React Native Support and Gemini Live APIs for Vertex AI in Firebase | by Miguel Ramos.

firebase.blog/posts/2025/04/ve…

#firebase #ai #reactnative #googlegemini #mobiledev #cloud #genai

React Native Support and Gemini Live APIs for Vertex AI in Firebase

News, tutorials, and updates from the Firebase team.

^{The Firebase Blog}

It was a real pleasure to chat with Jack Tame on Q+A about why now is the time to think seriously about reducing our reliance on US tech companies and what to make of Elon Musk’s alliance with Donald Trump.

He hosts a great programme and I was really happy to be invited on.

youtube.com/watch?v=C8DZ5DK0Gg…

#tech #elonmusk #digitalsovereignty #donaldtrump #politics #cloud #newzealand #aotearoa

US-Clouds unterliegen US-Recht – egal, wo die Server stehen. Der Zugriff auf Daten kann jederzeit angeordnet werden, auch außerhalb der USA. Der Rechtsraum kennt keine Landesgrenzen und lässt sich nicht einzäunen. 👇

kuketz-blog.de/server-in-der-e…

#microsoft #uscloud #cloud #cloudact #sicherheit #datenschutz #encryption #digitalpolitik #fedilz #politik #server #eu

Server in der EU und eigene Schlüssel: Schützt das vor US-Zugriffen?

US-Clouds bleiben trotz EU-Servern und Verschlüsselung angreifbar – rechtlich, technisch und geopolitisch. Digitale Souveränität? Eher Illusion.

^{www.kuketz-blog.de}

(This is 1/3 posts due to the file upload limit)

Some photos I took in Feb, Mar, & April, and all these are taken and owned by me ofc! (check the ALT text to see what I took the pics with)

You are permitted to use this as a wallpaper for your devices, but you may NOT modify and/or redistribute this pubically (excl. boosting , which btw, feel free to do so! )

#photography #mobilephotography #phonephotography #nikon #nikoncamera #nikoncoolpixl810 #samsung #samsunggalaxy #samsunggalaxya33 #samsunga33 #snapseed #landscape #landscapephotography #nature #naturephotography #flower #flowerphotography #flowers #cloud #cloudPhotography #clouds

(This is the last post, due to the file upload limit)

Some photos I took in Feb, Mar, & April, and all these are taken and owned by me ofc!

You are permitted to use this as a wallpaper for your devices, but you may NOT modify and/or redistribute this pubically (excl. boosting , which btw, feel free to do so! )

#photography #mobilephotography #phonephotography #nikon #nikoncamera #nikoncoolpixl810 #snapseed #landscape #landscapephotography #nature #naturephotography #cloud #cloudPhotography #clouds #cloudscape

Max Schrems in der Süddeutsche Zeitung stabil: „Wir haben in Europa passendes Recht, aber wir haben fast null Durchsetzung. US-Unternehmen sind drauf spezialisiert, aggressiv das Recht nicht einzuhalten, solange es keine Konsequenzen gibt.“

Sein Tipp: mehr Selbstbewusstsein und @european_alternatives (und es sollte auch @switchingsoftware genannt werden).

sueddeutsche.de/kultur/max-sch…
#DigitaleSouveränität #Cloud

Europas Abhängigkeit von US-Clouds – Interview mit Datenschützer Max Schrems

Der Datenschützer Max Schrems über die Gefahren der Abhängigkeit europäischer Firmen und Regierungen von amerikanischen Cloud-Services.

^{Andrian Kreye (Süddeutsche Zeitung)}

Moving away from US cloud services

Martijn Hols write about his experience in replacing Microsoft 365 (Mail, Calendar, Drive), Bitwarden, GitHub, Google search, Cloudflare/Google DNS, Docker Hub and NPM

martijnhols.nl/blog/moving-awa…
#cloud #europeanalternatives #BoycottAmerica

Moving away from US cloud services by Martijn Hols

Relying on US cloud services poses legal and political risks for EU users, so I'm moving away from US cloud services. Here's how and why I did it.

^{Martijn Hols}

Nacreous clouds in Fáskrúðsfjörður by
Jónína Guðrún Óskarsdóttir

A spaceship to/from another dimension...

flickr.com/photos/jonina_oskar…

@photography
#Iceland
#cloud
#nacreous