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Well, well, well... look who comes crawling back. 😂 The data is in, and the AI hype cycle is hitting a massive reality check. 55% of executives now admit they regret replacing human workers with AI. Even worse? 29% of companies have already had to rehire for the exact roles they cut. https://emeraldbook.org/news/may-3126-2/

Companies Are Quietly Rehiring Workers They Fired for AI – Emerald Book

◆ Emerald Pages ◆ feature / economy The Great AI Boomerang: Google, Meta, Klarna & More Are Quietly Rehiring the Workers They Fired Emerald Book Publication May 31, 2026 8 min read 29% of firms have already rehired for AI-cut roles, while 55% of executives regret replacing workers with AI. From Big Tech to fast

Emerald Book – Growing the Black Economy

pia_ranha 5d ago

hannah aubry 5d ago

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon/116686738841941842

According to the @EUCommission #TechSovereignty package, released today, the #EU is currently reliant on foreign providers for over 80% of its critical digital products, services, and infrastructure. We're thrilled to see the Commission acknowledge that this is an issue, and lay out a strategy to fix it.

We view this announcement as validation of Mastodon’s mission at the highest level; the Commission’s strategy is grounded in European values that Mastodon shares including security, sustainability, and human-centric design.

What’s more, the EU's explicit strategy is to build and deeply invest in #OpenSource offerings across the entire technology stack. The significant nature of this commitment provides institutional validation and will bring significant policy, funding, and competitive advantages to open source projects like #Mastodon.

#Fediverse #OpenWeb #SocialWeb #SocialMedia #FOSS #OSS

pia_ranha 5d ago

Mastodon 5d ago

The @EUCommission just released a statement positioning open source as central to #Europe’s #TechSovereignty.

We couldn’t agree more. #OpenSource is critical to a robust and independent society.

Here’s our full statement: https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/06/europes-new-tech-strategy-puts-open-source-front-and-centre/

#Mastodon #Fediverse #SocialWeb #OpenWeb #DigitalSovereignty

Europe's New Tech Strategy Puts Open Source Front and Centre

Mastodon's thoughts on the EU's newly released tech and open source strategy

Mastodon Blog

pia_ranha 6d ago

Until things get better, here is a cute picture of a cat.

#CatsOfMastodon #MissStomperton

pia_ranha Jun 1

We had a cute breakfast this morning

#catsofmastodon #ivygutallesgut #missstomperton

pia_ranha Jun 1

muesli Jun 1

GitHub Copilot got 25x more expensive over night.

I just felt a great disturbance in the force, as if millions of low-effort PRs suddenly cried out and were silenced.

Maintainers worldwide breathe a sigh of relief. Businesses are about to wake up to some very interesting invoices.

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@wafflesies/116671337340741696

Made in ANGER 💢

pia_ranha Jun 1

Mastodon Migration May 31

Financial News: A Danish pension fund has blacklisted SpaceX, calling it grossly overvalued with catastrophic governance

"...concerns echo those of far larger institutions. In May, the heads of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, the New York City Retirement Systems, and the New York State Common Retirement Fund, which collectively manage more than $1 trillion, sent a joint letter to Musk calling SpaceX’s governance “extreme.”

https://thenextweb.com/news/danish-pension-spacex-blacklist-governance-overvalued

#SpaceX #SpaceXIPO

A Danish pension fund has blacklisted SpaceX, calling it grossly overvalued with catastrophic governance

Denmark’s AkademikerPension, which manages roughly $25 billion for academic professionals, has said it will not participate in SpaceX’s initial public offering or buy shares in any secondary-market transaction, according to Bloomberg. Chief investment officer Anders Schelde called the company “grossly overvalued” and cited what he described as a “catastrophic governance structure” as the primary reason for the […]

The Next Web

pia_ranha May 26