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<p>Let&#x27;s Encrypt is 10 years old today! <br>Let&#x27;s Encrypt is a free, automated, and open certificate authority brought to you by the nonprofit Internet Security Research Group (ISRG). Huge thanks to everyone involved in making HTTPS available to everyone for free </p><p><a href="https://letsencrypt.org/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>letsencrypt.org/</a> </p><p><a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#technology</a> <a href="/tags/security/" rel="tag">#security</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#privacy</a> <a href="/tags/encryption/" rel="tag">#encryption</a> <a href="/tags/https/" rel="tag">#https</a> <a href="/tags/letsencrypt/" rel="tag">#letsencrypt</a> <a href="/tags/isrg/" rel="tag">#ISRG</a></p>

My imaginary children aren’t using your streaming service – Terence Eden’s Blog <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://feddit.org/post/10732308">See Original Page</a> </small>

<p>&quot;The worst was seeing small, especially creative, businesses — and even graphics designers — hopping on the trend.</p><p>[...]</p><p>Every single one of those businesses, even the small ones, could have afforded to pay an artist. But they didn’t.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/ai-action-figures-social-media-artists-hand-drawn-rcna201056" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/ai-action-figures-social-media-artists-hand-drawn-rcna201056"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-me</span><span class="invisible">dia/ai-action-figures-social-media-artists-hand-drawn-rcna201056</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/technews/" rel="tag">#TechNews</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#technology</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/artists/" rel="tag">#artists</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/chatgpt/" rel="tag">#chatGPT</a></p>

<p>&quot;Not very sophisticated AI-generated papers are easy to spot—if, again, you know what to look for. In terms of both syntax and tone, they all sound roughly the same. Very neutral, very bland.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://thewalrus.ca/i-used-to-teach-students-now-i-catch-chatgpt-cheats" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="thewalrus.ca/i-used-to-teach-students-now-i-catch-chatgpt-cheats"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thewalrus.ca/i-used-to-teach-s</span><span class="invisible">tudents-now-i-catch-chatgpt-cheats</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#technology</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/chatgpt/" rel="tag">#ChatGPT</a></p>

Obsidian is now free for work - Obsidian <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://feddit.org/post/8244249">See Original Page</a> </small>

Get your Minitel back, the COMPUTEL videotex BBS is back! <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://feddit.org/post/11337799">See Original Page</a> </small>

<p>&quot;Who is going to be motivated to adopt if they know the intent is to replace them?&quot;</p><p>Nearly one in three (31%) company employees say they are &quot;sabotaging their company’s generative AI strategy&quot;.</p><p><a href="https://www.cio.com/article/4022953/31-of-employees-are-sabotaging-your-gen-ai-strategy.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.cio.com/article/4022953/31-of-employees-are-sabotaging-your-gen-ai-strategy.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.cio.com/article/4022953/31</span><span class="invisible">-of-employees-are-sabotaging-your-gen-ai-strategy.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#technology</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a></p>

The Disappearance of an Internet Domain (about .io, and about the history of .su and .yu) <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://lemmy.ml/post/21198321">See Original Page</a> </small>

<p>Not one to hold back, <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>pluralistic</span></a></span> talks to <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.social/@mike" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mike</span></a></span> about “enshittification,” explaining why the internet feels broken and what we can do about it. This episode of <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.video/video-channels/dot_social" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dot_social</span></a></span> is sharp, funny and provocative. Recorded live at the Fediverse House at SXSW.</p><p><a href="https://about.flipboard.com/fediverse/cory-doctorow/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="about.flipboard.com/fediverse/cory-doctorow/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">about.flipboard.com/fediverse/</span><span class="invisible">cory-doctorow/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/corydoctorow/" rel="tag">#CoryDoctorow</a> <a href="/tags/dotsocial/" rel="tag">#DotSocial</a> <a href="/tags/podcast/" rel="tag">#Podcast</a> <a href="/tags/enshittification/" rel="tag">#Enshittification</a> <a href="/tags/internet/" rel="tag">#Internet</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#Technology</a> <a href="/tags/socialweb/" rel="tag">#SocialWeb</a> <a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="/tags/opensocial/" rel="tag">#OpenSocial</a> <a href="/tags/picksandshovels/" rel="tag">#PicksAndShovels</a> <a href="/tags/fediversehouse/" rel="tag">#FediverseHouse</a> <a href="/tags/sxsw/" rel="tag">#SXSW</a></p>

After 50 million miles, Waymos crash a lot less than human drivers <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://lemmy.world/post/27449132">See Original Page</a> </small>

Remembering alum David Mills, who brought the internet into perfect time <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://lemmy.world/post/27590821">See Original Page</a> </small>

