#bigtech

Say bye to #BigTech lock-in and hi to Nextcloud Workspace, the European alternative to Microsoft 365 for bigger organizations, in partnership with IONOS.

Office suite
Email
Video calls
And more!

Launching Q3 2025. Stay tuned! https://nextcloud.com/newsletter/

#TheMarkup caught 4 more states sharing personal #health data with #BigTech

https://themarkup.org/pixel-hunt/2025/06/17/we-caught-4-more-states-sharing-personal-health-data-with-big-tech

#privacy #healthcare

OpenAI weighs “nuclear option” of antitrust complaint against Microsoft - OpenAI executives have discussed filing an antitrust complai... - https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/06/openai-weighs-nuclear-option-of-antitrust-complaint-against-microsoft/ #corporaterestructuring #microsoftcopilot #machinelearning #aipartnerships #cloudcomputing #airegulation #googlecloud #antitrust #microsoft #bigtech #chatgpt #chatgtp #biz⁢ #google #openai #ai

ORG turns 20 this year!

To celebrate two decades of fighting for digital rights, join us for a special event with Cory Doctorow @pluralistic in conversation Maria Farrell.

Register now to hear about Cory's writing, surveillance capitalism, the ‘enshittification’ of digital platforms and how to fight Big Tech

It's not one to miss!

Wed 16 July, 6pm BST
Zoom

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/events/org-at-20-cory-doctorow-in-conversation-with-maria-farrell/

#ORG20 #digitalrights #bigtech #corydoctorow #enshittification #privacy #capitalism #surveillance

Why did we need a fully integrated, #PrivacyFirst #OnlineCollab tool?

Because in today’s market, there was no resilient, #OpenSource answer to #BigTech for messaging, video calls, file sharing & docs.

Until now.

Discover the new #NextcloudTalk https://youtu.be/YtC6bYmS5Iw?t=285

Il Ministero per gli affari digitali della #Danimarca ha deciso di migrare da #Windows a #Linux + #Libreoffice i sistemi dei suoi dipendenti

Il motivo è la conservazione della sovranità digitale minacciata dalle #Bigtech (vedi il caso dell'account email del Presidente della corte penale internazionale chiuso da parte di MS)

Una decisione importante, che speriamo faccia scuola

La notizia si trova qui: https://news.itsfoss.com/denmark-set-to-replace-microsoft/

#FOSS #opensource

𝐅𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐓𝐮𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐲

https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-06-15/fake-bands-and-artificial-songs-are-taking-over-youtube-and-spotify.html

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #LLM #LLMs #ML #MachineLearning #tech #technology #BigTech #google #YouTube #music #spotify

I LOVE that the #NoKings protests are using a phrase from #Andor

"I have friends everywhere" was the passphrase so you'd know you're dealing with a member of the rebellion.

I started a nonprofit to help people move away from #bigtech https://www.rebeltechalliance.org/

Can you tell I'm a #starwars fan?

One last push:
The @peertube app campaign is just €7000 away from it's €55,000 target, and 2 days to go. Surely there are #fedizens who may not have seen this already? If they make the €55,000 target I promise to write a peertube channel into my next grant proposal, AND I'll post some better quality videos of our Greenland and #Antarctic research over the coming weeks...

Go!

https://fediscience.org/@Ruth_Mottram/114641673922538397
Ruth_Mottram - Apropos @peertube the french developer collective @Framasoft are currently trying to raise the (for #bigTech derisory) amount of EUR 75,000 to develop the opensource #fediverse competitor app to Youtube. Maybe chuck 'em a few euros if you think it useful?
https://support.joinpeertube.org/en/

When I said these guys were the enemy, you thought I was exaggerating.

Maybe you’ll recognise them now when they’re in uniform.

https://breakingdefense.com/2025/06/anduril-meta-openai-execs-to-commission-into-army-reserve-form-detachment-201/

#BigTech #USA #fascism #Palantir #Meta #OpenAI #tech

“Bray Air Display has dropped US defence and aerospace manufacturer Lockheed Martin as a sponsor for this year’s event over the company’s supply of arms support to Israel in the Gaza war.”

https://m.independent.ie/regionals/wicklow/bray-news/bray-air-display-drops-us-sponsor-over-israel-support-in-gaza-war/a1386128550.html

Useful idiots in the tech world: “But sponsorship doesn’t affect anything… they should have just taken their money.”

