Last month, Sen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) introduced the American Tech Workforce Act — legislation aimed at curbing abuses in the H-1B visa program and protecting American workers. One key provision would restrict remote work by foreign nationals employed in the United States under H-1B visas. Yes, you read that right. Foreign workers can enter the country and “work remotely,” often from locations nowhere near the companies that hired them. A foreign national can take a tech job with a firm i...| Blaze Media
This is a must-watch discussion between Tucker Carlson and Jeffrey Sachs if you want to understand the many aspects of the United States entanglement with Israel. It’s long, but all of it is worth your time. It starts with Tucker discussing four key points for about a half an hour. Then he brings on the … Source| Sallie Borrink
Today's links Apple threatens to stop selling iPhones in the EU: Yeah, right. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Thomas Ligotti's anhedonic philosophy; Catalan elections; Molly Crabapple's Syria. Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Latest books: You keep readin' em, I'll keep writin' 'em. Upcoming books: Like I said, I'll keep writin' 'em. Colophon: All the rest. Apple threatens to stop selling iPhones in the EU (permalink) App...| Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
Responding to a subpoena and investigation by the House Judiciary Committee, lawyers for Alphabet — parent of Google and YouTube — informed Chairman Jim Jordan that the company would restore the accounts of content-producing conservatives who had been deplatformed by the video site, after receiving pressure to do so from the Biden administration. Breitbart reported […]| National Legal And Policy Center
Scholar argues that an ideal information platform regulator must be adaptable, informed, and multidisciplinary. The post Evaluating the FTC as a Potential Information Platform Regulator first appeared on The Regulatory Review.| The Regulatory Review
It has been over a year since Mark Zuckerburg stood in front of a room full of grieving parents and apologized for the many children who have been irreversibly harmed by his online platforms. On that day, he promised to make things right, to protect future users from exploitation. But in a Senate hearing last […] The post Senate Hearing Reveals Meta Buried Research into Online Child Abuse appeared first on Concerned Women for America.| Concerned Women for America
Erik Hovenkamp and A. Douglas Melamed discuss what Judge Amit Mehta got right and wrong in his remedy decision in the Google Search antitrust case. Read it at ProMarket >>| ProMarket
Tying its various advertising tech services together has allowed Google to snare roughly 20% of each dollar that moves through its platforms. The post Is Google’s Ad Tech Biz Ripe for the Breaking? appeared first on The Daily Upside.| The Daily Upside
The European Commission president appears to be winning the U.S. president’s ear on Ukraine, but that comes at a price.| POLITICO
The new centrist push to regain control of the Democratic Party, with corporate money| The American Prospect
Meta will likely soon face competition from Amazon, Alphabet, Snap and other tech firms with augmented-reality glasses in development. The post Meta Wins Wall Street Votes of Confidence With Cl-AI-rvoyant Glasses appeared first on The Daily Upside.| The Daily Upside
The conversation I want to have is about the internal cost of relying on capitalist tools built for profit, extraction, and domination. And how ChatGPT is weakening our capacity to reimagine liberated futures.| CCF
A mysterious online campaign linked to Israel’s intelligence services attempted to recruit Iranians to overthrow their government. Some appear to have been placed by an Atlanta-based comedian and influencer. This article was originally published by Jack Poulson and Lee Fang at All-Source Intelligence. Desi Banks, an Atlanta comedian and content creator, is known for his light-hearted comic sketches and currently has more than nine million followers on the social media platform Instagram....| The Grayzone
