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Antonio Vieira Santos

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Volt Ireland 🇪🇺A Portuguese in Ireland. Co-Founder of AXSChat. Working for a European Tech Company.Inclusion and Accessibility, Workplace Collaboration, Future of Work. B2B Comms Expert. European Digital Mindset Award Winner.

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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 2h
Strolling down Grand Parade and crossed paths with the Big Fella. 🚲 Monument to Michael Collins right here in Cork City—a brilliant tribute captured in bronze at the very spot of his historic 1922 address. #Ireland
standing next to an old-fashioned bicycle on the Grand Parade in Cork. He is dressed in a long coat and hat, facing away from the camera. The pavement in the foreground features embedded stone markers with text, and the background shows historic buildings and a banner reading "PURECORK.IE".
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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 3h
Why is Microsoft pre installing a dangerous app like TikTok on Windows 11? www.windowslatest.com/2026/09/30/w...
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Windows 11 setup now offers to install TikTok and Netflix on your new PC
Windows 11's new Assisted Setup ends OOBE with an offer to install TikTok, Netflix and Spotify, plus a new Tips widget for the lock screen.
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Volt Europa @volteuropa.org · 25/09/2026
Europe's defence problem isn't money. It's the absence of a political centre of gravity. Volt MEP Reinier van Lanschot sets out six building blocks for a European pillar within NATO. 🇪🇺 Read the blueprint: volteuropa.org/news/a-bluep...
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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 27/09/2026
Snowflake is teaming up with STACKIT to enhance EU data sovereignty. This integration ensures robust encryption, compliance, and operational independence for organizations, all within Europe's stringent regulatory framework. #DataSovereignty #CloudComputing www.snowflake.com/en/blog/snow...
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Snowflake Integrates with STACKIT for EU Data Sovereignty
The integration of Snowflake with STACKIT brings sovereign data and AI to Germany's regulated industries.
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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 26/09/2026
3 years as a judge for the Irish Green Transformation Awards, and the 2026 finalists have been announced. It’s fascinating to see how organisations across Ireland are turning ambition into action. Congrats to all the finalists. #Ireland #Sustainability www.linkedin.com/posts/antoni...
Antonio Santos sits at a wooden table working on a laptop, with a coffee cup in front of him. The image includes illustrations of a light bulb, circular arrows with the Irish flag, and a retro computer, symbolising ideas, green transformation, Ireland and technology.
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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 26/09/2026
The sudden collapse of the Ovom Care fertility clinic in Cascais, Portugal, leaves hundreds of patients stranded mid-treatment and facing severe financial losses. This crisis underscores the significant risks when essential reproductive healthcare is driven by venture capital models.
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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 26/09/2026
🇧🇷 Brazilian President Lula has signed a decree to completely ban all online gambling and sports betting just over a week before the presidential election. Users have until October 5 to withdraw funds before apps are blocked. Huge implications for a multi-billion dollar market! 🛑💸👏👏👏
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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 26/09/2026
TikTok has settled with Alabama over social media addiction claims, agreeing to pay at least $100M, with potential to reach $300M based on conditions. This marks a significant move in addressing concerns about the platform's impact on teens. 📱💰 #SocialMedia www.techmeme.com/260925/p23#a...
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TikTok reaches a settlement with Alabama over social media addiction claims; Alabama will receive at least $100M, and up to $300M if certain conditions are met
By Gnaneshwar Rajan / Reuters. View the full context on Techmeme.
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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 25/09/2026
Former US intelligence chief Avril Haines: ‘Trump trusts his gut more than the expertise’ giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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Former US intelligence chief Avril Haines: ‘Trump trusts his gut more than the expertise’
The security expert on the chances of a Trump-Xi deal on Taiwan, her interactions with President Biden — and why a third world war is a ‘plausible scenario’
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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 25/09/2026
Irish women aged 55 to 65: 62.9% labour force participation. Men the same age: 78.0%. Wider gap than the European average. I checked how Ireland compares to Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden. www.linkedin.com/pulse/irelan...
