#tech giants

[joe-england]

Why Palantir's 22-point manifesto is being called 'the ramblings of a su...

[itsmythang]

Kristi Noem's DHS secretly demands tech giants fork over names of ICE critics: report

The Department of Homeland Security has expanded efforts to identify Americans who criticize or track Immigration and Customs Enforcement, sending hundreds of legal requests to major tech companies seeking information behind social media accounts, according to a report in The New York Times.In recen...

Kristi Noem secretly issued subpoenas not signed by a judge to major tech companies such as Google, Meta, Reddit and Discord seeking personal details of names, email addresses and phone numbers of those that are critical of or are tracking ICE.

[aci25]

Giant Data Centers are now becoming irrelevant because of the Open Source Models

[wtf-fun-factss]

The Apple, Google, Intel, Adobe lawsuit disrupted an anti-poaching agreement between tech giants. Click to read the full fact.

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Online News Act could see Google, Meta pay combined $230 million to Canadian media

Canada on Friday unveiled draft rules for a law designed to compel Alphabet's Google and Meta Platforms pay news outlets, saying Ottawa was

The federal government has put a price tag on how much it would like to see Google and Facebook spend under legislation that requires the tech giants to compensate media companies for Canadian journalism.

Federal officials estimate Google would need to offer $172 million and Facebook $62 million in annual compensation to satisfy criteria they're proposing be used to give exemptions under the Online News Act, a bill passed over the summer that will force tech companies to broker deals with media companies whose work they link to or repurpose.

Draft regulations released by the government Friday outlined for the first time how it proposes to level the playing field between Big Tech and Canada's news media sector, and which companies it will apply to.

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Tagging: @politicsofcanada

[dailyplanet-loislane]

Alphabet: A Tech Titan Undeterred by Regulator's Wrath

[draconicsplendor]

I wanna add to the “clunky technology is better because it’s easier to repair” thing because like… if I bought a clunkier laptop, I wouldn’t be able to take it to school with me. My dwarfism severely limits the kinds of devices I can have, so thin and lightweight is genuinely better for me.

Maybe thin devices aren’t so bad as long as all the computer parts aren’t glued to the motherboard. Maybe as long as there’s an okay number of USB ports, and an ethernet port, and at the very least a goddamn headphone jack, thin devices would be fine.

I love the sentiment in these discussions, because I hate Apple and Microsoft as much as the rest of you. But the thinness isn’t the villain here. The planned obsolescence and inability to repair your own belongings is.

[georgewalt]

National governments are insufficient for dealing with modern issues. Discuss