The findings push back on the idea that founders returning from the U.S. and elsewhere are better equipped to build lasting businesses. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/02/09/tech/homegrown-startups-returnee-talent/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #startups #tech #india #us #siliconvalley
A fast-moving measles outbreak in South Carolina highlights how declining vaccination rates, permissive state laws and weakened federal vaccine oversight are creating larger, harder-to-control outbreaks across the U.S. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/02/09/world/us-measles-milestone-is-everyones-problem/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #robertfkennedyjr #donaldtrump #medicine #vaccinations #health #measles #covid19 #cdc #us #southcarolina #donaldtrump
World Bank Chief Economist Indermit Gill has expressed hopes for Japan's cooperation in addressing global economic disparities that may widen due to the uneven adoption of artificial intelligence technology. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/02/09/economy/world-bank-economist-ai/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #worldbank #ai #development #us
Arguments are set to begin in a U.S. trial that could establish a legal precedent on whether social media companies deliberately designed their platforms to lead to addiction in children. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/02/09/tech/us-social-media-addiction-trial/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #addiction #socialmedia #us #alphabet #meta #youtube #instagram #markzuckerberg #snapchat #tiktok
Team Japan settled for silver behind the U.S. in the team figure skating event as a stunning comeback bid fell just short. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2026/02/09/figure-skating-team-final/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #us #teamjapan #kaorisakamoto #iliamalinin #shunsato #rikumiura #ryuichikihara
Lindsey Vonn's Winter Olympic dream ended in screams of pain on Sunday after she crashed out of the women's downhill, failing in her audacious bid to medal in her favored discipline at the Milano Cortina Games. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2026/02/08/vonn-crashes-olympic-downhill/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #olympics #us #lindseyvonn #2026milanocortinaolympics
@mcc
well, it is merely a question of solidarity.
Our funding picture https://web.archive.org/web/20230531001836im_/https://freelens.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Jahrestreffen_1995_Steche-1.jpg
I'm the guy very bottom left and was 16.
Shortly after France built their union freelens and others too.
On the other hand - after all my cameras sank into South Pacific, I switched to writing fedi software and this might _not_ be a question of countries alone.
The solidarity in the tech sector is anywhere much lower than amongst journalists. Maybe this is due to the fact that old white valley people in chairs are not threatened directly by Kalashnikows pointed through the head or sinking boats. The tech sector thinks mostly it is the privileged sector and this is the opposite of, well, solidarity …
addendum #US people
we made a list to start a tech union once
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Sunday ruled out Tehran ever giving up uranium enrichment in its negotiations with Washington, insisting it will not be intimidated by the threat of war with the United States. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/08/world/politics/iran-us-enrich-uranium/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #iran #us #nuclearweapons #middleeast #donaldtrump
A senior Hamas leader said Sunday that the Palestinian Islamist movement would not surrender its weapons nor accept foreign intervention in Gaza, pushing back against U.S. and Israeli demands. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/08/world/politics/hamas-disarmament-foreign-rule/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #us
Chip Butty
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Using the right words -- quoting them in all of their loathsomeness -- is important. They are facts. #US media should pay attention and follow suit.
Indian farmers have expressed concern that New Delhi has made too many concessions to Washington after the two countries brokered a new trade deal that would lower tariffs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/02/08/economy/indian-agriculture-trump-trade/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #india #agriculture #narendramodi #us #donaldtrump #republicans #trade #tariffs
Carlo Gubitosa :nonviolenza:
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Google agrees to $135M settlement over collecting Android users' cellular data without consent, even when apps were closed and location was off. 📱
Users may claim up to $100 each; Google will improve data transfer controls and disclosures, though it denies wrongdoing. ⚖️
🔗 https://www.theverge.com/tech/870056/google-cellular-data-lawsuit-settlement
#TechNews #Google #Android #Privacy #Data #Settlement #Lawsuit #ConsumerRights #Mobile #Surveillance #Transparency #CCPA #BigTech #Rights #US #USA #EU #Europe #Smartphone #Samsung #Pixel #Security
Google agrees to $135M settlement over collecting Android users' cellular data without consent, even when apps were closed and location was off. 📱
Users may claim up to $100 each; Google will improve data transfer controls and disclosures, though it denies wrongdoing. ⚖️
🔗 https://www.theverge.com/tech/870056/google-cellular-data-lawsuit-settlement
#TechNews #Google #Android #Privacy #Data #Settlement #Lawsuit #ConsumerRights #Mobile #Surveillance #Transparency #CCPA #BigTech #Rights #US #USA #EU #Europe #Smartphone #Samsung #Pixel #Security
Using the right words -- quoting them in all of their loathsomeness -- is important. They are facts. #US media should pay attention and follow suit.
@dennyhenke Unfortunately it's like whack a mole. 25 years ago I remember trying to boycott companies and it was difficult then. At the time it seemed there were a few campaigns showing which companies were linked to each other. Now it's a million times worse. We're all so reliant on the worst of them it's nigh on impossible to free yourself. We just make excuses to ourselves and carry on in guilt.
I don't agree. I'm not saying it's easy but just boycotting a handful of the big ones named here would be a significant step. Not only that, but were we to elevate the boycott as a tool to be readily adopted, it might, over time, change the culture.
In general folks in the US have been far too passive about their ethics and being vocal about them. We quit everything before we even try. I think that's pure bullshit. Action is inconvenient and so people just shrug and pretend there's nothing they can do.
We've got to flip that table and throw it across the room.
We've got to take action on every possible level. Boycotts, general strikes, all of it. ALL. OF. IT.
The time for laying down because we don't want to be bothered should never have been a thing. As a result we've gotten this moment of fascism. Billionaires that have learned they can get away with anything.
#Boycott #Action #ICE #Fascism #Tech #US #GeneralStrike #Amazon #Google #Apple #Microsoft #Meta
The U.S. wants Moscow and Kyiv to end their war before summer arrives, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/08/world/politics/us-russia-ukraine-summer-zelenskyy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #volodymyrzelenskyy #us
An 18-month-old girl detained for weeks by U.S. immigration authorities was returned to custody and denied medication after being hospitalized with a life-threatening respiratory illness, a lawsuit filed in Texas claims. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/08/world/crime-legal/toddler-ice-custody-medication-lawsuit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #us #donaldtrump #republicans #ice #immigration #children
Washington Post CEO and Publisher Will Lewis is stepping down effective immediately, the storied newspaper said just days after making drastic job cuts that angered readers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/02/08/companies/washington-post-ceo-job-cuts/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #washingtonpost #jeffbezos #us #newspapers
Nicolas Fressengeas
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The #US has sanctioned U.N. Special Rapporteur #FrancescaAlbanese after she warned tech firms about potential complicity in #Gaza.
Palestinian victims and their families deeply value Francesca Albanese’s exceptional courage—history will remember that she stood on the right side of it
@politics #palestine #genocide #resistance #law #icc @law #humanrights #fediverse #mastodon #socialmedia #women @womensvoices @democracy #eu #italy #italia #europe #canada #un
