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Google’s $15 Billion Finland AI Build Is Good News for Nvidia, With One Important Catch

Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is putting another $15 billion behind the AI infrastructure race. Reuters reported September 9 that…
#Finland #FI #Europe #Europa #EU #AlphabetInc #Datacenters #finland #google #googlenews #infrastructure #NVIDIACorporation #Suomi #uutiset
https://www.europesays.com/3246219/

From A.I. to Chips, Big Tech Is Getting What It Wants From Trump

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/technology/tech-trump.html

How Waymo Driverless Cars Could Change Los Angeles - Autonomous taxis have arrived in the nation’s second most populous city. Some Angelenos a... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/20/us/los-angeles-waymo-driver.html #driverlessandsemiautonomousvehicles #californiapublicutilitiescommission #trafficaccidentsandsafety #carservicesandliverycabs #losangeles(calif) #roadsandtraffic #laborandjobs #alphabetinc #waymo

Jan. 6 Committee Subpoenas Twitter, Meta, Alphabet and Reddit - The panel investigating the attack on the Capitol is demanding information from Alphabet,... - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/13/us/politics/jan-6-tech-subpoenas.html #stormingoftheuscapitol(jan2021) #presidentialelectionof2020 #rumorsandmisinformation #metaplatformsinc #thompsonbennieg #socialmedia #alphabetinc #youtube.com #facebookinc #redditinc #twitter

Music industry is suing youtube-dl hosters

The music industry is shifting up a gear and is now taking action against a German hosting provider. Three big labels are suing the provider Uberspace for hosting the website of the open source project youtube-dl. With the software, which is available on the code sharing platform Github, YouTube videos and music files can be downloaded without a web browser. According to the plaintiffs, this violates copyright law. ...

https://news.i-n24.com/lifestyle/news/253970.html

The article is unclear on this, but the lawsuit appears to by Sony Entertainment, Warner Music Group, and Universal Music, filed at the district court of Hamburg.

Time for Google to step up and declare whether it is for good, or has sided with the evil of copyright absolutists.

HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29924339

#YoutubeDL #MusicIndustry #Copyright #DefundCopyright #Hamburg #DRM #DigitalRestrictionsManagement #YouTube #Google #AlphabetInc

Labor Board Accuses Google Contractor of Violating Union Rights - The complaint says the contractor, HCL, refused to negotiate with the union and retaliated by ship... - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/08/business/google-nlrb-hcl-union.html #workplacehazardsandviolations #nationallaborrelationsboard #unitedsteelworkersofamerica #wagesandsalaries #hcltechnologies #organizedlabor #pittsburgh(pa) #laborandjobs #alphabetinc #googleinc