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Yikes, Microsoft is laying off about 10k staff, majority Xbox. What a disaster.
I fear the MS SLT is destroying the Xbox unit by trying to make a brand rather than giving gamers great experiences.
https://www.theverge.com/news/693535/microsoft-layoffs-july-2025-xbox
🇬🇧🚨 Under Danish leadership, #ChatControl is to be adopted as early as October 14! https://www.parlament.gv.at/dokument/XXVIII/EU/26599/imfname_11492795.pdf (p. 31)
The decisive factor is Germany: neither Conservatives nor Socialists have yet declared digital privacy of correspondence and secure encryption to be a red line.
#Rappel : Si votre entreprise utilise des produits Microsoft (Word, Powerpoint...), ils envoient par défaut vos données à Microsoft, même en ouvrant des documents hors-ligne (.docx, etc.)
"Public services are inefficient"
Nope, neoliberalism fools us by dismantling public good, and blame it after. "Break it, blame it, sell it".
#neoliberalism #publicgood #services #publicservice #publicsystems
Having to force people to use the product they don’t want is surely the litmus test for knowing you’ve created something of value
Wikipedians on the front line of keeping AI nonsense from getting into articles have prepared a list of common catchphrases and signs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_AI_Cleanup/AI_catchphrases
Nous avons le plaisir d’annoncer la publication de l’orthophoto hivernale de 2025 ! 📷 🗺
Cette image aérienne, qui couvre l’ensemble du territoire du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg, est issue d’un survol photogrammétrique en février. La vue hivernale permet un regard non obstrué par le feuillage des arbres.
N’hésitez pas à explorer cette nouvelle vue aérienne sur notre Géoportail : https://g-o.lu/ortho2025hiver
L’orthophoto est également mise à disposition en téléchargement sur le portail open data.
I have to tip my hat to Microsoft for having worked so hard to convince the world that the City of Munich failed with their Linux migration.
It's of course just a big fat lie. Munich is since 20+ years growing their Open Source footprint. They are sharing and they are growing their use of open source.
Me, two weeks ago:
"Strange days indeed; imagine listening to a carpenter describe themselves as "hammer-first."
"But do you... build houses?"
"Incidentally, yes; but our main focus is on hitting nails with hammers."
Microsoft today:
"AI is now a fundamental part of how we work," Liuson wrote. "Just like collaboration, data-driven thinking, and effective communication, using AI is no longer optional - it's core to every role and every level."
En voilà une bonne nouvelle : 5 ans de mise à jour pour tous les smartphones à partir du 20 juin 2025
https://www.greenit.fr/2025/06/20/5-ans-de-mise-a-jour-pour-tous-les-smartphones-a-partir-du-20-juin-2025/
Theory is when you know something, but it doesn't work. Practice is when something works, but you don't know why. Programmers combine theory and practice: Nothing works and they don't know why.
We released Quarkus 3.24 with an exciting brand new feature: the Dev UI Assistant. Let Dev UI assist you in your daily tasks! We also upgraded Hibernate ORM to 7.0, Hibernate Validator to 9.0 and the Kafka Client to 4.0. https://quarkus.io/blog/quarkus-3-24-released/
The president of the US tries to issue commands to airborne pilots of the Israeli airforce… via social media post.
Some day, when historians will attempt to describe our time to future generations, no one will believe them.
