📢MUST READ @ceciliarikap.bsky.social's 'The Rulers' Meanwhile, here you have an excerpt featured by @opendemocracy.net AI as ‘bullshit innovation’: How corporations monopolise our imaginations www.opendemocracy.net/clouds-ai-am...

AI as ‘bullshit innovation’: How corporations monopolise our imaginations

Products like self-driving cars or humanoid robots are not meant to be sold or widely adopted by the public, but rather to position the corporation as a driving force of frontier technological change

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the best of summer non-fiction for Shortlist - including brilliant books by @mazzucatom.bsky.social @ceciliarikap.bsky.social @kojokoram.bsky.social @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social www.shortlist.com/books/10-new...

10 new non-fiction books everyone should read for Summer 2026

Cool down in the shade this summer with our top picks of new non-fic and memoirs

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On a new 💾 @techwontsave.us 💾 @ceciliarikap.bsky.social joins @parismarx.com to discuss how major tech companies operate and how they're systematically used to influence global politics, the economy and how society views the world. www.techwontsave.us/episode/339_...

How Cloud Giants Wield Their Power Against Us All w/ Cecilia Rikap - Tech Won’t Save Us

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Looking for a preview of my new book "The Rulers. Corporate Power in the Age of #AI and the #Cloud "? @opendemocracy.net has published an excerpt today on what I mean by AI as bullshi t Innovation Read it here: www.opendemocracy.net/clouds-ai-am...

AI as ‘bullshit innovation’: How corporations monopolise our imaginations

Products like self-driving cars or humanoid robots are not meant to be sold or widely adopted by the public, but rather to position the corporation as a driving force of frontier technological change

opendemocracy.net

Starting a new run of chapter-by-chapter summaries. Currently reading the fascinating The Rulers by @ceciliarikap.bsky.social from @versobooks.bsky.social . Today I’ll start with the introduction. 1/5

We can see many of the ways tech companies are affecting the way we live, but their power goes so much deeper. I was so happy to have @ceciliarikap.bsky.social back on the show to dig into it!

Tech Won’t Save Us@techwontsave.us · 6d ago

Cloud giants wield influence in so many ways that we don’t even consider — including shaping and capturing research. This week @ceciliarikap.bsky.social joins @parismarx.com to discuss how major tech companies shape society and why we need to push back. Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/339_...

Cloud giants wield influence in so many ways that we don’t even consider — including shaping and capturing research. This week @ceciliarikap.bsky.social joins @parismarx.com to discuss how major tech companies shape society and why we need to push back. Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/339_...

Just out, first book review of my latest book, "The Rulers. Corporate Power in the Age of AI and the Cloud" published by @versobooks.bsky.social Thanks @jacobinmag.bsky.social and @benwray1989.bsky.social !!! Review: jacobin.com/2026/07/amaz... Book: www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...

The Cloud Cartel Has Created a Global Rentier Economy

The US tech giants have achieved an unprecedented concentration of economic control, forcing other firms, American or not, to pay intellectual rents. These cloud hegemons are boosting US global power ...

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Jacobin@jacobinmag.bsky.social · 2w ago

Amazon, Google, and Microsoft own around 65 percent of the global public cloud market. Most companies and even states that have sought to bypass the cloud hegemons have given up due to the costs involved and the risks of falling behind technologically.

AI Is a Product of Humanity. Humanity Should Own AI My piece analysing @sanders.senate.gov 's #AI #sovereign wealth fund project is out at @jacobinmag.bsky.social Read it here: jacobin.com/2026/07/ai-b...

Our letter demanding the Eau's Irish presidency to recuse itself from digital and fiscal (tax) files is now out at the @financialtimes.com Check it out and help us disseminate it! giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Cecilia Rikap@ceciliarikap.bsky.social · 4w ago

Ireland's questionable track in tax and digital regulation has led us to demand the Irish EU presidency to recuse itself from related files. Signatories: @mazzucatom.bsky.social Shoshana Zuboff @isabellamweber.bsky.social @jasonhickel.bsky.social @nsrnicek.bsky.social & 50 more Sign below

Ireland's questionable track in tax and digital regulation has led us to demand the Irish EU presidency to recuse itself from related files. Signatories: @mazzucatom.bsky.social Shoshana Zuboff @isabellamweber.bsky.social @jasonhickel.bsky.social @nsrnicek.bsky.social & 50 more Sign below

The European Commission's Tech Sovereignty proposal tries—& fails—to kill 3 birds with the same stone: competitiveness, sustainability & sovereignty. While it may partially succeed in the former, it will do so at the cost of the 2 latter. Latest op-ed at @techpolicypress.bsky.social Link below

@hypestudies.bsky.social · last mo.

How is AI hype shaping Europe's tech sovereignty agenda? Latest piece in our series at @techpolicypress.bsky.social, where @ceciliarikap.bsky.social and Vali Stan show how AI hype drives EU industrial policy, cloud infrastructures, and dependency on Big Tech. 🔎 l1nq.com/2td1hzw

🌍 RDV demain à 17h30 pour la 4e table ronde de notre colloque sur la nouvelle géopolitique 👉 La France, l'Europe et la diplomatie des causes communes avec : Jean-Paul Gaudillière, Guillaume Long, @ceciliarikap.bsky.social et @arnaudlegall.bsky.social ▶️ En direct : youtube.com/watch?v=m9VM...

UCL is asking us (scholars, students and admin) to save them money in storage because #Microsoft is increasing its cloud prices. Won't say "I told you so UCL", but... I told you so!! I should probably give a copy of my forthcoming book "The Rulers" to UCL's Provost.

