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A 1963 internal memo from IBM chief executive Thomas Watson Jr. about the Control Data Corporation 6600, then the world's fastest computer, is being recirculated via the Computer History Museum's archive. In the memo Watson acknowledged IBM had lost the supercomputer lead to CDC and its designer Seymour Cray, urging employees to respond. Readers are revisiting it as a striking example of candid competitive assessment from a tech giant at the height of the mainframe era.
- 2Big tech accused of eroding user agency through surveillance services●“Big tech companies are hell-bent on taking away our agency and forcing us to use their surveillance-based services, app
A critique circulating online argues that major technology companies are deliberately stripping users of control by pushing surveillance-based apps, services and devices. The writer says resistance feels difficult and that many people give in and accept corporate walled gardens, but is urging readers not to surrender and to keep pushing back against data-driven business models.
- 3Thomas Watson Jr.'s 1963 memo on the CDC 6600 resurfaces●Watson Jr. memo about CDC 6600 (1963) https://www.computerhistory.org/revolution/supercomputers/10/33/62 # HackerNews #
A 1963 memo from IBM chief executive Thomas Watson Jr. about Control Data Corporation's CDC 6600 is drawing renewed attention via the Computer History Museum's archive. The document captures IBM's alarm at CDC's supercomputer, then the world's fastest machine, and Watson's candid internal assessment of the competitive threat it posed to IBM's dominance in computing.
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Companies in South Africa are preparing to deploy AI within private, in-house systems rather than relying on public platforms. The shift points to growing interest in keeping data and AI workloads under corporate control, reflecting a broader enterprise trend of prioritising security, privacy and customisation in AI adoption.
- 5Benefit One platform bug exposed data of 13,460 employees●Benefit One, a major Japanese employee benefits provider, says a survey download feature on its client platform gave one
Benefit One, a major Japanese employee benefits provider, disclosed that a survey download feature on its client platform leaked data belonging to 13,460 employees across 2,322 other organizations. The flaw let one client's administrator access names, employee numbers, dates of birth, departments and positions of workers at unrelated companies, prompting concern about access controls on Japanese benefits platforms.
- 6Calls grow for people-owned alternatives to tech giants●🧐 Keeping an eye on # tech giants because # PrivacyMatters “This is absolutely right․ Anything less than this approach i
Privacy advocates are arguing that technology should be built around people rather than controlled by a handful of billionaire-owned corporations. The argument, gaining traction in online tech circles, holds that it is possible to create human-centric, empowering platforms owned by users themselves, and that anything less is a substandard approach to digital rights.