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Donation to @wemoveeu
It’s nighttime in Brussels. The city is quiet. On the building where #EULeaders will meet the next day, bold images cut through the dark. With a message: #FightForUs,NotForBigTech.

#EU heads of state are about to meet and decide if they’ll tear up the rules that #protect us #online. Or stand up to #TechGiants.

We want them to feel us watching as they decide. So, the night before their big meeting, we’ll project our message all over the building where they meet the next day. With striking pictures running in a loop.

It will be all over the news in the morning. The first thing they see on their phones as they drink their coffee. They’ll feel the pressure, right before they get to shape the future of our personal data, our digital privacy, and who controls what we see online.

An action like this costs €6,250 to pull off, and takes weeks to plan. We have to get started now to make sure it’s ready on time - but we need the funds first.
https://action.wemove.eu/donate/chip-in-wemove

Can you chip in?

{% if user.first_name %}{{ user.first_name }}, p{% else %}P{% endif %}lease can you chip in? It can feel hard to make a difference as just one person. The beauty of WeMove Europe is that when we all donate a bit together, we don’t need anything other than each other to do absolutely incredible things. So how about it? Will you join the thousands of people already making a regular donation to WeMove Europe to enable all of us to keep fighting the biggest battles of our time? PS: Would you like to make a donation in British pounds (GBP)? You can do it here.

WeMove Europe

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3d ago

@Echaz
Nur soviel: Für Fotos mit der Verwanschaft teilen brauchst du nicht Google, das geht mit jeder #Fritzbox und einer USB-Festplatte oder USB-Memorystick.
Klar kostet, das etwas an Geld und etwas Hirnschmalz.
Ich schreibe hier nicht technische Kenntnisse, weil #Fritz selber sehr viele verständliche #tutorial macht.
Das ist aber der Kern: Der Weg zu #techgiants ist eine #Autobahn, der Weg zu #DigitalIndependence ist ein schmaler Wirtschaftsweg.

Tina M Casey Apr 24

Local communities are spoiling for a fight over data centers, and winning.

https://triplepundit.com/2026/community-pushback-fight-data-centers/

#datacenters #ai #artificialintelligence #noisepollution #noise #pollution #airpollution #waterresources #homerule #localcontrol #sustainable #sustainability #developers #siliconvalley #techgiants #wealthgap #oligarchs #us

Tina M Casey Apr 24

Local communities are spoiling for a fight over data centers, and winning.

https://triplepundit.com/2026/community-pushback-fight-data-centers/

A mixture of periodicals Apr 8

The #rise and #fall of the world’s biggest #technology giants
Tech giants rise and fall, but #algorithms evolve too. Every company that once dominated the internet eventually faced decline, disruption, or complete disappearance.
#TechHistory #DigitalEvolution #TechGiants #Innovation #TechnologyTrends #InternetHistory #RiseAndFall #DigitalEmpires #BlogAnalytics #BloggerStats #WebTraffic #SEOInsights tech giants collapse, #technology evolution
https://juskosave.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-rise-and-fall-of-worlds-biggest.html

formuchdeliberation Apr 7

Iran is threatening to bomb the $30 billion Stargate AI data center backed by OpenAI, Nvidia, and other tech giants | TechRadar…

As the conflict in the #MiddleEast continues, #Iran has threatened to take aim at the $30 billion Stargate AI data center located in the United Arab Emirates — a data center relied on by tech giants including OpenAI, Nvidia, Cisco, Oracle, and SoftBank... #usiranwar #technology #techgiants

https://formuchdeliberation.wordpress.com/2026/04/07/iran-is-threatening-to-bomb-the-30-billion-stargate-ai-data-center-backed-by-openai-nvidia-and-other-tech-giants-techradar/

Iran is threatening to bomb the $30 billion Stargate AI data center backed by OpenAI, Nvidia, and other tech giants | TechRadar…

for much deliberation

1TE.CH ᳇ Tech News Apr 6

#DigitalPower 🏢 #Platformpolitics focuses and controls the growing influence of global #techgiants on the #economy, #society and #democracy.

#Algorithms 🔍 #Platforms control not only what we see, read and consume: platform policy aims to make this power more transparent and keep it fair.