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Ireland's "later-career leak": what Balance for Better Business's September report says, and how it compares across Europe
Balance for Better Business data on why Irish women leave work after 50, and how the gap compares across Europe.
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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 25/09/2026
Pomp prevails over substance as Donald Trump hosts Xi Jinping giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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Pomp prevails over substance as Donald Trump hosts Xi Jinping
Fanfare masks some of the US president’s own troubles, including his war in Iran and plummeting domestic popularity
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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 24/09/2026
A clip from one my podcasts. Most apps hide what they know about you. Lumin shows you the list, lets you change it, and gives you control over your data. What should an app remember about you? #Privacy #DataOwnership #ProductDesign #Disability
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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 24/09/2026
Greece proposes European Spectrum Union to raise billions for EU budget from 6G mobile - www.reuters.com/business/gre...
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Greece proposes European Spectrum Union to raise billions for EU budget from 6G mobile
Greece has proposed that European Union states should create a European Spectrum Union which could use some of the funds raised by future ​national sales of 6G mobile spectrum for technology investmen...
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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 24/09/2026
🚨 Breaking: Schneider Electric is close to acquiring Bulgaria's Shelly Group, a smart home device maker, for €1.27B (excluding debt). This move could significantly enhance Schneider's smart home portfolio. Stay tuned for updates! #SmartHome #TechNews www.techmeme.com/260924/p4#a2...
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Sources: Schneider Electric is nearing a deal to acquire Bulgaria-based smart home device maker Shelly Group at a €1.27B valuation, excluding debt
From Bloomberg. View the full context on Techmeme.
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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 24/09/2026
Tower Semiconductor, an Israeli foundry, is investing $4B to establish its largest production hub for optical communications chips in Japan. This move highlights the growing importance of optical tech in the semiconductor industry! 🇮🇱🇯🇵 #TechNews #Semiconductors www.techmeme.com/260924/p7#a2...
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Israeli foundry Tower Semiconductor says it will set up its largest production hub for optical communications chips in Japan as part of a planned $4B investment
By Shuhei Ochiai / Nikkei Asia. View the full context on Techmeme.
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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 24/09/2026
The nonsense of trying to get people to the office continues, and people continue to ignore it. Around 9,000 civil servants working in core Scottish Government directorates were told to spend at least 40% of their time in the office from October last year. #FutureOfWork
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The question Scottish Government couldn't answer on civil service home working
Scottish ministers remain unable to enforce office attendance targets as Ivan McKee insists trade unions will not control hybrid working policy.
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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 23/09/2026
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill moves to ban alcohol discounts linked to supermarket loyalty cards. I don’t drink alcohol, but I feel that the Irish government is very agile to regulate small things and slow to regulate what matters. www.independent.ie/business/iri...
independent.ie
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill moves to ban alcohol discounts linked to supermarket loyalty cards
New regulation closes a loophole in the Public Health (Alcohol) Act exploited by grocery shops and off-licences
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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 23/09/2026
DeepSeek has unveiled its innovative method for training AI agents at scale, managing 3M sandboxes daily! The paper highlights the challenges of agent execution and emphasizes the need for enhanced observability. Europe mandates regulatory sandboxes by 2027. #AI #DeepSeek #TechNews
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DeepSeek publishes its method for training AI agents at scale
DeepSeek's paper on training AI agents calls their execution untrustworthy and runs 380,000 sandboxes at once. Europe's own sandboxes arrive in 2027.
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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 23/09/2026
A new research revises bat family phylogeny and biogeography using reference genomes and fossils! This study sheds light on bat evolution, adaptations, and their role in ecosystems. Check out the findings in the latest issue of Nature! #Bats #Evolution #NatureScience www.nature.com/articles/s41...
An infographic titled "BAT 1K Phase 1: 21 Families, 103 Chromosome-level genomes" featuring a central circular diagram surrounded by illustrations of various bat families, with lines connecting them to different segments representing genomic data, echolocation types, and diets
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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 23/09/2026
The US criticizes Australia's digital duty-of-care proposal, which has a provision that would require social media platforms to let users opt out of algorithms www.techmeme.com/260923/p3#a2...