(WTF am I taking about? This: https://ar.al/2019/01/11/i-was-wrong-about-google-and-facebook-theres-nothing-wrong-with-them-so-say-we-all/)

#israel #genocide #ethnicCleansing #apartheid #settlerColonialism #whitewashing #complicity #sponsorship #BigTech #capitalism #Palestine #Gaza #Bray #Ireland

@strypey My nonprofit, the Rebel Tech Alliance, want to encourage a mass walkout from #bigtech platforms by the end of 2025.

If that walkout is to be towards the fediverse, which I hope it is, I worry about the inability of people to host their own servers.

Are there any efforts to make this into a simple process that even a normie could achieve?

#Deadline2025 #BigTechWalkout2025 #Reclaim2025

https://www.rebeltechalliance.org/index.html

If you work with #BigTech, chances are your online communication is not as private as you'd like.

Meet #NextcloudTalk “Munich”, your #PrivacyFirst, #OpenSource communication platform featuring:

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After setting up wife's Apple smartwatch I'm very grateful to own a "dumb" Tissot
I only have to replace the battery more or less every 4 years and it works like a charm 24/7, no spyware included

#bigtech #apple #tissot #watch #smartwatch #privacy

Immer mehr öffentliche Einrichtungen und Behörden kehren #Microsoft den Rücken und setzen auf freie Software. Was in Deutschland z.B. Schleswig-Holstein plant, setzt das dänische Digitalministerium jetzt um: Abschied bis Herbst: Dänisches Digitalministerium kehrt Microsoft den Rücken (https://www.heise.de/news/Von-Word-und-Excel-zu-LibreOffice-Daenisches-Ministerium-verabschiedet-Microsoft-10438683.html)

Was große Behörden schaffen, sollte doch für kleinere Organisationen auch möglich sein. Trotzdem setzen noch viel zu viele auf #bigtech Zeit zum Umstieg (https://www.datenkollektiv.net/angebote/administration/linux_desktop) und für #digitalesouveranitat

#endof10
#foss
#FreieSoftware
#Linux

Qualcomm acquires Alphawave Semi for $2.4 billion – says its leading high-speed wired tech will accelerate data center expansion - Fabless chipmaking giant Qualcomm is set to grow yet strong... - https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/big-tech/qualcomm-acquires-alphawave-semi-for-usd2-4-billion-says-its-leading-high-speed-wired-tech-will-accelerate-data-center-expansion #techindustry #bigtech

Blimey. That's gone fast.
I guess I'd better start editing some videos then...

https://support.joinpeertube.org/en/

https://fediscience.org/@Ruth_Mottram/114649617953987370
Since I first shared this link on Friday, the amount raised has shot up by more than € 6000, not taking credit for that but well done #fediverse
If we get to the €35000 target this week, I promise to post a couple of new #Greenland  #science vids on my @tilvids channel.  @icesheets_climate
Who else is in? 8 days to go.
https://support.joinpeertube.org/en/

https://fediscience.org/@Ruth_Mottram/114641673922538397 - Apropos @peertube the french developer collective @Framasoft are currently trying to raise the (for #bigTech derisory) amount of EUR 75,000 to develop the opensource #fediverse competitor app to Youtube. Maybe chuck 'em a few euros if you think it useful?
https://support.joinpeertube.org/en/

Apropos @peertube francouzský vývojářský kolektiv @Framasoft se v současné době snaží získat (pro #bigTech směšnou) částku 75 000 EUR na vývoj opensource aplikace #fediverse, která je konkurencí #Youtube.
Možná jim přihoďte pár eur, pokud vám to přijde užitečné?
https://support.joinpeertube.org/en/
#Czech @archos pls boost!

“I’m usually fine with surveillance capitalism but this is too much, even for me.”

#surveillance #capitalism #BigTech #SiliconValley #humanRights #democracy #facebook #meta #google https://abyssdomain.expert/@filippo/114629981623899648

It won't be long before some apps and services will proudly claim to be “AI-free.” It will be to tech what “GMO-free” or “pesticide-free” is to food. It will likewise be initially seen as backward and against progress, before it turns out to be healthier. Some companies will offer the choice between “standard” and “AI-free” versions. Organic Tech?
#AI #marketing #BigTech #OrganicTech