Digital Empire: How Stablecoins Extend Washington’s Reach Beyond Borders By Uriel Araujo The promise of crypto is colliding with geopolitical reality. Stablecoins now serve as instruments of US sta…| Voice of East
Der Tech-Konzern muss Daten mit Konkurrenten teilen, bleibt aber Herr über Chrome und Android. Ein langwieriger Rechtsstreit könnte noch Jahre dauern.| taz.de
South Korea’s proposed Online Platform Regulation Act has taken multiple turns amid political upheaval, pressure from the United States, and a fiercely competitive domestic tech market. Hwang Lee explores how global geopolitics, strong domestic platforms, and the "Brussels Effect" are reshaping the country’s approach to digital regulation.| ProMarket
Trump elimina demandas e investigaciones contra empresas tecnológicas que dieron a su proyecto miles de millones de dólares. The post Trump ha retirado un tercio de las demandas e investigaciones en contra de empresas tecnológicas durante su gestión appeared first on R3D: Red en Defensa de los Derechos Digitales.| R3D: Red en Defensa de los Derechos Digitales
La Bce prepara il lancio dell’euro digitale, per modernizzare i pagamenti nell’Eurozona. La nuova moneta elettronica punta a garantire più autonomia, più sicurezza e costi più bassi per utenti e imprese. L’incognita è come sarà accolta dai consumatori.| Lavoce.info
Despite his past criticisms of the data privacy risks associated with ‘smart’ technology, Kennedy’s HHS is now pushing wearables on Americans. Experts say the privacy concerns are jarring.| The American Prospect
Desperate for ‘free money,’ most of the communities that approve these facilities are outmatched by developers. But these water-guzzling, power-hungry projects have major downsides.| The American Prospect
India’s ability to govern Big Tech will define whether it remains a digital colony—or becomes a true sovereign in the AI-powered global economy. #AI #bigtech #google #meta| Policy Circle
Judge Amit Mehta will shortly provide his remedy to Google’s monopoly in internet search. Fiona Scott Morton and Paul Heidhues argue that the remedy must include a cap on Google’s payments to the mobile phone manufacturers, carriers, and web browsers that propelled its monopoly. Because any outright ban risks harming Google’s current partners in the short term, Judge Mehta should consider pursuing a flexible ban that instead limits the revenue these partners can receive from Google in o...| ProMarket
"If buying isn't owning, then pirating isn't stealing."| The Daily Dot
Senator Elizabeth Warren is a lightning rod for all things that impact consumers, and she’s taking on Big Tech. The post Elizabeth Warren Tackles Big Tech appeared first on Adam Levin.| Adam Levin
The gap between Silicon Valley’s aspirations and public trust may be widening, but a revival of humanistic virtue could bridge it.| Law & Liberty
Let's normalize sharing the tech we use - and the platforms we purposefully avoid. I'm sharing my tech stack in this post to let you judge for yourselves if I'm "walking the talk" when I discuss resistance to Big Tech.| Elena Rossini
A report reveals how Microsoft's Azure cloud powers a mass surveillance system for Israel's Unit 8200, targeting Palestinians.| WinBuzzer
New tests show Microsoft's Windows Recall still captures passwords and credit cards, validating proactive blocking by apps like Signal, Brave, and AdGuard.| WinBuzzer
Microsoft reportedly used China-based engineers to maintain its exploited SharePoint software, raising urgent national security alarms.| WinBuzzer
ST. PAUL, Minn. — In 2024, Senator Bonnie Westlin (DFL - Plymouth) passed Senate File 2915, the Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy Act, which gives Minnesota residents certain rights over their personal online data, including: The right to access personal data that a controller has collected about them. The right to correct inaccuracies in their personal data. The right to delete| Minnesota Senate DFL
China's cybersecurity agencies accuse U.S. intelligence of exploiting a Microsoft Exchange zero-day flaw to breach a major military contractor for a year.| WinBuzzer
