Simonetta Vezzoso
@wavesblog.bsky.social
https://competitionwave.blogspot.com/ (daily reading list and more)
And in Europe, we really swallowed all that nonsense without blinking...How many Conferences did we sit through on the Sharing Economy, on Disruptive Innovation?
"Ms. Borsook proposes a Silicon Valley Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
She imagines...confessions from the men who came up with the labels “sharing economy,” “disruptive innovation” and “thought leader.” The proceedings would, at the least, clear the air and provide greater understanding"
She imagines...confessions from the men who came up with the labels “sharing economy,” “disruptive innovation” and “thought leader.” The proceedings would, at the least, clear the air and provide greater understanding"
It happened! The @nytimes.com profiled Paulina!
The Writer Who Dared Criticize Silicon Valley
Paulina Borsook’s “Cyberselfish,” which offered dire predictions about the tech world’s love for libertarianism, is finding fans. It only took 25 years.
Gift Link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/t...
The Writer Who Dared Criticize Silicon Valley
Paulina Borsook’s “Cyberselfish,” which offered dire predictions about the tech world’s love for libertarianism, is finding fans. It only took 25 years.
Gift Link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/t...
November 27, 2025 at 9:35 PM
And in Europe, we really swallowed all that nonsense without blinking...How many Conferences did we sit through on the Sharing Economy, on Disruptive Innovation?
"D’ailleurs l’Autorité nous a même reprochés de ne pas avoir jeté l’éponge" 😳 www.linkedin.com/posts/olivie...
« Un signal extrêmement négatif » : la justice française déboute le moteur de recherche Qwant dans son litige avec Microsoft | Olivier ABECASSIS🎗️
🍿 Il aura donc fallu plus d’un an pour que l’Autorité de la concurrence décide de rejeter notre plainte contre Microsoft car (spoiler alert) « Google détient une position ultradominante » (sic). 🍿
🚧...
www.linkedin.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:03 PM
"D’ailleurs l’Autorité nous a même reprochés de ne pas avoir jeté l’éponge" 😳 www.linkedin.com/posts/olivie...
"Ms. Borsook proposes a Silicon Valley Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
She imagines...confessions from the men who came up with the labels “sharing economy,” “disruptive innovation” and “thought leader.” The proceedings would, at the least, clear the air and provide greater understanding"
She imagines...confessions from the men who came up with the labels “sharing economy,” “disruptive innovation” and “thought leader.” The proceedings would, at the least, clear the air and provide greater understanding"
It happened! The @nytimes.com profiled Paulina!
The Writer Who Dared Criticize Silicon Valley
Paulina Borsook’s “Cyberselfish,” which offered dire predictions about the tech world’s love for libertarianism, is finding fans. It only took 25 years.
Gift Link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/t...
The Writer Who Dared Criticize Silicon Valley
Paulina Borsook’s “Cyberselfish,” which offered dire predictions about the tech world’s love for libertarianism, is finding fans. It only took 25 years.
Gift Link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/t...
November 27, 2025 at 6:48 PM
"Ms. Borsook proposes a Silicon Valley Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
She imagines...confessions from the men who came up with the labels “sharing economy,” “disruptive innovation” and “thought leader.” The proceedings would, at the least, clear the air and provide greater understanding"
She imagines...confessions from the men who came up with the labels “sharing economy,” “disruptive innovation” and “thought leader.” The proceedings would, at the least, clear the air and provide greater understanding"
"Da haben wir ihnen quasi das fertige Paper geschickt und darauf hingewiesen, dass es bereits für eine Konferenz akzeptiert wurde und dass wir es bald online stellen. Plötzlich wollte Meta am nächsten Tag einen Call" 🙈
Forscher*innen aus Österreich entdeckten die freie Verfügbarkeit von 3,5 Milliarden WhatsApp-Profilen. Wie es zu dem spektakulären Fund kam und wie Meta auf ihre Warnung reagierte, erzählt Aljosha Judmayer, Co-Autor der Studie zum Datenleck.
netzpolitik.org/2025/whatsap...
netzpolitik.org/2025/whatsap...
WhatsApp: Von Emojis zum Mega-Datenleck
Forscher*innen aus Österreich entdeckten die freie Verfügbarkeit von 3,5 Milliarden WhatsApp-Profilen. Wie es zu dem spektakulären Fund kam und wie Meta auf ihre Warnung reagierte, erzählt Aljosha Jud...
netzpolitik.org
November 27, 2025 at 5:53 PM
"Da haben wir ihnen quasi das fertige Paper geschickt und darauf hingewiesen, dass es bereits für eine Konferenz akzeptiert wurde und dass wir es bald online stellen. Plötzlich wollte Meta am nächsten Tag einen Call" 🙈
Reposted by Simonetta Vezzoso
It happened! The @nytimes.com profiled Paulina!
The Writer Who Dared Criticize Silicon Valley
Paulina Borsook’s “Cyberselfish,” which offered dire predictions about the tech world’s love for libertarianism, is finding fans. It only took 25 years.
Gift Link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/t...
