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There is a lot happening in the closing speeches, this stands out:
Merz & Macron want to turn EU pensions into AI speculation fuel. 2008 taught us what happens when finance gambles on our futures, I experienced first hand graduating then.
Our retirement isn't tech's piggy bank. EU or otherwise
Merz & Macron want to turn EU pensions into AI speculation fuel. 2008 taught us what happens when finance gambles on our futures, I experienced first hand graduating then.
Our retirement isn't tech's piggy bank. EU or otherwise
a man in a suit and tie is smiling and says `` im a little worried '' while standing next to another man .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is smiling and says `` im a little worried '' while standing next to another man .
media.tenor.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
There is a lot happening in the closing speeches, this stands out:
Merz & Macron want to turn EU pensions into AI speculation fuel. 2008 taught us what happens when finance gambles on our futures, I experienced first hand graduating then.
Our retirement isn't tech's piggy bank. EU or otherwise
Merz & Macron want to turn EU pensions into AI speculation fuel. 2008 taught us what happens when finance gambles on our futures, I experienced first hand graduating then.
Our retirement isn't tech's piggy bank. EU or otherwise
ha! he has a name and a story, its Aloys aka the cloud striker :p and he was born on the 19th of July, during the big Microsoft outage
November 18, 2025 at 4:04 PM
ha! he has a name and a story, its Aloys aka the cloud striker :p and he was born on the 19th of July, during the big Microsoft outage
Some good news coming out alongside the summit, American cloud giants will be investigated under the digital markets act #dma
AND this is going to take ages, so what do we do now--to tackle the infrastructure power they hold now?
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AND this is going to take ages, so what do we do now--to tackle the infrastructure power they hold now?
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
EU Considers Cracking Down on Big Tech's Cloud Power
Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Corp.’s Azure, and Alphabet Inc.’s Google Cloud risk being dragged into the scope of the European Union’s crackdown on Big Tech as antitrust watchdogs prepare to study t...
www.bloomberg.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Some good news coming out alongside the summit, American cloud giants will be investigated under the digital markets act #dma
AND this is going to take ages, so what do we do now--to tackle the infrastructure power they hold now?
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AND this is going to take ages, so what do we do now--to tackle the infrastructure power they hold now?
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
In our corner of the room, we think:
- European preference in procurement is a start (with conditionalities)
- DMA cloud investigations a badly needed move (but let's hit the gas, please)
- Omnibus: has European tech business asked for this? Or Big Tech? Not the ones I talk to. I'd be wary, here.
- European preference in procurement is a start (with conditionalities)
- DMA cloud investigations a badly needed move (but let's hit the gas, please)
- Omnibus: has European tech business asked for this? Or Big Tech? Not the ones I talk to. I'd be wary, here.
At the Summit On Digital Sovereignty #euroskylive
November 18, 2025 at 10:24 AM
That title is 🔥🔥 can’t believe we had another outage, while we were talking! Such fun and excited to keep the conversation going
November 5, 2025 at 7:36 PM
That title is 🔥🔥 can’t believe we had another outage, while we were talking! Such fun and excited to keep the conversation going
www.thousandeyes.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Just on Monday, we witnessed the effects of this problem with the AWS cloud, and now we're running into the same issue with Microsoft. This Microsoft outage has shown us that cloud monopolies pose a direct threat to democratic participation itself.
October 29, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Just on Monday, we witnessed the effects of this problem with the AWS cloud, and now we're running into the same issue with Microsoft. This Microsoft outage has shown us that cloud monopolies pose a direct threat to democratic participation itself.
When people cannot access the information and transport they need to participate in elections because a single tech company's infrastructure fails, we've crossed a dangerous threshold.
October 29, 2025 at 8:07 PM
When people cannot access the information and transport they need to participate in elections because a single tech company's infrastructure fails, we've crossed a dangerous threshold.
but then you outsource the problem to cloud clients, and don't tackle the consolidation of power in the cloud industry! its a necessary sure, but not a sufficient imho
October 20, 2025 at 7:27 PM
but then you outsource the problem to cloud clients, and don't tackle the consolidation of power in the cloud industry! its a necessary sure, but not a sufficient imho
We need regulation and enforcement, but also something bigger: infrastructures built for community needs, not extractive profit.
October 20, 2025 at 2:01 PM
We need regulation and enforcement, but also something bigger: infrastructures built for community needs, not extractive profit.
This is about power, not just tech. A handful of hyperscalers own the infrastructure we all depend on.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Amazon Web Services outage hitting platforms around world ‘showing signs of recovery’
Problem that originated in US and affected Snapchat and Ring among others appears to be IT issue rather than cyber-attack, says expert
www.theguardian.com
October 20, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This is about power, not just tech. A handful of hyperscalers own the infrastructure we all depend on.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
If it goes down, so does much of the internet.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Amazon Web Services outage hitting platforms around world ‘showing signs of recovery’
Problem that originated in US and affected Snapchat and Ring among others appears to be IT issue rather than cyber-attack, says expert
www.theguardian.com
October 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
If it goes down, so does much of the internet.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...