<p>&quot;Duolingo will “gradually stop using contractors to do work that Al can handle,” according to an all-hands email sent by co-founder and CEO Luis von Ahn announcing that the company will be “AI-first.”&quot;</p><p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/657594/duolingo-ai-first-replace-contract-workers" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theverge.com/news/657594/duolingo-ai-first-replace-contract-workers"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theverge.com/news/657594/d</span><span class="invisible">uolingo-ai-first-replace-contract-workers</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/technews/" rel="tag">#TechNews</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#technology</a> <a href="/tags/workers/" rel="tag">#workers</a> <a href="/tags/labor/" rel="tag">#labor</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/jobs/" rel="tag">#jobs</a></p>

<p>&quot;[...] there are approximately 1.5 billion Windows users worldwide, which means just over 1% of them are using Copilot, a tool that&#x27;s now a Windows default app.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://www.xda-developers.com/microsofts-huge-venture-flatlines/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.xda-developers.com/microsofts-huge-venture-flatlines/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.xda-developers.com/microso</span><span class="invisible">fts-huge-venture-flatlines/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/technews/" rel="tag">#TechNews</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#technology</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/microsoft/" rel="tag">#microsoft</a> <a href="/tags/copilot/" rel="tag">#copilot</a></p>

<p>&quot;Children shouldn’t speak with companion chatbots because such interactions risk self harm and could exacerbate mental health problems and addiction.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://themarkup.org/artificial-intelligence/2025/04/30/kids-should-avoid-ai-companion-bots-under-force-of-law-assessment-says" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="themarkup.org/artificial-intelligence/2025/04/30/kids-should-avoid-ai-companion-bots-under-force-of-law-assessment-says"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">themarkup.org/artificial-intel</span><span class="invisible">ligence/2025/04/30/kids-should-avoid-ai-companion-bots-under-force-of-law-assessment-says</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#technology</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> <a href="/tags/mentalhealth/" rel="tag">#MentalHealth</a></p>

<p>Katarzyna Nowaczyk-Basińska, a research fellow at the Leverhulme Center for the Future of Intelligence at the University of Cambridge, explores how new technologies like &quot;AI&quot; chatbots are reshaping our understanding of death, loss and grief.</p><p><a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/griefbots-create-digital-immortality-and-raise-ethical-concerns-around-ai/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/griefbots-create-digital-immortality-and-raise-ethical-concerns-around-ai/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.scientificamerican.com/pod</span><span class="invisible">cast/episode/griefbots-create-digital-immortality-and-raise-ethical-concerns-around-ai/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#technology</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> <a href="/tags/griefbots/" rel="tag">#griefbots</a></p>

<p>Adamsdesk Receives Haul of Donated Retro Electronics</p><p>Travel along with me exploring the donated retro electronics haul treasures of the past and help to figure out ideas to repurpose all this equipment.</p><p><a href="https://www.adamsdesk.com/posts/retro-electronics-haul/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.adamsdesk.com/posts/retro-electronics-haul/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.adamsdesk.com/posts/retro-</span><span class="invisible">electronics-haul/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/blog/" rel="tag">#blog</a> <a href="/tags/retro/" rel="tag">#retro</a> <a href="/tags/retrocomputing/" rel="tag">#RetroComputing</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#technology</a></p>

<p>&quot;Titled “Chatgpt induced psychosis,” the original post came from a 27-year-old teacher who explained that her partner was convinced that the popular OpenAI model “gives him the answers to the universe.”&quot;</p><p><a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/ai-spiritual-delusions-destroying-human-relationships-1235330175/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/ai-spiritual-delusions-destroying-human-relationships-1235330175/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.rollingstone.com/culture/c</span><span class="invisible">ulture-features/ai-spiritual-delusions-destroying-human-relationships-1235330175/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#technology</a> <a href="/tags/technews/" rel="tag">#TechNews</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/chatgpt/" rel="tag">#ChatGPT</a></p>

As Sony exits, Verbatim doubles down on optical media — stable supply of discs is a &quot;top priority&quot; despite shrinking market <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://lemm.ee/post/55012343">See Original Page</a> </small>

<p><a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#Technology</a></p><p>From WTOP.com: Hank and John Green’s studio becomes a nonprofit as they aim to make ‘trustworthy content’ online </p><p><a href="https://wtop.com/business-finance/2026/02/hank-and-john-greens-studio-becomes-a-nonprofit-as-they-aim-to-make-trustworthy-content-online/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="wtop.com/business-finance/2026/02/hank-and-john-greens-studio-becomes-a-nonprofit-as-they-aim-to-make-trustworthy-content-online/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wtop.com/business-finance/2026</span><span class="invisible">/02/hank-and-john-greens-studio-becomes-a-nonprofit-as-they-aim-to-make-trustworthy-content-online/</span></a></p>

<p>Neat. A &quot;telephone newspaper&quot; that provided news and entertainment to subscribers over telephone lines, in 1893.</p><p>&quot;We greet the inhabitants of Budapest. We greet them in an unusual way from which telephone broadcasting all over the world will start its victorious journey.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telefon_H%C3%ADrmond%C3%B3" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telefon_H%C3%ADrmond%C3%B3"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telefon_</span><span class="invisible">H%C3%ADrmond%C3%B3</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#technology</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/telephone/" rel="tag">#telephone</a></p>