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Karsten Lemm
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Business & Technology writer. Former Californian, now in Berlin. Details -> www.kalemm.com
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lemmk.bsky.social
Vive la France!

#TeamsEstMort #AdieuZoom

www.heise.de/en/news/Fran...
France replaces MS Teams and Zoom with its own video conferencing software
With Visio, France is introducing its open-source video conferencing for authorities. By 2027, 200,000 civil servants are to work independently of US providers.
www.heise.de
January 29, 2026 at 7:45 PM
lemmk.bsky.social
Let’s hope all #Apple managers responsible for this mess have already left the building.

Otherwise they deserve to be kicked out.

#CreatorStudio

www.heise.de/en/news/Crea...
Creator Studio: Apple confuses with duplicate apps
Pages, Numbers, and Keynote – as well as Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, and Co. – now available in multiple versions. Background to Creator Studio App Store chaos.
www.heise.de
January 29, 2026 at 7:43 PM
lemmk.bsky.social
Fear.
January 29, 2026 at 6:39 PM
lemmk.bsky.social
Investors getting jittery. Tech stocks down, gold and silver hitting new records.

What’s next? Bronze?

www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
Stock Market Today: Microsoft Leads Tech Selloff; Gold, Silver Hit New Records — Live Updates
Live updates on markets and the top finance, economics and business stories. Plus the latest on the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq.
www.wsj.com
January 29, 2026 at 5:59 PM
lemmk.bsky.social
U.S. trade deficit widened in November.

“Exports fell 3.6 percent… Imports rose 5 percent…”

That was *not* the idea behind Trump’s #tariffs, was it?

#economy #trade

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/b...
U.S. Trade Deficit Widens Despite Trump’s Tariffs
www.nytimes.com
January 29, 2026 at 5:57 PM
lemmk.bsky.social
I met Siri when it was still in beta. #Apple had early control of a key #AI service – and completely dropped the ball.

Classic corporate #mismanagement. Let’s see how this will go…
January 29, 2026 at 5:49 PM
lemmk.bsky.social
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atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h
Trump: "Coal doesn't mind very cold weather, right? You're not allowed to say the word 'coal' with preceding by saying 'clean, beautiful coal.' It's not affected by bad weather. The windmills are are frozen. You know that, right? They don't turn. The windmills aren't turning."
January 29, 2026 at 5:47 PM
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kairyssdal.bsky.social
The circularity continues…
carlquintanilla.bsky.social Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 6h
LAZARD'S ORSZAG nails it on @cnbc.com:

".. The US economy basically does look promising, but it looks promising because of A.I. and high-income consumers -- and the high-income consumers are spending because of the equity effects from A.I."
January 29, 2026 at 4:45 PM
lemmk.bsky.social
Nice free-trade partner you found there for yourself, #Europe.

First-rate ethics and morals.

#EU #India #Russia
January 29, 2026 at 4:46 PM
lemmk.bsky.social
“…the administration appears to believe ICE should be a law unto itself…”

#Trump #democracy #ICE

@economist.com gift link 🎁

www.economist.com/leaders/2026...
ICE’s impunity is a formula for more violence
Is America’s president building his own paramilitary militia?
www.economist.com
January 29, 2026 at 11:54 AM
lemmk.bsky.social
Silicon Valley “used to believe it could change the world. Now it just hopes the world won’t change its stock price.”

Brilliant mini essay by Om Malik (@om.co) re: Tim Cook, Apple, Melania, Trump, ethics, and the stock market.

om.co/2026/01/27/a...
A CEO, Captured.
I keep thinking about a line Lawrence Sanders wrote: a character asks whether money makes the world go round. The reply: “I do not believe it is money itself. After all, t…
om.co
January 29, 2026 at 11:30 AM
lemmk.bsky.social
“Apparently, using artificial intelligence to get people to click on more ads is somewhat easier than persuading office workers to turn their spreadsheets and PowerPoints over to chatbots.”