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The US criticizes Australia's digital duty-of-care proposal, which has a provision that would require social media platforms to let users opt out of algorithms
By Angus Whitley / Bloomberg. View the full context on Techmeme.
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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 23/09/2026
Inside Google’s $200bn Wall Street finance machine for Anthropic giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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Inside Google’s $200bn Wall Street finance machine for Anthropic
Private credit, chip leases and data centre guarantees underpin a vast new model for AI spending
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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 23/09/2026
China reviews dependence on Broadcom switches in data centres giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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China reviews dependence on Broadcom switches in data centres
Survey comes amid drive to boost domestic players and reduce reliance on foreign AI infrastructure
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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 23/09/2026
California lawmakers look to curb use of ‘emotional AI’ at work The new measure would ban bosses from using AI to assess or predict employee mood or emotions. #FutureOfWork www.hr-brew.com/stories/cali...
hr-brew.com
California lawmakers look to curb use of ‘emotional AI’ at work
The new measure would ban bosses from using AI to assess or predict employee mood or emotions.
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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 23/09/2026
TikTok is facing scrutiny at the Irish Parliament over car theft videos, yet their playbook relies on deflecting algorithm responsibility and insisting they're just "one part of a wider picture." When dangerous, illegal trends get amplified for views, that should be considered criminal.
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TikTok will insist it is ‘only one part of a wider picture’ as bosses face questions from TDs over car-theft videos
Social media giant initially refused invitation to appear before Oireachtas Media Committee
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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 22/09/2026
Microsoft is on its third Chief Accessibility Officer, and that is the interesting part antoniovieirasantos.substack.com/p/microsoft-...
Screenshot of a Substack post from antonievieirasantos.substack.com titled "Microsoft is on its third Chief Accessibility Officer, and that is the interesting part," written by António Vieira Santos and dated September 22, 2026. The subtitle reads, "Why corporate longevity matters in accessibility, what happens when leaders leave, and the hard questions facing enterprise tech in the age of AI." A circular portrait of the author appears above the title and next to the publication details.
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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 22/09/2026
HiBob, the Israeli HR tech company, has secured a record $166M investment led by Salesforce, boosting its valuation to $3.2B! This funding will help HiBob expand its Bob platform, enhancing workforce data management and AI integration. #HRTech #Investment www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/ar...
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Salesforce leads $166 million investment in HiBob, valuing Israeli HR tech company at $3.2 billion | CTech
The Bob developer says its platform can provide the workforce data, organizational context and permissions needed to deploy AI tools and agents inside companies.
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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 22/09/2026
The Irish state has announced that the country's three main mobile operators have agreed to a national roaming agreement for mission-critical communications used by first responders. #Ireland www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/iris...
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Irish gov't sets out national roaming agreement for Ireland's emergency services
eir, Three Ireland, and Vodafone have signed the agreement
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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 22/09/2026
Exciting news! Templo’s new visual identity for DeafCity Hub blends creative coding, British sign language, and motion capture, celebrating Deaf culture. This vibrant design animates their mission, showcasing the beauty of gestural communication. #DesignInnovation www.itsnicethat.com/articles/tem...
Against a solid magenta background, the word "Accessible" is written in a wavy line with each letter inside its own white circle outlined in orange. In the bottom right corner, there is a small photo of a woman with long curly dark hair wearing a black t-shirt and a necklace.
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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 22/09/2026
Meta blocked an ad in Spain promoting a theatre production about Virginia Woolf, classifying it as relating to “social issues.” When algorithms can mistake literature and feminist ideas for something that shouldn’t be advertised, we need to ask: who gets to decide what ideas are acceptable?
