Catchpoint News Catchup

Join, Ankit and Leon as they explore recent articles about: The current state of the AI bubble; the compelling evidence for a 4-day workweek; the enduring legacy of and nostalgia for CDs; Article Links · ‘It’s almost tragic’: Bubble or not, the AI backlash is validating what one researcher and critic has been saying for years o https://fortune.com/2025/08/24/is-ai-a-bubble-market-crash-gary-marcus...

Join, Payal, Denton, and Leon as they explore recent articles about AOL Dialup services, AI agents, ISP throttling, and what the heck is McDonald’s “Grimace” anyway? Article Links · [AOL] Dial-up Internet to be discontinued o https://help.aol.com/articles/dial-up-internet-to-be-discontinued · AOL's dial-up internet still exists, but not for much longer o https://www.engadget.com/computing/aols-dia...

Join Ankit, Payal, and Leon as they explore recent articles about: the impact of unoptimized images on both your customers and carbon footprint; How generative AI can be confident but not correct; and the pros, cons, challenges, and benefits of disconnecting from our technology once in a while. Article Links · “The Hidden Carbon Cost of Your Images: Why Green Development Starts with Optimization”...

Join Kelly, Sergey, and Leon as they discuss encryption as a public good, better ways to ship your code, and the impact of not being able to “click to cancel”. Article Links · How Let's Encrypt made the internet safer and HTTPS standard - and free o https://www.zdnet.com/home-and-office/networking/how-lets-encrypt-made-the-internet-safer-and-https-standard-and-free/ · Let's Encrypt rolls out free...

Join Kelly, Brandon, Payal, and Leon to talk about recent news about your workday, the latest password breach, Cloudflare’s DDoS defense, and (sigh) AI. Article Links https://www.techspot.com/news/108343-microsoft-study-finds-infinite-workday-hurting-productivity.html https://www.businessinsider.com/bernie-sanders-ai-workers-4-day-workweek-2025-6 https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/no-t...

Join Sergey, Brandon, Payal, and Leon to talk about recent news from Wired, HackerNews, Mashable, and Figma. Links The Texting Network for the End of the World https://www.wired.com/story/youre-not-ready-for-phone-dead-zones/ Why DNS Security Is Your First Defense Against Cyber Attacks? https://thehackernews.com/2025/06/why-dns-security-is-your-first-defense.html The internet went down on Thursday...

Join Sergey, Kelly, Payal, and Leon on our inaugural episode where we talk about recent news from SC Media, LinkedIn, TechCrunch, and CyberSecurity News Article Links · https://www.scworld.com/resource/the-hidden-productivity-drain-no-ones-talking-about-your-network · https://www.linkedin.com/blog/engineering/infrastructure/building-a-resilient-dns-client-for-web-scale-infrastructure · https://tec...