Here are some articles aI am reading and found interesting:

• Why publishers are preparing to federate their sites
  digiday.com

  The Verge and 404 Media are exploring the fediverse as a way to take more control over their referral traffic and onsite audience engagement.

  Tagged: internet

• People swear this adorable new app helped break their phone addiction
  woodtv.com

  I’m intrigued by this app but somehow the article failed to mention the name of the app

• AmigaVision
  amiga.vision

  I didn’t have an Amiga, but I always thought the stuff that came out of the demo scene was neat. Glad to see this stuff being archived and made accessible.

  Tagged: internet, bbs

• I Hacked Monster Energy and You Won't Believe What They Think You Look Like
  bobdahacker.com

  Monster Energy’s corporate infrastructure exposed: employee training, customer stereotypes, Beast Bux rewards, and a file system API that’s STILL wide open.

  Tagged: security

• Why the Internet is Turning to Shit
  currentaffairs.org

  A good indictment of the current state of the Internet.

  Tagged: internet

• How one password destroyed a 158-year-old business
  secretsofprivacy.com

  This is an extreme example, but it shows how dangerous it can be to rely on weak passwords.

  Tagged: security

• The Open-Office Trap
  newyorker.com

  This was an interesting examination of the “open offices” that have come to dominate workplaces in the U.S.

  Tagged: work

• Podcast: The Inside Story of Tea
  404media.co

  This podcast about Tea (the recently hacked viral app) is wild. What a sketchy company.

  Tagged: internet, privacy

• ChatGPT 5 power consumption could be as much as eight times higher than GPT 4 — research institute estimates medium-sized GPT-5 response can consume up to 40 watt-hours of electricity
  tomshardware.com

  But the figures rely on hardware and usage assumptions that may be inaccurate.

  Tagged: ai

• From Nintendo Power Hotline To Now, Human Labor Has Always Been The Soul Of Video Game Guides – Aftermath
  aftermath.site

  Despite its boosters’ claims, AI will never be able to replace a human guides writer

• AI Killed My Job: Tech workers
  bloodinthemachine.com

  Brian Merchant put together this collection of stories from tech workers displaced by AI.

  Tagged: ai

• We caught companies making it harder to delete your personal data online – The Markup
  themarkup.org

  Not at all surprising. The data broker world is a black hole of bad practices.

  Tagged: privacy

• Kenneth Thomasma's books
  americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com

  I was curious about the portrayal of Native Americans in a book from my youth and this blog post does a good job of covering all the problematic aspects.

  Tagged: books

• From bootcamp to bust: How AI is upending the software development industry
  reuters.com

  Bootcamps always sold inflated promises, but I’d imagine it’s much worse now.

  Tagged: ai, internet

• ChatGPT Shared Chats Were Indexed: SEO Visibility Gone Wrong
  growtika.com

  Over 100,000 ChatGPT chats were shared publicly. Some were indexed, many archived. What went wrong, what it means for SEO & what happens next.

  Tagged: ai, privacy

• Smithsonian removes Trump from impeachment exhibit in American History Museum
  apple.news

  What is truth? What is history?

  Tagged: history

• First Came Tea. Then Came the Male Rage.
  apple.news

  “What Tea has accomplished, though, is showing what women are up against. The men so hell-bent on revenge against Tea’s users are illustrating that hatred of women is alive and well.”

  Tagged: internet

• tokens are getting more expensive
  ethanding.substack.com

  An interesting look at pricing for AI usage and how costs scale.

  Tagged: ai