e Israele)

Cosa accomuna la tecnologia di sorveglianza utilizzata dalla Cina, i sofisticati strumenti militari adottati in guerra da Israele e i software impiegati dalla polizia statunitense? La Silicon Valley. Questi strumenti, che insieme hanno generato un mostro hi-tech impossibile da arginare, provengono dalla Silicon Valley. L'Associated Press ha raccontato in che modo pubblicando una super inchiesta che ha vinto il Premio Pulitzer

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