Even #Microsoft Mangers don't want to work with #Windows 🤡🙀

source: https://x.com/merill/status/1913926468255522970

Me going back to #macOS after being forced to spend an hour on Windows

If he had it right, he wouldn't work for Microsoft and use #Linux.

🐧💻

#fail #problem #os #software #economy #proprietary #news #apple #foss #floss #freedom

Elon #Musk richer than #ScroogeMcDuck and #Smaug the Dragon 🤑

With an estimated $330 billion, #Elon is more than three times as rich as the richest fictional person from #Duckburg. So the #reality of #capitalism is already far beyond what #fiction could have imagined.

#news #economy #finance #money #power #problem #system #rich #wealth #humanity #politics #fail

#Lenovo Cuts the #Windows #Tax and offers Cheaper #Laptops with #Linux Pre-installed

source: news.itsfoss.com/lenovo-cuts-w…

#foss #floss #laptop #software #os #news #customer #economy

Lenovo Cuts the Windows Tax and offers Cheaper Laptops with Linux Pre-installed

Lenovo is doing something that many aren't.

^{Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)}

#Telegram pledges to exit the market rather than "undermine #encryption with #backdoors"

source: techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-…

Telegram's CEO, #PavelDurov, has said Telegram would rather exit a market than "undermine encryption with backdoors," reaffirming the company's commitment to users' #privacy and #security.

#cybersecurity #politics #communication #messenger #chat #politics #economy #news #internet

Telegram pledges to exit the market rather than "undermine encryption with backdoors"

"We don’t trade privacy for market share," said Telegram's CEO, Pavel Durov

^{Chiara Castro (TechRadar)}

US calls #EU fines on #Apple and #Meta 'economic extortion'

Source: reuters.com/sustainability/boa…

The fines were seen as a development that could stoke tensions between the EU and U.S. President Donald #Trump who has threatened to levy #tariffs against countries that penalize American companies.

#usa #europe #economy #trade #fine #dma #fine #news #bigtech #politics

#China invites European countries to form united front against #Trump #tariffs

source: scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/…

#usa #news #eu #europe #economy #trade #freedom #politics #government #whitehouse

China invites European countries to form united front against Trump tariffs

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi calls on EU, Britain to work with Beijing and defend the multilateral trading system.

^{Dewey Sim (South China Morning Post)}

#EU fines #Apple €500M and #Meta €200M for breaking #Europe’s #digital rules

source: politico.eu/article/eu-fines-a…

Apple faces a €500 million fine for breaching the regulation’s rules for app stores, while Meta drew a penalty of €200 million for its "pay or consent" advertising model, which requires that European Union users pay to access ad-free versions of #Facebook and #Instagram.

#internet #online #news #law #economy #advertisement #monopoly #user

EU fines Apple €500M and Meta €200M for breaking Europe’s digital rules

The highly anticipated penalties are the first to be issued under the bloc’s Digital Markets Act.

^{Jacob Parry (POLITICO)}

He wants his name on everything; he owns this slump. Let’s make it official.

#TrumpSlump #trump #economy #news

“Cleveland, OH is experiencing one of the most significant YoY trucking volume drops of major manufacturing cities. Down 35% YOY.

Dom freight out of LA is at the weakest levels (seasonally adjusted) it’s been since 2020.

Up till now, the "Liberation day tariffs" haven’t been a factor in declining volumes out of S Cal.

It’s going to get worse.”
-C Fuller

Trump’s #tariffs are decimating the #economy. Unless they’re rescinded soon, there’ll be a deep #recession by the fall.
#Trumpcession #USPol

Latest comic: Veneer of Normalcy

#authoritarianism #economy #cartoon #comic

You won't believe what they have found out:

apnews.com/article/google-ille…

#google #monopoly #economy #news #advertisement #internet

Google's digital ad network declared an illegal monopoly

Google has been branded an abusive monopolist by a federal judge for the second time in less than a year, this time for illegally exploiting some of its online marketing technology to boost the profits fueling an internet empire currently worth $1.

^{Michael Liedtke (AP News)}

The results suggest that while the #IEA has accurately anticipated primary and final energy demand growth, it has historically overestimated the growth in #fossil #fuels and #nuclear #electricity generation and severely underestimated the growth in key #renewable #technologies including solar #photovoltaics and #wind #power, the latter occurring across scenarios.

Source: sciencedirect.com/science/arti…

• #WEO #energy scenarios have significantly underestimated #solar PV growth potential.
• Outlook and normative scenarios indicate bias for nuclear and against renewables.
• Power-to-X flexibility options exist in the #GEC model, though their use is limited.
• Increased #transparency of assumptions for key technologies is required.
• Exogenous limitations of key technologies may impede global energy transitions.

