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“Last week we talked to Santi van den Toorn about digital independence from american ⌗bigtech which tools are easy to replace, which migrations are difficult, and how to keep working if a service cuts you off․We dis…”

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“﹫caten there's a lot of garbage papers going around, even at conferences․ Reviewers are overburdened with AI generated papers․ And real papers receive AI generated answers․ The state of ⌗research is dreadful․”

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Politics is endlessly fascinating, certainly now that the tech oligarchs like Zuckerberg and Musk openly try to buy candidates and influence elections.

There’s a sweet feeling when the good candidates win, there’s a sweeter feeling when you consider the money not well spent. #politics #Tech

Brasil, 2004
#Microsoft: "Drug-Dealing Methods" | Linux Journal
https://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7654

❝ They want us to utilize taxpayers' money to build a critical mass of school teachers, who will in turn teach their students how to use the software of a multinational monopoly… By using free software, we can show all these regions that there is an alternative, that we do not have to depend on a single company…❞

EU, 2005
https://infosec.exchange/@AAKL/114631288508456385

#tech #colonialism #monopolies #cartels #drugs #trafficking

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“I've never been one to sign up for ⌗arXiv daily emails or skim the recent postings․ I just look up people I know, a paper someone cited, etc․ I decided to take a look at a couple ⌗math subjects and things are lo…”

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OLED-MACBOOK-PRO FÜR MITTWOCH ERWARTET – AIR UND IMAC SOLLEN SPÄTER FOLGEN

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#appledaily #apple #macbookpro #macbookair #imac #tech #gadgetchecks

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“JetBrains Thinkrail
Link: github․com/JetBrains/thinkrail
Comments: news․ycombinator․com/item?id=50233294”

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“Research Associate in RNA Therapeutics and Nanomedicine
The University of British Columbia See the full job description on jobRxiv: jobrxiv․org/job/the-university-of-british-columbia-27778-research-associate-in-rna-th…”

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*screaming into the void* If there's a piece of text or important information that appears on a page while filling out a form, ETC, that message must be announced by screen readers. If I have to explore the entire webpage to find the alert text message at the bottom, it may as well not exist for 99% of screen reader users. And no, "Password invalid requirement undefined" doesn't count. For the love of all that is sacred, please check your JavaScript... then test, test, and test again with any screen readers/assistive tech you have access to. NVDA is free, and your phone almost certainly has a screen reader on it. #tech #accessibility #a11y #wcag

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“RE: hachyderm․io/﹫eliasulrich/117504885866997859 This xkcd comic comes to mind again: xkcd․com/743/ It's from 16 years ago, and it wasn't news back then (as the comic itself points out), but inertia is hard to figh…”

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“europesays․com/uk/1272439/ Psilocybin reshapes brain connections through distinct cellular pathways ⌗brain ⌗Cell ⌗Chronic ⌗Compound ⌗Depression ⌗Drugs ⌗Health ⌗hearing ⌗neurons ⌗N…”

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“europesays․com/people/279541/ Elon Musk Pushes Beyond Cars as Tesla Weighs SpaceX Merger ⌗America (UnitedStates) ⌗ArtificialIntelligence ⌗BigTech ⌗Business ⌗california ⌗CorporateGovernance ⌗El…”

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“I hope Brazilians celebrate by deleting their Facebook accounts․ ⌗Facebook
⌗Meta
⌗BigTech
⌗Brazil
⌗Brasil”

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“How much do you think we've lined the pockets of Big Tech because we refused to optimize or conserve compute resources?Are any of us looking in the mirror and considering the bed we've made for ourselves? ⌗BigTech
…”

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“Well, a cup of hot coffee ☕ and Glen Campbell's number 🎶 Gentle On My Mind 🎶 ⌗life ⌗coffee ⌗music ⌗linux ⌗research”

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“Show HN: I put employees inside S&P 500 market-cap bubbles
Link: bigwhalehunting․com/workforce/
Comments: news․ycombinator․com/item?id=50232312”

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“Do not be evil: golem․de/news/rechenzentren-google-rodet-wald-und-lockt-woelfe-in-finnische-doerfer-2610-214485․html ⌗BigTech ⌗Weltenzerstörer ⌗Finnland”

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“Why is AI generated language so hard to understand? arxiv․org/abs/2610․29162 Comments: news․ycombinator․com/item?id=50223647 ⌗HackerNews ⌗AI ⌗Language ⌗Understanding ⌗AI ⌗Research ⌗Tech …”