Editorial cartoon about Meta rejecting an advertisement for a theatre production about Virginia Woolf in Madrid. At the top, the Meta logo appears beside an “Ad rejected” notice stating that the advertisement relates to feminism, which is not allowed in Spain. A Spanish flag and theatre building appear in the background. On a large screen, a Virginia Woolf theatre poster is stamped “BANNED”. In the foreground, a woman writes in a notebook surrounded by books titled “Equality”, “Freedom”, “Women’s Rights” and “A Brighter Society”. A coffee mug asks, “Still dangerous ideas?”
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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 21/09/2026
Meta bans ads for Virginia Woolf play in Spain because they relate to feminism www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Meta bans ads for Virginia Woolf play in Spain because they relate to feminism
Theatre told that Facebook and Instagram filter out ads mentioning ‘social topics’ such as civil rights or feminism
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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 21/09/2026
Over €7m allocated for major regeneration project in Cork town www.independent.ie/county/cork/... #Ireland
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Over €7m allocated for major regeneration project in Cork town
€7.5m in funding has been allocated to the Mallow Town Hall Theatre Regeneration Project.
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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 21/09/2026
Google hit with €403m fine by Irish DPC for misuse of location data www.independent.ie/business/goo...
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Google hit with €403m fine by Irish DPC for misuse of location data
Latest penalty brings total fines by Irish watchdog to over €4.4bn
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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 21/09/2026
Two teens sent for trial over murder and robbery of Alex Coughlan after alleged Grindr meeting www.independent.ie/irish-news/c... #Ireland
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Two teens sent for trial over murder and robbery of Alex Coughlan after alleged Grindr meeting
Two teenagers have been sent forward for trial, accused of the robbery and murder of Alex Coughlan in Blanchardstown after he was contacted and befriended through the gay dating app Grindr.
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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 21/09/2026
Give Your Agents Superpowers: Jesse Vincent Live with Tim O’Reilly www.oreilly.com/live-events/...
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Give Your Agents Superpowers: Jesse Vincent Live with Tim O’Reilly
Tools and workflows for a world where people think and agents do
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WIRED @wired.com · 21/09/2026
You don’t need to listen to a three-hour podcast to find the manosphere; it’s right there in the conference room. 🔗 www.wired.com/story/women-...
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WIRED @wired.com · 21/09/2026
They were denied opportunities because men can “handle the pressure better.” Another popular trope is the man who only seems to hear a good idea when another man says it. www.wired.com/story/women-...
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We Surveyed 634 Women Who Work in Tech. They Let Loose
Executives happily automating their days with AI. New hires confronting bro culture. Women in tech have a lot to say—and they told it all to WIRED.
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WIRED @wired.com · 21/09/2026
WIRED asked 634 women what they really think about working in tech. They told us about harassment, bias, unequal treatment, and the everyday indignities that still shape life in the industry. 🔗 www.wired.com/story/women-...
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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 21/09/2026
HR Tech For The Four-Day Workweek And Outcome-Based Employment techrseries.com/featured/hr-...
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HR Tech For The Four-Day Workweek And Outcome-Based Employment
Hr tech platforms are enabling companies to manage distributed teams, automate administrative processes, and monitor workforce productivity without relying on traditional attendance-based systems.
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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 21/09/2026
When a return-to-office mandate is just about the boss’s narcissism thehill.com/opinion/tech...
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When a return-to-office mandate is just about the boss’s narcissism
New research on remote work resistance argues that some leaders do not simply prefer the office because collaboration is easier there — they prefer it because the office gives them an audience, a h…
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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 21/09/2026
One European company owns Evernote, Vimeo, WeTransfer, AOL, Eventbrite, Airtable, Meetup and Komoot, and it's buying Miro. Its name is Bending Spoons. More than 50 acquisitions so far. Did you know these all had the same owner? www.linkedin.com/posts/antoni...