The Writer Who Dared Criticize Silicon Valley
Paulina Borsook’s “Cyberselfish,” which offered dire predictions about the tech world’s love for libertarianism, is finding fans. It only took 25 years.
Gift Link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/t...
November 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
It happened! The @nytimes.com profiled Paulina!
The Writer Who Dared Criticize Silicon Valley
Paulina Borsook’s “Cyberselfish,” which offered dire predictions about the tech world’s love for libertarianism, is finding fans. It only took 25 years.
Gift Link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/t...
The Writer Who Dared Criticize Silicon Valley
Paulina Borsook’s “Cyberselfish,” which offered dire predictions about the tech world’s love for libertarianism, is finding fans. It only took 25 years.
Gift Link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/t...
Microsoft, OpenAI and Booking comment on European digital sovereignty and competitiveness......
"Charting a European Path to Competitiveness” www.youtube.com/live/S2V0goW... 🥨
Charting a European Path to Competitiveness
YouTube video by CERRE Think Tank
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Microsoft, OpenAI and Booking comment on European digital sovereignty and competitiveness......
"Charting a European Path to Competitiveness” www.youtube.com/live/S2V0goW... 🥨
Charting a European Path to Competitiveness
YouTube video by CERRE Think Tank
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
"Charting a European Path to Competitiveness” www.youtube.com/live/S2V0goW... 🥨
"The Trump administration often uses the term “sovereignty” to describe its efforts to get other countries to allow in fewer foreign citizens and harden their borders — even as it tries to impose policies on sovereign nations" www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
U.S. to Press Europe and Other Allies on ‘Mass Migration,’ Document Says
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:43 PM
"The Trump administration often uses the term “sovereignty” to describe its efforts to get other countries to allow in fewer foreign citizens and harden their borders — even as it tries to impose policies on sovereign nations" www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
"Dealmakers say several of the high-profile tie-ups proposed or announced likely wouldn’t have been attempted under the prior administration" www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Corporate Dealmaking Is Getting Bigger and Bolder Under Trump
A more lax approach to merger enforcement has led to fewer challenges, with companies more willing to pursue deals that combine direct competitors.
www.wsj.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:13 PM
"Dealmakers say several of the high-profile tie-ups proposed or announced likely wouldn’t have been attempted under the prior administration" www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
"Selon Qwant, Microsoft avait recours à des pratiques d’exclusivité et de ventes liées, restreignait sa capacité à développer un modèle d’intelligence artificielle et la discriminait dans l’accès à l’offre de publicité en ligne liée aux recherches" 👀
L’Autorité rejette la saisine au fond et la demande de mesures conservatoires de @qwant.bsky.social à l’encontre de @microsoft.com à qui elle reprochait d’abuser de sa position dominante & de la maintenir dans une situation de dépendance économique. www.autoritedelaconcurrence.fr/fr/communiqu...
November 27, 2025 at 10:17 AM
"Selon Qwant, Microsoft avait recours à des pratiques d’exclusivité et de ventes liées, restreignait sa capacité à développer un modèle d’intelligence artificielle et la discriminait dans l’accès à l’offre de publicité en ligne liée aux recherches" 👀
"Asked why she had made such a strong statement, Ribera answered that Lutnick’s remarks were “a direct attack against the DMA.” She added: “It is under my responsibility to defend a well-functioning digital market in Europe.”" www.politico.eu/article/top-...
Top EU official accuses US of ‘blackmail’ in trade talks
Renewed U.S. pressure for the EU to recalibrate its digital rules is unacceptable, says Teresa Ribera.
www.politico.eu
November 27, 2025 at 9:16 AM
"Asked why she had made such a strong statement, Ribera answered that Lutnick’s remarks were “a direct attack against the DMA.” She added: “It is under my responsibility to defend a well-functioning digital market in Europe.”" www.politico.eu/article/top-...
As seen today at Termini station 👇🏽
November 27, 2025 at 7:54 AM
As seen today at Termini station 👇🏽
At any rate, we'll discuss this topic today in snowy Trento ❄️
This 👇 should be *the* topic this December in snowy (?) Paris. Still waiting from contributions from the US, EU, and, especially, Italy?
November 27, 2025 at 7:47 AM
At any rate, we'll discuss this topic today in snowy Trento ❄️
This 👇 should be *the* topic this December in snowy (?) Paris. Still waiting from contributions from the US, EU, and, especially, Italy?
November 27, 2025 at 7:31 AM
This 👇 should be *the* topic this December in snowy (?) Paris. Still waiting from contributions from the US, EU, and, especially, Italy?
"France supports the regulation or promotion of certain practices either by extending, to the cloud sector, the scope of obligations or prohibitions set out in the DMA...or by creating new obligations through legislative acts within the regulation..." indeed! one.oecd.org/document/DAF...
one.oecd.org
November 27, 2025 at 7:18 AM
"France supports the regulation or promotion of certain practices either by extending, to the cloud sector, the scope of obligations or prohibitions set out in the DMA...or by creating new obligations through legislative acts within the regulation..." indeed! one.oecd.org/document/DAF...
