chromodynamic<p><strong>What do we call anti-Big-Tech Tech collectively?</strong></p>
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just small circles 🕊<p>Is one big flaw in how we generally think about <a href="https://social.coop/tags/SocialWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialWeb</span></a> and <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> development in how we embrace this vibrant feeling and energy that existed at the time the early web was emerging? At that time time the expectation was that the <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Web" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Web</span></a> would liberate us.</p><p>A decade later we have <a href="https://social.coop/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigTech</span></a>, the Corporate Web and <a href="https://social.coop/tags/SurveillanceCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SurveillanceCapitalism</span></a>, while <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Technofeudalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technofeudalism</span></a> and <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Dystopia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dystopia</span></a> are knocking on the door.</p><p>Nowadays when we excitedly publish our innovations as we did then, is that still responsible?</p>
Will Berard 🫳🎤🫶<p>"ChatGPT is to LLM technology what the penny-farthing is to bicycles. - hear me out"</p><p>An essay on "generative AI" and Bijker's Social Construction Of Technology </p><p><a href="https://www.hypernoetic.net/Writings/The+Social+Construction+of+Generative+AI" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">hypernoetic.net/Writings/The+S</span><span class="invisible">ocial+Construction+of+Generative+AI</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LLM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/tags/Sociology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sociology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/tags/constructivism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>constructivism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/tags/TechnologicalDeterminism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechnologicalDeterminism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/tags/Chatbots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chatbots</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/tags/Essay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Essay</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/tags/SocialSciences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSciences</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigTech</span></a></p>
APC<p>>>> Enough of the billionaires and their big tech. "Frugal tech" will build us all a better world</p><p>"Last month at Berlin’s once hippy, now increasingly corporatised Re:publica conference, I met researchers from APC, who are using software-defined radios and spectrum sensing to allow people in low-resource environments to stay connected despite limited bandwidth, power, hardware..."</p><p>Thanks Eleanor Drage and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@TheGuardian" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>TheGuardian</span></a></span> for this great piece on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigTech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SustainableTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SustainableTech</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/02/billionaire-big-tech-frugal-elon-musk-innovation" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2025/aug/02/billionaire-big-tech-frugal-elon-musk-innovation</span></a></p>
APC<p>>>>> Civil society urges end to sanctions on UNSR Francesca Albanese, demands <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigTech</span></a> accountability for violations in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.apc.org/en/pubs/joint-statement-civil-society-urges-end-sanctions-unsr-francesca-albanese-demands-big-tech" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">apc.org/en/pubs/joint-statemen</span><span class="invisible">t-civil-society-urges-end-sanctions-unsr-francesca-albanese-demands-big-tech</span></a></p>
Adam Jacobs 🇺🇦<p>I strongly disapprove of companies who provide some kind of service which I could interact with perfectly well online via a web browser, but they try to push me into using their app.</p><p>Sure, there are times when a dedicated app is handy, but there are many more times when everything I need could be done perfectly well through a web browser, no app required.</p><p>I just came across a particularly egregious example of this from Trading 212.</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigTech</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/FinTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FinTech</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Apps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Apps</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/DigitalExclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalExclusion</span></a></p>
Will Berard 🫳🎤🫶<p>How the Tech Bros cooked the kids 🤖🍳👶 <a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/tags/BoBurnham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BoBurnham</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigTech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/tags/OnlineSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OnlineSafety</span></a> <br><a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/5jc31QQA9ZA" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtube.com/shorts/5jc31QQA9ZA</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/tags/Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Music</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/tags/Comedy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Comedy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/tags/DigitalLiteracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalLiteracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigTech</span></a></p>
#cryptohagen<p>Der er da ikke noget at sige til hvis europæerne er 'totally flabbergasted' over det mareridts agtige 🇺🇸 <a href="https://social.data.coop/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> og <a href="https://social.data.coop/tags/reklame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reklame</span></a> cirkus - og kampen mellem <a href="https://social.data.coop/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigTech</span></a> om monopol<br>--<br>Folk handler meget [med Alexa+]; det er en dejlig shopping-oplevelse, der bliver bedre og bedre,« sagde Jassy under et opkald med investorer og Wall Street-analytikere</p><p>...at reklamer kan spille en rolle i at hjælpe folk med at finde nye ting og også som en løftestang til at øge omsætningen<br><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/31/amazon-ceo-wants-to-put-ads-in-your-alexa-conversations/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techcrunch.com/2025/07/31/amaz</span><span class="invisible">on-ceo-wants-to-put-ads-in-your-alexa-conversations/</span></a></p>
