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AI6YR Ben<p>END OF 10</p><p>"Support for Windows 10 ends on October 14, 2025.</p><p>Microsoft wants you to buy a new computer.</p><p>But what if you could make your current one fast and secure again?</p><p>If you bought your computer after 2010, there's most likely no reason to throw it out. By just installing an up-to-date GNU/Linux operating system you can keep using it for years to come.</p><p>Installing an OS may sound difficult, but you don't have to go it alone! With any luck, there are people in your area ready to help!"</p><p><a href="https://endof10.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">endof10.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Windows</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Windows10" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Windows10</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Windows11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Windows11</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a></p>
Marcel Waldvogel<p>7️⃣ <a href="https://waldvogel.family/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> startet offenbar einen neuen Versuch, die <a href="https://waldvogel.family/tags/Recall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Recall</span></a>-Funktion in Windows auszurollen (mit Recall werden quasi sämtliche User-Interaktionen aufgezeichnet und können anschliessend via Copilot-AI durchsucht werden). Erste Tests zeigen aber, dass die Funktion immer noch dieselben <a href="https://waldvogel.family/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a>-Issues aufweist.</p><p>Die eine oder andere Datenschützer:in dürfte das aufmerksam verfolgen wollen.<br><a href="https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/04/microsoft-is-putting-privacy-endangering-recall-back-into-windows-11/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/security/2025/</span><span class="invisible">04/microsoft-is-putting-privacy-endangering-recall-back-into-windows-11/</span></a></p>
Yeray ✏️ ✂️ 🎲<p>El movimiento <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/BDS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BDS</span></a> llama al boicot de los videojuegos desarrollados o publicados por <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> en respuesta a sus contratos millonarios con el ejército israelí. BDS anima a quien quiera protestar por la implicación de MS en el genocidio palestino a dar de baja <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/GamePass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GamePass</span></a> y no comprar ni promocionar juegos de <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Xbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Xbox</span></a></p><p>¿Y la prensa especializada? Aquí un texto interesante desde Aftermath: <a href="https://aftermath.site/microsoft-bds-games-journalism" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">aftermath.site/microsoft-bds-g</span><span class="invisible">ames-journalism</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/PerdonPorLosJastag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PerdonPorLosJastag</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/EsParaQueSeVea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EsParaQueSeVea</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Besitos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Besitos</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Jastag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jastag</span></a></p>
AJ Sadauskas<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://urbanists.social/@cwicseolfor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>cwicseolfor</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.party/@hakfoo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>hakfoo</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://sauropods.win/@futurebird" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>futurebird</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@lnlyisol" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>lnlyisol</span></a></span> There was also the politics of it.<br><br>For a long time, Silicon Valley positioned itself as being the enlightened, socially-conscious, pro-freedom, pro-consumer alternative disrupting established cartels and vested interests.<br><br>Instead of believing what the old media barons tell you about the War in Iraq and Saddam's WMDs, our platforms let anyone be a publisher!<br><br>Instead of the RIAA's boy bands and lip syncing pop idols, we allow talented independent artists to be heard!<br><br>Instead of IBM, and later Microsoft, having a monopoly, buy our products instead! Think different! Don't be evil! It just works!<br><br>And then once everyone was locked into the walled gardens, the enshittification began.<br><br>Now.<br><br>What we really should have collectively been insisting on was a genuinely enlightened, socially-conscious, pro-freedom, pro-consumer alternative.<br><br>Member-owned, community-run non-profits. Creating open source software, based on open standards and protocols.<br><br>Where you own, and are free to repair, and are free to tweak or upgrade, your hardware. Which comes pre-installed with open source software from member-owned non-profits.<br><br>The Wikipedia/Wikimedia Foundation model works for encyclopaedias. So let's do that for search too.<br><br>And let's not leave the design of tech to just the computer science majors and MBAs. Let's get some social science and humanities folks in that design process too.<br><br>We can still do it.<br><br>But we need to start by recognising that tech, and who owns it, and who designs it, and who makes decisions about it, is a political issue.<br><br>We, the people, need to make those decisions. Not just the billionaire VCs and CEOs.<br><br><a href="https://gts.sadauskas.id.au/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://gts.sadauskas.id.au/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://gts.sadauskas.id.au/tags/enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enshittification</span></a> <a href="https://gts.sadauskas.id.au/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://gts.sadauskas.id.au/tags/openstandards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenStandards</span></a> <a href="https://gts.sadauskas.id.au/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://gts.sadauskas.id.au/tags/wikimedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wikimedia</span></a> <a href="https://gts.sadauskas.id.au/tags/degoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deGoogle</span></a> <a href="https://gts.sadauskas.id.au/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> <a href="https://gts.sadauskas.id.au/tags/meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a> <a href="https://gts.sadauskas.id.au/tags/facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Facebook</span></a> <a href="https://gts.sadauskas.id.au/tags/apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a> <a href="https://gts.sadauskas.id.au/tags/microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/@ai6yr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ai6yr</span></a></span> and guess what: <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> caused this issue by mandating <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CensorBoot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CensorBoot</span></a> via <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TPM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TPM</span></a> 2.0 for no valid reason.</p><ul><li>This <em>is</em> an <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EnvoirmentalCrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvoirmentalCrime</span></a> and they should be forced to undo the <em>harm caused</em>!</li></ul>