A U.S. appeals court has affirmed that Google's Play Store is an illegal monopoly. Google plans to appeal to the Supreme Court in the landmark antitrust case.| WinBuzzer
Amazon invests in Fable, the startup behind Showrunner, an AI platform that lets users generate and interact with animated TV shows, redefining entertainment.| WinBuzzer
Amazon permanently removes the Sengled Alexa skill due to persistent outages, leaving users scrambling and underscoring the risks of cloud-dependent smart homes.| WinBuzzer
The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) finds AWS and Microsoft harm cloud competition, recommending a formal probe under new digital market laws.| WinBuzzer
Opera has filed an antitrust complaint in Brazil against Microsoft, accusing it of using its Windows dominance to unfairly promote the Edge browser and limit user choice.| WinBuzzer
The many reasons why I am grateful for free, open-source software and the ability to self-host essential digital services.| Elena Rossini
Microsoft has disclosed a critical vulnerability in macOS that allows attackers to bypass core privacy protections and steal sensitive user data. The flaw, dubbed ‘Sploitlight’ by its researchers, exploits the operating system’s Spotlight search function to circumvent the Transparency, Consent, and Control (TCC) framework. This can expose private files and, most alarmingly, data cached by […]| WinBuzzer
Microsoft has announced “Copilot Mode,” a new experimental feature that transforms its Edge browser into an AI-powered collaborator. The opt-in mode for Windows and Mac can understand context across all open tabs and act on natural language voice commands. By merging search and chat, the feature aims to create a smarter, agent-like browsing experience. This […]| WinBuzzer
Hackers are actively exploiting a critical SharePoint zero-day (CVE-2025-53770), hitting 400+ firms and institutions like the DHS.| WinBuzzer
L'intelligenza artificiale viene spesso presentata come un’innovazione di cui beneficerà l’intera umanità, ma è un’affermazione plausibile?| ACTA in rete
大統領就任式の壇上でトランプの背後に美しい半円を描くように並んだApple、Google、Facebook、Amazon、Tiktokの各CEOの姿。この光景は、テクノロジー企業が民主主義（あるいは民主党）の味方であるというオバマ時代の幻想に最後の楔を打ち込むものだった。 The post トランプはビッグテックを愛している first appeared on p2ptk[.]org.| p2ptk[.]org
セクション230の最大の受益者は小規模プラットフォームと一般ユーザである。 The post セクション230が守っているのは「ビッグテック」ではなく「普通のユーザの表現」である first appeared on p2ptk[.]org.| p2ptk[.]org
富裕層や権力者にとって、セクション230なき世界は理想的な世界だ。独裁者、戦争犯罪者、詐欺師が批判者を黙らせる強力なツールを手にする世界なのだから。 The post セクション230：「プラットフォームの免責」はなぜ必要なのか first appeared on p2ptk[.]org.| p2ptk[.]org
Quelques semaines après le retour au pouvoir de Trump, Ugo Palheta avait rencontré pour son podcast « Minuit dans le siècle » l’historienne Sylvie Laurent (autrice notamment du livre Capital et race, une hydre moderne, aux éditions du Seuil). Ensemble, ils avaient essayé de comprendre ce qu’il fallait attendre du pouvoir trumpiste dans les quatre années à venir, le type de projet qui caractérise actuellement Trump et le Parti Républicain, le niveau d’attaque qu’il fallait...| CONTRETEMPS
Empresas de tecnologia enfraquecem instituições democráticas e assumem funções de governos, a exemplo do que fez Musk na Casa Branca, diz Marietje Schaake, ex-membro do Parlamento Europeu e hoje em Stanford, em entrevista à Bloomberg Línea| Bloomberg Línea Brasil
Altman, Musk, Thiel und Co. glauben, dass die Technologie die Menschheit retten wird. Sie blenden damit bewusst Fragen von Macht und Verteilung aus.| Surplus – Das Wirtschaftsmagazin
Fiona Scott Morton introduces her new book on how regulators and policymakers can promote competition and fairness in digital markets.| ProMarket
Por: Lic. Alejandro Marcó del Pont Sí, hay una guerra de clases, es la clase rica la que está haciendo la guerra, y la estamos ganando (Warren Buffett) Lejos de ser una simple provocación, la frase…| El tábano economista
The internet is changing. You might say: Well, sure! AI is killing everything. And you're not wrong... But I think there's more to it than that.| Scottie's Tech.Info | A chimpanzee and two trainees could run her!
