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Charles Я. Davis @charliearchy.bsky.social · 5h

The owner of Time magazine said this week "that he avidly supported President Trump and thought National Guard troops should be deployed to San Francisco." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

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Sense Hofstede @sensehofstede.nl · 3h

Bloomberg: ‘ASML is preparing for disruptions, particularly due to a clause that requires foreign firms to seek China’s approval for reexports of products containing its rare earths, said the person familiar with ASML, […] noted that ASML is lobbying Dutch and US allies for alternatives.’

The World’s Chip Supply Chain Is Bracing for Fallout From China’s Rare-Earth Curbs

Businesses across the global semiconductor supply chain are bracing themselves for disruptions from an escalating trade war, after China imposed curbs on rare-earth mineral exports and the US responde...

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Techmeme Chatter @chatter.techmeme.com · 1h

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2 > 4 @whatevr11.bsky.social · 1h

Trump and his co-conspirators are buying now in anticipation of upcoming fake news that will make the price rise again.

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Techmeme Chatter @chatter.techmeme.com · 5h

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 12h

benioff is a pathetic man. every time i see his face i think of when he was at wef on a panel with sam altman, and instead of engaging like a normal person, he was sitting there with his phone out recording altman from the other end of the panel.

Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 14h

We can have democracy or we can have billionaires.
We cannot have both.

NYT: Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco (gift link)

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Techmeme Chatter @chatter.techmeme.com · 5h

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Mark Riedl @markriedl.bsky.social · 14h

Another allegedly "liberal" billionaire tech mogul bends a knee

Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 15h

Marc Benioff went full Tom Cotton to @heatherknightsf.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Techmeme Chatter @chatter.techmeme.com · 7h

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 9h

I see absolutely no downsides to huge private companies issuing their own currencies to compete with the currencies of major countries.

Techmeme @techmeme.com · 9h

Ten major banks including Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, and UBS announce an early-stage project to explore issuing stablecoins to G7 currencies (Reuters)

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Techmeme Chatter @chatter.techmeme.com · 8h

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Catalin Cimpanu @campuscodi.risky.biz · 8h

Watch out everyone... we're doubling the rewards we almost never pay

Techmeme @techmeme.com · 1d

Apple announces a "major evolution" of its Security Bounty program, doubling the top award to $2M for exploit chains that could be abused for spyware attacks (Lily Hay Newman/Wired)

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Techmeme Chatter @chatter.techmeme.com · 13h

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"spooky sukkot" daniel s. @self.agency · 14h

does your nonprofit use salesforce, because lol

Techmeme @techmeme.com · 14h

Marc Benioff says President Trump is "doing a great job" and believes National Guard troops should be deployed to San Francisco to help reduce crime in the city (Heather Knight/New York Times)

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Techmeme Chatter @chatter.techmeme.com · 13h

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Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 15h

Marc Benioff went full Tom Cotton to @heatherknightsf.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

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Techmeme Chatter @chatter.techmeme.com · 13h

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 15h

Guy in private plane doesn’t like that he has to hire more security to address his personal concerns about crime so he is happy to have the president push guardsmen into the city at taxpayer expense.
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Techmeme Chatter @chatter.techmeme.com · 13h

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 14h

Being a billionaire must really fuck with your mind. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

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Techmeme Chatter @chatter.techmeme.com · 14h

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Natalia Krapiva 🕊️👩🏻‍💻 @natynettle.bsky.social · 22h

A highly concerning development.

NSO and its customers have been targeting U.S. companies like WhatsApp and government officials in violation of U.S. laws and national security.

It should not be rewarded with American investments.

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai @lorenzofb.bsky.social · 23h

SCOOP: Spyware maker NSO Group confirmed to us that the company has been acquired by a U.S. investment group.

NSO's spokesperson said the group "has invested tens of millions of dollars in the company and has acquired controlling ownership," but declined to say who is behind the investment.

Techmeme Chatter @chatter.techmeme.com · 14h

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zaphod b(oo) @semicolonoverdrive.bsky.social · 22h

This is really quite bad. NSO has 0-touch spyware (meaning they have the capability of infecting a remote device without you, the user, clicking on anything), and their clients have used this on journalists, dissidents, and whistleblowers.

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai @lorenzofb.bsky.social · 23h

SCOOP: Spyware maker NSO Group confirmed to us that the company has been acquired by a U.S. investment group.

NSO's spokesperson said the group "has invested tens of millions of dollars in the company and has acquired controlling ownership," but declined to say who is behind the investment.

Techmeme Chatter @chatter.techmeme.com · 14h

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John Scott-Railton @jsrailton.bsky.social · 23h

Now we're seeing confirmation of the NSO acquisition.

Mark my words, this is the path through which Pegasus gets put on Americans iPhones & Androids.

This dictatorship-in-a-box belongs nowhere near our constitutional rights.