Ein Philosophiker<p>Falls <a href="https://social.saarland/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> den Schalter kippt, läuft in diesem Land literally *nichts* mehr. Wir sind komplett erpressbar. <a href="https://social.saarland/tags/JustSaying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JustSaying</span></a></p>
AI6YR Ben<p>I know it's a big lift, but if you're running Windows 10, it's a great time to try out a desktop version of Linux... because you're going to have to replace that machine anyway (or risk it being another machine on some hacker's massive DDoS-for-hire farm). Alternately, it's an opportunity for those of us who are not handcuffed by Microsoft to pick up free, highly capable machines for free 😉 (and load them with Linux).</p><p>Microsoft still has a massive Windows 10 problem - and there's no easy way out</p><p>"...Hundreds of millions of PCs will be running Windows 10 when the end-of-support date rolls around. Yikes...most Windows 10 editions -- Home, Pro, Pro Workstation, Enterprise, and Education -- will reach their end-of-support date on Oct. 14, 2025...."</p><p><a href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-still-has-a-massive-windows-10-problem-and-theres-no-easy-way-out/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">zdnet.com/article/microsoft-st</span><span class="invisible">ill-has-a-massive-windows-10-problem-and-theres-no-easy-way-out/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Windows</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a></p>
NDR<p>Viele Firmen in Deutschland setzen bislang auf die Technologie großer US-Anbieter wie Microsoft, Google und Amazon. </p><p>Laut einer Umfrage des Digitalverbandes Bitkom sind mehr als 80 Prozent der deutschen Unternehmen abhängig von US-Technologie. </p><p>In so manchem Unternehmen findet aber ein Umdenken statt.</p><p>📝▶️ <a href="https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/info/Wie-der-Abschied-von-Microsoft-und-Co-gelingen-kann,opensource102.html?at_medium=mastodon&amp;at_campaign=NDR.de" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ndr.de/nachrichten/info/Wie-de</span><span class="invisible">r-Abschied-von-Microsoft-und-Co-gelingen-kann,opensource102.html?at_medium=mastodon&amp;at_campaign=NDR.de</span></a></p><p><a href="https://ard.social/tags/microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://ard.social/tags/deutschland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deutschland</span></a> <a href="https://ard.social/tags/ndr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ndr</span></a> <a href="https://ard.social/tags/ndrinfo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ndrinfo</span></a></p>
your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦<p>so JD Vance basically told the EU, he &amp; Trump will destroy <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NATO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NATO</span></a> and sic <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nuclear</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bombs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bombs</span></a> on them, if the union won’t let <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Facebook</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Alphabet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alphabet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Twitter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Xitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Xitter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a> and the Silicon Valley fascistocracy, traffic Europeans digitally and rob them of their lives &amp; livelyhoods.<br><a href="https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo/post/3lmwippl2ac2w" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app</span><span class="invisible">/profile/did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo/post/3lmwippl2ac2w</span></a></p><p>because let me be clear: they aren't trafficking our "data". they are trafficking us. </p><p>turning humans into tradeable assets is a cornerstone of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slavery</span></a></p>
zenphi<p>What’s Slowing Down AI Workflow Automation? How To Address 6 Real Challenges Teams Are Facing in 2025<br> <br>Our respondents highlight 6 main challenges teams are likely to face in 2025. Practical tips on how to address them. Read here - <a href="https://zenphi.com/ai-workflow-automation-challenges-this-year/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">zenphi.com/ai-workflow-automat</span><span class="invisible">ion-challenges-this-year/</span></a><br> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/aiworkflowautomation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aiworkflowautomation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/aiprocessautomation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aiprocessautomation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/googleworkspace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>googleworkspace</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/automation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>automation</span></a></p>
AlexanderVI<p>My Win10 PC is months from the end of Win10 support and I don't know that I'm really keen on keeping up the <a href="https://stranger.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> thing. </p><p>I fear I am in for a lot of tearing my hair out attempting <a href="https://stranger.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a>. </p><p>Watch this space for lots of very dumb questions, the answers to which I am unlikely to be able to understand.</p>