Apparently, we’re the architects of our misery

#Meta #AI #SurveillanceEconomy

www.wsj.com/tech/ai/meta...
Meta Overshadows Microsoft by Showing AI Payoff in Ad Business
The Facebook parent’s results highlight the advantages of its simpler, ad-focused business model.
www.wsj.com
January 29, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Reposted by Karsten Lemm
shashj.bsky.social
"The most disturbing possibility is that the president is creating a militia which answers only to himself ... Abroad, from El Salvador to the Philippines, would-be despots often turn the army and the police against their people in the name of keeping order." www.economist.com/leaders/2026...
ICE’s impunity is a formula for more violence
Is America’s president building his own paramilitary militia?
www.economist.com
January 29, 2026 at 10:43 AM
Reposted by Karsten Lemm
shashj.bsky.social
Our leader this week. "Recently, only 5% of those detained have been people convicted of violent crimes. Instead ICE’s brutal means indicate ends that are darker than immigration-control...ICE and its leaders are trampling the constitution." www.economist.com/leaders/2026...
ICE’s impunity is a formula for more violence
Is America’s president building his own paramilitary militia?
www.economist.com
January 29, 2026 at 10:42 AM
lemmk.bsky.social
Does anyone seriously believe a warning label for social media is going to make a difference?

Dumb regulation is worse than no regulation – because it provides fodder for libertarians.
techpolicypress.bsky.social Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 1d
Four American states have enacted laws requiring social media companies to place warning labels on their apps for minors, writes Gopal Ratnam, opening a new front in the battle between governments seeking to protect kids from online harms and tech companies’ seeking to expand their user base.
State Mandated Social Media Warning Labels Open New Front in Battle Against Tech Companies
Four American states have enacted laws requiring social media companies to place warning labels on their apps for kids, writes Gopal Ratnam.
buff.ly
January 28, 2026 at 6:08 PM
lemmk.bsky.social
You invent a currency, find enough believers for your cult, buy an asset that’s been valued for aeons… and hey presto: you’re rich! (For now.)

#Tether #crypto #bingo
financialtimes.com Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 1d
Tether's overall gold holdings are now worth about $24bn, making the stablecoin company one of the world's top holders, owning about as much bullion as Brazil's central bank. ft.trib.al/bCuTLoV
January 28, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Reposted by Karsten Lemm
spectrum.ieee.org
40 years ago today, the #Challenger space shuttle disaster resulted in the deaths of everyone on board. IEEE Spectrum's article on how that happened has been cited in both histories of the space program and in analyses of engineering risk management to this day. spectrum.ieee.org/the-space-sh...
January 28, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Reposted by Karsten Lemm
mxbernhard.bsky.social
New satellite imagery shows the creation of two massive camps for displaced people south of Gaza City with thousands of tents

(imagery by Vantor provided by European Space Imaging)
January 28, 2026 at 2:46 PM
lemmk.bsky.social
In case you thought things couldn’t get any more crazy:

“SpaceX weighs June IPO timed to planetary alignment and Elon Musk’s birthday”

www.ft.com/content/0ee3...
SpaceX weighs June IPO timed to planetary alignment and Elon Musk’s birthday
Celestial calendar meets high finance, as billionaire’s personal impulses shape plans to raise $50bn in record listing
www.ft.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:46 PM
lemmk.bsky.social
Sounds like #Amazon already spent money on #AI.

#layoffs
January 28, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Reposted by Karsten Lemm
carolecadwalla.bsky.social
NEW: Our investigation for @thenerve_news reveals not only that Peter Thiel’s Palantir is completely enmeshed in our critical national infrastructure.

It’s also the ‘cloud support’ for our nuclear weapons system 🤯
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www.thenerve.news/p/palantir-t...
January 28, 2026 at 11:32 AM
lemmk.bsky.social
Today’s terrible news for the planet…

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#ClimateCrisis
January 28, 2026 at 12:24 PM
lemmk.bsky.social
Anyone looking for a secure alternative to Zoom, Teams, Google Meet, take a look at OpenTalk:

opentalk.eu/en

Works in any browser, simple setup, privacy-first. Highly recommended.
January 28, 2026 at 9:53 AM
Reposted by Karsten Lemm
politico.eu
France will ban public officials from using American platforms including Google Meet, Zoom and Teams for videoconferencing, according to a spokesperson.
France to ban officials from US video tools including Zoom, Teams
The government wants staff to shun Silicon Valley and shift to its home-grown Visio platform instead.
www.politico.eu
January 27, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Reposted by Karsten Lemm
signal.org
Like many services, as Signal grows, it becomes a more appealing place for scammers to try and cause harm.

We've put together tips to help you protect yourself from phishing, scams, & impersonation attempts. Plus info about how Signal support communicates.

support.signal.org/hc/en-us/art...
Staying Safe from Phishing, Scams, and Impersonation
We provide a privacy-first, end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) messaging and calling platform designed so only you and your intended recipients can communicate securely. Even with strong encryption, attac...
support.signal.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:22 PM