Technological platforms are not neutral. If we truly want to resist the digital coup that is currently under way, we need to normalize the use of free, open source solutions.| Elena Rossini
A post detailing the things I'm focusing on right now (March-April 2025)| Elena Rossini
If we want the Fediverse to be sustainable and to emerge as the ethical alternative to Big Tech's social platforms we need to actively help it out. From the bottom up.| Elena Rossini
As India contemplates adopting its Digital Competition Bill, Amber Darr and Madhavi Singh examine lessons from the European Union’s and United Kingdom’s legislative forays into digital markets. They argue that India must rethink its reliance on formal long-form enforcement and invest in regulatory capacity if it hopes to deliver an ex ante regime for a fair and contestable digital economy.| ProMarket
Karina Montoya reflects on the end of the remedies phase of the Department of Justice’s case against Google for monopolizing the online search market. She argues that Google’s warnings against divestiture of its browser, Chrome, fall short and that a breakup will benefit the security of the internet, innovation, and users.| ProMarket
Deze tekst zal ongetwijfeld in de databases van AI-modellen zoals ChatGPT, Gemini en DeepSeek belanden. Die modellen maken namelijk gebruik van zogenaamde ‘scrapers’: programmaatjes die…| Bij Nader Inzien
The Spring 2025 issue of Regulation magazine features an eye-opening article by Law Professor Jonathan M. Bartlett titled "The Perils of 'Free' Information." In the article, Mr. Bartlett tackles the narrative that IP owners are exploitative monopolists that inflate prices and bar competition and corresponding legal and policy strategies employed by certain tech platforms "to weaken IP rights to reduce the costs of securing content and tech assets, which are then monetized within a portfoli...| The Free State Foundation
In a column published shortly after Donald Trump’s inauguration in January, Compact’s editor-at-large Gregory Conti characterized the newfound alliance between MAGA populists and Big Tech oligarchs as an “anti-clerical coalition.”| Compact
You know when it’s baking and the heat is just bouncing off everything, you step in the shadows and the temperature instantly drops ten degrees? It ain’t sticking around, just bouncing right back. Anyway, I withstood this onslaught for ten minutes at London Bridge station before cramming into a train full of half-cut sweaty football fans and heading home. As the train meandred between the rooftops of Bermondsey, I caught sight of, for no more than half a second, a seagull nesting in a chi...| The Bounding Box
Trump’s escalation of censorship and retaliation is terrifying. The groundwork for it was prepared years in advance.| Truthout
Microsoft has released a definitive list of older Surface devices that cannot upgrade to Windows 11 due to hardware requirements like TPM 2.0, as the October 2025 Windows 10 end-of-support deadline approaches, urging users to consider new Copilot+ PCs or paid Extended Security Updates.| WinBuzzer
Google integrates its Gemini Nano AI model directly into Chrome desktop (v137+) for on-device scam detection, enhancing real-time security and privacy for users.| WinBuzzer
Microsoft has announced official Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) support for Fedora Linux, starting with Fedora 42, enabling direct installation via command line.| WinBuzzer
Microsoft has expanded its Copilot+ PC lineup with smaller Surface Laptop and Pro models powered by Snapdragon X Plus, available for pre-order now.| WinBuzzer
OpenAI's decision to maintain nonprofit oversight impacts its deep ties with Microsoft, which is reportedly negotiating how the new structure affects its $13.75B investment.| WinBuzzer
Herbert Hovenkamp writes that the court presiding over the Google Ad Tech case gave the government an important win. However, by relying on the per se tying rule instead of rule of reason, the court perpetuated a flawed court precedent that can preclude serious market analysis for competitive harms.| ProMarket
The Federal Trade Commission’s case against Meta for monopolizing personal social media through its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp serves as a warning of allowing Big Tech companies to acquire nascent competitors in the artificial intelligence market through quasi-mergers that dodge government scrutiny. Based on new research, Alexandros Kazimirov argues that antitrust agencies can look at a combination of circumstantial evidence, including market product proximity, price premiums an...| ProMarket
Responding to geopolitical shifts, Microsoft has pledged legally binding resilience, expanded EU cloud capacity, and committed to European data/cyber rules.| WinBuzzer
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has called Amazon's reported plan to display tariff costs a "hostile and political act" during a recent briefing.| WinBuzzer
Washington state lawmakers have passed a $77.9B budget addressing a $16B shortfall with cuts and over $9B in new taxes impacting tech, businesses, and capital gains.| WinBuzzer
The Trump administration has formally objected to the EU's draft AI Code of Practice, arguing it's overly burdensome and escalates tech regulation tensions.| WinBuzzer
Il ritorno di Trump alla Casa Bianca ha affossato ogni possibilità di introdurre una tassa globale minima sulle multinazionali. Ora però la Ue potrebbe ricorrere a una imposta sui servizi digitali in risposta ai dazi Usa. Ecco difficoltà e controindicazioni.| Lavoce.info
A rogue’s gallery of big tech edgelords and their reactionary hangers-on have a plan to remake the city by the bay in their own weirdo image.| The New Republic
