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Zoom accidentally 'shut down' their own domain, proving once again that even tech giants can't resist the allure of the big red button 🛑😂. Meanwhile, users everywhere enjoyed a sudden surge in productivity as meetings vanished into the void of internet incompetence 🌐💥.
status.zoom.us/incidents/pw9r9 #ZoomFail #TechHumor #ProductivityBoost #InternetOops #BigRedButton #HackerNews #ngated

status.zoom.usIssue with multiple Zoom ServicesZoom's Status Page - Issue with multiple Zoom Services.

🌪️ Surprise! #Delusions aren't just about tinfoil hats and alien abductions, they're like snowflakes—each one is unique! 🧠 The British Psychological Society bravely announces that human #imagination is more colorful than the grayscale PowerPoints they use to present this groundbreaking information. 😂
bps.org.uk/research-digest/del #uniqueness #psychologicalsociety #mentalhealth #humor #HackerNews #ngated

BPSDelusional themes may be more varied than we thought | BPSA recent study takes a global look at common themes of delusions, finding far more than previously assumed.

🙃 Oh, delightful! The AI overlord's latest hobby: inventing imaginary friends... I mean, software dependencies. Because, naturally, if the robots aren’t taking over the world, they're busy ruining your code with phantom glitches. 😂 Meanwhile, The Register can't even handle its own bot crisis.👌
theregister.com/2025/04/12/ai_ #AIOverlord #SoftwareDependencies #PhantomGlitches #BotCrisis #TechHumor #HackerNews #ngated

The Register · LLMs can't stop making up software dependencies and sabotaging everythingBy Thomas Claburn

Ah yes, because what we really needed in 2023 was yet another #protocol acronym 🤦‍♂️. Google's A2A: the exciting new way for #Android, #Chrome, and other #buzzwords to pretend they can talk to each other 🤖💬. Spoiler: it's mostly just developers telling each other, "we don't quite know what we're doing either" 🤷‍♀️.
developers.googleblog.com/en/a #A2A #developerhumor #HackerNews #ngated

developers.googleblog.comAnnouncing the Agent2Agent Protocol (A2A)- Google Developers BlogExplore A2A, Google's new open protocol empowering developers to build interoperable AI solutions.

🚫📚 Ah, the good ol' "delete-all-the-research" strategy because libraries are clearly the biggest threat to state security. Meanwhile, our valiant readers can't even access the article because Cloudflare thinks they're launching a nuclear attack. 🙄🔒
mississippitoday.org/2025/04/0 #deletealltheresearch #librariesandsecurity #cloudflareissues #accessdenied #statecontrol #HackerNews #ngated

In a shocking twist, The Verge discovers that Indians have figured out how to *gasp* repair things instead of throwing them away. 💡🔧 Meanwhile, the rest of the world continues its heroic fight to keep landfills fully stocked. 🌎🗑️
theverge.com/tech/639126/india #repairculture #sustainability #innovation #waste #reduction #landfillissues #HackerNews #ngated

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The Verge · The rise of ‘Frankenstein’ laptops in New Delhi’s repair marketsBy Hanan Zaffar

👨‍⚖️🎩 In a shocking twist, a #judge decided that OpenAI's #legal wizardry isn't fooling anyone, rejecting their "straw man" defense with the enthusiasm of a cat batting away a toy mouse. 🙅‍♂️📜 Who would've thought that courtroom #drama could outshine AI's latest magic trick? 🤖✨
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20 #OpenAI #Court #AI #News #Ruling #HackerNews #ngated

Ars Technica · Judge doesn’t buy OpenAI argument NYT’s own reporting weakens copyright suitBy Ashley Belanger

In a groundbreaking move, humans have finally realized that animals might not enjoy playing Frogger across twelve-lane highways 🚗🐸. But don't worry, bureaucracy will ensure that this "wildlife crossing" remains a concrete jungle gym for another decade. 🌳🏗️ #Progress
yahoo.com/news/worlds-largest- #wildlifeconservation #animalrights #trafficawareness #bureaucraticchallenges #urbanwildlife #HackerNews #ngated

Yahoo News · World's largest wildlife crossing reaches critical milestone. Now what?By Jeanette Marantos

🚨 OMG, breaking news: some Vietnamese banking apps are using private iOS APIs like it's 1999! Apparently, Thanh Nguyen's deep dive reveals what every techie already knew—developers cutting corners can lead to chaos 🤯. But don't worry, surely no one will notice when their banking app suddenly crashes mid-transaction. 🙄💸
blog.verichains.io/p/technical #VietnameseBanking #iOSAPIs #TechNews #DeveloperShortcuts #AppCrash #BankingChaos #HackerNews #ngated

Verichains · Technical Analysis - Improper Use of Private iOS APIs in some Vietnamese Banking AppsBy Thanh Nguyen

Ah, the "revolutionary" IMAP protocol, the savior of decentralized email communication...from 1986! 😂 Just what we needed: another tech blog post explaining how your dusty mailserver doesn't actually need a Silicon Valley overlord to function. Email is so cutting-edge, even your grandma's AOL account is impressed! 💾📧
blog.lohr.dev/imap-introduction #IMAPprotocol #DecentralizedEmail #TechHumor #EmailHistory #SiliconValley #HackerNews #ngated