40% off on selected @versobooks.bsky.social on tech and #AI until June 30!! Including pre-orders of my forthcoming "The Rulers. Corporate Power in the Age of AI and the Cloud" (Paperback and ebook) Link below 👇

🌤️ Talking About the Weather IIPP Associate Professor @ceciliarikap.bsky.social expands on how #BigTech is setting the terms for how we understand and respond to the climate crisis through its ownership of cloud services in her new piece for @the-breakdown.bsky.social. 🔗 Read more: buff.ly/LqCINxw

🇪🇺 Can Europe build digital sovereignty? IIPP Head of Research @ceciliarikap.bsky.social spoke with @davidsonofaaron.bsky.social on BBC Radio 4's 'The Briefing Room' about the feasibility of building #DigitalSovereignty in Europe and the UK. 🎧 Listen to the episode here: buff.ly/ouGdmnj

🌤️ Talking About the Weather IIPP Associate Professor @ceciliarikap.bsky.social expands on how #BigTech is setting the terms for how we understand and respond to the climate crisis through its ownership of cloud services in her new piece for @the-breakdown.bsky.social. 🔗 Read more: buff.ly/LqCINxw

GenAI replaces your creativity, your (critical) thinking. #GenAI augments the gap between tasks' conception & execution. US (& Chinese) #BigTech not only concentrates capital, they also steer tech change. They decided this is the tech that we get. www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc... Pre-sale: 👇👇

🇪🇺 Can Europe build digital sovereignty? IIPP Head of Research @ceciliarikap.bsky.social spoke with @davidsonofaaron.bsky.social on BBC Radio 4's 'The Briefing Room' about the feasibility of building #DigitalSovereignty in Europe and the UK. 🎧 Listen to the episode here: buff.ly/ouGdmnj

Pre-sale of "The Rulers. Corporate Power in the Age of AI and the Cloud" www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc... Take home a physical copy of my forthcoming book! Where? Book stall at @iipp-ucl.bsky.social Annual Forum Beveridge Hall, Senate House, WC1E 7HU, London When? June 16 from 2.30pm & June 17

💭 What is the Achilles' heel of Big Tech? Communities are increasingly pushing back against Big Tech's data centres. IIPP Prof. @ceciliarikap.bsky.social & @silviaweko.bsky.social examine social movements' opposition from Spain to Chile in their new @elpais.com article 🔗 Read more: buff.ly/chw9dJ2

In a recent article published in El País, Cecilia Rikap reflects on the human impact of AI expansion, the disputes surrounding data centres and the role of communities confronting the power of Big Tech. // @ceciliarikap.bsky.social

Deadline extended until May 24! Do not miss this amazing opportunity to present your work and hear our exceptional keynote speakers, @ceciliarikap.bsky.social and @izaskunzuazu.bsky.social, address the impacts of technologies on resource depletion, inequality and financial bubbles.

Patrick Mokre@patrickmokre.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Young Economists Conference 2026: call for papers is now online, keynotes confirmed! 📆 #yec2026 in Vienna on September 17 and 18, 2026 📣 Keynotes by @ceciliarikap.bsky.social and @izaskunzuazu.bsky.social ✉️ Submit your work until May 10: wien.arbeiterkammer.at/yec2026

"The promises of a green future are being co-opted by the same forces driving planetary destabilization." NEW: @ceciliarikap.bsky.social on how Big Tech's cloud services give them unprecedented power to shape how we understand climate change, and how we respond www.break-down.org/talking-abou...

Talking About the Weather

Through its ownership of cloud-computing services, Big Tech is setting the terms for how we understand the climate crisis—and how we respond.

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In the fourth episode of After Order, the Alameda Institute’s podcast series with Macrodose, James Meadway speaks to Cecilia Rikap and Paolo Gerbaudo about digital sovereignty following the rise of Big Tech. // @paologerbaudo.bsky.social @ceciliarikap.bsky.social

Las grandes tecnológicas extraen conocimiento y recursos a la manera de las viejas potencias coloniales. Ni generan empleo con sus centros de datos ni mejores condiciones de vida para las mayorías. Lo explica @ceciliarikap.bsky.social en su ‘Teoría de la dependencia digital’.

Cecilia Rikap: «Los que creen que los centros de datos van a generar crecimiento económico y empleo están equivocados»

Cecilia Rikap analiza en ‘Teoría de la dependencia digital’ el extractivismo de conocimiento y recursos naturales que realizan las Big Tech.

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Governments must extricate themselves from the web of Big Tech enclosures. @meadwaj.bsky.social @ceciliarikap.bsky.social and @paologerbaudo.bsky.social on breaking Silicon Valley’s grip - and building a digital stack for people, not profit. Watch now 📺️ Link in bio 🔗 @alameda.institute

So happy to share that my new book, "The Rulers. Corporate Power in the Age of AI and the Cloud" is ready for preorder!!! As we see an increase in the use of AI in every sector, from warfare to software programming, this book aims to explain why and how the Cloud matters above all.

Verso Books@versobooks.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Available for preorder as part of our Theory Sale - The Rulers by @ceciliarikap.bsky.social "This is a timely, much needed intervention to help consumers and governments understand the distortive, dystopian nature of techno-feudal capitalism." - Mehreen Khan, economics editor, The Times

🎤 "Democracy is not about everyone using the same app." IIPP Head of Research @ceciliarikap.bsky.social was recently interviewed by Jorge Fontevecchia for Perfil, highlighting the changing relationship between states and large technology companies. ✍️ Read more here [ESP]: buff.ly/CyWlBKe