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai @lorenzofb.bsky.social · 23h

SCOOP: Spyware maker NSO Group confirmed to us that the company has been acquired by a U.S. investment group.

NSO's spokesperson said the group "has invested tens of millions of dollars in the company and has acquired controlling ownership," but declined to say who is behind the investment.

Techmeme Chatter @chatter.techmeme.com · 15h

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Eric Allix Rogers @ericallixrogers.com · 1d

This is the perfect use case for AI: to immiserate the people whose jobs, which they do only because they need paychecks, is to churn out vast quantities of shit that no one actually wants or values.

Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 1d

New from 404 Media: an internal Meta message we obtained tells employees on its metaverse team that they should be using AI to “go 5x faster”. That's 5 times faster, not 5 percent more.

www.404media.co/meta-tells-w...

Techmeme Chatter @chatter.techmeme.com · 15h

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Daniel Malmer @malmer.com · 1d

When you’re not breaking things fast enough.

Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 1d

New from 404 Media: an internal Meta message we obtained tells employees on its metaverse team that they should be using AI to “go 5x faster”. That's 5 times faster, not 5 percent more.

www.404media.co/meta-tells-w...

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Techmeme Chatter @chatter.techmeme.com · 15h

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Emily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 1d

Excellent management style, that’ll do it

Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 1d

New from 404 Media: an internal Meta message we obtained tells employees on its metaverse team that they should be using AI to “go 5x faster”. That's 5 times faster, not 5 percent more.

www.404media.co/meta-tells-w...

Techmeme Chatter @chatter.techmeme.com · 15h

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Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe I'm wrong. But I don't remember bosses feeling the need to force their employees to use cell phones, PCs, or the internet.

Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 1d

New from 404 Media: an internal Meta message we obtained tells employees on its metaverse team that they should be using AI to “go 5x faster”. That's 5 times faster, not 5 percent more.

www.404media.co/meta-tells-w...

Techmeme Chatter @chatter.techmeme.com · 15h

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Joad The Wet Sprocket @joadsprocket.bsky.social · 1d

I know I'm one of the only ones on here who's put the helmet on in the last week so let me tell you - that thing is slop central. The dead Internet is real and you can jankily walk around and throw weightless objects in it.

Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 1d

New from 404 Media: an internal Meta message we obtained tells employees on its metaverse team that they should be using AI to “go 5x faster”. That's 5 times faster, not 5 percent more.

www.404media.co/meta-tells-w...

Techmeme Chatter @chatter.techmeme.com · 17h

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Emil Protalinski @emilprotalinski.bsky.social · 17h

After the long weekend, it will be Tuesday. And then, TACO time!

Techmeme @techmeme.com · 17h

Trump says the US would impose an extra 100% tariff on imports from China and export controls on "any and all critical software" from November 1 (Dan Mangan/CNBC)

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Techmeme Chatter @chatter.techmeme.com · 18h

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Emil Protalinski @emilprotalinski.bsky.social · 18h

That's one way to get off the US entity list: get an American to acquire your company.

The US government and some US companies already use NSO Group's spyware, but now its TAM isn't limited by US laws!

Techmeme @techmeme.com · 22h

A group of American investors led by Hollywood producer Robert Simonds has agreed to acquire NSO Group in a deal valued at "several tens of millions of dollars" (Omer Kabir/CTech)

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Techmeme Chatter @chatter.techmeme.com · 19h

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noyb @noyb.eu · 1d

🎉 Big #WIN for student privacy! 🔒 Austria’s DPA has issued a decision finding that #Microsoft 365 Education illegally tracks pupils and uses student data for Microsoft's own purposes.

📰 Read the full blog post, including a comment by Max #Schrems 👉 noyb.eu/en/noyb-win-...

noyb win: Microsoft 365 Education tracks school children

Favorable decision by the Austrian DSB: Microsoft Education 365 may not track school kids and Microsoft is ordered to provide full access to kids' data.

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Techmeme Chatter @chatter.techmeme.com · 19h

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Wesley Hilliard @hilli.tech · 1d

This'll be fun to try

AppleInsider @appleinsider.com · 1d

Apple and Spectrum have partnered to bring a selection of Apple Immersive live Lakers basketball games during the 2025-26 season for Apple Vision Pro owners.

Techmeme Chatter @chatter.techmeme.com · 20h

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Ron Deibert @rondeibert.bsky.social · 22h

For over a decade, we @citizenlab.ca have documented extensive abuse of NSO Group's spyware, including being used to target political opposition, journalists, activists, human rights defenders and US govt officials.

*This sale should not be permitted*

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Spyware maker NSO Group confirms acquisition by US investors | TechCrunch

NSO Group confirmed to TechCrunch that an unnamed group of American investors has taken “controlling ownership” of the surveillance tech maker.

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Techmeme Chatter @chatter.techmeme.com · 20h

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