A law derived from a 1950’s legal battle over obscene books currently dictates freedom of speech on the internet. Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act ruled that social media platforms cannot be blamed for the content posted on their site, just as a bookstore cannot be held liable for the sale of obscene […]| Northeastern University Political Review
Today, over 100 community, civil rights, privacy, consumer, labor, technology, small business, and other organizations delivered a letter urging the U.S. Senate to oppose a resolution to rescind the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) digital payment app oversight rule.| Americans for Financial Reform
US-Präsident Donald Trump attackiert die Regulierung von großen amerikanischen Tech-Konzernen im Ausland. Er hat dabei auch die digitalen Regeln der EU im Fokus - und droht mit Zöllen.| netzpolitik.org
Trump administration officials had expressed reservations over language calling for “inclusive and sustainable” AI.| POLITICO
Silicon Valley Big Tech oligarchs fear China's AI companies like DeepSeek. Billionaire Trump backer Peter Thiel admits they want monopolies: "competition is for losers". Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said US must maintain "unipolar world".| Geopolitical Economy Report
A decade after the debut of the original Google Glass — frame-only glasses with a small computer in the place of lenses — a new wave of next-generation| PYMNTS.com
Strict guidelines on AI risk levels take hold across Europe, barring controversial applications and imposing steep fines for violations| WinBuzzer
Microsoft has added DeepSeek R1 to GitHub Models while OpenAI has investigated unusual API access patterns linked to China.| WinBuzzer
The addition of DeepSeek R1 to Microsoft’s AI platform has intensified scrutiny over AI ethics and whether OpenAI’s proprietary data has been used without authorization.| WinBuzzer
SportsPro addresses the state of play, answers the main questions, and identifies the real opportunities concerning AI.| SportsPro
From Paris 2024 breathing new life into the Olympics to Netflix making its long-awaited entry into live sports, there are plenty of stories to reflect on from the past 12 months.| SportsPro
Sport has been both a pioneer and laggard when it comes to AI but, as Sportradar's Behshad Behzadi writes, the industry cannot ignore the opportunity.| SportsPro
President-elect Donald Trump has appointed Stanford alumnus and venture capitalist David Sacks as his “White House A.I. & Crypto Czar,” as Trump seeks to solidify his pro-crypto agenda.| The Stanford Daily
I set 4 goals for the next 4 years, giving myself "sudo" privileges and striving to have more digital sovereignty and new language skills| Elena Rossini
John B. Kirkwood explains six ways in which Big Tech’s alliances with AI startups could harm competition, making clear that the antitrust agencies have good reasonto monitor and investigate them.| ProMarket
Erik Hovenkamp reviews the findings of Judge Amit Mehta’s ruling against Google for monopolizing the internet search market and discusses what the case will mean for the other ongoing Big Tech cases and the future of antitrust.| ProMarket
This is how I plan to rebel against the tech barons and kleptocrats for the next 4 years: through activism, education and FLOSS| Elena Rossini
Will Growth Stocks Continue to Trounce Value Stocks? It’s no secret that growth stocks, mainly big tech companies like Apple and Microsoft, have massively out-performed so-called value stocks in th…| Economist Writing Every Day
Big Tech’s billionaires aren’t scared of Trump – they like what he’s selling.| New Statesman
In a court filing on October 9, 2024, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) let it be known that it was considering a break-up of Alphabet, with the addendum that it would also be pushing for the company to share the data it collects across its multiple platforms with competitors. There is many a slip between the cup and the lip, and it is entirely possible that these are threats designed to extract more concessions from the company, but the break-up talk is a continuation of a debate about the ...| Musings on Markets
Cox Media Group and other marketing companies have admitted to spying on people's phones for data to push targeted ads.| National File
Steve Salop explores the basis for warranting strong remedies in the Google Search case and the set of remedies Judge Amit Mehta might consider for restoring competition in the search market by jump-starting the competitive process.| ProMarket
On September 10, the highest judicial authority in the EU, the Court of Justice, will rule on Google Shopping, closing a case opened 15 years ago and instrumental in changing the narrative on Big Tech. Christian Bergqvist summarizes the history of Google Shopping and discusses its possible outcomes.| ProMarket
If Balaji Srinivasan is any guide, then the Silicon Valley plutocrats are definitely not OK.| The New Republic
Stacey Dogan writes that antitrust regulators in the United States and Europe are right to investigate Big Tech-AI partnerships. Even if AI markets remain competitive today, history and economics show that the Big Tech companies will push to monopolize segments of the AI market if given the opportunity. The investigations serve as a deterrent against anticompetitive behavior and give the regulators access to the knowledge and information that will be necessary to detect anticompetitive patter...| ProMarket
Matt Perault writes that there is little indication that Big Tech investments in artificial intelligence startups are harming competition. In fact, the opposite is likely true. Antitrust regulators should instead focus their attention on the real threat to AI competition: rules and regulations that will make it harder for startups that to compete with large tech companies.| ProMarket