#corruption #science #future #fail #environment #technology #news #co2 #politics #climate #humanity #economy

#FTC is expected to soon grill Mark #Zuckerberg in #Meta's #antitrust #trial

Source: businessinsider.com/meta-antit…

In the trial, FTC regulators want to force Meta to spin off the two services. If it succeeds, it would be a major blow to Meta's #business. #Instagram and #WhatsApp both have over 2 billion active users, according to the latest available data from those companies.

#usa #economy #politics #trump #news #facebook #internet #socialmedia

FTC to soon grill Mark Zuckerberg in Meta's antitrust trial

The FTC's case against Meta is the result of a yearslong probe into whether the social media behemoth violated US competition laws.

^{John L. Dorman (Business Insider)}

Genius move to lose $9 trillion of actual value to try to address a smaller trade deficit that isn’t an actual debt. 🤦‍♂️

#USpol #tariffs #TrumpTariffs #economy #economics

Why do we still need #people?

* To elect the government in a supposed democracy. Well manipulated with fear and fake news, of course.
* As a consumer in capitalism, to buy unnecessary cheap products at a high price. Preferably virtual products that can be scaled up at will without production costs and still generate real profit.
* To train the AI models and to generate training data for these models.
* As modern-day slaves to serve the financial elite and provide a comfortable life for them.
* As cannon fodder for wars.
* As guinea pigs for pharma tests.
* To write silly posts,comments and as followers for influencers.
...

Have I forgotten anything?

#humanity #ethics #future #philosophy #politics #economy #life #question #system #problem #criticism #protest #HumanRights

#Sony steps away from #8K TVs – for now

source: flatpanelshd.com/news.php?suba…

8k is too much...

#entertainment #tv #hardware #technology #video #news #consumer #economy

Sony steps away from 8K TVs – for now

Despite the PS5 Pro's 8K support

^FlatpanelsHD

Why do we still need #people?

• To elect the government in a supposed democracy. Well manipulated with fear and fake news, of course.
• As a consumer in capitalism, to buy unnecessary cheap products at a high price. Preferably virtual products that can be scaled up at will without production costs and still generate real profit.
• To train the AI models and to generate training data for these models.
• As modern-day slaves to serve the financial elite and provide a comfortable life for them.
• ...

Have I forgotten anything?

#humanity #ethics #future #philosophy #politics #economy #life #question #system

#Google removes pledge to not use #AI for weapons from website

source: techcrunch.com/2025/02/04/goog…

#news #technology #terminator #skynet #military #war #economy

Google removes pledge to not use AI for weapons from website | TechCrunch

Google removed a pledge to not build AI for weapons or surveillance from its website this week. The change was first spotted by Bloomberg. The company

^{Maxwell Zeff (TechCrunch)}

Dutch lawmakers push for ‘red button’ to erase #digital footprints

source: nltimes.nl/2025/04/01/dutch-la…

Although websites require users to accept or decline #cookies before browsing, the lawmakers argue that #children often accept them without fully understanding the #consequences. “Children don’t realize what they’re agreeing to,” Six Dijkstra said.

#internet #bigdata #bigbrother #kids #cybersecurity #online #surveillance #economy #footprint #politics #security #news #Netherlands

Dutch lawmakers push for ‘red button’ to erase digital footprints

Dutch lawmakers Don Ceder (ChristenUnie) and Jesse Six Dijkstra (NSC) have introduced a proposal to make it easier for individuals to delete their personal data from the internet.

^{NL Times}

someone¹ is furiously dumping US treasuries (AKA "US debt" AKA "the most secure store of value on earth") on the open market, driving interest rates 🚀🌖 and freaking everyone on fintwit the fuck out (interest rates, which go up in response to selling pressure, don't usually move this fast, especially at this time of day).

Worth mentioning that #ScottBessent said that the goal Trump’s 5D chess move w/#tariffs was to drive the rate on the 10 yr treasuries *down* to make it easier for Americans to afford houses etc. Needles to say, up is the opposite of down.

"I used to think that if there was reincarnation, I wanted to come back as the president or the pope or as a .400 baseball hitter. But now I would like to come back as the bond market so I can scare the shit out of everybody."

- James Carville

¹ probably China (TBD). China holds an enormous about of US debt and they now have strong incentive to dump it.

#bonds #uspol #eupol #china #PRC #tariff #bondmarket #recession #economy

#Apple Customers Dash to Stores to Buy #iPhones Ahead of #Tariffs

source: bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…

Apple’s best-selling and most important product, are manufactured in #China, which is in line for tariffs of 54%.

#trade #production #panic #usa #politics #trump #president #technology #whitehouse #government #globalization #economy #consume #news