Reposted by Simonetta Vezzoso
🚨NEWS: A tech giant has filed a lawsuit asking federal courts to grant artificial intelligence algorithms a First Amendment right for to help landlords raise rent prices.
What stage of capitalism is this?
What stage of capitalism is this?
Tech Giant Says AI Has A First Amendment Right To Raise Your Rent
Fresh off a Trump settlement, RealPage is trying to overturn New York’s anti-rent-gouging law.
www.levernews.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:46 PM
🚨NEWS: A tech giant has filed a lawsuit asking federal courts to grant artificial intelligence algorithms a First Amendment right for to help landlords raise rent prices.
What stage of capitalism is this?
What stage of capitalism is this?
Reposted by Simonetta Vezzoso
"Imagine you stole all of the intellectual property in the world. And you're using it to help people write middling emails and make revenge porn about women, and also children. And you're powering this plagiarism and non-consensual porn machine by eating up what's left of humanity's carbon budget."
How to explain AI to your family this holiday season | CNN Business
Politics, football and movies are among the many topics that tend to come up around Thanksgiving. In 2025, a new question may arise at the table: Why the heck is everyone talking about AI, and what sh...
www.cnn.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:04 AM
"Imagine you stole all of the intellectual property in the world. And you're using it to help people write middling emails and make revenge porn about women, and also children. And you're powering this plagiarism and non-consensual porn machine by eating up what's left of humanity's carbon budget."
Reposted by Simonetta Vezzoso
SHOTS FIRED, 2 National Guard, downtown DC, just now. At least one dead. Near Farragut metro.
November 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
SHOTS FIRED, 2 National Guard, downtown DC, just now. At least one dead. Near Farragut metro.
Made by Trento University Students, to be discussed next Friday 🍿🍿🍿
November 26, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Made by Trento University Students, to be discussed next Friday 🍿🍿🍿
"Commission requests Shein to provide information on the sale of illegal products under the Digital Services Act" ✉️ oops digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/comm...
Pretty useless article, TBH: "The European Commission continues to send letters to American tech giants calling on them to comply with the Digital Services Act (DSA) and the Digital Markets Act (DMA)" they can and are doing much more than that...
Et tu, Wired?
Et tu, Wired?
The Trump administration's pressure on European regulators is having an impact, with fewer restrictions on Big Tech and canceled measures. www.wired.com/story/europe...
November 26, 2025 at 3:22 PM
"Commission requests Shein to provide information on the sale of illegal products under the Digital Services Act" ✉️ oops digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/comm...
"A settlement with algorithmic collusion facilitator RealPage allows it to keep allegedly ill-gotten profits and continue innovating to raise rents" prospect.org/2025/11/26/w...
The Wrist-Slappers Strike Again - The American Prospect
A settlement with algorithmic collusion facilitator RealPage allows it to keep allegedly ill-gotten profits and continue innovating to raise rents.
prospect.org
November 26, 2025 at 3:05 PM
"A settlement with algorithmic collusion facilitator RealPage allows it to keep allegedly ill-gotten profits and continue innovating to raise rents" prospect.org/2025/11/26/w...
"If America resembles the fall of Rome...Europe is reliving the slow death of Venice" Italy: proudly providing a whole palette of collapses for historians to choose from 😉
Read it (without that one sentence...) here: downloads.bbc.co.uk/radio4/reith...
downloads.bbc.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 2:35 PM
"If America resembles the fall of Rome...Europe is reliving the slow death of Venice" Italy: proudly providing a whole palette of collapses for historians to choose from 😉
"The Digital Clearinghouse gets to work" 29 May 2017 www.edps.europa.eu/press-public... "Where will these conversations take us? We shall see" in hindsight we know, Giovanni: nowhere - for now.
November 26, 2025 at 2:04 PM
"The Digital Clearinghouse gets to work" 29 May 2017 www.edps.europa.eu/press-public... "Where will these conversations take us? We shall see" in hindsight we know, Giovanni: nowhere - for now.
I was there when Giovanni Buttarelli proposed 1.0 - seriously, this time - or another waste of it? www.edps.europa.eu/data-protect...
Towards a Digital Clearinghouse 2.0
The digital regulatory landscape now extends beyond data protection, consumer protection and competition law. In response to rapid technological and regulatory developments, the EDPS invites you to di...
www.edps.europa.eu
November 26, 2025 at 10:35 AM
I was there when Giovanni Buttarelli proposed 1.0 - seriously, this time - or another waste of it? www.edps.europa.eu/data-protect...
"Meta’s new conduct appears to constitute, already prima facie, a possible violation of Article 102 TFEU, consisting in Meta’s refusal to allow AI chatbot or AI assistant providers—its competitors—to access the WhatsApp platform in order to offer such services to users"
Interim measures re Meta AI in sight? 🍿 www.agcm.it/media/comuni...
November 26, 2025 at 7:55 AM
"Meta’s new conduct appears to constitute, already prima facie, a possible violation of Article 102 TFEU, consisting in Meta’s refusal to allow AI chatbot or AI assistant providers—its competitors—to access the WhatsApp platform in order to offer such services to users"