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🎵 Niets Te Zeggen
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An eight-month study at a US tech company finds AI tools didn't reduce work but intensified it, as employees worked faster and took on a broader range of tasks (Harvard Business Review)
https://hbr.org/2026/02/ai-doesnt-reduce-work-it-intensifies-it

AI Doesn’t Reduce Work—It Intensifies It
One of the promises of AI is that it can reduce workloads so employees can focus more on higher-value and more engaging tasks. But according to new research, AI tools don’t reduce work, they consistently intensify it: In the study, employees worked at a faster pace, took on a broader scope of tasks, and extended work into more hours of the day, often without being asked to do so. That may sound like a win, but it’s not quite so simple. These changes can be unsustainable, leading to workload…

"Encrypted" Doesn't Mean "Private": What Your Messaging Apps Really Know About You
Encryption protects your words. Not your secrets.
🔒 https://snugg.social/en/blog/encrypted-doesnt-mean-private

"Encrypted" Doesn't Mean "Private": What Your Messaging Apps Really Know About You
WhatsApp says it's encrypted and private. But Meta still knows who you talk to, when, how often, and can infer almost everything else. Here's what "encrypted" actually means.

Massive iceberg could be days away from 'complete disintegration': NASA (Zach Kaplan/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5681797-massive-iceberg-disintegration-nasa/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260109/p85#a260109p85

India is rolling out millions of smart meters that are doing more than tracking energy use—they're fundamentally reshaping the grid.
As rooftop solar and EVs spread, decentralized RF mesh networks connect devices affordably while multiple vendors collaborate to keep the system resilient. The focus: financial sustainability and renewable energy ambitions.

India’s smart metering boom reshapes grid through decentralized IoT
India’s power system is rapidly decentralizing as electricity demand, rooftop solar, electric vehicles, and distributed generation expand, turning a one-way grid into a dynamic network that increasingly depends on decentralized data systems such as RF mesh networks.

Een moslim docent waar menig autochtoon (inclusief Wilders en Baudet) nog veel van kan leren m.b.t. oer-Hollandse waarden als gelijke rechten en tolerantie ‘Ook automonteurs moeten op school horen over seksualiteit en diversiteit’ https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/12/11/deze-docent-brengt-paarse-vrijdag-naar-zijn-roc-ook-automonteurs-moeten-in-hun-opleiding-horen-over-seksualiteit-en-diversiteit-a4914774?gift_token=4914774~1766008370~8461zGC_TN2dSsAGxzbXqQ~-ZoojjBVuwjyHe_jdxZ74I7GhuajJ0pHZNMGlPZgUEs

Tom Mulcair: "Trump doesn't get the joke about the ‘Donroe Doctrine’”
.... but does Tom get the joke about his relevance to anything at all?
#canPoli #CdnPoli
https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/tom-mulcair-trump-doesnt-get-the-joke-about-the-donroe-doctrine/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Amerikanen hebben straks wél toegang tot DigiD – ondanks belofte van staats­secretaris
Het IT-bedrijf achter DigiD komt mogelijk in Amerikaanse handen. Volgens staatssecretaris Eddie van Marum blijft DigiD desondanks ‘gewoon’ Nederlands en krijgen de Amerikanen geen toegang tot de persoonsgegevens van burgers. Dat klopt niet, zeggen deskundigen.

A profile of Anthropic and its key executives like Chris Olah, and a look at Project Vend, an internal "Claudius" experiment to run the office vending machine (Gideon Lewis-Kraus/New Yorker)
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/02

What Is Claude? Anthropic Doesn’t Know, Either
Researchers at the company are trying to understand their A.I. system’s mind—examining its neurons, running it through psychology experiments, and putting it on the therapy couch.