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“Glymphatic clearance to alleviate traumatic brain edema& Alzheimer's pathology science․org/doi/10․1126/sciadv․aeh8870 Comments: news․ycombinator․com/item?id=50223752 ⌗HackerNews ⌗GlymphaticClearance ⌗Trau…”

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“'Google🚨was really trying to hide its water use figures, to the degree that it got the council to try to keep its water use figures secret․ The community finally got the actual numbers and found out Google🚨was using 2…”

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“France asked ISPs to prepare temporary DNS blocks for major social platforms
Link: blast-info․fr/articles/2026/information-exclusive-blast-le-premier-ministre-a-prepare-la-coupure-des-reseaux-sociaux-pour-le-24-octobr…”

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“Texas A&M: New global database provides a fuller picture of the elements that make up plant life․ '[Harrison] Coker and an international team have now helped establish that baseline․ In a study and global meta-analysis …”

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“Molly Taft questions whether local communities can handle Big Techs voracious energy and resource demands from surging data centers․ As opposition boils over in the United States, towns grapple with unprecedented pressu…”

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“'British MPs who criticised Palantir in parliament received 'intimidating' letters from the US spytech firm, Novara Media can reveal․ The MPs say it won’t stop them from continuing to hold Palantir to account․ Former La…”

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“I was wondering when Laura Malvoyante would be getting her new Jolla Phone 2026․ Apparently she now has had it for a week and she has published a video on her YouTube channel with her first impressions․ And what a video…”

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“🌊 ICYMI: Researchers from Universiti ⌗Malaysia Sabah teamed up with ⌗OceanX to study ⌗ocean waters down to 1,500 m․ Using submersibles, mapping tools, and environmental ⌗DNA sampling, the team is gather…”

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“NYU Center for Data Science: AskChem: A New Search Engine for Chemistry Research․ 'A chemist choosing how to make a molecule may need to compare reaction conditions and results scattered across dozens of papers․ NYU Cou…”

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"Despite massive investments & widespread hype around #ArtificialIntelligence, the technology has delivered zero financial payoff to corporate America outside of tech...

there are still no signs of AI boosting productivity growth... With no impact on the bottom line, mainstream corporate America is pulling back & starting to view token spending not as a source of growth but as a cost center that weighs on margins."
https://www.apollo.com/wealth/insights-news/insights/daily-spark/no-signs-of-ai-payoff-outside-the-tech-sector

ht: @pluralistic

#Tech #AI #Business #News #US #USA

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Headline on left, and text from article on right. Headline: Macroeconomic Indicators & Trends October 24, 2026 No Signs of AI Payoff Outside the Tech Sector by Torsten Slok Partner, Chief Economist Text: Despite massive investments and widespread hype around artificial intelligence, the technology has delivered zero financial payoff to corporate America outside of tech. Revenue per worker is rising for the Mag 7 but is flat for the S&P 493, see the first chart below. Profit margins are rising for the Mag 7 but are flat for the S&P 493, see the second chart below. And there are still no signs of AI boosting productivity growth, see the third chart below. With no impact on the bottom line, mainstream corporate America is pulling back and starting to view token spending not as a source of growth but as a cost center that weighs on margins. VC-backed companies are spending more and more on tokens, but mainstream corporate America does not need the latest model and is unwilling to pay for it. As long as agentic AI and token spending are confined to a small part of the economy, the macroeconomic effects of AI will be very limited, see the fourth and fifth charts below. The question looking ahead is whether, even as models become commoditized, mainstream corporate America can turn increasingly cheap intelligence into higher revenue growth and higher profit margins. That may be harder than it sounds. AI may be a great calculator, but in business, intelligence is mostly judgment. Judgment depends on context, and the answer varies with which human or which model you ask. Perhaps most importantly, AI does not understand accountability, trust, culture, unwritten rules, ethical trade-offs or fairness, all of which shape reputational risk and ultimately drive revenue growth and profit margins. The bottom line is that the AI story will be decided in the S&P 493, not the Mag 7, and so far, there is no evidence that revenue growth or margins are improving outside the tech sector.

