Cory Doctorow invented the word “enshittification” to describe a pattern he repeatedly observed across software platforms. They start generous and flexible, but over time, they increase their value capture to maximize profits at the expense of their users.
www.riskgaming.com/p/can-softwa...
Blending intimate human stories with insights from leading experts in tech reform and digital wellbeing, Your Attention Please asks some of the most urgent questions of our time:
What does a healthier relationship with the digital world look like for us and our kids?
www.yourattentionplz.com
AI - Where we are right now, and what likely happens next
by Ethan Mollick
«... I challenge various AI image models to show a picture of an “otter on a plane using wifi.” As you can see, the progress from 2022 to 2025 was rapid and remarkable.»
www.oneusefulthing.org/p/the-shape-...
Terra Cresta Arcade game runs on a 68000 based hardware. Therefore it was an enticing challenge to see if you can make it run on the #Amiga
www.sca.ch/amiga/games/...
Released today at MountainBytes 2026: Spreadpoint +=+ Amiga Demo.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5f0...
Have you noticed that digital products and services are getting worse? So have we!
Today we are publishing our new report, Breaking Free: Pathways to a fair technological future. vimeo.com/1168468796?f...
All main-stage talks from The Pragmatic Summit are out. Check them out:
- Data vs hype with AI (with Laura Tacho)
- How AI is reshaping software (with OpenAI)
- Building world-class engineering orgs (with GitHub's ex CEO and Atlassian's CTO)
Watch: newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/the-future...
We’re joining forces with IBM Research to implement post-quantum cryptography in Threema. 🤝 threema.com/bp/quantum-s...
Context folding is a pattern for provoking effective behavior from LLMs. First diverge, exploring separate paths. After exploring the solution space, we converge, comparing what we have learned, and synthesizing everything together.
Also see: RLHF in AI
newsletter.squishy.computer/p/folding-co...
"The fundamental question is not whether AI represents real transformation (the panelists agreed it does) but whether returns will materialize fast enough to prevent a market correction."
www.imd.org/ibyimd/artif...
"Amazon and Microsoft are both building formal licensing platforms where content owners can register their work, set their own terms, and actually get paid when AI companies use their material. I believe this is a structural shift in how AI gets built."
www.linkedin.com/pulse/amazon...
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3) since Gemini is so effective and was cheaper to produce than other leading chatbots, investors are holding spending levels from hyperscalers to a higher degree of scrutiny
The "risks" posed by Gemini according to Tom Essaye, founder and president of the Sevens Report:
1) it could take market share from OpenAI's ChatGPT
2) it could undermine the importance of large semiconductor providers
and 3) ...
www.businessinsider.com/google-gemin...
2026 munich security conference theme: “under destruction.”
many europeans believe the destruction is coming from the united states.
recognition is step one.
acting on it is another matter.
@gzeromedia.com
An seiner ersten Sitzung im Jahr 1999 hat sich der damals neue Informatikrat Bund mit der Einführung von Windows 2000 auseinandergesetzt und gefragt:
Welche Gefahren und Risiken birgt die steigende Abhängigkeit der Büroautomation von Microsoft-Produkten?
www.news.admin.ch/de/newnsb/w2...
Was OpenClaw ist... und was es eben nicht ist
von Sascha Pallenberg
www.metacheles.de/openclaw-und...
In my view, one of the most important factors contributing to or detracting from long-term success is who you hire. Less noticed but equally important is who you promote to management roles.
hbr.org/2026/02/stop...
