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-openai-gpt5/

· The real reason a 4-day workweek makes people happier in their jobs—it’s not just more free time

o https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/27/the-real-reason-a-4-day-workweek-makes-people-happier-in-their-jobs.html

· Science confirms what we all suspected: Four-day weeks rule

o https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/22/4_day_week_study/

· The CD turns 43: The format that changed music forever

o https://www.techspot.com/news/109098-cd-turns-43-format-changed-music-forever.html

Reach out to our hosts!

· Ankit Kumar

o https://www.linkedin.com/in/ankit-kumar-ab2a4463/

· Leon Adato

o https://www.linkedin.com/in/leonadato/

o https://bsky.app/profile/leonadato.com

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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-dial-up-internet-still-exists-but-not-for-much-longer-193004233.html?guccounter=1

· AOL to discontinue dial-up internet service after 34 years

o https://www.techspot.com/news/109012-aol-discontinue-dial-up-internet-service-after-34.html

· ChatGPT Agent handles my most annoying tasks — and here’s what actually surprised me

o https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/i-tested-chatgpt-agent-on-5-everyday-tasks-heres-what-happened

· MKPhD (Marques Brownlee) reviews the Humane pin

o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TitZV6k8zfA

· Internet Throttling Still Exists. Here's How to Protect Yourself From It

o https://www.cnet.com/home/internet/yes-your-internet-provider-can-throttle-your-speeds-here-how-to-make-it-stop/

· McDonald's finally confirms what Grimace actually is and fans are completely stunned

o https://www.unilad.com/news/food-and-drink/what-is-grimace-mcdonalds-confirms-236873-20250805

Say hello to our hosts!

· Denton Chikura

o https://www.linkedin.com/in/denton-chikura-422186201/

· Payal Chakraborty

o https://www.linkedin.com/in/payal-chakraborty-/

· Leon Adato

o https://www.linkedin.com/in/leonadato/

o https://bsky.app/profile/leonadato.com

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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”

o https://dev.to/hardik_b2d8f0bca/the-hidden-carbon-cost-of-your-images-why-green-development-starts-with-optimization-2adb

· Carbon Control in WebPageTest

o https://www.webpagetest.org/carbon-control/

· AI is an over-confident pal that doesn't learn from mistakes

o https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/24/ai_is_overconfident_does_not_learn_study/

· I Tried Living Without the Internet for a Day: It Made Me Want to Throw Away My Phone

o https://www.cnet.com/home/internet/my-digital-detox-a-day-without-internet/

· DevOpsDays Seattle 2024: Leon Adato - Living an Unplugged Life as an IT Practitioner

o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0aDpVZZp28

Reach out to our hosts!

· Payal Chakraborty

o https://www.linkedin.com/in/payal-chakraborty-/

· Ankit Kumar

o https://www.linkedin.com/in/ankit-kumar-ab2a4463/

· Leon Adato

o https://www.linkedin.com/in/leonadato/

o https://bsky.app/profile/leonadato.com

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 security certs for IP addresses

o https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/03/lets_encrypt_rolls_out_free/

· 4 ways to ship smarter, not just faster https://leaddev.com/software-quality/4-ways-to-ship-smarter-not-just-faster

· US appeals court blocks FTC’s ‘click-to-cancel’ rule for subscriptions https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/10/us-appeals-court-blocks-ftcs-click-to-cancel-rule-for-subscriptions/

· Let’s Encrypt https://letsencrypt.org/

· SSL/TLS certificate lifespans reduced to 47 days by 2029 https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ssl-tls-certificate-lifespans-reduced-to-47-days-by-2029/

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-the-16-billion-credentials-leak-is-not-a-new-data-breach/

• https://www.tomsguide.com/news/live/16-billion-passwords-data-breach

• https://haveibeenpwned.com/

• https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/trending/article/massive-data-breach-compromises-16-billion-20386402.php

• https://www.tomsguide.com/news/live/16-billion-passwords-data-breach

• https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/no-the-16-billion-credentials-leak-is-not-a-new-data-breach/
• https://time.com/7295195/ai-chatgpt-google-learning-school/

• https://techxplore.com/news/2025-06-cyberattack-grocery-supplier-reveals-fragility.html
• https://blog.cloudflare.com/defending-the-internet-how-cloudflare-blocked-a-monumental-7-3-tbps-ddos/

Reach out to our hosts!

• Payal Chakraborty: https://www.linkedin.com/in/payal-chakraborty-/

• Kelly Avina: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kellyavina/

• Leon Adato https://www.linkedin.com/in/leonadato/

• Brandon DeLap: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandon-delap/

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: Here's what we know now https://mashable.com/article/cause-internet-outage-google-cloud-what-happened-june-12

• From multi-day latency to near real-time insights: Figma’s data pipeline upgrade: https://www.figma.com/blog/figmas-data-pipeline-upgrade/

• NANOG https://nanog.org/

Reach out to our hosts!

• Payal Chakraborty https://www.linkedin.com/in/payal-chakraborty-/

• Sergey Katsav https://www.linkedin.com/in/sergeykatsev/

• Leon Adato https://www.linkedin.com/in/leonadato/ https://bsky.app/profile/leonadato.com

• Brandon DeLap https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandon-delap/

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://techcrunch.com/2025/05/21/googles-ai-agents-will-bring-you-the-web-now/

· https://cybersecuritynews.com/tenable-network-monitor-vulnerabilities/#google_vignette

Reach out to our hosts!

· Payal Chakraborty

o https://www.linkedin.com/in/payal-chakraborty-/

· Kelly Avina

o https://www.linkedin.com/in/kellyavina/

· Sergey Katsav

o https://www.linkedin.com/in/sergeykatsev/

· Leon Adato

o https://www.linkedin.com/in/leonadato/

o https://bsky.app/profile/leonadato.com