Paris Marx

Tim Maughan @timmaughan.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 23:27 UTC

also I will never get my head round Nvidia being at the center of this bullshit. I fully understand the hows and whys it’s them - in more detail then you can imagine - but every time I see their branding it’s like finding out Logitech or MadKatz are suddenly the most powerful company in the world

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Paris Marx @parismarx.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 23:24 UTC

who knew all it would take was a hot sith to make me interested in star wars again

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Paris Marx @parismarx.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 21:21 UTC

A total ban is the only sane policy for Airbnb. There obviously needs to be accommodation in cities for visitors, but that shouldn’t be at the expense of housing units for people who actually live there. More governments should follow Barcelona’s lead.

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Paris Marx @parismarx.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 21:16 UTC

The story is always the same: major tech companies tell us they care about the environment to silence criticism, then never actually follow through. Google’s emissions are up ~50% in 5 years, following similar news Microsoft is also blowing past its climate commitments.

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Paris Marx @parismarx.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 30, 2024 at 22:31 UTC

“Acquisitions are not the only way for large tech companies to access start-ups’ intangibles and talent while keeping potential rivals at bay. A more hidden yet prevalent form of domination involves the use of corporate venture capital to get preferential access.”

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Paris Marx @parismarx.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 30, 2024 at 18:59 UTC

When I was in Copenhagen last month, I spoke with Information editor Rune Lykkeberg about why AI is overrated, the geopolitics of the tech industry, and what that means as the US tries to assert the dominance of Silicon Valley.

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Paris Marx @parismarx.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 30, 2024 at 14:52 UTC

Uber is racking up victories against drivers fighting for their rights and even opposing things like wheelchair accessibility in Ireland. It’s still a horrible company. More on that, plus labor updates and other tech news in the Disconnect Roundup.

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Paris Marx @parismarx.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 29, 2024 at 15:13 UTC

“If these groups [like EFF] had focused more on protecting communities and their needs from the beginning, would they have been more likely to notice that people are not only harmed by government data collection but by corporate data collection, as well?”

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Paris Marx @parismarx.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 29, 2024 at 12:40 UTC

Because Amazon benefits from it even more than they do. The de minimis threshold was raised from $200 to $800 in 2016 and most of what Amazon brings in from China falls under it. David Dayen says it was known in policy circles as the “Amazon loophole.”

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