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“⌗CalMatters ⌗BigTech spends millions on ⌗CA legislative ⌗election races
calmatters․org/politics/2026/10/nine-most-expensive-california-legislature/ ⌗tech ⌗politics ⌗billionairesSUCK”

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“Physicists trap a single antimatter particle for a month scientificamerican․com/article/physicists-trap-a-single-antimatter-particle-for-a-month/ Comments: news․ycombinator․com/item?id=50186450 ⌗HackerNews ⌗p…”

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“RE: privacysafe․social/﹫yaleprivacylab/117499055841499666 Tag along to hear why encryption is a vital tool for digital freedom & privacy!”

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“The Goose Programming Language
Link: aardappel․github․io/goose/
Comments: news․ycombinator․com/item?id=50224100”

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“US renews push for EU to soften Big Tech rules – POLITICOUnder the EU regulation enacting the trade deal, the Commission must report to the European Parliam…
⌗Europe ⌗EU ⌗Aluminum ⌗AndrewPuzder ⌗BigTec…”

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“AI in pharmacogenomics can help match drugs and doses to a patient’s DNA․
Genetic variants can change how medicines are metabolized․ AI can connect gene–drug evidence and dosing guidance faster — supporting precision me…”

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“10/23/26 Legacy and social media is pushing fear over a standard bug in PHP that powers 70% of web servers, just to enforce their solutions․ Published in IG by Richard Fairchild aka anonymouslyenlighteningSounds reasona…”

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“europesays․com/3328519/ supply chain shock to leave global businesses exposed ⌗CEO ⌗GlobalSupplyChain ⌗GlobalSupplyChainShock ⌗research ⌗resilience ⌗SupplyChain ⌗Survey”

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“⌗BigTech becomes a ⌗tool of ⌗state ⌗control in ⌗Kenya
globalvoices․org/2026/10/21/when-big-tech-becomes-a-tool-of-state-control-in-kenya/”

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“⌗Palestine is already living under the ⌗BigTech ⌗authoritarianism the ⌗world is being ⌗sold
globalvoices․org/2026/10/21/palestine-is-already-living-under-the-big-tech-authoritarianism-the-world-is-be…”

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“TL;DR: You can raise a $3-5M seed round without revenue or pedigree by packaging security research as․․․ ⌗ai ⌗research ⌗productivity ⌗opensource ⌗software ⌗coding ⌗development ⌗engineering …”

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“The St․ Helena 5 pence coin shows Jonathan, a roughly 190 year old tortoise
Link: de․numista․com/9866
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“'While the tech market has thus far avoided a dramatic across-the-board sell-off, the artificial intelligence buildout is showing signs of strain․'CNBC: Turmoil hits AI buildout as neoclouds face pressure, credit risks …”

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“europesays․com/3327262/ AI that serves society – College of Arts and Sciences ⌗AI ⌗AIAndSociety ⌗ArtificialIntelligence ⌗carolina ⌗CollegeOfArtsAndSciences ⌗DepartmentOfStatisticsAndOperationsRes…”

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“'Usually, the GDPR permits processing for specific purposes (e․g․ retention for tax records or fraud prevention)․ However, the agreed Article 88c (or Article 88bis) legitimises an entire technology․ Regardless of the pu…”

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Does anyone know of a #Linux #Email programme that's suitable for #Gnome and fully interacts with #labels?

As in, it has the option of applying multiple labels to a message (rather than converting labels to folders)?

#FOSS #FLOSS #OpenSource #Computers #tech #technology

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“Public talk by Alessandra BuonannoOn 2 November, Alessandra Buonanno, director at ﹫mpi_grav in Potsdam, will give a public talk at the event 'Einstein Telescope: Europas Blick in die Zukunft' as part of Berlin …”

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“Big Tech strikes again! 🌲 ⌗Google decided that the best way to boost their data center was to sacrifice a forest the size of a small country․ Who knew you could 'optimize' your search results by becoming a lumberja…”

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“🐝 NEW: Researchers watched pollinators for 93 hours at five ⌗Cambridge sites, each within 300 m of a ⌗honeybee colony․Where hives were dense, other ⌗pollinators were scarcer, and honey ⌗bees won most en…”

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“Around a dozen banking apps began specifically permitting GrapheneOS
Link: grapheneos․social/﹫GrapheneOS/117492375462459244
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“RE: mastodon․ar․al/﹫aral/117495606576800262 'With the support of Germany and other EU powerhouses, the Council (representing EU Member States) on Wednesday approved that companies should generally be permitted to do …”

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“🐦 TIL: Across 5 European countries, matched male and female researchers walked toward ⌗birds in parks and green spaces․ On average, men got about one meter closer before the birds flew off․The pattern held in ⌗Cz…”

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