AI Doesn’t Reduce Work—It Intensifies It

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How Can We Break Echo Chambers at Scale? | Psychology Today New Zealand

Open Letter to Tech Companies: Protect Your Users From Lawless DHS

Hearing aids didn’t boost memory tests but dementia risk dropped

Why the infinite-scroll childhood may be coming to an end

You can trace NZ’s lack of AI regulation back to Flight of the Conchords | The Spinoff

Chatbots Make Terrible Doctors, New Study Finds

AI gold rush sees tech firms embracing 72-hour weeks

Discord Will Require a Face Scan or ID for Full Access Next Month - Slashdot

Transphobia in LLMs is more nuanced than expected, research finds

How much does chatbot bias influence users? A lot, it turns out

Iran’s Digital Surveillance Machine Is Almost Complete | WIRED

Siouxsie Wiles: Why this giant worm should be crowned New Zealand’s best bug | The Spinoff

A New Era for Security? Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.6 Found 500 High-Severity Vulnerabilities - Slashdot

Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters

Addressing climate change without the ‘rules-based order’

Amazon's Tax Bill Plunges 87% After Tax Cuts - Slashdot

Seas to Rise Around the World — but Not in Greenland - Yale E360

NYTimes: Trump’s Stifling of Dissent Reaches a New Level

GPAHE Warns of Escalation After Trump Circulates Racist Depiction of the Obamas - Global Project Against Hate and Extremism

We cooperate to survive. But, if no one’s looking, we compete | Aeon Essays

EU's Digital Sovereignty Depends On Investment In Open-Source And Talent | TechPolicy.Press

Large study shows scaling startups risk increasing gender gaps

These Beetles Are Entirely Dependent on Ants for Survival. Here's Why That's Not an Evolutionary Death Sentence

Commission trials European open source communications software | Euractiv

Ski jumpers accused of enlarging penises to enhance performance

A Hidden Atmospheric Shift Let Methane Surge Worldwide

Microbial system to convert CO₂ into eco-friendly butanol

DNA provides a solution to our enormous data storage problem