Open Risk<p>The future is not <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/selfhosted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>selfhosted</span></a> post by Drew Lyton has reignited the old debate of how to organize <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/selfsovereign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>selfsovereign</span></a> computing in the age of ultradominant <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bigtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bigtech</span></a> </p><p>The question goes to the root of how digital society can be organized, but has many parallels to how other forms of technical production have evolved. </p><p>We can think of it as "silicon agriculture": You can have anything from subsistence farming and coops, to big agrifood with patented self-destruct seeds 🤓 </p><p><a href="https://www.drewlyton.com/story/the-future-is-not-self-hosted/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">drewlyton.com/story/the-future</span><span class="invisible">-is-not-self-hosted/</span></a></p>
5h15h<p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Startups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Startups</span></a> used to be the prize. Now it’s the people. <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigTech</span></a> is treating elite <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> researchers like NBA stars: poaching, bidding, & building around them. Minds & algorithms are the new M&A? <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/technology/ai-researchers-nba-stars.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/07/31/technol</span><span class="invisible">ogy/ai-researchers-nba-stars.html</span></a></p>
beSpacific<p>CBS News - "Layoffs across the US this year have climbed to their highest level since the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/pandemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pandemic</span></a> slammed the economy in 2020.. In the first half of 2025 companies announced 744,308 job CUTS nationwide, the highest tally since the first six months of 2020, when <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/employers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>employers</span></a> cut nearly 1.6 million jobs in response to COVID-related disruptions" <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>congress</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/legislation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>legislation</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/unemployment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unemployment</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/firings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>firings</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/layoffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>layoffs</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/gop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gop</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>republicans</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>maga</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigTech</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/BLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BLS</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/firings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>firings</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a></p>
Jan Penfrat<p>I only now read Georg Riekeles' excellent 2022 account of <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigTech</span></a>'s outrageous global <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/lobbying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lobbying</span></a> influence. While I don't agree with everything (e.g. his take on <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/liability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>liability</span></a> and the <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>copyright</span></a> debate), after 15 years in <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Brussels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Brussels</span></a> I'd say his long-read is frighteningly accurate.</p><p>Includes special mentions of <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@corporateeurope" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>corporateeurope</span></a></span> and other crucial civil society groups fighting back.</p><p>A must-read: <a href="https://medium.com/@georg.riekeles/teknopolis-7cbe48a5fcf2" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">medium.com/@georg.riekeles/tek</span><span class="invisible">nopolis-7cbe48a5fcf2</span></a></p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/TrackingFreeAds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrackingFreeAds</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DigitalServicesAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalServicesAct</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DigitalMarketsAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalMarketsAct</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/AIAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIAct</span></a></p>
Julius Zukowski-Krebs<p>“Technique has taken over the whole of civilization. Death, procreation, birth all submit to technical efficiency and systemization.”</p><p>Jacques Ellul</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/bigtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bigtech</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/palantir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>palantir</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>usa</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a></p>