Jérôme Herbinet - FLOSS sower<p>💡 It's time for Microsoft Windows users to understand that GNU/#Linux : <br>➡️ contains no spyware, telemetry, bloatware, advertising or <a href="https://pouet.chapril.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a><br>➡️ does not force users to register for an online account<br>➡️ is much easier to update<br>➡️ is safe and efficient "by design"<br>➡️ is not subject to programmed obsolescence<br>➡️ doesn't slow down over time<br>➡️ looks beautiful!<br>#️⃣ <a href="https://pouet.chapril.org/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://pouet.chapril.org/tags/Windows10" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Windows10</span></a> <a href="https://pouet.chapril.org/tags/Windows11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Windows11</span></a> <a href="https://pouet.chapril.org/tags/GAFAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GAFAM</span></a> <a href="https://pouet.chapril.org/tags/LogicielsLibres" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LogicielsLibres</span></a> <a href="https://pouet.chapril.org/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://pouet.chapril.org/tags/FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSoftware</span></a> <a href="https://pouet.chapril.org/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://pouet.chapril.org/tags/FLOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FLOSS</span></a> <a href="https://pouet.chapril.org/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://pouet.chapril.org/tags/LinuxMint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LinuxMint</span></a> <a href="https://pouet.chapril.org/tags/IA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IA</span></a> <a href="https://pouet.chapril.org/tags/artificialintelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>artificialintelligence</span></a></p>
Kit 🔻<p>Soooo what can you do once you've decided that you're going to do all you can to stop genocide in Palestine? Ibraheem suggests: </p><p>1) Organize</p><p>"You must join the other workers who are raising their voices against their employer for their support of this genocide."</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/TechWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechWorkers</span></a></p>
Kit 🔻<p>Where lies complicity? Ibraheem:</p><p>"You can try and convince yourself, like I did for some time, that the piece of code you’re writing is so far removed from the contract that you aren’t actually doing any harm. (...) But what would you say about a janitor who sweeps the floors of a bomb factory? What about the person who cleans the bathrooms at Lockheed Martin? Would you not say any job at a weapons manufacturer is supporting it?"</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a></p>
Gina<p>Does anyone know what the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>foss</span></a> answer will be for Microsoft Copilot? Like a personal GPT, but less integrated?</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/mscopilot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mscopilot</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a></p>
Bri | 🚴📦💨✨ | 🏳️‍🌈<p>If you are an office worker of any kind please understand Copilot Recall for what it is: Microsoft wants a training dataset of _what your job looks like_ in order to _replace you_. The nepo baby your oligarch puts in charge will happily pay half your salary to Microsoft to get even most of your job done without you.</p><p>Wealth wants access to skill without giving the skilled access to wealth.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/@MrBerard/114320032919296961" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.acm.org/@MrBerard/114</span><span class="invisible">320032919296961</span></a></p><p><a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Copilot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Copilot</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Recall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Recall</span></a></p>
Paco Hope #resist<p>I don't know if anybody else is affected by <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> killing <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Skype" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Skype</span></a>, but I have a Skype number that I've used for like 15 years. I like it. A buddy of mine runs "<a href="https://www.tossabledigits.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TossableDigits</a>" and they can port that number out of Skype. I get get SMSs on it, do call forwarding or voicemail, and even use an API to make changes to how it behaves.</p><p>The other common use case for this is for people that want to give out disposable numbers. You can get a number, use it a while, then throw it away.</p><p>All based in the US, and they don't make any super special guarantees about privacy. So I'm not sure it's great if you want throwaway numbers for dubious purposes. But women who don't want to give out their real number to men they just met is a good use case. Or maybe even an on-call rota so that the on-call number is always the same, but forwards to whomever is on-call. APIs would let you do that automatically.</p><p>Just thought I'd share. I don't get any commissions or anything.</p>
DrALJONES<p>Interview: Microsoft fired two workers who protested the company’s ties to Israel’s assault on Gaza.</p><p>Leaked documents had revealed that Microsoft supplies the Israeli military with AI and cloud technology, as well as an Air Force unit known as the Ofek, to build “kill lists.”</p><p>Vaniya Agrawal, No Azure for Apartheid</p><p><a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2025/4/11/no_azure_for_apartheid" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">democracynow.org/2025/4/11/no_</span><span class="invisible">azure_for_apartheid</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/noazureforapartheid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>noazureforapartheid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GazaGenocideNotWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GazaGenocideNotWar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> .</p>
IT News<p>Microsoft is Killing Skype - and Refusing Refunds for Prepaid International Calls - Skype is shutting down after two decades on May 5th, notes the Washington Post. <br>B... - <a href="https://slashdot.org/story/25/04/12/027252/microsoft-is-killing-skype---and-refusing-refunds-for-prepaid-international-calls?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&amp;utm_medium=feed" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">slashdot.org/story/25/04/12/02</span><span class="invisible">7252/microsoft-is-killing-skype---and-refusing-refunds-for-prepaid-international-calls?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&amp;utm_medium=feed</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microsoft</span></a></p>
DrALJONES<p>Interview: Microsoft fired two workers who protested the company’s ties to Israel’s assault on Gaza.</p><p>Leaked documents had revealed that Microsoft supplies the Israeli military with AI and cloud technology, as well as an Air Force unit known as the Ofek, to build “kill lists.”</p><p>Vaniya Agrawal, No Azure for Apartheid</p><p><a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2025/4/11/no_azure_for_apartheid" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">democracynow.org/2025/4/11/no_</span><span class="invisible">azure_for_apartheid</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/noazureforapartheid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>noazureforapartheid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GazaGenocideNotWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GazaGenocideNotWar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> .</p>