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@TheBadPlace@mastodon.ozioso.online · 1d ago
Times of India | Quote of the Day by Vinod Khosla: Your willingness to fail is what will let you succeed AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information. Vinod Khosla, co‑founder of Sun Microsystems and founder of the venture‑capital firm Khosla Ventures, emphasizes that “Your willingness to fail is what will let you succeed,” arguing that real breakthroughs require embracing the possibility of failure rather than playing it safe. The quote isn’t a celebration of failure itself but a call to accept uncertain, high‑risk bets—whether launching a startup, pursuing a controversial research hypothesis, or proposing an untested engineering solution—because those willing to risk collapse are the ones who achieve transformative success, while risk‑averse actors miss the biggest opportunities. Read more: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/quote-of-the-day-by-vinod-khosla-your-willingness-to-fail-is-what-will-let-you-succeed/articleshow/130589303.cms #VinodKhosla #KhoslaVentures #SiliconValley
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@TheBadPlace@mastodon.ozioso.online · 2d ago
English – The Conversation | Supervillain or Cicero? Why Palantir’s manifesto has such sinister vibes by Daniel Baldino, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, University of Notre Dame Australia AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information. Palantir’s recent manifesto, distilled from CEO Alex Karp’s book *The Technological Republic*, frames a hierarchy of civilizations, denounces pluralism, and argues that democratic societies must rely on “hard power” – not just military force but the AI‑driven technologies that shape its use – even calling for compulsory military service and AI‑powered weapons. Critics liken the rhetoric to a comic‑book supervillain’s grandiose monologue, while also noting its classical‑Cicero‑like appeal to civic duty and civilizational survival, suggesting the company is positioning itself as a moral arbiter rather than a mere technology provider. By embedding its tools in defence, intelligence and policing systems worldwide, Palantir is not only selling software but also shaping a geopolitical narrative that normalises the concentration of power beyond democratic accountability, manufacturing a sense of inevitability that narrows public debate about the acceptable limits of state and corporate authority. Read more: https://theconversation.com/supervillain-or-cicero-why-palantirs-manifesto-has-such-sinister-vibes-281521 #Palantir #AlexKarp #SiliconValley #USmilitary #Cicero
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@TheBadPlace@mastodon.ozioso.online · 2d ago
qwant news | Google reportedly signs classified AI deal with US Pentagon AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information. Google has reportedly signed a contract with the U.S. Pentagon that allows the military to use the company’s artificial‑intelligence models for “any lawful government purpose,” including classified work such as mission planning and weapons targeting. The deal, similar to agreements already in place with OpenAI, Anthropic and Elon Musk’s xAI, requires Google to adjust its AI safety settings at the government’s request but expressly bars the technology from domestic mass surveillance or autonomous weapons without human oversight. While Google’s spokesperson says the agreement reflects a responsible approach to national‑security needs, more than 600 employees have signed an open letter urging CEO Sundar Pichai to refuse providing AI for classified workloads, citing concerns that their work could be used in inhumane or harmful ways; the controversy revives past employee protests that led Google to back away from earlier Pentagon projects such as Project Maven. Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/28/google-classified-ai-deal-pentagon #Google #Pentagon #ProjectMaven #SiliconValley #ElonMusk #SundarPichai
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@TheBadPlace@mastodon.ozioso.online · 2d ago
The Guardian | Google reportedly signs classified AI deal with US Pentagon by Sanya Mansoor and agencies AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information. Google has reportedly signed a classified‑use agreement with the U.S. Pentagon that allows the military to employ the company’s artificial‑intelligence models for any lawful government purpose, joining other Silicon Valley firms such as OpenAI, Anthropic and Elon Musk’s xAI. The contract, worth up to $200 million, requires Google to adjust AI safety settings at the Pentagon’s request but specifies that the technology must not be used for domestic mass surveillance or autonomous weapons without human oversight, and Google does not retain veto power over lawful operational decisions. The deal has sparked significant employee backlash, with more than 600 staff signing an open letter urging CEO Sundar Pichai to refuse providing AI for classified workloads, recalling earlier protests that led Google to drop the Project Maven contract in 2018. Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/28/google-classified-ai-deal-pentagon #Google #USPentagon #OpenAI #Anthropic #ElonMusk #xAI #SundarPichai #ProjectMaven #Alphabet #SiliconValley #aiartificialintelligence #technology #Trumpadministration #USmilitary #uspolitics
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@aral@mastodon.ar.al · Apr 22, 2026
RE: https://mamot.fr/@Khrys/116446948729196049 I never thought the factory farm for human beings I work at would farm me is the new leopards eating people’s faces. #peopleFarming #siliconValley #BigTech #meta #capitalism
