"Amazon’s three proposed new datacentres in the Aragon region of northern Spain are licensed to use an estimated 755,720 cubic meters of water a year, roughly enough to irrigate 233 hectares (576 acres) of corn, one of the region’s main crops."

The Guardian: Revealed: Big tech’s new datacentres will take water from the world’s driest areas https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/09/big-tech-datacentres-water @TheGuardian #BigTech #AI #Amazon

Your data deserves better! As Microsoft Office 2016 & 2019 approach End-of-Life consider the risks of moving to MS 365:

Loss of privacy
Subscription price hikes
Vendor lock-in

Join the growing community: say NO to #BigTech with Nextcloud!

https://nextcloud.com/blog/nextcloud-office-your-privacy-upgrade-as-microsoft-office-end-of-life-approaches/

"In both Washington and in California, a narrative has quickly emerged about Musk’s assault on the federal government: This is what happens when you bring the Silicon Valley playbook to D.C. As Musk’s young lackeys rifle through sensitive databases, conk out in makeshift bedrooms set up in government buildings and gut entire agencies, the implication seems to be that this is how it’s done in tech. And there is obviously a very loud corner of the tech sector that agrees.

But in an industry whose workforce overwhelmingly donated to Democrats, in a region whose voters overwhelmingly backed Kamala Harris, there are also a lot of people in tech who view Musk’s handiwork as not just dangerous, but totally antithetical to running a healthy business, let alone the government.

They’re just increasingly terrified to say that out loud.

“Not everyone in tech is supporting Elon Musk,” Mark said. “It’s just that you don’t hear their side because they’re afraid to speak up.”"

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/04/04/elon-musk-silicon-valley-fear-00260273

We doubled our user base in Norway last month. It is clear that more and more users are seeking alternatives to Big Tech.

We welcome you all and others that want to join us!

#Vivaldi #Browser #Windows #Macos #Linux #Android #ios #BigTech #EU #Europa #Politics #Norway

https://vivaldi.com

Drogę do solarpanku widzę krętą i wyboistą: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/09/big-tech-datacentres-water

I’m gonna say it louder for the folks in the back: Mozilla is not what you think it is. Mozilla is not what they say they are. Mozilla is just another for-profit Silicon Valley tech company that has a not-for-profit doing its PR.

#mozilla #BigTech #SiliconValley #bullshit https://eupolicy.social/@ilumium/114306918813909843

Manifest cyfrowy @structural_integrity

1. Prawdziwa solidarność może być tylko powszechna
2. Technologie cyfrowe nigdy nie są neutralne
3. Systemy cyfrowe są zbudowane tak, aby koncentrować władzę
4. Prawa nie są równe sprawiedliwości
5. Skuteczna debata wymaga demistyfikacji utrwalonych pojęć
6. Interes publiczny wymaga kontroli demokratycznej
7. Kolektywna kontrola to coś więcej niż indywidualne prawa cyfrowe
8. Technologie cyfrowe powinny służyć demokratyzacji naszych systemów społecznych

https://mastodon.social/@bsfilms/114282314554250113
bsfilms@mastodon.social - #unplugtrump #video #film #filmemacher #muvi #pekrieger #flomb
Wir sind #neuhier und posten mal fix einen ersten Beitrag zu einem unserer neuesten Projekte.
Muss ich mehr verraten, worum es geht? Ein mega Song von @FLOMB und @PeKrieger sucht passende bewegte Bilder.
Die ersten 70 Sekunden sind produziert, ein Stop Motion #Trump wackelt durchs Bild zum Text in bunten Farben.
Hier Fotos zum Making off!
#fckbigtech #bigtech #Zölle

Stop legitimising Mozilla.

They’re sucking all the oxygen out of the room.

“We’re just another Silicon Valley tech company.” – their then head of public policy to me

“When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.” – Maya Angelou

(Or in this case the second, third, fourth… what are we on? I’ve lost count.)

#mozilla #BigTech #SiliconValley #bullshit https://eupolicy.social/@ilumium/114306753465182268

"Independent #media are not the partners of #BigTech; they are their clients. They rely on off-the-shelf solutions for their entire #infrastructure from cloud computing provision to data analytics. This infrastructural dependency raises questions over their capacity to stay autonomous in a digital space increasingly characterized by state intervention, monopolization, and commercial demands that don’t always fit the public values upheld by independent media."

#Press

https://www.techpolicy.press/independent-media-has-an-infrastructural-problem/

Dicono che un gruppo di big della finanza e della tecnologia stia cercando di convincere #Trump a tornare sui suoi passi in tema #dazi.

Ora, ci sta che gli americani più poveri vittime della #globalizzazione abbiano votato un anti-sistema, ma che lo abbiano fatto i CEO di #bigtech – che *sono* il sistema – è incomprensibile. Piangete pure ora, ben vi sta!

Toch bijzonder dat je zonder Apple of Google telefoon je (bijna) niet meer kunt bankieren.

#bigtech #afhankelijkheid
https://decorrespondent.nl/16004/loskomen-van-amerikaanse-tech-gaat-ook-over-internetbankieren/196de750-f749-028d-3f47-a650d65e412c

Masters of Cyberwar. Dai sogni degli hippies all’incubo dei killer robots https://altreconomia.it/masters-of-cyberwar-dai-sogni-degli-hippies-allincubo-dei-killer-robots/ #Intelligenzaartificiale #oligopoliobigtech #armiautomatiche #killerrobot #Opinioni #7ottobre #ElonMusk #whatsapp #bigtech #israele #amazon #google #Gafam #gaza #meta

"What will it take to beat Amazon? Much more of what we’ve seen this past year, escalating to disruptive actions sustained over time and coordinated systematically on a global scale.

To get there, we will need union drives that embrace three principles: First, a class-struggle organising approach, recognizing that this is a fight between two opposing interests: Amazon workers, who demand the full fruits of their labor and rights at work, versus their bosses, who want to maximize profit and control. Second, the movement must be driven by bold, concrete demands that clarify what is at stake. Amazon workers have shown they will make extraordinary sacrifices if they are strongly motivated by the prospect of changing their lives. And third, there must be thorough and democratic shop-floor organising. There are no shortcuts to building the strength and resiliency necessary to withstand the blows of Amazon’s union busters.

This must be a coordinated, global effort."

https://socialistproject.ca/2025/04/how-amazon-workers-can-organise-globally/