#techcompanies — Public Fediverse posts

#SpaceDatacenters proposed by #Musk and #Bezos ‘catastrophic’ for planet, experts warn

New US petition demands review of plans from #TechCompanies amid fears of #EnvironmentalDestruction

Tom Perkins
Thu 23 Jul 2026

Excerpt: "The number of active #satellites in orbit has grown exponentially from about 1,400 in 2015 to about 15,000 currently. As many as 100,000 are expected to be in orbit within the decade, not including the #datacenter networks. As of now, the bulk of the satellites’ pollution is thought to come from #Starlink and Amazon’s '#MegaConstellations' that provide broadband internet made up of about 10,000 satellites.

"Spacecraft can cause problems on their way up and down. Launches emit a range of emissions like #BlackCarbon, #NitrogenOxides, #CarbonMonoxide, #AluminumOxide, #ChlorineGases and, once in orbit, #mercury. When satellites are decommissioned five to 15 years later, they release metals as they vaporize. That’s injecting #pollutants into previously pristine parts of the #stratosphere, a highly sensitive system, and there’s very little understanding of the consequences."

Read more:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jul/23/space-datacenters-bezos-blue-origin

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/A9F07

#ElonSucks #TechBros #BezosSucks #BigData #Datacenters #WorldPol #USPol #LEO #LowEarthOrbit #KesslerSyndrome #LightPollution

US says BYD, Baidu, Alibaba and other tech giants are aiding China’s military

http://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.rappler.com/technology/us-says-byd-baidu-alibaba-other-tech-giants-aiding-china-military/

Anthropic’s Olah says AI must be guided from outside Big Tech

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.rappler.com/technology/anthropic-christopher-olah-speech-artificial-intelligence-magnifica-humanitas/

Tuesday, August 26, 2025

Russia plans withdrawal from European Convention preventing torture — Ukraine has upgraded its Neptune missile — here’s what we know — Cyber partisans hack Russian TV, broadcast battlefield casualties and truth about war — How Russia targets, detains and kills Ukrainian officials in occupied regions … and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/08/tuesday-august-26-2025/

It's really trippy seeing all of these tech companies promoting hiring when months ago they were laying people off. How can you believe anyone would trust your leadership with their livelihood, now?

#tech #techcompany #techcompanies #layoffs2024 #layoffs #layoffs2023 #recruiting

#BCgovernment extended #InteractiveDigitalMedia #TaxCredit for another 5 years to lower #employment costs for #TechCompanies .
This tax credit is a #refundable tax credit equal to 17.5 percent of eligible 'salary & #wages in #BritishColumbia. This year’s extension, which is part of #BCBudget2023 will allow the program to operate until 2028 to continue #LoweringCosts for talent as the #TechSector conducts more #layoffs
https://betakit.com/bc-government-extends-tax-credit-for-digital-media-companies

#BCbusiness #BCeconomy #BCtech #TechIndustry #BCpoli