Capgemini claims it first learned about its 20-year ICE contract the same way a teenager learns about history—by reluctantly reading it in the news, unaware they'd been living through it the whole time.
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A few months back I was contacted by a fedizen in their early 20s who asked what they need to read, watch or listen to to get up to speed with the basics of tech politics. I really wasn't sure what to recommend. I sent them some links to the GNU philosophy pages and a few articles by Cory Doctorow, and recommended a book by Douglas Rushkoff (Throwing Rocks ...), but ...
What would you link to if asked a similar question?
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¿Un estado con móvil oficial? Sí, en serio 🤦♂️
Un senador de Utah propone que Android sea el sistema “oficial” del estado… por las burbujas verdes y azules.
¿Política pública o guerra de chats llevada demasiado lejos? 🤷♂️ #Android #Apple #TechPolitics
TikTok’s US Reset: What the New Ownership Deal Really Means for Power, Data, and Global Tech Politics
#TikTok
#TechPolitics
#DataSovereignty
#USChinaRelations
#DigitalSecurity
https://eng.harbouchanews.com/2026/01/tiktoks-us-reset-what-new-ownership.html
For years, I’ve argued that US tech giants need to act like truly global players rather than treating the rest of the world as an afterthought. 🌍 By consistently putting their home market first, these "responsible" actors have ignored the growing risk of treating billions of international users as a secondary market. It’s a dangerous game to play when global connectivity is what built their empires in the first place. 🏛️
#TechPolitics #GlobalMarkets #DigitalSovereignty #SiliconValley
🧠📘 Chip War sul divano, sole in faccia ☀️
Un libro, un microchip, un pianeta che trattiene il fiato 🌍
🦉 “Il potere non passa solo dalle idee… ma dal silicio.”
Power isn’t just about ideas… it’s about silicon.
⚔️ Cina vs USA,
🤏 chip invisibili,
📡 effetti enormi sulla nostra vita quotidiana.
Ironia moderna:
il futuro dipende da ciò che non vediamo.
Think slow. Scroll fast. 😌📲
#ChipWar #Geopolitics #TechPower #Philosophy #DigitalAge #FutureThinking #TechPolitics
Katika Kühnreich’s deep dive into AI, cybernetics and rising techno-fascism at #39C3, asking how “machines of loving grace” can sort people—and how we resist. Watch from this moment: https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-all-sorted-by-machines-of-loving-grace-ai-cybernetics-and-fascism-and-how-to-intervene#t=456 🔍🤖 #AI #AiFascism #TechPolitics ✊ #AntiFascism
El estado de Nueva York formaliza lo que ya sabíamos: las redes sociales son adictivas por diseño. 📉 Una alerta sanitaria que busca cambiar las reglas del juego para las Big Tech. 🏛️👾 🔗 https://www.glitchmental.com/2025/12/nueva-york-advertencias-redes-sociales-menores-2025.html #DigitalDetox #Privacy #TechPolitics #GlitchMentalMX
Finally they get it. The EU should require huge organizations to move to an European cloud. This may kickstart building sovereign providers to rival techbros.
≪Airbus to migrate critical apps to a sovereign Euro cloud • The Register≫
https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/19/airbus_sovereign_cloud/
Se calienta el pulso tech 🌍
EE. UU. amenaza con represalias por el DMA y el DSA europeos, con Apple, Google y Meta en el centro del fuego cruzado.
¿Protección al consumidor o guerra comercial encubierta? ⚖️
#Apple #DMA #TechPolitics
DJI’s Head of Global Policy reveals Section 1709’s ‘trap door’ design guarantees a ban with no audit needed—putting 460K US jobs and $116B at risk.
The FCC’s retroactive power could ground drones and block repairs.
The drone world’s on edge!
https://dronexl.co/2025/12/16/dji-interview-section-1709-trap-door-ban/
Heise reports that major US tech firms are “lending” staff to work inside the Trump administration, raising fresh questions about corporate power and public service Read more: https://www.heise.de/en/news/Tech-Force-US-Corporations-Lend-Their-Employees-to-Trump-11115959.html #TechPolitics #Trump #USPolitics #Newz
From Collaboration to Competition: Inside the AI Power Shift
#ArtificialIntelligence #TechPolitics #OpenAI #PlatformPower #FutureOfTech
🎯 I dazi USA su NVIDIA H200 mirano a colpire Huawei! L'industria tecnologica si ritrova a navigare in acque turbolente. #TradeWar #TechPolitics
🔗 https://www.tomshw.it/hardware/usa-blocca-export-nvidia-h200-per-chip-huawei-ascend-2025-12-10
💶 Brüssel bestätigt: Substanzielle #EUGelder flossen an Hersteller von #Spyware. Der Skandal wirft Fragen zur Kontrolle digitaler Überwachung und Transparenz öffentlicher Mittel auf. 🔍 Wie tief reicht das Netz der Abhängigkeiten?
👉 https://www.heise.de/news/Bruessel-raeumt-ein-Substanzielle-EU-Gelder-sind-an-Spyware-Hersteller-geflossen-11000926.html
#Datenschutz #EU #TechPolitics #Newz
📲 Apple y política, otra vez en el foco
Gavin Newsom dice que las reuniones de Tim Cook con Trump son “parte del trabajo”, aunque parezcan crony capitalism. Apple navega la política… como puede.
#Apple #TimCook #TechPolitics
The Nerd Reich – Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Nerd-Reich/Gil-Duran/9781668221402
#HackerNews #NerdReich #SiliconValley #Fascism #Democracy #TechPolitics
Oh, the modern hero's journey: slide into a candidate's DMs and *bam*, you're running South Korea 🇰🇷🔥. But wait, first solve the epic quest of enabling #cookies 🍪 and JavaScript—because who needs political experience when you've mastered browser settings? 😂
https://medium.com/@wjsdj2008/i-dmd-a-korean-presidential-candidate-and-ended-up-building-his-core-campaign-platform-the-38eb1c5f5e7d #modernheroes #journey #SouthKorea #techpolitics #JavaScript #HackerNews #ngated
Cena potente en la Casa Blanca con Tim Cook y el príncipe saudí 😮
Apple sigue moviendo fichas en un tablero político cada vez más complejo.
¿Debe la compañía exponerse así en plena era de escrutinio global?
#Apple #TimCook #TechPolitics
Kevin Breuninger and Mary Catherine Wellons deliver a great summary on an AI super PAC targeting NY Democrat Alex Bores for AI safety! The "Leading the Future" PAC calls his RAISE Act a threat to U.S. competitiveness. Bores, a tech expert, sees this attack as proof regulators truly grasp AI risks. Learn more about this tech-politics clash.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/17/ai-super-pac-elections-midterms-bores.html #AIpolicy #Midterms2025 #TechPolitics