Infographic with the Bending Spoons logo, titled "Selected acquisitions", subtitled "An Italian technology company that buys and rebuilds digital products." In the top right corner: "50+ acquisitions and counting". A grid of 20 company logos, each with the year it was acquired: Splice 2018, Remini 2021, Filmic Pro 2022, Evernote 2023, Meetup 2024, StreamYard 2024, Issuu 2024, WeTransfer 2024, Brightcove 2025, Harvest 2025, Komoot 2025, Loomly 2025, MileIQ 2025, Vimeo 2025, AOL 2026, Eventbrite 2026, Tractive 2026, Airtable 2026, Miro (announced, not yet completed) and Mosaic Group 2024. A label below the grid reads "+ many more (50+ in total)". The bottom of the image shows a photo of the Milan skyline with Milan Cathedral, and a footer reading "Milan, Italy. Italian roots. Global impact." In the bottom right corner, Antonio Vieira Santos smiles at the camera, next to the words "Technology, people, inclusion".
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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 20/09/2026
People have been saying quantum computing is '5 years away' since 2010. I heard it yet again last week from an academic at a tech conference here in Ireland. Sadly, time ran out before the Q&A, so she escaped my question! I worked for HPC company who said this a few times.
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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 20/09/2026
Meta is challenging the UK's media regulator, Ofcom, over the Online Safety Act, claiming the fees and duties imposed on WhatsApp and Instagram are flawed. This legal move reflects ongoing tensions between tech companies and regulatory efforts to enhance online safety. #OnlineSafetyAct #Meta
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Meta launches legal challenge against UK media regulator over Online Safety Act
Action against Ofcom comes as social media companies are being accused of using courts to slow down implementation
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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 20/09/2026
Germany's Carsten Breuer has been appointed as NATO's top military official, emphasizing the need for robust European defense against Russia. His leadership comes at a crucial time, highlighting the alliance's commitment to security in the region. #NATO #Defense
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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 17/09/2026
Meta to Ditch Google Chat for Slack, Citing AI Agent Capabilities. Google Chat is ineffective and fails to enhance collaboration. This decision is simply logical. finance.biggo.com/news/583f8ae...
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Meta to Ditch Google Chat for Slack, Citing AI Agent Capabilities — BigGo Finance
Meta Platforms plans to migrate its internal communications from Google Chat to Slack, according to a memo from AI chief Alexandr Wang, who said Slack…
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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 17/09/2026
My blog about our recent meeting in Cork, Ireland. What Happened When the Global Claude Community Landed in Cork, Ireland akwyz.medium.com/what-happene...
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What Happened When the Global Claude Community Landed in Cork, Ireland
Walking into Republic of Work on South Mall for the inaugural Cork Claude Meetup, organized by Dave O’Meara, there was a palpable sense of…
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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 16/09/2026
Dario Amodei joined Marc Benioff on stage at Dreamforce yesterday. When asked the opening question about the state of the AI industry, his answer took an unexpected pivot: what should you do when a competitor suffers a major safety failure? www.linkedin.com/posts/antoni...
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Dario Amodei joined Marc Benioff on stage at Dreamforce yesterday. When asked the opening question about the state of the AI industry, his answer took an unexpected pivot: what should you do when a… |...
Dario Amodei joined Marc Benioff on stage at Dreamforce yesterday. When asked the opening question about the state of the AI industry, his answer took an unexpected pivot: what should you do when a co...
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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 16/09/2026
Accessibility doesn't need its own mission statement. lnkd.in/p/eX9NGFvv
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Microsoft is on its third Chief Accessibility Officer, and that is the interesting part | Antonio Vieira Santos
"Accessibility doesn't need its own mission statement." Neil Barnett said that on AXSChat last week, and then explained why. Microsoft's mission is to help every person achieve more. If that is the...
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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 16/09/2026
A top London lawyer wants to create ‘the California of Europe’ in the Algarve. This won’t play well with locals. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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A top London lawyer wants to create ‘the California of Europe’ in the Algarve
Neel Sachdev helped take a wrecking ball to London’s legal market, to then rebuild it. Now his side hustle as a property developer is turning his attention to Portugal
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Antonio Vieira Santos @antonio.wsocial.eu · 15/09/2026
Salesforce Expands Artificial Intelligence Partnership With Siemens. press.siemens.com/global/en/pr...
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
There's always a new grift www.propublica.org/article/dona...
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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