#Innovation and #Regulation ⚖️ The #politicalbalancing consists primarily of enabling #digitalinnovation while creating fair #competitiveconditions.

👉 https://platformpolitics.eu
👉 @technews #news

Platform Politics for Economy, Society, and Democracy

Platform politics focuses on and manages the growing influence of global tech giants on the economy, society, and democracy.

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The Bad Place Apr 2

yahoo news | 9 reasons AI isn’t going to take your job (yet)

Employers feel immense pressure to adopt AI and cut costs, yet the hype surrounding an imminent AI‑driven workforce overhaul is premature. History is full of wildly inaccurate forecasts: Geoffrey Hinton once claimed radiologists would be obsolete within five years, and Sergey Brin promised ubiquitous driverless cars by 2017—neither prophecy materialised. Today’s tech giants loudly warn of a “job‑pocalypse,” but their own data reveal a vast gap between imagined AI reach and actual deployment, with only a tiny fraction of projected tasks being handled by AI in practice.

Current AI systems are “jagged,” excelling at some narrow tasks while faltering at others, and they still make frequent, hard‑to‑detect mistakes. Their capabilities are largely confined to language, leaving visual‑intensive professions—interpreting charts, blueprints, maps, or physical work such as plumbing, carpentry, nursing, and cooking—far beyond reach. Even in seemingly straightforward domains like customer service, studies show fewer than 5 % of fully remote jobs can be satisfactorily performed by AI agents, underscoring that AI more often augments rather than replaces human labor.

Many layoffs blamed on AI are actually driven by financial pressures or over‑hiring, and some AI‑initiated reductions have proved temporary, as seen with Klarna’s brief reliance on AI agents before rehiring human staff. Overall, corporations’ AI investments have yielded modest productivity gains, suggesting that a dramatic shift in employment will likely require far more radical advances—perhaps a decade away. In the meantime, the sensible strategy is not to chase the myth of replacing workers, but to leverage AI as a tool that enhances the productivity of the people already on the payroll.

#ai #techgiants #customerservice #humanlabor #productivitygains

9 reasons AI isn’t going to take your job (yet)

CEOs, managers, and workers alike need a reality check about the impact of AI on the labor force.

Yahoo Tech

The Bad Place Mar 31

The Guardian | Washington state’s ‘historic’ millionaire tax takes aim at super-rich – will it succeed? by Andrew Gumbel

As living costs rise, the state where Gates and Bezos made billions is targeting top earners – could other states follow?

Noel Frame knows exactly how difficult it is to raise taxes on the ultra-wealthy, because she has been trying to do just that – first as an activist, then as a state legislator – for the past 15 years. And until recently almost all of her efforts ended in failure.

She lives in Washington, a solid blue state that should, in theory, be hospitable to the idea of more progressive taxation and has plenty of multi-millionaires to target, since it is the home of Microsoft, Amazon and an array of other tech-driven corporations. While the wealth of these tech giants has grown exponentially in recent decades, the state – which levies no income taxes – has struggled to bring in enough revenue to pay for basic services like public schooling and long-term healthcare.

#thesuper-rich #washingtonstate #techgiants

Washington state’s ‘historic’ millionaire tax takes aim at super-rich – will it succeed?

As living costs rise, the state where Gates and Bezos made billions is targeting top earners – could other states follow?

The Guardian

N-gated Hacker News Mar 15

In a shocking twist, tech giants showcase their power by crushing a bill while AI slurps up local water like a thirsty camel 🐪💧. Meanwhile, #lawmakers twiddle their thumbs, perhaps hoping AI will invent a solution for its own mess 🤖🙄. Stay tuned for next week's episode of "Who Needs Water When You Have Code?" 🚱💻.
https://www.theolympus.net/13531/ #techgiants #AIimpact #watercrisis #humor #HackerNews #ngated

Tech companies defeat bill as AI drains local water supplies

Washington state is home to about 126 artificial intelligence data centers. These data centers evaporate millions of gallons of freshwater each day to provide cooling, but at the cost of draining local resources. The rapid expansion of these data centers strains regional drinking water supplies, as well as increasing blackout risk due to the high...

The Olympus