I, Sisyphus, Am Ninety-Five Percent of the Way There. “Honestly, folks, we are so, so close. The summit is largely visible. It is nearly visible. There is a concept of visibility at play here that is impossible to ignore.”
The Torment Nexus
• Mathew Ingram
Will AI destroy jobs or create jobs? Yes
One of the consistent drumbeats that has accompanied the rise of artificial intelligence, along with “Is it going to kill us?” and “Will it kill us and the planet?” is the idea that AI will lead to an epidemic of job losses, and possibly even the destruction of entire categories of jobs.
Open Channels FM Podcast Network
• Bob Dunn
The Value of Small WordPress Events in a Changing Tech Landscape
In this epiosde, Adam Weeks interviews Joe Simpson about reviving local WordCamps, emphasizing their unique value in fostering in-person connections, empowering new voices, and adapting to technological changes like AI in the WordPress community.
Writing a lot of test posts. And thus have coined some (mostly) rhyming pairs of words. Greek sneakers. Geek peekers. Feast of yeast. Villa in Manila.
The New Stack | DevOps, Open Source, and Cloud Native News
• Justin Dolly
The agentic identity crisis: Why your security isn’t ready for the AI revolution

The transition from traditional web applications to agentic ecosystems is more than a change in the UI; it is a
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The New Stack | DevOps, Open Source, and Cloud Native News
• Oladimeji Sowole
Debugging the undebuggable: building observability into probabilistic AI systems

Debugging used to be straightforward: A service failed, you checked the logs, followed the stack trace, and fixed the bug.
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WIRED
• Boutayna Chokrane
Oura’s New Ring 5 Is Smaller and Lighter—and Adds an AI Health Coach
It’s slimmer, lighter, and more durable. But the real upgrade is Oura’s push into AI-powered health insights and proactive monitoring.
Standing in solidarity with the hardworking men and women of @steelworkers.bsky.social in Whiting, Indiana, who have been locked out for more than two months.
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WIRED
• Jeremy White
Cotopaxi Allpa 35L Travel Pack Del Día Dark: Sustainable and Chic
Created from fabric scraps that would otherwise end up in a landfill, this thoughtfully constructed bag looks great and can carry everything you need for a weeklong trip.
WIRED
• Joel Khalili
New Moms Are Returning to Coding Jobs Radically Reshaped by AI
New mothers working in software development are staring down an AI-pilled workplace they barely recognize.
WIRED
• Dan Mold
Canon EOS R6 Mark III Review: A Serious Upgrade
With sharper resolution and lightning-fast performance, Canon’s latest full-frame mirrorless punches well above its class.
WIRED
• Emily Mullin
These Ebola Researchers Are Stuck in US Due to Trump’s Funding Cuts
The Centers for Research in Emerging Infectious Diseases were launched during the Covid-19 pandemic. The group lost its funding under Trump in part due to conspiracy theories.
WIRED
• Lauren Goode
Amazon Thinks the Future of Data Centers Depends on a Technical Problem It Just Solved
The tech giant says a breakthrough in data-center networking has dramatically accelerated the flow of information through its massive cloud infrastructure.
WIRED
• Matt Burgess
Scammers Are Using Your Real Hotel Reservations to Trick You With Spear-Phishing Attacks
Customer data from more than 350 hotels around the world may have been accessed as part of realistic reservation-hijacking scams.
WIRED
• Brian Kahn
How Are French Open Players Dealing With the Paris Heat Wave?
Meet the wet bulb globe temperature, the ominous measure that shows when it's too hot to go outside.
The Daily
• The New York Times
Can A.I. Make People Feel Less Lonely?
WIRED
• Kim Zetter
Ballots Have Been Seized Across the US. No One Knows What Will Happen Next
So far this year, authorities have seized or demanded ballots from elections in four states. Experts fear the trend could throw the midterms into chaos unless courts draw a line.
Trump Blurts Out Surprise Admission about Midterms as GOP Panic Erupts
Lever Time - The Lever
• Natalie Bettendorf
The Spy Planes That Helped Jeffrey Epstein Take Off
How the convicted sex trafficker built his power in the shadows of the Iran-Contra affair — and why no one stopped him.