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@aral@mastodon.ar.al · Apr 15, 2026
RE: https://indieweb.social/@jbz/116407902311911594 Call data centres what they really are: data farms. It’s where they farm you for your data. You are the livestock being farmed. #PeopleFarming #BigTech #SiliconValley #capitalism #dataFarms
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@TheBadPlace@mastodon.ozioso.online · Apr 10, 2026
The New Republic | The Ominous Big Tech Takeover of Our Community College System by J.J. Anselmi The ghouls of privatization have long had their eyes on the community college system. From Devry to ITT Tech, there have been countless versions of the for-profit junior college, and most of them have the same problems. The process to transfer credits from those schools to four-year universities is often a confounding mess for students. Most instructors at for-profit colleges work part-time and are underpaid, forcing them to teach classes at multiple schools to make ends meet, which makes it difficult to give students the time and focus they deserve. More often than not, these schools lure in students who would be better served by their local community college. As if the community college system wasn’t strained enough by these privatization efforts, the tech bros have recently swooped in and are striving to cause further disruption. Community colleges operate with a combination of taxpayer funding, donations, and tuition revenue. But Campus, a predominantly online school that markets itself as a community college, uses a different financial model. The school has been injected with venture capital funding from the likes of Peter Thiel, Sam Altman, and Joe Lonsdale. Thiel, Altman, and Lonsdale are the types of investor who fund enterprises that could serve a role in remaking the world more to their liking. Like virtually every other of these would-be overlords’ ventures, Campus is a play for even more power and control. And it’s a scammy one at that. Read more: https://newrepublic.com/article/208667/silicon-valley-disrupt-community-college #artificial-intelligence #big-tech #communitycollege #siliconvalley
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@TheBadPlace@mastodon.ozioso.online · Apr 09, 2026
yahoo news | Oracle axes over 700 workers — the first wave in a bloodbath that could engulf 3... Oracle has begun the first wave of a massive layoff that could ultimately affect up to 30,000 employees, with California state filings showing that roughly 700 workers will be let go by June 1. The cuts are slated for 310 staff in Redwood City, 184 in Santa Clara, 158 in Pleasanton and 50 in Santa Monica, on top of 491 terminations already recorded in Seattle. The move follows a broader “bloodbath” announced by the software giant, which had 162,000 global employees as of May 2025. Analysts at TD Cowen earlier this year warned that Oracle might slash as many as 30,000 jobs while it sells assets to fund its push into AI infrastructure. Oracle’s downsizing is part of a wider tech‑sector contraction that saw companies lay off 52,050 workers in the first quarter of 2026—a 40 % increase over the same period last year, according to Challenger, Gray & Christmas. Other California‑based tech firms such as Qualcomm and Meta are also filing mass‑layoff notices, and the wave of cuts has already driven up unemployment rates in the San Francisco Bay Area. The layoffs have sparked controversy on social media, especially after data revealed Oracle filed roughly 3,126 H‑1B petitions for fiscal years 2025‑2026, highlighting a contrast between hiring foreign talent and shedding domestic staff. Despite moving its headquarters from Silicon Valley to Austin in 2020 and then to Nashville in 2024, Oracle retains a significant Bay‑Area workforce. The company recently reported a 22 % revenue jump to over $17 billion for the fiscal third quarter and announced the hiring of Hilary Maxson from Schneider Electric as its new chief financial officer. Read more: https://nypost.com/2026/04/08/business/oracle-axes-over-700-workers-the-first-wave-in-a-bloodbath-that-could-engulf-thousands-across-california/ #oracle #tdcowen #siliconvalley
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@ItalianNews@mastodon.ozioso.online · Mar 26, 2026
Punto Informatico: Zuckerberg, Huang, Ellison nel Consiglio scientifico di Trump Il nuovo Consiglio di Trump per la scienza e la tecnologia sostituisce accademici e ricercatori con i CEO della Silicon Valley. The post Zuckerberg, Huang, Ellison nel Consiglio scientifico di Trump appeared first on Punto Informatico. Zuckerberg, Huang, Ellison on Trump’s Scientific Advisory Board The new Trump Science and Technology Council replaces academics and researchers with Silicon Valley CEOs. The post Zuckerberg, Huang, Ellison Join Trump’s Science Council appeared on Punto Informatico. #Zuckerberg,Huang #Ellison #SiliconValley #PuntoInformatico https://www.punto-informatico.it/zuckerberg-huang-ellison-consiglio-scientifico-trump/
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@anttipeltola__dup_26767@mastodon.world · Jan 31, 2026
Reading the Moltbook firehose makes me think that if over 1 trillion USD+ has been invested into this crap to date, then Silicon Valley is in deep, deep, deep trouble. #Moltbook #AIBubble #Tech #SiliconValley
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@Lazarou__dup_2572@mastodon.social · Nov 18, 2025
Uh-oh, Reality is knocking at the door, asking why it has been ignored for so long.... #AIBubble #Economy #JPMorgan #WallStreet #DanielPinto #TechBros #SiliconValley
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