Steffen Voß<p>Privatisierung durch die Hintertür: Daseinsvorsorge in der Plattformökonomie </p><p>"Ob Gesundheit, Mobilität oder Bildung – der Zugang zu vielen Leistungen der Daseinsvorsorge führt heute über Plattformen wie Google Maps, Doctolib oder Microsoft Teams. Ein neues Impulspapier…" der <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@fesonline" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>fesonline</span></a></span> "… analysiert, was das für die Daseinsvorsorge bedeutet – und wie der Staat die Daseinsvorsorge in der Plattformökonomie gemeinwohlorientiert und souverän gestalten kann.</p><p><a href="https://www.fes.de/abteilung-analyse-planung-und-beratung/artikelseite-apb/daseinsvorsorge-in-der-plattformoekonomie" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fes.de/abteilung-analyse-planu</span><span class="invisible">ng-und-beratung/artikelseite-apb/daseinsvorsorge-in-der-plattformoekonomie</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/bigtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bigtech</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/zerschlagtDieMonopole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>zerschlagtDieMonopole</span></a></p>
Steffen Voß<p>Spannend: Länder schmieden an neuem Medienkonzentrationsrecht.</p><p>Bisher hat sich das Recht am Fernsehen orientiert. Das soll sich mit dem Sektorenmodell ändern:</p><p>"Die Stärke dieses Modells liegt in seiner Flexibilität im Hinblick auf die Bestimmung des Untersuchungsgegenstandes: So können Vielfaltsverengungen etwa mit Blick auf das Informationsverhalten in bestimmten Alterskohorten – zum Beispiel der 14- bis 29-Jährigen, die im Netz besonders aktiv sind – oder losgelöst von Mediengattungen in Bereichen wie etwa der digitalen Werbung als Finanzierungsgrundlage für Medienangebote untersucht werden"</p><p><a href="https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/medien-und-film/medienpolitik/bundeslaender-schmieden-neues-medienkonzentrationsrecht-110605333.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/med</span><span class="invisible">ien-und-film/medienpolitik/bundeslaender-schmieden-neues-medienkonzentrationsrecht-110605333.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/MAHSH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAHSH</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Medien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Medien</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigTech</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/zerschlagtDieMonopole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>zerschlagtDieMonopole</span></a></p>
Herman 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇾🇪🍋<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@dangillmor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dangillmor</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/bigtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bigtech</span></a> scammers. I hope the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> fines them appropriately.</p>
Kevin Dominik Korte<p>On the one hand, I agree that we need robust sanctions against Russia and need to enforce them. On the other hand, it serves as a wake-up call to the power of big tech companies and their proprietary solutions.<br><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/digitalsovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digitalsovereignty</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/bigtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bigtech</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/sanctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sanctions</span></a><br><a href="https://tfipost.com/2025/08/nayara-incident-demands-open-source-solutions-national-linux-adoption-strategy-for-india/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tfipost.com/2025/08/nayara-inc</span><span class="invisible">ident-demands-open-source-solutions-national-linux-adoption-strategy-for-india/</span></a></p>
HoldMyType<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@TheHindu" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>TheHindu</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@thehindu/bangalore-news-egdolsiqz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bangalore-news-TheHindu</span></a></span> <br>Now this is the serious . The pseudo <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/bigtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bigtech</span></a> of india<br><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/modi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>modi</span></a> gov need recall that <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/adani" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adani</span></a> group isnt the nation</p>
Michael Boelen<p>Vroeger kon ik alles vinden via Google, maar de laatste jaren is het echt bedroevend. Alles waar ze voor stonden (schone interface, geen advertenties, etc.) is al enige tijd de deur uit.</p><p>Heeeeeeel soms val ik nog terug naar Google, maar het merendeel gaat naar o.a. Kagi. Na meerdere maanden kan ik veilig zeggen: wat een verademing!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigTech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/zoekmachine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>zoekmachine</span></a></p>
Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>"It’s reminiscent of the age of business titans and “robber barons” who dominated railroads, steel and other enterprises. And as happened then, today’s massive companies, with their ability to spend (and borrow), are making their moats even deeper and wider. Even formidable competitors, such as OpenAI, are hard-pressed to keep up.</p><p>A look at one key line item in company earnings reports—capital expenditures—shows that the most valuable tech companies are buying and building stuff at a record pace. The Magnificent 7 tech firms have collectively spent a record $102.5 billion on capex in their most recent quarters, nearly all from Meta, Alphabet (Google), Microsoft and Amazon. (Apple, Nvidia and Tesla together contributed a mere $6.7 billion.)</p><p>Investor and tech pundit Paul Kedrosky says that, as a percentage of gross domestic product, spending on AI infrastructure has already exceeded spending on telecom and internet infrastructure from the dot-com boom—and it’s still growing. He also argues that one explanation for the U.S. economy’s ongoing strength, despite tariffs, is that spending on IT infrastructure is so big that it’s acting as a sort of private-sector stimulus program."</p><p><a href="https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/silicon-valley-ai-infrastructure-capex-cffe0431" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wsj.com/tech/ai/silicon-valley</span><span class="invisible">-ai-infrastructure-capex-cffe0431</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/GenerativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GenerativeAI</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigTech</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/AIInfrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIInfrastructure</span></a></p>
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