When the Code Works But the Decision Doesn't Generative AI makes it easier to build software. It does not change the question of whether you should.

Great article! Saving this. dispatchesinternetpioneer.substack.com/p/when-th…

“how a roblox cheat and one AI tool brought down vercel's entire platform”

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> Which means every AI tool you plug into your workflow is an attack surface multiplier. Not might be. IS.

Anthropic secretly installs spyware when you install Claude Desktop — That Privacy Guy! Anthropic's Claude Desktop silently installs a Native Messaging bridge into seven Chromium browsers, including browsers Anthropic's own documentation says it does not support, and browsers the user has not even installed.

Anthropic, just like its products, will bullshit its way out of this. www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/anth…

Johny Srouji named Apple’s Chief Hardware Officer Apple today announced that, effective immediately, Apple executive Johny Srouji will become chief hardware officer.

Was there any doubt about this? Of course, Srouji will be CHO… or else. LOL www.apple.com/newsroom/…

Tim Cook to become Apple Executive Chairman John Ternus to become Apple CEO Apple announced that Tim Cook will become executive chairman of Apple’s board of directors and John Ternus, senior vice president of Hardware Engineering, will become Apple’s next chief executive officer effective on September 1, 2026.

Wow! Ternus as incoming CEO is going to be exciting… I hope. www.apple.com/newsroom/…

Anthropic is a significantly worse company than OpenAI, a company I hold in extremely low regard, below the rat and the cockroach. Anthropic cannot support its users and provides a constantly decaying product with poor infrastructure. They shouldn’t be taking new customers.
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Adobe Has Run Out of Allies Shifting priorities and a move to appeal to B2B has left Adobe alone. Now as enemies gather at its gates, it has run out of allies.

Never liked Adobe - always looked for alternatives. petapixel.com/2026/04/1…

Thanks to @macmanx.social.lol for the HT. I just downloaded LocallyAI.app and got Gemma4 (e2b and e4b). Not bad. Another lazy way to generate Alt-Text. 🤪

Allbirds Stock Now Crashing as Reality Sets in About Its Delusional AI Pivot The mad scrabble to get in on the latest AI startup — struggling shoe company Allbirds — has since come to a "screeching halt."

AllBirds to AllShits futurism.com/artificia…

Apple and Google have continued to offer mobile apps that let users make nonconsensual sexualized images of people, despite their policies prohibiting such content, according to a report by the Tech Transparency Project. Read more: bloom.bg/4cqWKYH

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Have you ever wondered why Claude and ChatGPT still have not cracked the problem of profitability (lack of) for their companies? What does that say about these companies and products?

SamA: your kids will never be more intelligent than AI.

Only if intelligence means English language proficiency, devoid of context, nuances, and feelings, among others.

Generative AI will usher to the age of abundance, they claim - for whom?

With all these frontier models from these companies claiming that they can solve the world’s problems, NOT A SINGLE ONE has shown any progress in solving the climate crisis, for example.

Ladies and gentlemen, the doomers.

Watched The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist [2026] 🎬🍿

Excommunicate now!

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Google, Microsoft, Meta All Tracking You Even When You Opt Out, According to an Independent Audit “This is the Strait of Hormuz in the data economy. If you want to make a change, this is where you cut it off. Anything short of that is theatrical political posture.”

You didn’t know? LOL www.404media.co/google-mi…

In the next season of The Pitt…

AI fails at primary diagnosis more than 80% of the time, study finds AI language models fail to produce an appropriate early diagnosis more than 80% of the time, suggesting they are not yet safe for unsupervised clinical use, according to a new study.

GenAI is going really great! send your medical data, they need more. www.euronews.com/2026/04/1…

One thing about not watching TED 2026 live is that I get to choose which speakers to watch. Mark Rober on the stage. Love watching this guy!

If Vance is indeed a Catholic, NOW is the time to rally the troops behind the 25th.

Artemis II NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Hammock Koch, and CSA astronaut Jeremy Hansen were announced Monday, April 3 as the four astronauts who will venture around the Moon on Artemis II, the first crewed mission on NASA’s path to establishing a long-term presence at the Moon for science and exploration through Artemis. The crew assignments are as follows: Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, Mission Specialist Christina Koch, Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen.

So happy that NASA still supports Flickr! Awesome! www.flickr.com/photos/na…

Why e2ee is a must have.

Watching The Capture [2019] S3E6 📺🍿

And not open source?

Uh-oh! Everything GenAI is going just fine. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/a…

The Forest in a Drop of Honey: How UP scientists uncovered the chemical fingerprint of the Sierra Madre - University of the Philippines Honey has long been prized for its sweetness and healing properties. Some varieties, such as New Zealand’s famous Manuka honey, are valued for their unique chemistry — earning reputations as “superfoods” and commanding prices of thousands of pesos per bottle. But one day, while browsing honey at a local market, University of the Philippines chemist Ralph

Honey with caffeine? Where can I get a couple of bottles? up.edu.ph/the-fores…

The first domino fell - now on to the next. Americans, show them what you’ve got. :)

Hahahahaha The PH government is being so ridiculous here. China respect the Philippine Constitution? Hahahaha what a bunch of BS!