Remember when TED talks were forward-looking and daring? Here's one...

#broligarchy #SiliconValley #TED #UK

https://youtu.be/TZOoT8AbkNE?si=z4Bi2SvQgVnmgX2M

https://apnews.com/article/silicon-valley-tech-workers-musk-trump-billionaires-b968a67889a2430d4906108fb7d28f8a#

#Entrepreneurs once dreamed of building startups that would change the world, said Jan English-Lueck, a #SanJose State University professor…

“Now,” she said, “if you’re part of a startup, you’re hoping you’ll be absorbed in a way that’s profitable.”
#SiliconValley #tech #SantaClaraCounty #HandsOff #SFBA #resist #protest #FirstAmendment #participation

Trump fa marcia indietro sui dazi tech contro la Cina!
Smartphone e PC esenti: Silicon Valley salva, ma Pechino non cede. L’Europa osserva, Xi risponde col pugno duro.
Leggi l’approfondimento completo > https://guidaaiprestiti.blogspot.com/2025/04/trump-stop-dazi-smartphone-pc-cina.html

The Register:

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/13/the-register-judge-says-meta-must-defend-claim-it-stripped-copyright-info-from-llamas-training-fodder/

I chose to come back to TED because I'm reclaiming my story, my words.

We are not powerless.

The 30,000 people who supported me proved that – we ar not powerless.
Because we know who we are, and we know what we stand for.

And my question to Silicon Valley is, do you?

The rise of end times fascism https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/apr/13/end-times-fascism-far-right-trump-musk #Artificialintelligence(AI) #Trumpadministration #SiliconValley #GretaThunberg #Climatecrisis #Farright(US) #Christianity #DonaldTrump #Environment #SteveBannon #USpolitics #PeterThiel #KristiNoem #NaomiKlein #Technology #ElonMusk #Religion #USnews #Race

Silicon Valley workers rebel as tech billionaires embrace DT's agenda

https://apnews.com/video/silicon-valley-workers-rebel-as-tech-billionaires-embrace-trumps-agenda-e734b4241e8d40e08be581b6692c61ea

An inspiring and healthy TED conference by Carole Cadwalladr. I didn't know anything about her story until today, but I totally share her views about the ongoing tech coup and the totalitarian structures in which we have injected our lives.

#tech #totalitarianism #oligarchy #gafam #facebook #google #data #siliconvalley #politics #technology #socialmedia #democracy #privacy #freedom

https://www.ted.com/talks/carole_cadwalladr_this_is_what_a_digital_coup_looks_like?language=en

Ultra-modern Toronto home decked out with smart features hits market for over $3.5M
Less than 10 years ago, 15 Durie St. E in Toronto was a tiny one-bed, one-bath bungalow that sold for only $800,000.Whoever bought the tiny house had vision and made a solid investment. Now, 15 Durie St. E is a four-bedroom, six-bathroom stunning luxury home...
#RealEstate #HomeImprovement #Technology #Luxury #Toronto #SiliconValley
https://www.blogto.com/real-estate-toronto/2025/04/15-durie-street-east-toronto/

Ireland: we love Big Tech, they create jobs

Big Tech:

https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2025/0411/1507107-ebay-worker-says-he-was-forced-to-quit-after-reprimand/

Radio Free Asia: Facebook’s Zuckerberg oversaw censorship tool for China: whistleblower. “Meta compromised U.S. national security and freedom of speech to do business with China, a company whistleblower testified before U.S. senators. Sarah Wynn-Williams, a former global policy director at Facebook, told the U.S. Senate on Wednesday that Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg personally designed and […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/12/facebooks-zuckerberg-oversaw-censorship-tool-for-china-whistleblower-radio-free-asia/

"Consciousness is the only reason life has value. It’s the only reason anything matters. Otherwise life would just be physical materials getting whipped about by natural forces without anyone feeling, sensing or experiencing any part of it. Suffering wouldn’t matter because it’s not being felt or experienced. Joy wouldn’t matter because it’s not being felt or experienced. There’d be no good reason not to torture someone, because there wouldn’t be any conscious experience of pain. There’d be no good reason to love anyone, because there wouldn’t be any conscious experience of love. Consciousness is the only reason life is worth living.

There is no basis on which to believe AI will ever be conscious. Consciousness isn’t some minor detail that science will easily work out once it gets around to it; it’s an all-encompassing phenomenon which has always been a complete mystery to all scientific fields. Science has no idea what consciousness is or why it happens, much less how to replicate it. It’s the single most important and fundamental aspect of every second of our waking experience of life, yet it remains a complete unknown to all of science. And this somehow gets left out of so much of the conversation about the future of artificial “intelligence”."

https://x.com/caitoz/status/1910886574759526773

Sapevo che #PayPal fosse il male, per certi versi, ma non credevo fino a questo punto.

https://fleximize.com/paypal-mafia/

Journalist Carole #Cadwalladr on mass manipulation, election fraud and the abuse of power by #SiliconValley

in 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQSMr-3GGvQ

in 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZOoT8AbkNE

Zero with girls (Silicon Valley) #Quotes #TvMoments #SiliconValley

Journalist Carole #Cadwalladr helped break the data abuse by #Facebook with the Cambridge Analytica Story, effectively taking on all of #SiliconValley . She was sued, digitally stalked, and paid a huge price for speaking truth to power, as you can see in this new talk at TED, a venue she has chosen very consciously. Her dire warning: Cambridge Analytica was chicken feed compared to the #broligarchy coup happening today
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TZOoT8AbkNE&t=811s&pp=2AGrBpACAQ%3D%3D #musk #trump #putin #surveillance #privacy

Despite the tariff pause, the EU's willingness to target U.S. digital giants reflects a broader ambition to more tightly regulate the technology industry and ensure that foreign firms comply with EU standards. Via Pymts.com. #EU #SiliconValley #Trade #Tech #Technology https://flip.it/jo4SN4

NextGov: Google, GSA agree to major governmentwide software discount. “Google is offering the entire federal government — and each federal agency — a 71% discount off current pricing on its Workspace software suite through Sept. 30 in an agreement reached with the General Services Administration effective April 10.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/11/nextgov-google-gsa-agree-to-major-governmentwide-software-discount/

#VendrediLecture : Je viens ENFIN de finir « Le Mythe de L'#Entrepreneur, Défaire l'imaginaire de la #SiliconValley » d'Anthony GALLUZO que je vous recommande chaudement (au risque de faire un gros RAGE QUIT de Linkedin ).

Très documenté et sourcé, ça déconstruit totalement la #méritocratie tant vantée des subventionnés des #BigTech, qu'il n'y a pas eu de "garages" et qu'ils sont tous le produit d'un (petit) milieu nés à la bonne époque.

J'aime la conclusion

Cf. https://www.editionsladecouverte.fr/le_mythe_de_l_entrepreneur-9782355221972